17 hours ago, Mike L said:

We didn't get started till after 9:00 because of some boat engine problems.

It was interesting to see that there were only 4 trailers in the parking lot when we got there and 3 were guides. 

 

Anyway, we got to the hay field which looked almost over run by blooming pads..

There were no floating hydrilla mat's which is what I wanted to target because the water level is so high. We started at the pass and anchored in the middle over submerged spotty hydrilla and ell grass.

I started alternating between pitching in between a thick read line and swimming a magnum speed over the hydrilla.. My partner started with a weighless stick bait and a swimming a ribbon tail all over on his side. 

 

In about 3 hours we had 8 but all were dinks. 

There was very little wind, air temp was 88 and by noon the water temp was 87 deg so I said we need to get out of here and try the dynamite holes on the way to the Monkey Box. 

I didn't like the look of the first one so we pulled into another. When we did it was now 91 and the water 90 and no wind. 

By 3:00 we got another 5 but both of us were worn out so much,  we called it and headed back.

All in all we got 13 in 6 hrs with the biggest being a 3.1 and never made it to the box. 

 

Had a good time anyway, it was just brutal out there.

My boater yesterday is 78 yrs old and when he started to sit and look around more than fish I felt it was time. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

Great report Mike. Thank you

17 hours ago, Mike L said:

I really didnt see any dead or dying vegetation yesterday.

Now that doesn't mean they haven't sprayed in the last few days or plan too, but from Clewiston to Pelican Bay all looked good. 

I haven't fished out of Scott Driver or J&S on the north end in months so I can't speak about those areas. 

One thing I did notice tho, was the canal out of Clewiston, 1/2 way down the rim canal and the dynamite holes were covered in a blanket of algae.

The lack of mat's where we were just haven't topped out yet. 

 

Mike 

 

Cool, thanks for the info. If we could get them to cut back on the spraying, fishing would be great. ?