Everglades bass in January 2011.

I recently took out one of my long time repeat customers Tim Witucky for a day of bass fishing in the Florida Everglades.

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On Jan. 17, 2001, Dean Rojas pulled 45 pounds and 2 ounces of bass from Lake Tohopekaliga to set the Bassmaster tournament record for heaviest one-day catch. The record still stands.

Now, almost exactly 10 years later, the ideal fishing conditions Rojas tapped into are brewing again on Toho. Coincidentally, the “perfect storm” is happening just in time for the Jan. 20-22 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open out of Kissimmee, Fla., the event that kicks off the 2011 Bassmaster season.

Trevor Fitzgerald of Belleview, Fla., champ of last season’s Southern Open finale, is among those who contend that the Toho tournament could reset the 45-2 record. He has more grounds than most to make the prediction. For one, he was at the Toho tournament in 2001 as an 18-year-old co-angler.

“I was paired with Alton Jones, and we fished within eyesight of Dean Rojas,” Fitzgerald said. “It was an experience — I’d never seen so many big fish in my life. For that matter, I haven’t seen so many big fish in one tournament since. It was just amazing.” (more…)

Hello everybody, this is Capt. Kip,

 Fishing these last couple of days was out of this world. I fished with Dennis Anderson, yesterday we caught around 25 fish up to 6 lbs. Today fishing was best because Dennis caught a 9lb.1oz monster. We tried artificial and had no luck, live golden shiners were the ticket. Dennis had never caught a bass this big and was delighted. We caught lots of 4 lbs and 5 lb bass, it was a great two days of fishing. The front that came in today was the key on this big fish.

Come back to Florida soon. I’m looking forward to fishing again with you.

 Til next time tight lines and good fishing….

From Staff Writer Capt. Kip Grunloh (fishing@bassonline.com)
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 Capt Tim Nichols fishing with Rich Wright from Kentukey.  The Everglades  fishing was very good caught over 45 with a couple of 4lb or better. Rich had 6 or better on, but  jump off.  The Wright’s caught all fish on shakyhead and senko.  It was I pleasure fishing with Wright family and showing them Florida Everglades  is a great fishery for many anglers.

Til next time tight lines and good fishing….

From Staff Writer Capt. Tim Nichols (tnichols@bassonline.com)
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Onboard today is Brad and Joe, what a good group of guys we
started off with live bait but the bite was a little off so we threw
skinny dippers and wormed the bottom and managed to catch over twenty
fish up to four pounds what a good short four hour trip we did looking
forward to seeing you guys again

Till next time tight lines and good fishing….
From Staff Writer Capt. Brett Isackson (bretti@bassonline.com)
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