Holey Lands (Everglades) 8/9/23

[Capt. BassinLou]

Fishing Time: 0630-12pm
Water Temps: 90
Outside Temps: 85 and climbing by 0630
Wind: none existent
Clouds: None

Fished the Holey lands system today. Launched at 0630, and my immediate goal was to find moving water. Tried a couple of top water lures right off the bat. The popper and jerk bait have been working for me as of late, but not today. 

I switched gears and started throwing heavier T-rigs and C-Rigs. That change was the ticket. I started catching bass deep. They weren't big bass by any stretch of the imagination. But considering the conditions, I was having a ball.





As the morning progressed, so did the heat and humidity.      I jumped on the big motor and took a 10 min run to cool off some. Continued fishing deep and breaking down the moving water, when I noticed nice peacock in the area. The peas would dart from the shallows in to the depths.

I switched gears again. Rigged a fluke, and began to break down shallow cover. To my surprise, the bigger peas responded in kind, with massive blow ups. Problem was however, I was unsuccessful hooking into these guys. Out of the 5 nice blow ups, I only succeeded with hooking one peacock.



By the time 12 pm rolled around I was toast. I didn't want to push it any further and called the trip. All in all I did ok. Landed 15 bass and 1 peacock. I'll take it!!     

The bites were either deep, fishing with soft plastics or really tight to cover shallow.

Thanks for reading.

[FlatsNBay]

Nice job Lou. I fished too and had to wrap it up at 1100 because the wind died, and it was brutally hot.

[big g]

Good job Lou.  Not many reports these days.

[Capt. BassinLou]

Thanks, guys. This heat wave, along with the water levels, is making the fishing challenging for many.

[Backlash123]

Good job Lou!

[Donald Garner]

Congrats on another SUCCESSFUL OUTING     Tks for sharing the trip and those pictures with us also 

[Capt. BassinLou]

Thanks gang!