All of us here at Bass Online are grateful to the Office Depot Foundation for allowing it to host this memorable event in conjunction with the Vendor Partnership Summit – and once again to extend the opportunity to participate with all of the Company’s vendors and suppliers.
Events: The Hot Rods & Reels™ 2014 NASCAR Daytona 500 Fishing Pictures charity tournament are unforgettable events that allow you to spend quality one-on-one time with your favorite NASCAR drivers. Participants spend approximately two hours with the likes of Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex, Jr., and Dave Blaney on the infield lake at NASCAR’s two premier events, the Daytona 500 and Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. All proceeds generated from each tournament go to benefit the Darrell Gwynn Foundation and the Betty Jane France Pediatric Center, Speediatrics.
Please contact the Foundation if you have any questions regarding the Hot Rods & Reels Fishing Tournaments.
Events: The Hot Rods & Reels™ 2014 Miami-Homestead Speedway fishing charity tournament are unforgettable events that allow you to spend quality one-on-one time with your favorite NASCAR drivers. Participants spend approximately two hours with the likes of Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex, Jr., and Dave Blaney on the infield lake at NASCAR’s premier event during Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. All proceeds generated from each tournament go to benefit the Darrell Gwynn Foundation and the Betty Jane France Pediatric Center, Speediatrics.
Please contact the Foundation if you have any questions regarding the Hot Rods & Reels Fishing Tournaments.
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2014 Rodman Reservoir Pictures are legendary for the number of trophy bass it has produced over this past year. The State of Florida consistently ranks it as one of the country’s top ten best bass lakes. You can count on fishing under floating covers on a trip to this area. There are a lot of ‘dollar weeds’ and water hyacinths here that bass use to surprise unsuspecting prey. You also will be fishing around eel grass, hydrilla, and lily pads. Rodman Reservoir and the Ocklawaha River are always a treat to fish. It is a beautiful waterway that produces big fish every year.
A bass caught in Rodman recently gave the Official State record a scare. The fish weighed in at 17.2 lbs. and had a length of 29.75 inches, coming up just short of the record fish weighing in at 17.27 pounds. Now that’s a giant bass. I believe that the new state record will come from either Rodman, Kissimmee Chain, or possibly Lake Okeechobee, known for trophy largemouth bass. Multiple-day fishing trips booked for Rodman Reservoir and Ocklawaha are generally live bait fishing trips where we use wild river shiners. However, artificial fishing can also be incorporated into the trip.
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The Butler Chains of lakes (4,927 acres) are all very similar in that they are relatively deep for Florida lakes (20 – 40 foot holes), have abundant submerge vegetation and good largemouth bass fisheries. This 4,720-acre chain is made up of 11 interconnected lakes. Boat access is available only at one county ramp (Lake Isleworth just south of Windermere) and public bank access is almost non-existent. Orange County charges a launch fee at the Lake Isleworth ramp and the ramp is not open after dark.
The R.D. Keene ramp at Lake Isleworth (Butler Chain) costs per day or a year for use of the ramp.
Windermere Chain of lakes is known for its excellent Orlando largemouth bass fishing. Most successful bass anglers pay attention to the bottom contours of the lakes offshore structure where 4- to 5-pound bass are commonly produced. Live shiners free-lined over grass edges, humps, ledges, and drop‑offs adjacent to spawning flats is one method to consistently catch quality bass in the winter/spring (Try Lake Butler). Jigging spoons fished over deep-water humps can produce 50-fish days when the water gets cold and fish congregate tightly (Try Little Lake Down). Windermere chain also have relatively unknown and unstudied black crappie (speck), bluegill and redear sunfish (shellcracker) populations, but anecdotal angler reports and field observations indicate a fishery exists for all three species.
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