Wednesday, January 16, Lake Okeechobee
Dan writes:
Today I went back down to South Bay, trying to figure them out down there. I’d rather fish on tournament day up in Fisheating Bay and the North Shore, but in case the wind blows in on that area and dirties up the water again, I want to have backup. South Bay, on the opposite side of the lake, will not be affected by the same wind that would hurt my other areas.
Annie and I spent a hot (yes, it is hot out now) day buried back in the reeds. The cover is so thick that bait choice is very limited. You can throw a soft jerkbait or pitch a worm around, and that’s about it. We chose the Gambler Flappin’ Shad as our search bait, and had ten bites on it today. No big fish; in fact they were all just twelve to thirteen inches, except for the last one which went three and a half pounds.
Annie writes:
It was extremely hot in the boat today, and these tiny bugs came out, about a zillion of them. They are very annoying. We fished hard all day. I think I caught two fish, and that was disappointing. I gave up around three pm and at four Dan said “if we don’t catch a fish in the next half hour we’ll call it a day.” I decided that I would fish the last half hour with him. Wouldn’t you know it, I catch a fish! I told him it was a fluke, we could fish for another two hours and not catch another one. He agreed and we called it a day.