Lake Okeechobee 4/12/11 - 28.5Lb Bag 2025
piscicidal reply :
Had a monster trip at the "Big O" today...
Fishing by myself, I started fishing at 7:30 and was culling 4.5lbers by 10:30. Finished at 2:00...my five biggest were 5.2, 5.3, 5.8, 6.1, and 6.4= total ~28.5. I unbuttoned a couple slobs which would have put me well over 30lbs...If I had a decent fisherman with me today and a net, who knows...
I can't even tell you how many fish I caught...well into the triple digits. From 8:30-10:30 I caught a fish maybe every 3rd cast. You guys do the math...the bite never stopped. I quit before the fish did...both hands curled up, cramped, I could hardly open them. My thumb looks like I've ran it over a cheese grater a few dozen times.
It is impossible for me to overstate how good the fishing is right now on the Big "O".
SoFlaBassAddict reply :
Awesome sack, Mike. You definitely were on them. WTG.
Big-O reply :
WTG and that's a fantastic day of fishing regardless where you are! I've heard how that lake is busting out the big sacks this year and your report adds to the proof... Nice photos too!
Big O
www.ragetail.com
Fat-G reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 8:42 AM, Big-O said:WTG and that's a fantastic day of fishing regardless where you are! I've heard how that lake is busting out the big sacks this year and your report adds to the proof... Nice photos too!
Big O
www.ragetail.com
Hahahaha......hahaha.
Nice fish.
614-Bass reply :
good job! i was down there for spring break on a trip with mark shepard and had a great time caught a ton of fish. i love that place im thinking of going to college somewhere in florida.
piscicidal reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 8:40 AM, SoFlaBassAddict said:Awesome sack, Mike. You definitely were on them. WTG.
We gotta make a trip up there, soon, Eric. The place is blowing up.
piscicidal reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 8:42 AM, Big-O said:WTG and that's a fantastic day of fishing regardless where you are! I've heard how that lake is busting out the big sacks this year and your report adds to the proof... Nice photos too!
Big O
www.ragetail.com
Thanks, Steve. I really respect your humility on these boards...you catch fish that would eat the ones we post up, but you always have an encouraging word for others.
Of the six fish I caught today over 5lbs, two of them were caught on the Space Monkey. You guys make some awesome products.
SoFlaBassAddict reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 9:09 AM, piscicidal said:We gotta make a trip up there, soon, Eric. The place is blowing up.
You free tomorrow? lmao
Time and place, my friend. Time and place. Let me know and I'll try to check my schedule out. I'm hoping to get out on my lake here for a few hours tomorrow. Shockingly I'm actually unoccupied for the day.
00 mod reply :
AWESOME!!! Wish I could make it down there for a bag like that! Keep up the good work!
Jeff
piscicidal reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 9:07 AM, 614-Bass said:good job! i was down there for spring break on a trip with mark shepard and had a great time caught a ton of fish. i love that place im thinking of going to college somewhere in florida.
Cmon down...the fishing is great as you know.
Your avatar looks like Lake Okeechobee. Uncle Joes Cut maybe??
piscicidal reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 9:40 AM, SoFlaBassAddict said:You free tomorrow? lmao
Time and place, my friend. Time and place. Let me know and I'll try to check my schedule out. I'm hoping to get out on my lake here for a few hours tomorrow. Shockingly I'm actually unoccupied for the day.
Well you know the "place"... 
"Time"...that's been the problem for me. I'm gonna be out for awhile, again, after Thursday. We'll have to have a mini-outing up there soon. Robert is in for sure.
SoFlaBassAddict reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 9:58 AM, piscicidal said:Well you know the "place"...
"Time"...that's been the problem for me. I'm gonna be out for awhile, again, after Thursday. We'll have to have a mini-outing up there soon. Robert is in for sure.
Time has definitely been my issue this year as well. We'll have to set something up with Robert. Hope everything goes well for you later this week. Nothing major I hope.
South FLA reply :
The FRENZY continues!
Fishmaster10 reply :
Incredible! What were they hitting on?
BassSpanker reply :
Those are trips we live for!! The ones you won't forget! I love Florida Lakes. How is Garcia reservoir & Stick marsh 13? are they hot right now as well?
Bassn Blvd reply :
Awesome sack! I forget which tournament it was recently, but 28 pounds wouldn't even put you in the top 3 or 4 
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Captain Shane Procell reply :
Robert sounds like a fantastic trip.
evrgladesbasser reply :
Great catch!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Very impressive day especially my your self.
piscicidal reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 11:33 AM, Fishmaster10 said:Incredible! What were they hitting on?
It was moving baits (skinny dippers/big ez) until about 10:30. When that bite slowed down, I started pitching/flipping to thicker cover with a bruiser intruder and space monkey and started catching again.
Besides almost 30lb sack of bass I probably had a 35lb sack of mudfish. Several times yesterday, I had my heart broken by mudfish thinking I had a +8lb bass.
piscicidal reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 12:39 PM, Bassn Blvd said:Awesome sack! I forget which tournament it was recently, but 28 pounds wouldn't even put you in the top 3 or 4
Bruce fished a tourney out of Belle Glade last weekend where 3rd place was 28lbs. First place was 34lbs...almost 7lb average. That's just sick.
shallow thinker reply :
Mike, thanks for the play by play text messages yesterday while I was in Chicago. I'm extremely jealous! I may have to change my weekend plans to get in on the good bite up at the lake.
bocabasser reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 8:33 AM, piscicidal said:Had a monster trip at the "Big O" today...
Fishing by myself, I started fishing at 7:30 and was culling 4.5lbers by 10:30. Finished at 2:00...my five biggest were 5.2, 5.3, 5.8, 6.1, and 6.4= total ~28.5. I unbuttoned a couple slobs which would have put me well over 30lbs...If I had a decent fisherman with me today and a net, who knows...
I can't even tell you how many fish I caught...well into the triple digits. From 8:30-10:30 I caught a fish maybe every 3rd cast. You guys do the math...the bite never stopped. I quit before the fish did...both hands curled up, cramped, I could hardly open them. My thumb looks like I've ran it over a cheese grater a few dozen times.
It is impossible for me to overstate how good the fishing is right now on the Big "O".
no doubt!
right on mike! that place is the best bass fishery in the country right now. love the black and white pics. especially the 1 on the top row at the end. killer photo!
piscicidal reply :
On 4/14/2011 at 2:32 AM, shallow thinker said:Mike, thanks for the play by play text messages yesterday while I was in Chicago. I'm extremely jealous! I may have to change my weekend plans to get in on the good bite up at the lake.
Jack, let's cross our fingers and hope these fish hold until our next tourney on Big "O". 
piscicidal reply :
On 4/14/2011 at 6:50 AM, bocabasser said:right on mike! that place is the best bass fishery in the country right now. love the black and white pics. especially the 1 on the top row at the end. killer photo!
It's hard to imagine better fishing anywhere. I am a novice when it comes to Okeechobee (yesterday was my eighth time on the lake) and I caught about 300 pounds of bass yesterday. What the heck is a good fisherman going to do out there?? 
shallow thinker reply :
I'm heading out there Saturday morning with 3 novice 16 yr olds. Mike was kind enough to share the exact location of his honey hole but I think I'm better off parking on an outside grass line and manning the camera and landing net.
Fishing Cowgirl reply :
On 4/16/2011 at 1:13 AM, shallow thinker said:I'm heading out there Saturday morning with 3 novice 16 yr olds. Mike was kind enough to share the exact location of his honey hole but I think I'm better off parking on an outside grass line and manning the camera and landing net.
I think you will doing well just to multi-task between Net and camera! You are seriously going to be busy!
shallow thinker reply :
We made the trip yesterday and fished East Wall, Long Point, spoil islands, observation shoal.... The boys did OK and the weather was good. I was hoping that I could find schooling fish outside of the grass line but in each place we had to go into heavy cover to get bit. We had steady action all morning on fish to 2 lbs and I got one at 4.8 lbs later. Not the banner day that Mike had but still lots of fun.
BassThumb reply :
Whoa!! Looks like fun.
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