piscicidal Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Holiday Park is still fishing ridiculous. Caught ~27lbs with Robert on Thursday in about three hours. Two 6s and three 5s. We missed the best part of the bite, too. Hate to say it, but I'm kind of hoping for the rain. The whole system needs to be flushed...it's like an aquarium there with a dirty, clogged filter. The low oxygen level sets these fish up and they are easy pickings, if you know what to do. Those fish really need a break...they're all stressed out. Every fish I caught on Thursday was full of red spots. Half the fish were beat up with scabs/sores from being caught. I'm going to do the big fish tourney on Father's Day, but we're going to run some new water. Then I'm switching to Lox mode.... Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 8, 2014 Super User Posted June 8, 2014 Yeah. All of the fish I caught yesterday weren't in the best condition. Lots of red spots that didn't look that good. Been hard for me to want to drive up to Lox with the fishing so good down here. Last time I was at Lox I didn't do so great. Water levels were down and made it difficult to really fish the flats like I want to do out there. As much as I like fishing canals, whenever I go to Lox, I'd much rather chuck moving baits over the grass flats. Quote
piscicidal Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Guess I better be careful what I wish for. That rain that just moved through was brutal. Came in fast from the East. I'm sure some people got stuck down on L67 today, fishing. Hope everybody is all right. I hear you, Eric. It's tough to leave when the fishing is so good. I'm a little tired of looking at canals, though. I'm ready to get back in the backcountry at Lox and just start throwing the frog around. Even if I don't catch anything. Get away from that zoo at Holiday Park. Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 8, 2014 Super User Posted June 8, 2014 I'm sitting here in the backyard watching that storm. Pretty nasty. Was hoping to take off from the house around 4 with the kids to go out this evening. Not looking too great now though. Just wanted to let them pitch some senkos to the edges of the pads. Quote
piscicidal Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 I went out with my kids couple weeks ago. Got them some tiny tubes at BPS. They both caught over 100 fish: Oscars, sunfish, bass, warmouth. Non stop action. I sat up front and flipped up a pile of 5/6lbers. Win/win! Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 15, 2014 Super User Posted June 15, 2014 How'd you end up in the tourney today, Mike? I was out on Saturday and the water was beyond dirty. I left at 9 in the morning. I wasn't the only one leaving either. Looked like absolute mud. All the run off from the rain muddied everything up as far as I could tell. Still trying to find my first 30 pound bag out there. Frustrating. Keep getting close, but not quite there. Quote
bocabasser Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 she's filling up quick boys. get it while its hot. Quote
piscicidal Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 How'd you end up in the tourney today, Mike? I was out on Saturday and the water was beyond dirty. I left at 9 in the morning. I wasn't the only one leaving either. Looked like absolute mud. All the run off from the rain muddied everything up as far as I could tell. Still trying to find my first 30 pound bag out there. Frustrating. Keep getting close, but not quite there. Eric, Me and Leo fished the big fish tourney at Holiday yesterday. We actually had a pretty good day. We ran north cause we heard the water was muddy around the park. Had about 26lbs by 11:00....a pile of 4.5lbs - 5.5lbs but nothing over 6lbs so we skipped the noon weigh in and kept fishing. Of course, I caught a 6.5 at 12:15.... Some storms started rolling in and we went in about 2:00. Good day, though. Probably 27-28lb bag. The 30lb bags are going to be hard to come by now I think. That water is rising fast. Quote
Mattbasscrusher Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 Hey guys, heading back to the park today for the first time since my last post, apparently the waters come up and the waters muddy from what you guys are writing.. Am I better off fishing the north canal that runs to the alley? Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 17, 2014 Super User Posted June 17, 2014 Water around the park and south was muddy. I went down to marsh access 3 and it didn't improve any. If I were going out today I'd head north all the way to the alley and start looking around there from what Mike said. Quote
Mattbasscrusher Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 Fished on Sunday with Ricky deboliac out of holiday park for a KOTG club tourney. Super cool guy and great fisherman, we had 23.56 lbs, which would have been good for second, we were assessed penalties that knocked us down to 5/6 but it was still a great day. We had two 6+ class fish that were on both our lines but stuff happens and they didn't come in the boat. That's part of the game. I also had a 5/6 eat my jig trailer off in front of my face but what can u do. Flipping bite was on in the only major part of the system left to fish. Run around till you find better looking water and flip. You may run across the last of the 30lb canal bags. 1 Quote
Super User MCS Posted June 25, 2014 Super User Posted June 25, 2014 Good info mattbass...Sounds like yall had a nice day out there. Nice work. Quote
piscicidal Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Fished on Sunday with Ricky deboliac out of holiday park for a KOTG club tourney. Super cool guy and great fisherman, we had 23.56 lbs, which would have been good for second, we were assessed penalties that knocked us down to 5/6 but it was still a great day. We had two 6+ class fish that were on both our lines but stuff happens and they didn't come in the boat. That's part of the game. I also had a 5/6 eat my jig trailer off in front of my face but what can u do. Flipping bite was on in the only major part of the system left to fish. Run around till you find better looking water and flip. You may run across the last of the 30lb canal bags. Matt, you fished with Ricky? Cool! I talked to Ricky yesterday...the spot you guys fished, Leo and I fished earlier n the week. Had ~35 pounds on it. You are learning real fast how to fish Holiday Park. I see some chatter on facebook about how "easy" Holiday Park is to fish. It's funny though, that the guys saying it's "easy" aren't cashing checks out there. Even when the FLW/Elite series guys come down to fish events (like Channing Crowders tourney), it's basically the King of the Glades guys that dominate. To me, Holiday Park, is "pure fishing"...every fish (right now) in the system is right there in the canal...now who can go catch em? Those fish are very pressured and they've seen every bait imaginable. Who can make the 6-7lbers bite? Can you leave 5lbers to go find the 7s that you need to win? Not a lot of guys can do it. 3 Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 25, 2014 Super User Posted June 25, 2014 Who can make the 6-7lbers bite? Can you leave 5lbers to go find the 7s that you need to win? Not a lot of guys can do it. I know I can't on a regular basis. Lol. I've had a good average out there. I've stuck a couple of the better class fish, just haven't been able to get a good giant landed. I'm probably going to stick with Lox and Okeechobee for a while now. I'm really just waiting for the water levels to come up a little. I'm sure I'll still wind up at Holiday a few times. It's just too close to the house for me to pass up. 1 Quote
piscicidal Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 I know I can't on a regular basis. Lol. I've had a good average out there. I've stuck a couple of the better class fish, just haven't been able to get a good giant landed. I'm probably going to stick with Lox and Okeechobee for a while now. I'm really just waiting for the water levels to come up a little. I'm sure I'll still wind up at Holiday a few times. It's just too close to the house for me to pass up. Well, you're doing something right out there Eric. The 10.73lber is the biggest fish I've ever heard of out of Holiday Park. I've fished almost every open tournament out there the past four years and I have only seen one bass over 9lbs there (mine from March). And that includes thousands of hours of prefishing. 2 Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 25, 2014 Super User Posted June 25, 2014 Shame I can't repeat it. That was several years ago. Just blind luck. Haven't come close to that since then. Quote
Gotfishyfingers? Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 Wow, a 10lber was caught out of holiday?? Nice!!! Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted June 26, 2014 Super User Posted June 26, 2014 Lol. That was at least four or five years ago. Believe me, it was all dumb luck. I haven't come close to that at Holiday since. I'd be overjoyed with an 8 from there. Just got back in from Indy. Have one day before I fly back out for a day. I may go back to Holiday tomorrow. I'm sure the water has gone way up by now though. I found some nice lookin spots last time I was out which are probably done for until the water disappears again. Quote
piscicidal Posted July 6, 2014 Posted July 6, 2014 Went to Lox today. My first time there in 2014. Had an OK day...done at noon. Storms chased me off. Five biggest about 15lbs. Two 4lbers. Water lower than I expected. I like it about a foot deeper. Was nice to get out there and run around a little bit. Quote
Super User geo g Posted July 7, 2014 Super User Posted July 7, 2014 Went to Lox today. My first time there in 2014. Had an OK day...done at noon. Storms chased me off. Five biggest about 15lbs. Two 4lbers. Water lower than I expected. I like it about a foot deeper. Was nice to get out there and run around a little bit. Thanks for the report as usual. I haven't been to Lox in a while, with storms threatening I usually head for the Alley and the safety of the bridges. Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted July 7, 2014 Super User Posted July 7, 2014 Was the water deep enough to run around in the flats, Mike? Last time I was out there it was basically choked off. Quote
piscicidal Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 Thanks for the report as usual. I haven't been to Lox in a while, with storms threatening I usually head for the Alley and the safety of the bridges. You're smarter than me. I ended up running back to the truck three times yesterday. The third time, I just loaded the boat and went home. it's always a little bit nerve wracking out there in the summer with all the storms popping up. I like to fish way west...but the storms usually come in from the east. Can make for a narrowing trip back if you don't leave early enough. Quote
piscicidal Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 Was the water deep enough to run around in the flats, Mike? Last time I was out there it was basically choked off. Eric, yeah there is definitely enough water to fish the flats. I fished the flats a good chunk of the morning with no trouble. I was even able to get up on plane out there (with help from trim tabs) 1 Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted July 7, 2014 Super User Posted July 7, 2014 Ah sweet deal. If the weather cooperates I'm probably going out there this weekend. Possibly on Thursday if I can sneak away from work. Glad I didn't try yesterday or the day before. Those storms came in much earlier than I expected. Quote
bassinOUT89 Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 Super rough day today. Couldn't buy a bite. Saw some decent ones in low water that wouldn't give anything i threw at em the time of day. Quote
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