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!

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Capt Brett
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 The bass fishing in the Florida Everglades is probably one of the most consistent fisheries in the state, even though the Fish and Wildlife Commission has given it the #1 fishery stats when it comes to catch per hour you still need to fish to believe it. Like most fisheries, knowing how and when to fish the Everglades is key.

The key for us is being the largest and busiest, although we would like to think we are the most productive guide service in Florida. Which we always say, comes from knowing where the fish are going to bite before the fish even know it! We use cycles, trends, moon phases, water levels and simply our years of experience still continue to separate us from all of the others and today was just another example as we had out long time return customer Wade Weadows  and his friends for a day of fishing in the Everglades.

The day went well with lots of fish being caught on artificial lures as well as live bait, several in the 4 to 5 pound class. Always great to have these guides fishing with us, look forward to having you back in March.

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 Tight lines,

Capt Todd
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  Law enforcement officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) cited a Sawgrass Recreation Park airboat captain, Charles W. Riley, D.O.B 10-28-47, of Tamarac, Florida with failing to report a boating accident, a misdemeanor, and careless operation, an infraction.
The FWC filed the charges after the airboat Riley was driving, a 28-foot Diamondback, took on water and sank in an Everglades marsh Oct. 4. The incident was not reported to the FWC until Oct. 7.

 FWC investigators determined the airboat’s capacity is 23 people. There were 37 people (cruise ship passengers) on board the vessel when water came over the bow. The boat sank in 6-8 feet of alligator-infested water 100 yards north of Sawgrass Recreation Parkin western Broward County.

Other airboat captains in the area rescued the tourists, among them young children. Some suffered minor injuries. Approximately $5,000 in personal items was destroyed, including cameras and cellular phones.

FWC investigators concluded the airboat was overloaded with people, which caused the boat to sink.

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 Today I took out Hale White and his wife from Thompson, Tenn., what a great young couple. The day started off with a monster explosion that got away, I would say it was 8 to 9 pounds by the look of it. After that loss, it took a bit to re-group and start fishing again.

Every spot we hit produced a couple of good fish. We only spent 4 hours on the water, we boated around 15 fish total with a 5 pound kicker bass.

It was a very exiting morning to say the least, even when I was loading up the boat Hale caught a 3 pounder at the boat ramp. Great job guys, hope to see you again real soon!

Tight Lines,
Capt Tony (954) 205-2535
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This week we had Joe and Athena Mitchell from the Bronx in New York fishing with us, I had the pleasure of spending the last 2 days with them. Day 1 with me we went down to Miami for the hard fighting peacock bass.

This couple are long time repeat customer and a blast to fish with, we had a pretty good day boating about 16 peacock bass. Right at the end of the day Joe hooked into a tarpon that was about 25 to 30 pounds, he got to fight this fish for about 5 minutes. Just when the fight was about over, the line nicked the prop on the outboard and  broke off.  The tarpon jumped 4 times and gave us a great aerial show.

On day 2 we went to Lake Ida to do something a little different. The day started of hot and ended pretty good, they boated 25 fish with a 6 pound kicker large-mouth bass. I think this was Joe’s personal biggest bass ever!

I’m looking forward to seeing them again in March, maybe Joe can break his record again.

Tight Lines,
Capt Tony (954) 205-2535
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  Today I had a little break on the sunrise to sunset trips and changed out with Capt Tony another one of our guides.  I took out Casey and Allison from St Paul, MN  which were down on there honeymoon…Congratulations!

So we went out in the Everglades to catch a big Florida largemouth bass, with the bass being a little sluggish on the back side of the summer moon we had to work a little harder at fishing but we managed to catch a Florida trophy bass a little over 5 pounds for the honeymooners.

Hope they enjoyed it as much as I did…thanks guys!

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Capt Brett
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 Well all I can say for this day Phillip and I went out to search for new water and had another excellent day of fishing for large mouth bass on this day. I managed to get Phillip his largest bass ever, it weighed in at 6 pounds on this day as we caught more largemouth then he had ever caught.

  Most of the areas were good fishing, but water management has recently sprayed some areas so we had to move around to other locations. We found everything had to do with water conditions and the fish could be caught!

 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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  Hello everybody its been awhile, I have been on the road a lot and it sure is good to fish at home. The lake “Okeechobee” that is, is looking great and I am going out on the limb by saying this could be one of the best winters in the last 10 years.

 There is more cover(vegetation) to fish than I have ever remember. The cover is a little different than the past years, there is going to be a lot of adventures this year as we try to follow and locate these big bass…the up side is we should have plenty of water to ourselves.

 Just getting back from New York fishing Lake Champlain on the FLW tour, a beautiful lake good fishing but it’s nice to see Florida largemouth again, there giants here compared to Champlain. Today, I fished with Harry Swauger and his father both are very good fishermen with baitcasters and/or spinning reels, today they were on top of there game. We fished the glades and caught good size fish most of the day. The biggest fish of the day was 9lb largemouth, it sure is good to see how healthy Florida bass are.

 Well, I hate to run, but I have to go to Clarks Hill for the last FLW series tournament of the year. I will be back in about two weeks, I hope to bring some of the cooler weather with me. If we get some cool weather while I am gone that will be the thing to fire these fish up!

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

Good fishing,

Capt Mark Shepard
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 Today was anther good day of fishing in South Florida, it was may turn to take out Phillip from Switzerland. He is fishing with us for the next six days and is coming back a week later for another four days, what a die hard fishermen this guy is!

I will tell you something, this man can fish like a pro…he never sits down, just pounding away at the bank line. Phillip fishing trips are not just 4 to 6 hours, he is fishing from sunrise to sunset…very long days of fishing. By the end of our trip on this day we caught over 80 largemouth bass up 4 pounds.

Now that’s a good day!

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Tight Lines,

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Today I had the pleasure of taking more of our repeat customers that have been coming to us for over 6 years.

What a good group of people, Joe and Athena Mitchell for the Bronx in NY are on a 3 day package trip. They selected one of the many discounted trips we offer, as we are known for our excellent service and great value with in the industry. The 3 days will be split up through the week, tomorrow they go out with Capt Tony another great bassonline guide on our staff.

We spent our day catching fish most of the day and having an excellent time until the thunder storms came in and we had to leave, here’s a good picture of a good time we all had.

Here’s an email we received late that evening from Joe & Athena,

Just wanted to drop you a line to say how much we enjoyed our trip with Capt Brett yesterday. He was knowledgeable,  a lot of fun, had a great sense of humor was very attentive- simply put, all the qualities and service that we have come to expect and rely on as repeat customers, fortunately, we are never disappointed.

We will forward our photos as soon as they are available.
Thanks Again,  Athena and Joe Mitchell

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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