My son, BIL and I took a trip out to the Everglades yesterday. We launched out of MM35 and Alligator Alley. The day was beautiful. A little bit on the warm side, but manageable. The fishing was not out of this world, but we caught some quality fish during our outing. The baits that produced for us were: stick baits, uvibes, mice, and frogs. Bass count was 23, and the biggest fish of the day went for  4 lbs, and measured 19" caught on a frog. All in all we had great day. My son enjoyed the trip which was the main thing. I am very proud of him. We fished from 930am to 645 pm. That's pretty tough to do. 

 

His smile says he had a great time Lou.

Good Job! The water is dropping fast out there. 

That's what it's all about!

Does not get any better than that.

 

A-Jay

Great day! Nice.

Nice going! Glad you had a good day! It is pretty terrific that your son could enjoy being on a boat that long. Any one of my three kids around that age would have lasted only about twenty minutes.

 

I've been having bad bass luck over the past two weeks.  I don't know if it's me or the fish. Maybe their appetites are off due to spawning, and maybe there is a high percentage of them on beds right now.

 

This evening I pulled in only three fish over 2 pounds in three hours. The last of them, a three pounder caught on a black buzz bait at 8 pm, had a shaky head jig down in his gut -- the same shaky head my friend had lost on a fish, obviously the same fish, an hour earlier! Imagine inhaling a huge buzz bait while you have a big hook stuck down your throat. I probably saved his life by catching him and getting that jig out -- maybe that was his plan.

 

Have a great week. Happy bassing.

WTG Lou, its all about making memories!