Loxahatchee preserve?

[Wurming67]

I was wondering why isn't there any bass tournaments in the loxahatchee preserve and  is there any guides out there?

[shallow thinker]

The feds run Lox and they only allow a handful of tournament permits of year.  The small parking areas at all 3 launches prevent them from hosting large tournament fields so they only seem to OK the smaller clubs.  Part of the appeal of Lox is the lack of crowds so it works out.

 

I don't see guide boats at Lox anymore.  There used to be but maybe its easier for them to do those live bait trips out of Lake Ida.

 

Fishing at Lox is good right now.  Water is low and I've been having fun with the evening topwater bite.

[Wurming67]

Thanks for the reply!!

[Captain Phil]

I'll tell you a funny story about Loxahatchee.  Years ago there was a tackle store in Broward County that used to run regular tournaments.  They were buddy tournaments and very popular. At the end of the year they had a Classic for a big cash prize.  As luck would have it my buddy got in a fight with the tackle store owner and decided not to fish the classic.  This left me without a partner.  The classic was at Loxahatchee and I had never fished there before.  At a bass club meeting another member told me his brother also needed a partner for the classic and that he fished Loxahatchee all the time.  I took him up on the offer. In those days I fished out of a high performance bass boat with a hot 150 Merc.  At the time it was one of the fastest boats  around.   The day of the tournament I met my new partner and we were sitting in the marina waiting for a flare start.  Back then they shot off a flare and everyone took off all at once.   As you can imagine it was quite an experience.  Anyway, before we took off my new partner told me to stay put when everyone else  left.   This was really annoying as I was used to charging off in a cloud of spray.  After everyone left he told me we were going to fish the marina itself.  I shut off my motor and we started fishing.  The water was running and I fished down the outside bank with a Texas rigged worm.  About 3-4 casts in I was surprised when I got a hit.    I set the hook and put a 6 pounder in the boat.  We fished that bank and put 5-6 pound fish in the boat all morning.   The fish were stacked up in front of the marina and we were in plain view of the tournament officials.  After we limited out we spent the rest of the day riding around.  We won the classic easily and could had never fired the big motor.   Great memories!

[Wurming67]

Great story thanks for sharing!