Lox Road Ramps

6:30-11:00

mostly cloudy

wind SW 5-10

water temp 86*

slight stain

weeds thick

current east

 

Picked up buddy Rick and we went to Lox Road ramps.  Ran west to the second cut and began fishing the flat.  Started with top water swim bait with little results.  Switched to a plastic zara Spook with a hit and miss then nothing.  Then switched to a U-zibe burned, and then fished slow,  another nothing.  After 20 minute, switched to a fluke and got bit pretty quick.  For the next hour the fluke produced.  All bites happened while the bait was sitting.  I jerked a few times and then let it sit.  If you were moving the bait you didn't get hit today.  Patience was the key today.  This pattern worked on all of the fish today.  Moving bait Zero.

 

After an hour of action things went cold.  I switch a number of baits and colors and then finally got hit on a w/r stick-o.  Caught a few more on this and then the bite was done.  It was a fun day, but you had to fish slow to get bit.  We got out of there before the storms rolled in.  We caught a total of 15 fish, not much size but still worth the trip.

For what it's worth I fished the Miami canal north from the alley and pretty much had the same experience.  slow twitchin the fluke out of the pads. 

Good report!

One of these days I gotta go there..

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

3 hours ago, Mike L said:

Good report!

One of these days I gotta go there..

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

Mike, Lox holds a lot of big fish, but right now it's difficult out there.  Finding bigger fish is hit and miss at best, and the flats are becoming chocked with vegetation in many areas.  Water temps on the flats can heat up quickly, to over 90*.  They are actually pumping nasty looking water from the Sawgrass area, from the south.  Why they would be pumping water north, makes no sense at all!  The water levels are at least 6 feet different between these areas.  They are wasting thousands of dollars of diesel fuel to pump backwards.  I would wait to the cooler month to make a long journey to fish these waters, for me it's a short trip.  It's a great fishery, but like so many other places, tough in the hot summer months.

 

49 minutes ago, geo g said:

Mike, Lox holds a lot of big fish, but right now it's difficult out there.  Finding bigger fish is hit and miss at best, and the flats are becoming chocked with vegetation in many areas.  Water temps on the flats can heat up quickly, to over 90*.  They are actually pumping nasty looking water from the Sawgrass area, from the south.  Why they would be pumping water north, makes no sense at all!  The water levels are at least 6 feet different between these areas.  They are wasting thousands of dollars of diesel fuel to pump backwards.  I would wait to the cooler month to make a long journey to fish these waters, for me it's a short trip.  It's a great fishery, but like so many other places, tough in the hot summer months.

 

George 

They usually back pump because of excessive runoff from daily rains and especially from hurricane Irma lowered the salinity too much which threatens the sea grass and oyster beds. 

Without the balance of the salt water the grass will die within 2 weeks and the oysters in a month. 

What its doing tho is balancing the decrease in water levels in the Big O by pumping water out through the St Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers and to keep the wildlife from drowning south of the lake. 

Another problem they have, is the Caloosahatchee is full and any more pumping that way may cause a flood. I've been told that with every foot of rain that falls, the lake rises 3-4ft. 

 

Looking forward for things to get back to normal for sure!

 

 

 

Mike

During the morning launch, we saw 4 airboats with several workers on each.  They were from Aquatic Solutions, written on the trucks, I'm afraid there is major spraying going on out there, and it has been going on for weeks.?

The governor just mandated that they release funky Okeechobee water south instead of east and west to the ocean and gulf.  This algae laden water will cause havoc with the everglades, Lox. and Sawgrass.   Water levels will go way up, and pollutants will explode the vegetation.  Fishing could get a lot tougher!

That's really too bad. 

The next time you go, try to find any current you can. 

I've found that in Okeechobee at least that was key. 

 

I feel your pain Pal 

 

 

 

 

Mike