I haven't posted a report in a while. Went fishing Sunday 1/15 from 1pm til sunset. East side of US 27, north of everglades park. Mostly cloudy skies, I think like hi of 77. l started close to the ramp and headed south. It was really windy but since it was coming out the east, the trees/ bushes blocked it good. There was a giant patch of eel grass on the corner by the ramp. Threw a horny toad and had a hit but didn't connect.. Flipped it a few times but no takers with a gambler crawdaddy. As I headed south the wasn't many patches of eel grass but I targeted the ones I saw. Same with lily pads. I did manage to catch 2 bucks on a zara spook and another on a rattle trap. I threw a flippin/swimmin jig, swim bait, senkos etc.  blk/blue or watermelon. I tried to fish real slow since the wind wasn't a factor. Couldn't get a bite on soft plastics,  oh well. Didn't see any spawning beds either..Didn't seem to be much life in the water also. pretty quit... When I showed up there was a few trailers in the parking lot but I didn't see another boat while fishing. Everyone must of headed north.. Going to check out Lake O soon. Hopefully there is a mega wave of spawners moving in..

Went out Saturday to the Alley west of the Miami River.  Tons of Oscar action in the pads and on the flat.  Bass caught were small and deep in the canal.

Thank you for the report Gotfishyfingers. Glades just hasn't come around yet. It should soon if the rain stays away and the Lake continues to drop, then maybe the big girls will move in from the marshes. 

We were on Loxachee on 15th in North canal with the wind picked up a few couple pounders on worm, fluke, senko and sb . Going tomorrow see what happens. Tight lines!!! 

11 hours ago, Wurming67 said:

We were on Loxachee on 15th in North canal with the wind picked up a few couple pounders on worm, fluke, senko and sb . Going tomorrow see what happens. Tight lines!!! 

I'm going to holiday park tomorrow. Sun sentinel fishing report says big bass were on the flats, lets hope so. 

On ‎1‎/‎21‎/‎2017 at 9:03 AM, Jm526 said:

I'm going to holiday park tomorrow. Sun sentinel fishing report says big bass were on the flats, lets hope so. 

big girls were definetly in the flats but the water is coming down....

4 hours ago, topwaterrob said:

big girls were definetly in the flats but the water is coming down....

Yeah, I was in the main canal mostly because of the wind. Caught bunch of small ones and a nice 4 1/2 pounder. Later I went to the flats and could barely fish, to much wind. 

16 hours ago, Jm526 said:

Yeah, I was in the main canal mostly because of the wind. Caught bunch of small ones and a nice 4 1/2 pounder. Later I went to the flats and could barely fish, to much wind. 

 

was there enough water in the flats?  I hate fishing there when it starts to get low.....

12 hours ago, topwaterrob said:

 

was there enough water in the flats?  I hate fishing there when it starts to get low.....

Plenty of water but was lower than 2 weeks ago, probably only a couple of inches lower. Also the wind is terrible in the afternoon, you will probably want some sort of shallow water anchor to hold you down. 

Lower water in the flats means that the canal action may start picking up soon. Thanks for the report.