Florida Vacation 2025

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”

Hiking and Camping

August 5-6 Spent a couple days hiking around looking for deer (our deer season runs from August through December) checking trailcams and fishing for trout. The red salmon is a lost sockeye, first one I’ve seen in this creek, the rest of the fish are pink salmon. We hadn’t had much rain so the fewContinue reading “Hiking and Camping”

Bass Fishing on Lake Okeechobee 2022

We accidentally chose the coldest 11 days this winter in Florida for our first of two trips to Lake Okeechobee, arriving on the January 21st and leaving on February 1st. We managed to catch fish every day though we were often dressed like we were fishing for Winter Kings at home in Alaska than LargemouthContinue reading “Bass Fishing on Lake Okeechobee 2022”

Florida Bass Fishing Vacation Part 4

We spent a few more days on Okeechobee and finished the trip clobbering the peacock bass and other fish in the Tamiami Canal. For peacock bass I used a white 2 inch rubber worm (1/2 of a 4 inch worm) just slightly longer than my hook which I rigged exposed, and Andy used a littleContinue reading “Florida Bass Fishing Vacation Part 4”

Florida Bass Fishing Vacation Part 3

Road Trip to the Everglades We took a break from the boat and drove to the Everglades and fished for exotics and bass. Late in the afternoon we hit a stretch of the Tamiami Canal with good bank access and loaded with Peacock Bass, when we finally rolled into our hotel around midnight we realizedContinue reading “Florida Bass Fishing Vacation Part 3”