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The bass fishing has taken off…. The bass are moving in fast with the moon. The lure fishing has been pretty good and the shiner fishing is off the chart right now.

This week I took some clients out from Vermont and they caught 22 bass over 5lbs in 3 days with there biggest 2 over 7 lbs. The top water frog bite has been off and on, but when it is on, it is awesome. The north shore and the east wall to Rite Island are hot right now. The Lake is looking the best I have seen it in over 15 years and the number of yearling bass on Okeechobee is very high. We are starting to see the fruit of our labor with the lake and its rehabilitation since the drought and few years ago.

There is grass and cover all over the lake this year and this will be the best spawn that we have seen in many years…..The Lake is back and looks awesome, if you want a great Lake Okeechobee Florida guide trip or charter, contact Scott Martin
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The live bait bite here on Lake Okeechobee has been very good, while the lure fishing for me has not been spectacular. The bass are starting to move in to spawn and the trails and outside point are producing very well for shiners. The lure fishing is getting of to a slower start because of the weather….still 90 degrees every day and zero cold fronts. The bass are a little confused along with the fisherman. I did have two super good days with some clients from Canada. Day 1 - Best 5 =26lbs lures
Day 2 - Best 5 = 34 lbs shiners….. Pretty fun!!!

If you would like to experience some great Lake Okeechobee bass fishing with a professional guide, contact Scott Martin
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The big bass are back for a while…… the bluegill and shell crackers are spawning right now on the big bass big on Okeechobee is awesome right now. Look for the bluegill beds on the edge of the marsh and the fish it with swim bait or a 7” senko and hang on. Many of the bass you will see before you catch them, you need to have a quite trolling motor and sneak around and sight fishes them.

If you have a power pole on your boat, this is a perfect time to use them. You will want to power-pole down in an up wind position and make long cast to the light spots (beds).
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Top water action and senko’s is the best bite right now. The bass have mostly finished up spawning and the last wave or two will spawn on the outside grass lines on the west side of Lake Okeechobee. We have been averaging around 50 bass per day with the chance of a big bass still very high. Watermelon flukes and senko’s are the best lure right now. The top water action is pretty consistent in the morning hours for bass.

The shiner fishing is very good right now, but there is no need….lure bite is too hot on Okeechobee right now. If you are down on vacation and looking to go on a Florida bass fishing trip that is a blast, contact Scott Martin.
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The fishing has been very good all over the lake with the bass still spawning hard in the marsh. The water levels are falling and the bass are staging up on the out side grass lines. The best area on the lake is the shoal, most of the bass are on the out side and the lip-less crankbait bite is very good for some quality Lake Okeechobee large mouth. If you are looking to go on a Lake Okeechobee guide trip or charter while in Florida, contact Scott Martin and we will set it up.
]]> 1260249033 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:10:33 -0700 http://www.scottrmartin.com/reports/news_home.php?subaction=showfull&id=1260249009&archive= The month of Feb. has proven to be one wonderful month of bass fishing here on the big “O”. The Bass have been smashing the top water frogs and swim baits. The shiner fishing has been producing some great action as well with the big fish still biting just about everyday.

The east wall and Observation shoal has been the hot spot this month and with the water levels falling a bit, the offshore bit should pick up soon.
]]> 1260249009 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:10:09 -0700 http://www.scottrmartin.com/reports/news_home.php?subaction=showfull&id=1260219078&archive= I like the red flake around the full moon whenever]]> 1260219078 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:51:18 -0700 http://www.scottrmartin.com/reports/news_home.php?subaction=showfull&id=1260219016&archive=
Another way I like to rig my soft plastics is called the Wacky rig. It’s a very simple way of fishing soft plastic baits, and the essential need here is to use the right kind of worm. You want to utilize a very straight worm like a Gulp! Sinking Minnow, or some type of long finesse worm that doesn’t have any kind of a tail to it. You basically want a very straight, do-nothing worm.
What I’ll do with that worm is hook it right in the middle in the egg sac. On most worms, there will be a spot in the middle of the worm that looks like an egg sac, and most manufacturers build that into the ]]> 1260219016 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:50:16 -0700 http://www.scottrmartin.com/reports/news_home.php?subaction=showfull&id=1260218963&archive= Here’s how I fish soft plastics--the most commonly used freshwater lures

The last common way to rig soft plastics is called the Carolina rig. I’m sure this rig is named for where it originated somewhere in North or South Carolina. A lot of people think a Carolina rig is something you use in deep reservoirs or deepwater situations, but I’ve caught a lot of fish on a Carolina rig in the shallow lakes throughout Florida. In most scenarios, I’m dragging ]]> 1260218963 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:49:23 -0700 http://www.scottrmartin.com/reports/news_home.php?subaction=showfull&id=1260218897&archive= This week I’m on the road and fishing the fifth tournament of the FLW season on the world famous Potomac River in Washington, D.C., and what a bass factory this is. When you think of rivers around big cities you think about the pollution and a lack of fish, but this river has a lot of bass in it and a lot of good fish. It takes 20 to 22 pounds to win a tournament here, and there will be a lot of 15 pound bag limits caught. The average fish here is 2.5 pounds.
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