Today I had the pleasure of taking out repeat customers from Wellington, Fl. Gene Holland and his nephew Eric from Colorado. Gene really wanted Eric to catch a couple of Florida peacocks today, I said, “I will do my best, the water temperatures dropping in the winter months it slows the fishing down sometimes.
On this day, the winter winds could not keep us from catching peacock bass today. By the end of day we had 20 peacock bass and 5 really nice large mouth bass. While the weather continues to change as winter is here, go fishing…there are no bad days and remember the fishing still have to eat!
Looking forward to seeing Gene again in February.
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Today I had the pleasure of fishing with repeat customers of mine Jim Cain from Cahokia, TN. They have been fishing with me for the last four years and it’s always great to see them. We went out to seek the mighty peacock bass today, so we headed to the Miami area due to the resent cold fronts. It always good to move further south for the warmer water.
Fishing today was good, but you had to work hard to catch them…it’s called fishing to most of us, in most case it makes the reward of catching them that much better. James and Jamie caught peacock bass, a tarpon, a snook and a big jack. All of these were caught on one fishing trip today!
Thank you for the good time guys, looking forward to seeing you again…
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The debate over whether to set speed limits on Palmetto Bay canals continued.
BY PATRICIA MAZZEI
Last month, Palmetto Bay officials listened to people who live on village canals complain about loud, speeding boaters. Set a speed limit on the waterways, they asked.
On Monday, council members heard from the other side — villagers who said they moved to Palmetto Bay to could enjoy the water. Their plea: Protect our lifestyle.
”We spend our weekends on the canal,” Rainer Schael said. “We fish, we ski, we play.”
The village is considering designating the canals as minimum-wake and slow-speed zones, requiring boaters and skiers to move slowly through the waterways. That is a change from the original proposal before the council in November, which would have set a more stringent no-wake zone requirement.
Canal users ignoring the rule could be cited — the waterways equivalent of a speeding ticket on the highway — by state, county or municipal officers, including the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which has some jurisdiction over the canals.
The measure was proposed by former Vice Mayor Linda Robinson and state Rep. Julio Robaina, who said they were reacting to ”years” of complaints from residents.
But it could keep people from water skiing, jet skiing and otherwise enjoying the canals, some residents said at Monday’s council meeting.
”This ordinance is absolutely crazy,” said Ryan Swakon, who said he boats, kayaks and wake boards on the waterways and nearby lakes.
The large, cigarette and commercial fishing boats residents spoke about last month could not fit through the canals, he said.
His father, Ed Swakon — president of the Miami Marine Council, a group that works to preserve boater rights — said boaters from outside the village were to blame for speeding.
”The people who don’t understand [responsible boating] won’t obey your law anyway,” he said.
Still, speeding boats threaten other people on the canal, other villagers said.
”I have been run up into the bank more than once,” said Henry Clifford, a kayaker. “I don’t like the idea of having to listen constantly if there’s a boat coming around the corner to nail me.”
Elected officials largely stayed out of the debate, although Vice Mayor Brian Pariser said he was concerned about people disturbed by boat noise.
Council member Shelley Stanczyk, who lives on a canal, said the waterways were built to prevent flooding. Boat traffic, she said, has decreased recently. But, she added, “you can’t ignore the fact that they do speed.”
The village will hold a town hall-style meeting to discuss the issue at 6 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Deering Estate Visitor’s Center, 16701 SW 72nd Ave. It will then take up the measure for a third time, probably in February.
Today I had the pleasure of fishing a afternoon trip with Frank and his friend John from Westerly, RI on the Lake Ida chain.
We only had a couple of hours due to the plane being delayed, so when they got there we went right to the hot spots. They fished hard and caught fourteen fish up to 4 pounds, both peacock bass and large mouth bass.
We had to be back at the ramp by four thirty, so in what became a very short day of fishing I think we had a pretty good day!
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This week Devin Cole of Holitong, PA spent 4 days with us fishing for the mighty Florida peacock bass. I had the pleasure of spending 3 of the 4 days with Devin in search of this hard fighting speices.
Devin is just recently starting to get into the sport of bass fishing and as his knowledge exspans so does his experiences. Devin replies, “I always wanted to catch a peacock bass.” So we gave him the chance to catch them in 4 separate locations and 4 different ways. All 4 areas were planed out with awesome results.
While some days are always better than others, but we all know (THAT’S FISHIN). I would say we boated 70 plus peacock bass in 4 days from 1 to 5 pounds. It really was a very exiting venture, Devin had such a great time he’s already planning another trip with his son anf friends in March.
We are looking forward to fishing with him again, it will be a blast once agian.
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Today was another good day of peacock bass fishing with Elmer Branson from Louisiana. Elmer drove all the way down from Orlando, Florida today, just to go out and do some serious peacock bass fishing. When we met up I told him he was going to get his arm ripped off today, he laughed and said, “I’ve heard that one before.” He just laughed with me when we started in the canal system, he could not imagine fishing like this!
I was a little concerned once we started fishing, as it was a little slow at first. The water had dirtied and made the areas much harder to fish. But as the day went on and we moved around to different locations the peacock bass started to come up to the shorelines. Now the fight would begin, we caught a mess load of fish from 3 to 5 pounds. Elmer was surprised at how hard the peacock bass fights, especially because he fishes for small-mouth bass.
When it was all said and done, Elmer turned and said, “my arm does hurt a little from fighting these fish, but is still attached” as we both laughed mostly about the ones that got away!
Looking forward to seeing Elmer in 3 months again.
See ya real soon,
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Day two with the Rinaldi Family was a adventure, it started off in the Florida Everglades . Which turned out really bad , “I know fishing guides are not suppose to say that, but tell the way it is,” The recent rains from tropical storm fay have just got the bass in the Everglades all spread out with all the water that has fallen.
When we got to our first location, I saw immediately how much the water has came up in the Everglades. So, I said “I have something better then the Everglades right now.” We headed to a private lake that we have and ended up catching really nice bass, “like the one in the picture to the right!”
We also had a fantastic day of peacock bass fishing and few tarpon which the boys had a great time with and so did I. It was great to watching everyone, especially the boys catching fish all day long.
Thanks once again to the Rinaldi family, the trips just seem to keep getting better!
See ya real soon,
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The Rinaldi family have been repeat customers of mine for a long time. Today I had the pleasure of taking them for Peacock bass in Homestead, Florida. With the recent tropical storm Fay I didn’t think the fishing was going to be “red hot,” boy was I ever wrong. I believe Frankie won for the most, Tony had the biggest peacock and Anthony was doing good trying to keep up. By the end of day we lost track of how many peacocks we caught but our thumbs showed the signs of a great day of peacock bass fishing.
Can’t wait to see what the second day will bring at a new private lake we are going to fish!
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I took out long time repeat customer Philip Danial his son-in-law Tyson and Tyson’s friend Rick all from Huntsville, TN. Day1, we ventured way out in the glades looking for some trophy large-mouth bass. With all the recent rain we have had in the Everglades, it is much higher than normal. I expected a semi-slow bite and to my surprise the bite was much better than expected. The guys boated 19 large-mouth from 3lbs to 7 1/2lbs. What a great day it turned out to be, all the fish looked like footballs, fat and healthy.
Day 2 & 3 we were in Miami for the hard fighting peacock bass. The competition was on, they boated fish after fish for two straight days. For the two days in Miami they boated close to 70 peacock bass. What a amazing three days with these guys, a true summer freshwater slam.
I always look forward to fishing with these guys and I had a blast watching these guys go at it!
