Bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee March 9-25 My brother and I have been fishing Okeechobee for around 20 years now, we always stay at Rolland Martins, and rent a boat from Jolly Rogers. We spent most of our time during our 17 day bass fishing marathon in a community hole. Our first week most ofContinue reading “Florida Vacation 2025”
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Highlights from 2 weeks of Hot Bass Fishing on Lake Okeechobee
March 13-27, 2024 We did most of our damage with shallow running crankbaits, Andy #2 lure was a chatterbait and mine was a spinnerbait, but buzzbaits were our best big fish lure.
Florida Vacation 2024 #1
Lake Okeechobee, January 23 – February 3 We booked early and ended up on the lake during the busiest time of the year starting with a big MLF tournament at the beginning of our trip and then B.A.S.S. showed up to start practicing before MLF finished for an even bigger tournament at the end ofContinue reading “Florida Vacation 2024 #1”
3 days on Lake Istokpoga
We were hit with record high temperatures and calm winds during most of our time here, but we still managed to catch 3 over 5 pounds and enough smaller fish to keep it interesting. Caught them on a variety of lures, the 3 big ones came on a swimjig, spinnerbait and flipping a craw. WeContinue reading “3 days on Lake Istokpoga”
Florida Bass fishing Vacation #2, Part 1 Okeechobee
Day 1 shore fishing We always start are trips with a day of fishing from shore after an all night flight from Seattle to Fort Lauderdale, after a 2 hour flight from Ketchikan to Seattle. Sometimes we actually fight through the sleep deprivation enough to catch something, this time we did better than normal. 10Continue reading “Florida Bass fishing Vacation #2, Part 1 Okeechobee”
Florida Vacation #1, 2023
January 25 – February 7 After flying all night from Ketchikan Alaska to Fort Lauderdale Florida we hit a few shore fishing spots before checking into the resort but only managed to catch a few bowfin. The next 2 days were real windy but we had pretty good fishing in one of Lake Okeechobee’s canalsContinue reading “Florida Vacation #1, 2023”
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. FirstContinue reading “Florida Vacation #2 Part 1”
Florida Vacation Part 2
Highlights from 3 of the best days of bass fishing I’ve ever had The first of these 3 days, stick worms, curly tail worms, swimjigs, and top water was the ticket. The next 2 days, flipping a heavy weight in the cattail jungle accounted for most of our bites, but the swimjigs and worms stillContinue reading “Florida Vacation Part 2”
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