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Specializing in Florida Bass Fishing on all of the Florida Freshwater Lakes.

  We went to a new location today for Phillip, but an old one for me. This is one of the great things about South Florida., there’s lots of water and fisheries everywhere. This was one of the coldest days we have had this year, we started the day throwing top water baits. The key to the bite was working the lure very slow, due to the cold front you would think the fish would have not hit top water…well they did!

 The first fish we caught was 4 pounds, so I told Phillip to change his bait to what I was throwing. It worked out pretty well, he caught a very chunky 2 pound largemouth right away. As the day moved on, we moved around a lot and had action all day. We caught over 50 fish,  40 of them where peacock bass and the other 10 were a mix of largemouth bass and snakeheads.

If you are visiting South or Central Florida for work or vacation and want to experience the best bass fishing that there is to offer then please give us a call. We can be reached at (888) 629-BASS or email me…

Capt Brett
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 Southwest Florida, at first glance, doesn’t sound like a fresh water angler’s paradise. The region only has a handful of natural lakes and only one, Lake Trafford in the farming community of Immokalee is accessible to the public. There are many other lakes in the region but, they are all made-made rock pits or water retention areas for the numerous housing and golf course developments. Most of them are stocked and offer excellent largemouth bass, catfish and panfish fishing. But, some of these are located on private property, fishing can be restricted to residents and their guests. If in doubt, assume the lake is private and ask for permission before wetting your line.

Don’t construe the shortage of natural lakes and the restricted use man-made lakes with a lack of places to fresh water fish. Southwest Florida has hundreds of miles of drainage canals containing tons of fish. There region has three major canal systems: Lehigh Acres, Cape Coral and Golden Gate. Certain parts of each system are locally famous for good bass and panfish fishing. Each system has a few boat ramps, some bridges to fish from and plenty of areas where you can fish from the banks.

Driving around the region you will also notice that there are drainage canals along many of the major roads. Don’t overlook these as possible fishing spots. If there is a safe place to pull off the road, stop and give it a try. You will see people doing this every day and they usually are catching fish.

This part of the state has year-round largemouth bass and panfish fishing. Most of the bigger bass are caught during the cooler months when the fish are more actively feeding and at their peak bedding time. Panfish, including bluegills and redear sunfish will almost always bite a worm, cricket or small minnow.

Black crappie, preferring colder waters, aren’t as prevalent in this part of the state. Lake Trafford has the best crappie fishing in the region with the winter month being best. Oscars, exotic fish that are working their way into southwest Florida from the Miami area, can be very abundant in the freshwater canals, particularly along the US 41 canal in eastern Collier County. Catfish, mudfish and several species of gar are also common freshwater residents.

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  Today we had the pleasure of taking out Mel Taylor from Weston, FL which is with the Channel 10 news team. He contacted our service at www.bassonline.com  to setup up a fishing trip, he was especially interested to see if we could teach him how to use artificial lures.  He seems to fish often, but with live bait.

 We only had a short 4 hour day, so I had to work fast to bring Mel up to speed. We touch on several techniques, but caught most of our fish on a shaky head rig with an awesome new bait from JDC Bait company. Because of our policy, NO FISH-NO PAY, Mel knew we had a few fish with his name on it, which left him to fishing worry free. By the end of the trip Mel caught at least 5 fish on artificial baits and he learned a great deal.

Mel, is hooked and is looking at his schedule to come back this month!

If you are visiting South or Central Florida for work or vacation and want to experience the best bass fishing that there is to offer then please give us a call. We can be reached at (888) 629-BASS or email me…

Capt Brett
bretti@bassonline.com
888-629-2277
www.BassOnline.com
www.hawghunter.net
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 Today I met up in the afternoon with Willy and his friend John. Willy is a fly fishing instructor and stuck to fly fishing all day, while John was pitching live bait to the key areas. Willy was putting the fly every where I asked him, I said…put it under the tree, he did it.

In just four short hours I had these two guys out they caught 17 fish, with a mix of peacock bass and largemouth. Willy is planning on being back next month.

If you are visiting South or Central Florida for work or vacation and want to experience the best bass fishing that there is to offer then please give us a call. We can be reached at (888) 629-BASS or email me…

Capt Brett
bretti@bassonline.com
888-629-2277
www.BassOnline.com
www.hawghunter.net
www.bassauthority.com
www.flpeacockbass.com
www.basson-line.com

   Phillip is back for another four days of peacock bass and largemouth bass fishing, we met up early in the morning hours for our new adventure and long drive to Miami. When we got to our location we launched the boat in the water, as we tied on our plugs for the day which consided of topwater and sub surface lures made by luckycraft.

 The first fish of the day was caught by Phillip it was right around 3 pounds, it was a peacock bass. As we moved on in the day we went back to Phillip’s favorite spot and the bite was on. We caught over 15 fish in that one spot, all largemouth bass. By the end of the day we caught over 60 fish on artificial lures made by lucky craft. Phillip will be gone for the next two days with his girlfriend, he will be back for 3 more days starting Thursday.

If you are visiting South or Central Florida for work or vacation and want to experience the best bass fishing that there is to offer then please give us a call. We can be reached at (888) 629-BASS or email me…

 Capt Brett
bretti@bassonline.com
888-629-2277
www.BassOnline.com
www.hawghunter.net
www.bassauthority.com
www.flpeacockbass.com
www.basson-line.com