Fishing Reports, Florida Peacock Bass, Golden Gate Canal, South Florida Fishing Reports
Peacock Bass Fly Fishing Adventure
Hi, this is Captain Mark Rogers and today we were fishing at the Golden gate canal system, here are some pictures if you don’t know about this location.
Today, we got to embark on a different fishing adventure. Florida offers so many different techniques to catch fish. Naples also provides some of the best waters to embark on a Naples Florida Peacock Bass Fly Fishing Adventure.
The peacocks were biting well today. Laura was enjoying her birthday present with only one request; she really wanted to catch her first peacock bass on the fly.
Luckily, some of my favorite little spots were still holding fish. It took some time to get things going but her wish did come true. She caught her first peacock on the fly.
I was super excited for Laura that we were able to accomplish her goal, especially on her birthday. Ron also caught some peacocks as well.
One of the luxuries of the Golden Gate Canal system is that there can be a tarpon as well. There was a bunch rolling around us throughout the day. We put some flies in front of them with no luck but a couple of bumps.
The conditions held well throughout the day. The overcast and slight north breeze kept us cool and the fish biting. The fishing is only going to get better, come down and catch yours!!
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Captain Mark Rogers is a full-time South Florida bass guide and touring professional. Experience includes BASS Master Elite Tour, FLW Tours, Everstart, BFL tournaments, and many others. Mark has a list of accomplishments in the fishing industry a mile long. Mark originally from California moved to Florida, sharpen his northern skills years ago to master guiding on world-famous Lake Okeechobee.
Fishing Reports, Florida Peacock Bass, Golden Gate Canal, Largemouth Bass, South Florida Fishing Reports
Naples Golden Gate Canal Largemouth & Peacock Bass Fishing
Hi this is Captain Mark Rogers and today We were fishing at the Golden gate canal.
Here is your Naples Golden Gate Canal Largemouth & Peacock Bass Fishing report. We got to fish Naples Golden Gate Canal system today, after a couple of long days of heavy winds. I did not want to play the dangerous game of going out in 30-40 mph winds. Luckily, the wind finally calmed down.
The morning was calm but the effects of the storm were still present. The bite early on, when it was cooler, was not the best but once the sun heated things up, the fish were on.
The largest peacock bass was about 3 1/2 pounds. We also got several largemouth bass in the 5 to 6-pound range. We threw a mix of artificial and live bait. The peacock bass loves the shiners, they go wild for them.
Most peacock bass like to hang around pretty cool water temperatures. So they weren’t in the mood to chase the artificial, but the live bait worked really well.
The wind picked up and started blowing 10 to 15 mph, which actually made it nice out. Once the water warms up more, the peacocks will start to school up. Overall, we had a great day. That’s it for now, keep searching for those big ones.
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Captain Mark Rogers is a full-time South Florida bass guide and touring professional. Experience includes BASS Master Elite Tour, FLW Tours, Everstart, BFL tournaments, and many others. Mark has a list of accomplishments in the fishing industry a mile long. Mark originally from California moved to Florida, sharpen his northern skills years ago to master guiding on world-famous Lake Okeechobee.
About Golden Gate Canal
Don’t confuse the area’s beautiful saltwater beach with a shortage of natural lakes for freshwater fishing. Southwest Florida has hundreds of miles of drainage canals that contain tons of fish called the Golden Gate Canal System. This region has three major canal systems: Lehigh Acres, Cape Coral, and Golden Gate.
It is centrally between Naples-Marco Island’s pristine beaches and the Everglades National Park, Big Cypress Preserve, and the Collier-Seminole State Park.
“The canals in southern Golden Gate area will provide freshwater fisherman great alternative opportunity,” said President Brian McMahon, Collier County Standing Watch.
This project was completed in the summer of 2009, so if you want to explore southwest Florida fishing. The Golden Gate canal system is where you can stay close, save time and money.
Fishing Reports, Central Florida Fishing, Lake Istokpoga, Largemouth Bass
Fishing Lake Istokopoga Weed Edges For Largemouth Bass
Hi this is Captain Mark Rogers and today we were fishing at Lake Istokopoga.
Here is your, Fishing Lake Istokopoga Weed Edges For Largemouth Bass and bullhead catfish, report. It was still a little bit cooler in temps, started out at about 63 degrees. The fishing was kind of slow all day, moved around a bit and caught a fish here and there. Then around 11:30, the water started creeping up to where the fish got a little more active, and we could see more activity around us.
We started to catch a lot more fish here and started working outside edges pitching worms across the cattails and bullrushes. We picked away at them slowly throughout the day. We threw artificial all day and got probably a dozen or so fish, with the biggest 4 pounds. When the water temperature came up, we had a lot more success. In the end, not too bad of a day. Keep searching for those big ones.
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Mark originally from California moved to Florida, to sharpen his northern skills years ago to master guiding on the world-famous Lake Okeechobee.
Fishing Reports, Lake Okeechobee, Largemouth Bass, South Florida Fishing Reports
Finding Some Spots and Catching some Bass on Okeechobee
Hi this is Captain Mark Rogers and today we were fishing at Lake Okeechobee.
It is a couple days after the cold front, the waters are still a little chilly and it was about 60 degrees in the morning.
We started out and tried an area with some artificial lures to see what was going on and couldn’t get any real action, so we moved out and tried some shiner areas, and we slowly picked away at them.
I stopped at a couple spots and we would catch two or three fish in each area, then about noon I figured we could try going back in the shallows again and try fishing with some artificials, the water warmed up a few degrees, wind was blowing about 10 to 15 out of the east so that helped relax the fish a little bit and we started catching a few fish on worms back in the grass flats.
We moved around to a couple different areas caught some more fish on artificials, and then we ended up Shiner fishing a little bit more, and picked up a few more bass doing that, so it was a little bit better day.
The waters are warming up slowly, so I think once it gets back up to 66 68 the bass are going to really start biting and the fishing should get better.
Well that’s it for now, this is Capt Mark Rogers, keep searching for those big ones.
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Bass fishing On Okeechobee After The Cold Front
Hi, this is Captain Mark Rogers today we were fishing at Lake Okeechobee.
I was out on the water 2 days after the strongest cold front of the year hit and it dropped the temperature on the lake quite a lot, I was here a couple of days ago before the front and the water temperature was about 75, today it started out at 58 so that put a damper on the fishing a little bit, but we were able to catch a few bass.
We were shiner fishing today and the wind blew pretty much out of the east around 10 to 15 mph with a little stronger gusts every once in a while.
I had to hop around a little bit to find some fish, but we finally caught a few here and there, it wasn’t all that exciting, but we were able to get some decent fish in these tough conditions.
It was overcast and windy and that helped the bite a little bit cause if it was bright and sunny it might have been even tougher but it turned out to be a pretty decent day after all.
Well, that’s it for now, this is Capt Mark Rogers, keep searching for those big ones.
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