Back from Florida trip
This trip was awesome! We left last Thursday night after work. The Son-in-law (Wes aka Rearranged) and I took turns driving. We left at 8pm and when the sun came up we were in Florida. We arrived at my friends house at about 11:30, said our hello's, got out the suitcases, uncovered the boat and headed for Alligator Alley. Bryan drove that portion because we were exhausted, but still able to fish. Water temp was in the low 70's. We caught fish on senko's, spinnerbaits, and several other lures. Fished til dark and headed for the house. My buddy's wife had dinner ready every night for us when we got back. Special thanks to her for that and she also made our lunches for the day along with fresh baked cookies. She's a keeper!
We fished the Alley again on Friday. Plenty of fish caught but no Big ones. Saturday was back at the Alley and produced good fish again but not the big one. We also caught 3 Peacock Bass. I caught 2 of them 1 on a Spinnerbait and the other on a crankbait. My buddy Bryan caught his on a crankbait also. They were about 1-1/2pounds and fought like smallies.
Sunday we headed to the Big "O". Wow that water was low. Main lake temp was around 60-63 and the rim canal by clewiston was in the low 70's. Caught fish on dropshot with a shakey head as lower weight. All fish hit the drop shot worm. Bryan caught one on a Motor-oil worm that was close to 5 pounds. At the end of the evening right before dark the Fish were killing a Spinnerbait. My son-in-law boatd a 5.75 pounder earlier in the day with a spinnerbait.
Monday we headed back to the Alley. We decided to fish a different area this time, putting in at the last place closest to the Miami side. There the water was Gin Clear and we couldn't draw a strike. After 4 hours I made the call to load the boat and go to the other portion again. Started fishing right at the dock and within an hour we all had fish. Senko's, spinnerbaits, chatter baits,brush hogs, just to name a few. Bryan ended up with a fish pushing close to 5 pounds on a jig/senko combo. The fish were whacking that thing.
On Tuesday (the last day) I boated a 6.75 pounder on my third cast with a chatter bait (green-pumpkin) we had only been on the water for 5 minutes and at that point I was threatened to be thrown overboard for gator bait. The bite was nothing short of Awesome that day! Some rain was moving in and the top water bite was On!!!! Bryan and Wes were making record setting casts and back-lashes with Horney toads to hit the poskets before the other could reach it. Within an hour they boated about 15 fish all of them between 2-3 pounds. Then the sun came out and shut it down. The action was fast. They missed as many as they caught or just didn't get them all the way to the boat. There was one fish that made a wake towards both of their lures that a wake boarder would have loved. But the fish would not strike. I worked on him with a senko with no results. Since we couldnt catch it we declared it to be a Mud Fish. It helps to ease the pain of missing a big Bass.
This was a great trip. Fishing was awesome, we all caught fish every day without resulting to live bait and I got to spend some quality time on the water with the Son-in-law and a Great friend that I hadn't seen in almost a year. Cant wait to do it again Next Year!!!!
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