Headwaters
Shiner fishing has been outstanding and the lure bite isn’t much behind.  Big fish were caught this week on a bunch of different baits including ploppers, big worms, chatterbaits and flipped plastics.  The headwaters is producing more consistently than any other lake around.  

Okeechobee
Prior to the elites and FLW coming, the lake was putting out a bunch of monster bags.  However, after over a hundred of the best hammers in the world pay a visit, the fishery needs a rest.  The lake is fishing really small, and many fish were given boat rides away from the spots.  The crappie fishing on Okeechobee is still hot. 

Kenansville
It’s been inconsistent lately.  I had a trip where we had a 26 lb bag on lures and two days later struggled for bites.  Per the norm for kville, monsters are still being caught.  

Ida
The peacock fishing has been good and getting better.  As the waters warm, the fishing will only get better. Shiners work great if you can’t catch Shad.  Topwaters work well around docks and grass. 

Tight lines, 
Scott 

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Okeechobee
The good… the crappie fishing is great! Been catching a bunch on both jigging and minnows with the average keeper around a pound. I primarily fish in the grass while others are having luck in the depths with spider rigs. 
The bad… the bass fishing has been inconsistent.  One day, we smash them on lures and the next, it’s tough. The shiner fishing has been producing better numbers of fish while I’ve caught my bigs flipping jigs and plastics in vegetation. 

I have a date with Okeechobee crappie tomorrow followed with a couple days of shiner fishing on the headwaters.  If you want to get out on the water and chase some bigguns’, give me a ring! My February and March dates are filling up fast. 

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I had two fish in the 150lb class and buds caught another 150 and a 170. I’ve caught tarpon in Texas and quite a few in Florida that were significantly smaller than these brutes. The crazy thing is we had an even bigger fish jump off at the boat that had to be 200+… Just amazing fishing with little to no fishing pressure.

Florida Fishing Report
I’ll be fishing in Florida from 1 Dec – Mid April for giant large mouth bass. I’ll sneak away for a few trips targeting peacock bass or crappie too. Really looking forward to tangling with some giants.  Here’s a few pics of the tarpon and a few pics of monsters we ran into last year in Florida! 

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It’s almost that time of year when I head north to New York to start snatching smallmouth out of lakes. However, I’m still down here in Florida playing around in the headwaters searching for giants. I will be here for another two weeks or so chasing bass, both largemouth and peacocks! 

I’ve had a truly great last month of fishing… Even the days that were tough were still great and the great days were just awesome! I’ve primarily been fishing the headwaters with a few trips to the stick marsh. As for the report, the shiner fishing is still lights out. Nothing more to say… If you know where to shiner fish in the headwaters, you will catch fish. It’s that easy. We’re getting to the time of year where fishing with lures can surpass the shiner bite. Recently, I’ve been catching fish on topwaters, senkos, swim jigs, and chatterbaits.  The lure bite will only get better over the next month with the frog and punching bite picking up significantly.  

I’m off to Lake Ida tomorrow to tangle with Peacocks and Snakeheads! It’s going to be awesome…  

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As for the report, the crappie are chomping in Okeechobee on minnows fished with bream busters. The bass fishing on Okeechobee has been inconsistent. One day it’s phenomenal and the next, it’s a grind. I’ve had my best days fishing the north shore with chatterbaits, speedworms, and dragging magnum finesse worms around spawning flats.

Headwaters has been putting out giant fish this week on shiners with many over 10lbs caught and one over 13. Lure fishing was more challenging with the cold and wind. Nevertheless, some bigs were captured. A week or so ago, the chatterbait bite was hot. The last few days, we’ve had to slow down to get bit by dragging plastics and jigs in and around spawning areas. 

With the forecasted weather of rising temps, the fishing should just get better!  Give me a shout, if you want to put a beat down on some south Florida monsters…

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What a great week! I have seen some monsters over the last week fishing the headwaters. On one trip, we had an 8 and a 10 shiner fishing with a bunch of their smaller buddies to keep things interesting.

The day after that trip, I snatched a 9.5 on a giant senko.

Yesterday, I ran a trip for peacocks on Ida and they were biting… In addition, we caught  some awesome looking/hard fighting snakeheads and cichlids. 

Today, I had off. My neighbor, who guides as well, had off and had just picked up his new Skeeter FXR20 that needed to be broken in properly on the headwaters… So long story short, he jacks a 10.9 on his first day fishing out of his new boat. How cool is that? He definitely needs to play the lotto this week. 

It will be tough to top this week, but I will try.  

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Needless to say, this fish is a bona fide swamp donkey weighing in at over 12 lbs! I got to take one of my long time fishing buds out on the Headwaters for the trip of a lifetime. John decided to fish for giants and skipped the baby baits throwing a 14” worm to fool this giant. Sweet!!!

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I’ve been fishing lake kenansville, the stickmarsh and 3 forks marsh a bunch. While I love fishing with lures, the shiner bite has been dynamite over the last week. We had a heavy 9, 4 8s, and a bunch of fish 5-7 lbs. The week prior, we had some awesome lure fishing for January in Florida catching 40-60 bass a day. I have a bunch of trips coming up and look forward to continuing the big bass beat down.

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I know, I’ve been slacking on the reports. A little over a week ago, we had a nasty cold front bring winter back to Florida that really knocked some great fishing back. I had a 3 day trip that was tough… no easy way to describe.

The good news is that they are starting to bite well and the size is improving too. I had Tom and Wendy from PA out this week for a few hours on kenansville that produced a PB largemouth for Wendy. Obviously, there was a lot of smack talk after the nice catch

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