Florida Vacation #2 Part 1

Roland & Mary Ann Martin Marina and Resort has been like a home away from home for my brother and I for the last 15 winters, we made 2 trips this year. They have everything you need including a well stocked tackle store, We rent our boat from the Jolly Roger Marina next door.

First few days on Lake Okeechobee

Fishing was pretty good even for 1 to 4 pounders, even caught some on my hand painted rebel minnow. Rebel’s jointed minnow was one of my favorite lures when I first started bass fishing but they no longer make them in my favorite colors so I scraped the paint off a couple and painted them myself.

Took a break from the big lake do to thunderstorms and drove south to fish for peacock bass and other cichlids

Hot fishing for peacock bass, mayan cichlids, oscars and even a few largemouths, no idea how many we caught but it was a lot.

Back on Okeechobee

Fishing was tough but we found a few larger fish. We had to quit early most days this trip to avoid storms.

Another trip to the Everglades to avoid thunderstorms.

Checking on 4 Cameras

March 27

This is the same deer in the photo above, I convinced him I wasn’t dangerous so he continued down the trail like he owned it.
Skunk cabbage and other plants are starting to grow, deer I getting most of the skunk cabbage as soon as it sprouts, it’s one of their favorite foods around here especially in the spring as it’s one of the first plants to start growing.

Highlights from 1 Camera set on the shore of one of Lake Okeechobee’s canals.

Made two trips to go bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee so I was able to leave my camera’s out for longer sets this year, and I’m getting better at picking places for them after bringing trailcams on vacation there for several years.

Highlights from 2 Cameras

August 23 – November 5

I set this camera in a place that was hard to get back too and the batteries started dying as the rut started to peak

August 24 – November 12

This camera was in the same area and suffered the same fate, the little black wolf was a cool capture, to bad it didn’t hold still for a better picture.