Everglades: Holiday Park (UB SFL Rally) 4/27/24

[Capt. BassinLou]

Conditions:
Winds: Calm in the early morning, crazy by 930. 15-20 out of the East
Skies: Clears at first, then partly cloudy, and passing showers
Water temps: 76-78
Water clarity: lightly stained
Current: Yes
Bass boated: 36
Fishing time: 7am to 11:45

Today's outing was over at Holiday Park. We had our UB SFL get together.
I arrived around 0615, only to find JHAB already walking to his boat, which was in the water already! Lol!
I quickly launched and greeted everyone as they arrived.
Chris, aka FLStorm, was my partner for the event.
We were underway a little before 0645.
We made a pretty long run to an area I like fishing.
In very short order, we boated 7 bass. Little bass, but fun.
 
We got to witness a nice pod of tarpon feeding close to us! I've never seen that before.

We continued working the area, catching bass here and there. Chris hooked into a decent bass and had several nice blow ups. Unfortunately, he never got to connect.



The wind started to pick up steam. I had to deploy my drift sock, and even with the sock, boat control was tough.
Despite the conditions, however, we were consistently catching fish.





By 11:45, I called the trip to make our run back to the ramp on time.

All in all, we had a fun trip. @FLStorm, it was a pleasure having you in the boat, bud. I had a great time!

@topwaterrob, it was a pleasure meeting you this morning. Thank you for coming out.

Thanks for reading!

[topwaterrob]

it was nice to put a face to meet some of the guys.  my buddy and I fished down south and we're mostly pitching jigs all morning.  ended up with a few nice fish probably totaled around 35 to 40. I'm not sure how to post photos though.

[Capt. BassinLou]

it was nice to put a face to meet some of the guys.  my buddy and I fished down south and we're mostly pitching jigs all morning.  ended up with a few nice fish probably totaled around 35 to 40. I'm not sure how to post photos though.

Here are your pics, Rob.

[Capt. BassinLou]

You guys wrecked them, too! Wtg!

[big g]

Great to see you guys today.  Glad you all caught an assortment of fish, and size.  Nice sitting around and chewing the fat for a while.  See you all at the next meeting. 

[FlatsNBay]

You guys did great! Congrats. 🙌

[JHAB]

It was a great outing guys! Buddy and I wound up with 57 total, mostly LM with a couple P's. After thought, but we shoulda got a group pic! Reason to have another outing!
Fish safe,
Jim

[FLStorm]

Got to say, it was a blast fishing with Lou!  I'm grateful that he pushed me to get out there with you guys.

Glad to see everyone had a good day on the water. Definitely looking forward to next get together.

Chris


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