Everglades (4/24/24) Scouting report

[Capt. BassinLou]

Conditions:
Skies: Sunny to partly cloudy
Winds: East  5 to 10
Current: None.
Water clarity: slight stain
Water temps: 76-78
Fishing time: 7am to 11:30am
Bass and Peas boated: 54

Scheduled opened up for me to me to fish today. With the South FL get-together happening Saturday, and a short 4 hr guide trip coming up. I decided to scout and put myself on a mock 4-hour guide trip.

Arrived at the ramp a little before 7am. Made a 10 min run and started fishing.

Went top water first. Not too much action, but I did land a decent bass.



As time wore on, nothing was happening. Hmmm,,,, I made a switch to soft plastics, and I was off to the races!! I had a run where a fish was on, on every cast!!

All in all, despite being a short outing, I managed to land 54 bass and peas, with a few 3's and healthy 2 lbrs in the mix.





The only annoying part of the trip was the boat traffic from all the out of town boats! Geesh! Ridiculous!

Fortunately, my guide trip will not be in this area, but it's good to know the fish are here for Saturday.

Also came across JHAB. Good to see you, my friend.

Thanks for reading!

[big g]

Good job Lou!  54 in a half day is a heck of a catch rate.  I hope its producing this weekend.

[SFL BassHunter]

Dude you absolutely killed it out there today! Great job!

[Capt. BassinLou]

Thanks, guys!

[JHAB]

Good seeing ya Lou, we wound up with 36 largemouth, biggest 3.5lbs, several 2's. Mostly on Wacki's but few on topwater's early on. Fished 7a til 11ish. Boat traffic was awful as you saw. Had a guy blow by me in C11ext on starboard side from behind doing every bit of 60mph. I was cruisin at 20. "Can't fix stupid" !!!
See ya Sat,
Jim

[Donald Garner]

Lou, tks for sharing the trip and those pictures with us.  Those are some really nice looking Peacocks there