We had an epic time on the Oklawaha . My son , his wife, my grandson and me met up with some friends. I had been needing to get away for a long time. 
My son coming into town was a good reason to go. We camped at Rodman Campground and enjoyed the fresh , pine scented air and peace and quiet.

Joe had gotten there the day before and caught a nice mess of fish.

We got started early and went by Rodman dam as we started down the stretch of river below the dam. We went upriver and found a spot they had done well at the day before. Caught some there before entering a side creek. We moved several times and caught multiple fish at each stop.
Bream beds were everywhere.We caught Redbreast , shellcrackers ( red ears ), Bluegills, and stumpknockers , (spotted sunfish) , also caught numerous catfish , and a big gar. Almost caught a gator along with all the fish.

Big fish was an 8 pound catfish. We lost count of how many fish we caught and didn’t care…

I had such a good time I’m already conniving how to do it again soon…😀

Looks like a lot of fun in a beautiful and tranquil setting. The red belly is a fine panfish that can be caught in my neck of the woods, too.

Good Fishing

Nothing like floatin down a river catching em nonstop. 

What fun!

5 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

What fun!

I had such a good time. I love bass fishing but I really enjoy river “ meat” fishing too. Used to do it a lot when I was in my teens to 30’s.
By the way, the bass were just anialating something on top. Couldn’t get them to bite anything though.

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

By the way, the bass were just anialating something on top. Couldn’t get them to bite anything though.

 

Same thing happened to me this morning. 

You sure pick a beautiful place to fish. I miss fishing the Ocklawaha. It’s been years. Used to put in at Nelson’s fish camp. I always felt like it was going back in time. You guys really tore them up. 👍👍

We also threw back a lot of bream we could have kept. With 5 of us in the boat there was at least 1 fish coming in at all times. Multiple fish many times.

Yes, the Oklawaha is still a very wild and scenic river. Like most of Florida was 50 years ago. The Gators are mating- we heard a couple males doing their grunt up in the little creek we were in. Hadn’t heard that in a while….

It’s funny you said that. The first time I fished there, I heard what I thought was someone that couldn’t get their small outboard started. So I fired up and went over to the sound to see if they needed help. To my surprise it was a big ole male gator growling and doing his vibrations.