Holey Land, 6:30-12:30, Mostly sunny, Temp 93*, wind switched direction several times, water clear, water temp 83*, little current east, smoke and fog early.

 

Went to the H/L with Steve Johnson.  As soon as we turned west from US 27, a combination of fog, and smoke from everglades fires, brought the visibility to 20 yards or less.  Upon getting the boat in the water we headed up the north canal all the way to the reduction in the canal.  We ran as slow as possible and still on plane.  Steve caught two nice bass on a jig and craw combination.  I just bought some swing head football jigs and put on a Rage Craw plastic. This set up worked perfectly with an easy hook set.  I really like this new set up.  We caught fish at a good rate for the first couple of hours.

 

 When the wind changed, we ran to the east canal, and the pump stations.  There was no current here, and no water releases at the flood gates.  We caught fish on both sides of the canal.  The only down side was a couple of guys shooting guns out there, and every once in a while you could hear a bullet whistle bye.  We could not see them but we certainly heard them.  This and the heat had us out of there, at 12:30.

 

We caught them on senkos, u-vibes, jig and craws, flukes and wacky trick worms.  We finished with 34 bass, the biggest in the 3.5 range.  On the way home there was a big gator on US 27 run over by a 16 wheeler.  The gators are out there looking for love, and wandering from place to place.  Not smart crossing a major highway.

 

Happy Memorial Day to all! 

Great report as always, I also saw the gator on the way home from lake placid. 

Great Report, thanks Geo G! Good day out there!!

Thanks JM and Rick, things are looking up for a while in the Glades.  JM, did for fish Lake Placid, if so how did you do?