Stealing my start directly from Geo G

Loxahatchee 2/18/18
7-10am
Clear sunny day
Wind ESE 2-4 mph
Water temp 72.5*
No current
Water light stain
 

  Was able to get out on the kayak for a few hours this last Saturday morning.  Always get excited when the forecast calls for light wind conditions when fishing from the kayak, and the weather guys were dead on this time around. Wind was nonexistent up to a light breeze for the large majority for the morning. High bright skies and overall a beautiful day to be out on Lox regardless of the fishing.  
 

  Paddled directly back into one of the more secluded flats that I typically target just north of the Lox boat ramps.  With the high water levels it was very easy to get back there.  Actually with water levels so high, this was the first time I saw a bass boat back in the same flat I typically fish.  Looked possibly like a guide with his client who clearly knew where he was going.  He went directly to an area that I just fished through 10 minutes prior and only caught one small LMB (less than a lb).  Difference is they were live baiting and from what I could hear from the constant splashing of fish on the other end of their lines, they did a LOT better than I was doing.  Although I'm not a live bait fan, it looked like a fun time.  

 

  On my end, mainly fished that back flat and had a great time doing it.  Started with a HB frog and had two on early but wasn't able to bring either to the kayak. Never got a good hook set.  Then it went flat for the remainder of the first hour or so, I continued with the HB frog, switched to a grass pig swimbait, also threw a swim jig for a bit with no takers.  A bit discouraged, I tried to slow it down and switched over to a watermelon fluke and the bite turned on immediately.  I'm guessing by the color and presentation that it was resembling a baby bass in nature.  In any case, the bite for the next couple of hours was fairly steady.  Caught 10 fish in total all on the same watermelon fluke (9 LMB, 1 Cichlid , 3 got off (including one rather large mudfish that hit about a 5 feet from the kayak).  2 of the bass were in the 2-3lb range, otherwise most of the others were less than a lb. but still fun to catch of course. 

 

  The highlight of the morning was hooking into my new personal best pictured below.  She was the bedding bass I was searching for.  Her tail was all bloody from making her bed.  Unfortunately I didn't have a scale but I'm guessing she went at least 5.5 to 6 lbs, thinking maybe more judging by her gut.  Pretty fish!  Made my morning.  Looking forward to getting back out this weekend and continue the hunt for these big girls.  Hope you all are doing well.  Good luck out there!

 

 

  

Congrats on a PB!  That is a pretty fish. Maybe she will inspire you to buy a scale.

Wtg Turf!! Nice fish!!

Nice report Turf, great job searching for the big ones.  It good to see some big old girls on the beds out there.  Keep searching there are double digits out there

On 2/23/2018 at 11:25 AM, BCline said:

Congrats on a PB!  That is a pretty fish. Maybe she will inspire you to buy a scale.

Thanks guys and yes a scale will be purchased in the very near future. 

On 2/24/2018 at 11:12 PM, geo g said:

Nice report Turf, great job searching for the big ones.  It good to see some big old girls on the beds out there.  Keep searching there are double digits out there

Thanks sir, and yes they're back there.  Hoping that one day soonish I'll be able to have one of those double digits on the end of my line! 

Rapala pro digital scale I got one at bps for like $40 pretty nice seems accurate

Got back out to Lox this morning (3/3/18) but was only able to fish from sunrise (6:45am) through about 9:15am.  Lox once again didn't disappoint.  Went back to the same secluded flat where I found the fish above.  Wind was testing my patience all morning blowing a good 8-12 mph NNW.  Otherwise it was low to mid 60s and absolutely gorgeous out there.  Based on my results a couple of weeks ago I pretty much fished exclusively a watermelon super fluke on a 5/0 hook.  Fished on 15 lb braid with a 17lb flouro leader.  Spinning combo.  

 

Action was consistent all morning.  Ended up 8 bass on the day and 1 mudfish.  2 bass were in the 2-3lb range, 3 were less than 2lbs with a couple of dinks.  The last one was likely now my new-er personal best, tough to tell.  This fish was bigger than the one above, just didn't have the same belly.  A beautiful fish that tried with all its might to take me in the grass on numerous occasions, pulling a good bit of drag along the way.  Strong fish.  Before you say it BCline I should've just listened and bought the d**n the scale, needless to say, I will have a scale arriving at my house on Monday.  Which will of course mean I won't find one of these guys for another few years, lol

 

Hope yall did well this weekend also, minus the wind the weather couldn't be much better.  Good luck guys 

 

 

Side by side. 

 

Hey guys any good ramps to fish the north end??

if you guys don't mind since I've been looking and there's multiple so i don't know which one is better.

thanks guys

I put in at ramp off of 441 and lox road plenty of water to cover and plenty of bass especially with water levels down

1 hour ago, Wurming67 said:

I put in at ramp off of 441 and lox road plenty of water to cover and plenty of bass especially with water levels down

Thank you so much. I was getting scared since I'll probably head up there tomorrow and google maps says that the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge opens at 9.

21 hours ago, Kristquinones said:

Thank you so much. I was getting scared since I'll probably head up there tomorrow and google maps says that the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge opens at 9.

Your welcome!!!How did you do today? 

I didn't do that good, got around 12 small ones. They actually hit everything from punching to frogging. It was definitely interesting for me because I'm not used to fishing submerged vegetation so know i have a place to learn. But a couple of the guys here got good numbers today.

7 hours ago, Kristquinones said:

I didn't do that good, got around 12 small ones. They actually hit everything from punching to frogging. It was definitely interesting for me because I'm not used to fishing submerged vegetation so know i have a place to learn. But a couple of the guys here got good numbers today.

Nothing wrong with 12 ,it's a great preserve with alot of fish and great wild life surrounding you,they are buried in that vegation throw your bait at or right in usually once you pull your baits thru it be prepared for a strike, I a drive silver tundra with an old bomber bass boat I'm out there like 3x a week if you see me give me a shout.

I'll definitely say hi! Whent up there today and had some fun. Figuring out the numbers game, now i need to figure out the quality game. And same thing if you ever see me ( kind of hard to miss a little corolaa with a kayak) give me a shout. 

Take care guys.