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Fishing Report:   The bass fishing here on Lake Fork this week has been good for big fish and numbers. With the last few days of warm weather, the bass have made a major move to the shallows to spawn. The spawn has started hear on Lake Fork and there was a bass over 13 caught this week. Most of the bass we are catching right now are in 2 to 5 feet of water over the spawning flats. Yesterday we had 27 bass, one that weighed 9lbs. 3oz and one that weighed 8lbs. 7oz. All these fish came on a Watermelon Red Baby Brush hog, the way we are fishing the Brush hog is on a short Carolina rig with a 3/8oz weight.

This week we have also caught fish on a watermelon seed Trick worm fished wacky style. So far with a cooler than usual March, April is lining up for some great spawning action. Lake Fork is full and in great shape water temp on Friday at the end of the day was 60 were we were fishing. This cold front is not going to turn these bass around, this coming week the weather is going to be back in upper sixties and seventies and more bass are going to move in.

One mistake that I see a lot of fisherman make this time of year is fishing too fast, once these bass start spawning there strike zone is small and with a slow presentation you will have a much more successful day. Good places to try right now are the back of the creeks, the west side of Running Creek to the 2966 Bridge, and the East field of Glade Creek, Rogers, and Long Branch, have been very good. I think


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Fishing Report:   This is a report where I really don't know where to start.

Devin Ranck called me a few weeks back and booked a 6 hr trip for
today March 18 2010.Devin works out of the Country but makes his home
in Central FL and he was coming home for a short vacation and wanted to book
a Trophy Bass Trip as he was still looking for that 10 LB Trophy Bass.

I met Devin at the boat ramp this morning at 7 am and we were fishing by
7:15 am.First shiner to enter the water was inhaled by a 9 1/4 pound fish
close but not 10 pounds.Then things got really crazy and this is where I am
going to have trouble remembering every detail. But here we go.

Devin started catching a fish on every shiner put in the water and they just
kept getting BIGGER and BIGGER.Neither Devin or myself have a clue
as to how many fish were caught for a total but what we do know is
how many were between 8 and 10.8 pounds and that number is 10 FISH.
These are the fish that were weighed on my Boga Grip Certified Scale
and photo's were taken of each fish.

Weighs were
10.8 , 10.0, 9.12, 9.8, 9.8, 9.4 8.12, 8.8, 8.8 8.4



I know this is hard to believe and I am very happy that my very good friend
Hank Gallagher was on the river close by and seen Devin catching big fish
after big fish.Hank finally came over and parked his boat to watch the

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Fishing Report:   Mattern Guide Service on Lake Palestine & Sam Rayburn & Lake Fairfield
Mattern Guide Service on Sam Rayburn,Palestine, and Lake Fairfield

Hello Everybody,

Ephesians 3; 16 That He would grant you, according to the riches of His Glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.


SAM RAYBURN:

Well the water temps were 56 at daylight today and warmed to lower 60's by the end of the day.

The Buck Bass are moving up now with over 15 good bass a day being caught up to about 6+ lbs.. Bass are hitting senko type baits in black and blue, watermelons, green pumpkins, and junebugs rigged weightless. Texas rigged speedo worms in Black Neon and Watermelon Red was working also. Bass were around flooded brush. Clients enjoyed from 17 bass days to 14 bass days this week with the Biggest going to Brian Holmes from the Woodlands near Houston a little over 6 lbs. Now is the time to book your trip and get in on the next 8 weeks of the spawning season. Check Terry's- Owner of Jackson Hill Marina web-page out on Rayburn at terry@jacksonhill.us for Cabins and etc.

Lake Palestine:

Water Temps 58 at daylight warming to 64 at the end of the day. Caught Bass up to 6 lbs. Clients caught alot of Bass this week. The spinnerbait worked along shallow cover produced the best. Lots of Bass in the shallows spawning now. Nichols spinnerbait in White/Chartruse Combos


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Fishing Report:   Lady Pamela II Sportfishing Charters

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

www.ladypamela2.com

954-761-8045

March 13th, 2010

Luckily, this morning started off much better than the past few days, weather wise. The rain said adios and the wind made a 360, blowing out of the southwest. Seas were finally calm offshore and the sun was shining bright, which makes for a very pleasant fishing charter in Fort Lauderdale. Bob Gatesy joined Captain Paul and me for another fishing trip aboard the Lady Pamela II in South Florida. Bob fishes with us year after year and has become a friend of the crew. Once we hit the flat calm open water, we trolled south down the reef and noticed no activity. Captain Paul decided to move to a shipwreck where I expertly positioned a bait on the bottom, the bite was nearly instant. A nice size Almaco Jack ate and went in the fish box for Bob’s fresh fish dinner. After a few pictures, we dropped down bait number two and hooked an Amberjack that didn’t give in easily. We skillfully released the Amberjack and relocated to do some Big Game Shark Fishing.

I realize Game Sharks have been the main subject in many of my daily reports, but the large migratory sharks such as Hammerhead’s, Thresher’s and Bull Sharks have really been pouring through the Fort Lauderdale area offshore. Fresh, bloody King Mackerel and petite, whole Bonito fish really tend to turn these marine monsters on. When


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Fishing Report:   Fishing has been a bit on the erratic side. There has been a consistent wind out of the West and Northwest which has pushed dirty green water on the edge. There has also been a lack of strong North current which is a major key to good sailfishing. On the other hand, since my last report, we have had a few days with north wind and strong north current and clean blue water.

Those days we caught as many as 8 sailfish in one day. Even with the green water and slow current, on average though, we still have been managing one or two sailfish per trip. As we get more into spring the prevailing winds from the east and southeast should resume and that will definitely clean the water up and bring in some better Gulfstream water with north current. Last year, the spring sailfish bite was epic and we had many double digit days in April and May. Those days will be here soon.

There have been some kingfish around and that should only get better with bigger and more kings each day. The dolphin bite has been erratic as well and one day you may catch 10 or more dorado and then not even see one for a few days. This should also improve and April is usually the month that we see the biggest dorado on the edge.

The one thing that has been plentiful have been the bonitas. Although not very edible, they are great fun on light tackle. At times they may seem like a nuisance, especially as you are waiting for a sailfish bite, they do bend the rod and can


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Fishing Report:   I spent the past three days with a great father son team.Pat and Shane
of Knoxville TN.The weather was not perfect by any means but we made the
best of this trip and the guys caught some very nice fish each day.
Dad Pat was the big fish winner catching an 11 .4 and a 9 even but it was
Shane that got the fish count to 45 fish during these three 6 hr trips.
We had to deal with winds gusting to 45 MPH two days in a row and water
temps dropping back into the upper 50's each day after getting as high as
70 over the past weekend.We took a little time each day to do some artificial
fishing and caught a few fish casting a swimbait around the main river padfields.

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Fishing Report:   Boca Grande, fl.
17 March 2010
Fishing this week has been below average so far. I trust it will pick up now that the weather is warming. I did see several snook in the backcountry yesterday and had no trouble with seatrout. Redfish are rated good to excellent depending on the tide. High winds have made many waters cloudy. Only the backcountry waters are clear enough to sight fish. The clear water of the back country requires stealth and rather long casts when fishing for redfish. The reds seem a bit spooky, but good casts will take them easily.
Curt Peterson and his nephew, Henry, caught a couple dozen seatrout near Cayo Pelau on Tuesday. Henry's biggest fish was 20 inches. This very polite 13 year old spent a couple of hours learning to fly fish before attacking the trout. I see a new expert in the making.
Ron Whiteley and I fished Monday taking only a few seatrout. Ron's biggest was over 20 inches. While casting at some basking snook, Ron had a very large fish follow all the way to the boat before turning off. Wrong Fish or wrong fly? Who knows, but probably because the fish was in cold water and was lethargic.
Water temps reached 67 degrees yesterday and will continue to rise slowly. I predict more activity in the coming days. I will be targeting snook and redfish for the next week or two before adding tarpon to the mix. Time to go fishing.
Fish Hard,
Capt. Pete
www.floridaflyfishing.com


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Fishing Report:  
The past three days have been as good as it gets here in Central Florida
for Trophy Bass Fishing.My clients Pat and Shawn from New Orleans
timed this trip with perfection.Day one Fri 3/12 started out with rain rain and
more rain.We had 65 shiners on this day and we were out of bait by 1 pm with
a total of 30 fish in 6 hrs of fishing.Sat 3/13 we had a big change in weather
and were handed 25 to 35 MPH Winds with the Sanford Airport reporting
gust to 41 MPH from the SW.This day was totally different with weather
but the fishing got better with 88 shiners there were 40 fish caught.
Day 3 Sun 3/14 we planned to fish 6 hrs as Pat and Shawn were making
the 10 hr drive home after fishing.A total of 54 shiners were taken on this trip
and they produced 15 fish.

Now for the best part of this report.The size and the numbers of fish were unreal.
In a total of 22 hrs fishing time for the three days 85 fish were caught.
That is an average of 3.87 fish per hour.

The size of these fish was super.

Two over 10 pounds
Three over 9 pounds
Five over 8 pounds
and 40 fish between 5 and 8 pounds.

Pat and Shawn I would like to thank you for spending three of the best days
in my 30 years of guiding with me!! You were SUPER!!!!

One of the great things about fishing the St Johns River in the month of


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Fishing Report:   Wednesday morning, 3/3, was chilly and windy but my brave party of three lady-anglers, Alene Haug, her mother, Carrie and friend, Connie, decided to give the backwaters a try anyway. We caught and released sheepshead until the ladies decided they'd had enough cold, then we headed back for shore.

Thursday morning, I fished Estero Bay with John Kenney and his eight-year-old son, Anthony. We had to bundle up and try to stay out of the wind as best we could, but we had fun using live shrimp to catch and release seven sheepshead to 12 inches, three trout to just short of15 inches, and a 16-inch whiting.

My trip for Friday cancelled, as two in the party wanted to wait for better conditions and warmer temperatures.

By Monday morning, 3/8, a nice warming and calming trend was in effect. I fished 20 miles west of New Pass in 45 feet with Bob Wojtowicz, his son, Greg, and grandson, Josh, along with family friend, Bob Bradley. We used live shrimp and caught keeper mangrove snapper, sheepshead, porkfish and jolthead porgies. We released triggerfish shorts, as well as lots of red and gag grouper, the largest of which was a 26 ½ inch gag, caught by Bob Bradley. Grouper season re-opens April 1st.

Tuesday morning, I sure was happy to see calm seas for long-time customer Ron Musick. So far this season, Ron had tried to get out offshore nine times and had been foiled by weather each time. But Tuesday was a good day for Ron and his


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Fishing Report:   March 4
This afternoon we set out on our fishing trip with Michael from Saratoga rings New York, Charlie from Merrimack, Mark from Santiago Ca, Matt from Pa, and Mitch from Golden Colorado.
We started out trolling the reef with 2 planner board running deep with bonito strips behind them a good 60 feet and 3 more bonito strips skipping across the surface. We had little to no current today and the just seemed to have lock jaw. We just could not seem to get a bite. Captain J.J. sudjested we try a few deep drops on a ship wreck. So in came the trolling gear and down went our live bait 210 feet down. At first we just waited without a bite but as I said earlier we had little to no current so even though the bait was 210 feet down I was able to slowly move around and drag our live bait all around the wreck. Just as I got to the south side of the wreck BAM we were Hooked Up.
Mitch jumped in the chair and everyone started giving him a hard time about not letting this one get away it was the only bite we had up to this point. Mitch ended up winning the back and forth tug a war and landed a 35 pound amber jack.
Ok we were on a roll now one in a row (LOL) and everyone was riding the high of finally putting a nice fish in the boat. This time we could not wait to get live bait down on the wreck only this time I made sure we dropped him right in the same spot where Mitch had caught his fish from. The second we got the bait down BAM we were Hooked Up again.


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Fishing Report:   3-18-10 JEKYLL ISLAND FISHING REPORT
By Captain Vernon Reynolds

We, and most of the nation, has endured one of the worst winters in years. Every one I know has had at least a touch of cabin fervor this winter. March has arrived and brought with it a few days of warmer, although wetter, weather. Spring is right around the corner, bring better fishing to the area.

The fishing has been poor, with few boats venturing out and few fish being taken when they did. The warmer days of March have helped the Trout, Redfish and Whiting bite. These fish are being taken in area rivers and creeks. There are no local live shrimp available so anglers use DOA shrimp, Gulp shrimp and Saltwater Assassin jigs to catch the Trout and Reds. The Whiting are hitting squid and Stubby Steve’s Fish Food Lure.

The fish are in loose, small schools or traveling alone. Fishing several drops is sometimes necessary to catch a mess of fish. Soon they will be schooled up, preparing for the spawn, and much easier to catch.

Sheepshead are being taken on bridge pilings, rock jetties and near shore artificial reefs. The main food source for Sheepshead is crustaceans and the preferred bait is fiddler crabs. Fiddler crabs are small, a couple of inches long with one big claw and one small claw. They are found in our salt marsh, burrowing into the soft sand leaving small holes that they hide and live in. Often you will see thousands


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Fishing Report:   CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
www.flyhooker.com
gmlandrum@hotmail.com


March 1-7, 2010

Weather: We had a great weather week except Wednesday. Tuesday night the wind started picking up. It howled all night and all day Wednesday. Most people stayed inshore and or came in early. Thursday we were back to sunny skies with just the regular trade winds. Little cloudy Sunday and Monday, then clear skies ahead.

Water:It looks as thought cooler waters are moving in closer with 70 degree water pushing into 95 and 1150, while the out by the Sea Mounts it's staying in the 73-74 degree range. Out around the San Jaime Banks it showing a cool 68 degrees.

Bait: There were Pacific Green-backed Mackerel and Caballito at the normal $3 per bait and up in the Palmilla area a few boats were selling small Sardinas for $25 a scoop.

FISHING

Billfish: Marlin fishing has remained slow, again this week. Still a few more boats were able to find the fish this week, but it was still nothing to write home about, at least for those of us who go out all the time. The fish seemed to be concentrated closer to shore than normal, most of the fish were found within three miles of the beach, and on both sides of the Cape.

Yellowfin Tuna: Just like last week, most of the Tuna that were found were quite a long way from


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