11/1/14 Saturday, East Canal, 8:00 - 1:30, wind 15-25 out of WNW, water temp 74*, light stain, sunny.
Lures: Target frog, chatterbait, zoom fluke, trick worm, stick-o, centipede, Gamber E-Z swimmer and buzzbait..
Went out with good friend Steve Johnson. We got a late start, so we missed a hour of productive fishing. The wind started out light and made the first two hours a treat. I started with a hollow body frog in the pads. I got no action and no swirls and misses. Switched to a stick-o bait and the bite was on. If you got close to the sawgrass weed line you got action almost every time. There were lots of dinks, with a few 2's and 3's in the mix. At 10:00 a front came through with cloud cover, and heavy wind. Steve switched to a buzzbait and with the clouds, he caught a fish on every cast. This continued until the front blew through, and the sun got strong. The senko bite continued all day, and never slowed. After the front came through the wind got ridicules, blowing at a steady 25. Luckly it blew out of the west, because that sent us right down the canal to the east. There were two boats with their kids, and they were having a ball. It is a great time to take the kids out for a great time.
We finished the day with between 80 & 90 bass, a big mudfish, and a Mayan Cichlid. It was a fun day, and I can't wait to go again. We are so lucky to live in South Florida with all these remarkable fisheries.
