Shane Procell Posted February 4, 2010 Posted February 4, 2010 The Florida everglades bass fishing is going off right. In the 11 years of fishing the glades, I've never experienced the bass turning on so early in the year in south Florida. The absence of a Florida hurricane this year has left the southern most portions of the everglades at below normal water levels for this time of the year. 1-2-2010 Tuesday, I had the pleasure of taking Keith Johnson of Texarkana, Ark. into the swamp for a bassing adventure. The previous day we had had 5-7 inches of rain in the glades and this day was forecast to be wet as well. It was overcast all morning. Overcast in the morning means top water in my book. We started with a Zoom Horny Toad frog. After at least 60 bass to 3 1/2 lbs. the bite died off and the sun was breaking through. We fished the rest of the day with Zoom trick worms and Zoom super flukes. Keith and I finished the day with over 150 bass and some wild alligator footage. [img 1-3-4-2010 I had the Turner brothers from Marrouge, La. and Hot Springs, Ark with me for 2 days. These fellas were a riot. One was a Baptist minister and the other a farmer. They kept me laughing both days. Many fish were caught on the "Rogue" floating twitch bait but most came on the Yamamoto Senko (wacky rigged) and the Zoom tick worm (Texas rigged). They caught close to 200 the first day and 75 this morning. Seems the mud fish was taking a liking to Barry....he boated 6 of them. If you haven't hit the glades this year...... go get em'. [img Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted February 5, 2010 Super User Posted February 5, 2010 Great, fishing is smoking and I'm smothered with stuff at work getting ready for Food and Wine. Boooooooo. Quote
Bigs Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 I might have to get in touch with then Shane for a trip down south here in the next few months. How long will the bite be this good ? Will it get even better in the spring ? Quote
Thai Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 I might have to get in touch with then Shane for a trip down south here in the next few months. How long will the bite be this good ? Will it get even better in the spring ? Let's plan a trip Steve Quote
Shane Procell Posted February 5, 2010 Author Posted February 5, 2010 Steve Red hot throughout september.... Access in certain areas can become an issue as the water levels fall. Quote
Bigs Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 Ok Im gonna plan on coming in May for sure, I have way too many obligations with work and such till then but my birthday is may 30th and I plan on being down there around that time give or take a week. Plz send me a pm with some contact information. Thanks Quote
Jon in VA Posted February 6, 2010 Posted February 6, 2010 Wow, what an amazing experience that would be. I've always dreamed of going fishing in the Everglades early in the year to catch those pretty dark green bass. Don't know how much I care for the gators though! Quote
IwillChooseFreeWill Posted February 6, 2010 Posted February 6, 2010 enjoy... the rest of the south is keeping the bass in the depths as cold front after cold front keep moving through... the air temperature has barely touched 50ºF here in the panhandle since November, water at most of the ponds and lakes have stayed around 40-50º and they start moving and getting ready for spawn when the water hits around 60 in my area... Quote
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