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The answer is yes, I have run it in my 18 foot boat. Just watch for downed trees in the water, and stay in the middle, rocky edges to that canal. If you run it early in the morning you will covered with spiders from the trees!!!! Always fun!

Shane I didn't realize that was you in his profile picture. Jlo knows how to pick a great guide!!!!! Waiting for another GoPro video, always entertaining.

No it goes no where near L28, Little 67 parallels big 67, and runs toward the Miami River from US41. It runs through a massive flat. It is a quiet place to fish without all the big boats running past. A john boat with a little kicker is perfect out there. L 28, sometimes call the Interceptor canal, from 41 is another good place to fish in a john boat. There are 7 weirs to pull the john boat over. You can fish out there and be totally by yourself. Lots of cypress out there.

Little 67 is a nice spot for a small boat. Go west on 41 past the Miccasukee to the 20 mile bend. Go across the bridge to the memorial for the plan crash. The concrete ramp is on the little canal past the memorial. The canal is only 20 feet wide in spots and goes for miles through the flats. There are lots of pads out there. Stay in the middle when running, the sides are solid rock, and jagged in spots. Lots of quality bass caught out there, and few people fishing Little 67. Good luck!

Can't get much in that price range unless you find a super sale.

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One time 30 years ago we went too Slims, on the south side of Lake Okeechobee. We went through Boy Scout cut out to the outer edge of the big lake. We had a great couple of hours fishing and then noticed clouds building to the north and the west. After a half an hour the clouds gathered to the south. We were getting circled by this storm. We started running for the safety of the rim canal, and the skies opened up and the wind began to blow. As we got closer to Boy Scout Cut we noticed wind had been blowing water toward the cut and the waves were almost 3 or 4 feet in size. Being so shallow the wave build quickly and it can get ugly. We were so glad to get back to Slims and the safety of the truck. An hour later it was beautiful again. I learned a valuable lesson that day. Okeechobee can get real dangerous quick when a storm approaches. Don't wait to long to head for the dock, and those cuts become dangerous when all that water builds behind them.

University of Florida has over 100 free topo maps on line of lakes all over the state. I start there when fishing new waters.

My PB was caught at high noon in 2 feet of wTer, on a sunny day.

4" senko or stick-0s should get the job done. Fish them Texas rigged weightless, with a #3 gama EWG hook, and fish them slow. Just jerk them every once in a while and let them sit. Inactive bass will come to investigate. Great little baits. Watermelon red, junebug, Morning Glory, Okeechobee are grat colors. Most bites come while sitting still.

A special thanks to Glen and all those involved, in making this the great site that it is. May you and your families have a great holiday season and a fruitful 2015. God bless!!!!

You can get in that canal at two concrete ramps at Markem Park west of the 75, Sawgrass, intersection along 84.. The ramps can be very slippy so watch getting your vehicle tires wet unless you have a 4 wheel drive vehicle. You can run north for a few miles before it is blocked. In the middle of the wide lake area there is a shallow spot. Watch running in the middle, but it is a good crankbait area. If the wind is howling out of the west the high levee does a good job of blocking it. Good luck, sometimes jet skiers are a problem.

Same to you and all the members.

Fuel up the car and when the snow starts getting deep, head for Florida, stop at Disney, and hire a guide on Toho. You'll scratch the itch!!!!

About 5 years ago there were several big Otters at MM39 on the Alley. It was fun watching them mess with all the gators out there. In the glades the food supply must be endless with snakes, frogs, little gators, and fish. I haven't seen the group for years. I'm sure the python invasion has culled the otter population.

I loved the old shows especially the Hank Parker show, Bill Dance, and Roland (before he went sponsor crazy and started pushing everything in the boat every few minutes}.

Good luck man. I would rather be with the camera crew, then stuck with a moody pro. You will have a lot more ability to collect way points moving around the lake. I hope the weather is good for you.

Nothing about California big bass fishing seems normal. Florida strain bass are brought in from the southeast, supplied with an easy food supply and then resupplied every year, all in a controlled limited environment. Sounds like fishing a big aquarium. I have never fished out there, but have read a few good articles. They do grow monster bass!!!!!

I once caught a shimano combo along 41 just past the Indian Reservation. While fishing with my partner at the airport hole of Lake Okeechobee he kicked a Team Diawa rod and reel over the side. $300 back in the 80's. He was just sick.

Sunday 12/14/14, 7:00-11:30, Alligator Alley MM39, Sunny and cold, temp 45*-65*, wind NNW 5-10, water temp 68*, water clear, water levels normal. I went out this morning with Dave (Canesfan) to MM39, north side. I have not fished the Alley for months and Dave and I ran east to the dead end. By the end of the run both Dave and I were both freezing. Dave started with a chatterbait and I started with a Spro swimbait. Soon we were both throwing plastics and having slow but steady results. It was obvious early, that with the cold weather, fish were not in the mood to chase baits. You had to fish slow with long pauses to be on the bite. Most bites were in the pads or just at the edge of the drop off. I would dead stick the bait and then crawl it back to the boat with pauses at the drop off. With the bright sun they were moving from the deeper water onto the flats to soak up some rays. Bites were slow but steady. We spent most of the day throwing, stick-o's, flukes, trick worms both Texas rigged and wacky, u-tails, centipedes, and creature baits. The fluke and trick worm were the most productive today. We ended the day catching over 50 fish between the two of us. The big fish was 3 pounds. It was a fun day for both of us, and it sure beats 95* and 100% humidity, and you can keep Ice fishing, that's just plain crazy. It is certainly hard to beat winter in South Florida.

That's a great picture and one happy boy! Making memories he will never forget. Congrats Dad!

We do call small bass dinks in south Florida. Any under 10 to 12 inches are dinks. Right now we are catching a lot of dinks. It won't be long before the bigger ones come out to play on a regular basis. I'm having fun as long as something tugs on my line.

I've been doing this for over 40 years so there are quite a few memorable trips. Several that stand out are not all about big fish. 1). My favorite ever is a trip to the glades with my best buddy. This happened a couple years ago. My buddy came down from New Hampshire where he moved after 40 years in South Florida. We fished together almost every weekend for 25 years. We had two days of fishing in the glades, and had a great time together talking about all our old trips and life. We caught lots of fish and Tom caught a 5.5 on his last cast. We took some pics, and we called it quits. One week later while I was out fishing, I got a call from his wife Gloria, that Tom was walking home in NH, and had a massive heart attack and fell dead. That last trip together was worth everything to me, and couldn't believe it would be the last time I would see him alive. I never fish without saying hi to Tom every time I go out. 2). An 8 pound peacock from the bank in Weston Florida. Pound for pound, they fight better then anything in fresh water. We are so lucky to have them down here. 3). 1988 trip in my new boat to Okeechobee. It was the maiden voyage. I fished with an old timer that was a great fisherman, and new the lake well. We were back in Winnies Cove and Charlie was throwing a black worm, and beating me about 20 to 1. I was throw a jig and pig and just getting whipped bad. All of a sudden I hooked into a monster bass, one of the biggest hawgs I have seen in person, it went airborne twice in 3 feet of water. In my stupid days I was convinced 10 pound mono was enough anywhere in Florida. What a mistake! At the peek of the second jump, 10 feet from the boat, the line snapped. My lifetime personal best waved bye and left the area. Old Charlie went out and bought 5 of those jigs the very next day. I went back to that spot week after week and never saw that big fat girl again.

Dwight that is an amazing hawg! Congrats my friend, some people fish a life time and never touch a fish like that. What lake was it?

I hope this is a good move for all parties. I remember the AMF move with Harley, that almost wiped out the Harley brand.