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Nice job Geo G! If live down here you know bass fishing can be tough this time of year, so its nice to hear some reports. My local areas have been fishing about the same, deeper and slow. Geo, what are you throwing down there, weightless or heavy weights to get down? Here it seems to be day-to-day of a slow sink verses just get to the bottom...

Put the boat in at mm41 ramp on Saturday the 10th a little before sunrise. We traveled West, back to Collier and started fishing the southern canal. It was a beautiful, but chilly morning, with the first bass coming to the boat about 10 minutes into fishing. The morning bite was productive, it seemed to get really good from 7:30-8:30. We fished against the wind, traveling east, throwing mostly flukes and the occasional shakeyhead and chatterbait. The wind really picked up around 10-10:30ish so we jumped around to a couple bridges and then allowed the wind to drift us back to the ramp. The boat was on the trailer by noon and we had landed 37 bass (3 3lbs), 1 oscar, and numerous shellcracker. Overall, it was a fun day considering the cold front pushing through.

Geo, sorry for the late reply. We put in at mm41 and fished mainly the south canal. We were able to find some flowing water that had the bass stacked in a few spots, otherwise we were working the shoreline. The best part about Saturday was when we saw a spot that “looks like a bass would be there”, they were there and hungry!

1-13-17 Water Level & Fishing Report I was able to get out to the Alley yesterday morning with my girlfriend. It turned out to be a good morning. The water level is still up and I could hear fish deep in the reeds, but there was plenty of action in the canal. We fished from 7:15 until about 1 and she was able to pull 43 bass (all on flukes) and I managed to get 41 (between flukes, shakey head, and wacky rig). Average bass was just under 2lbs with big bass weighing 4lbs 3oz. The bass were feeding heavily on bait fish and were even spitting them up when being caught. Bycatch for the day wasn't too horrible, together we caught 15 sunfish, oscar, and cichlids. Overall it was a fun day with beautiful weather.

Thanks for the replies. Geo, that’s what I was afraid of. We are still going to try for Saturday. I will give an updated report after that. Thanks again.

Hey everyone, new member of the site, 239 native looking to get a little help for Alligator Alley. I’m wondering if anyone has been out lately and how are the water levels? Hoping to fish mm41 on Saturday.