Lake Okeechobee Bass Fishin' Cast Fest

January 7th thru January 13th, 2012

Weather: Beautiful, Air in the 70's

Water:  low 60's to 70 degrees

Trying to get a jump on the New Year, my brother Doug, my good friend Nick, his Dad, Larry in from Utah and I headed down to the Big O for a week of bass fishing.

We arrived on Saturday afternoon and the cast fest began.  I say that because there were many, many casts between the fish for us.

One boat (ours) had many more casts between fish than the other boat (Nick and Larry).  But, as you can see by looking at these pictures you always thought the next cast would yield the Largemouth of your dreams.

Last year, Doug and I fished the Big O in February and caught 50 bass a day.  We laughed, at the end of our trip we don't think we caught 50 bass all week.  But, Nick and Larry kept texting us pictures of their catch, so it kept us going.

I am going to post the pictures below and just add a title, but in general, you needed to be casting a John Deere Green Big Easy in the Ranger and a spinnerbait in the Renegade.

We caught fish on all of the baits we threw, toads, worms, Big EZ's, Big and Little dippers and spinnerbaits.

The most unusual bait I caught them on was a Staysee Jerk Bait.  Doug and I had run into a school of nice fish in a canal heading out of Harney Pond one evening and we decided to fish them over and over, since we didn't have much else working.  We hit the pod once with nice fish in canal.  Doug caught a 5 lber. on a spinnerbait and I caught one just shy of 5 lbs. on the jerk bait.  Probably the only time these fish have every seen a suspending jerk bait in those waters.

The fishing was a little slow, but the company was great.  Lots of fun with three great guys and good fisherman!

Here are my pics.

Doug Starting It Off on Saturday

Tried Flipping.  This One Got it Through Both Lips

Caught this on edge of Peppergrass

Another Peppergrass Fish

Even I Caught One on a Spinnerbait

The Real KVD

5 POUNDER on Spinnerbait

We lost a couple more like this in a flurry of activity

Here are the two we caught schooling.

At the same time on the other end of the lake, Nick and Larry were busting them!

We took our rat fishing with us.  He enjoyed getting out of the trailer.

This cover is why you are excited on every cast.

There is one in there somewhere.

Or Maybe she is over here!

Or over here!

Anyone have a weed eater?

Another Jerkbait fish on the last day.

KVD's Evil Twin

The word is the Okee Rig is the way to catch the schoolers!

You can tell who the pro is.

Nick with another big'un

Larry said when Nick would slow down enough to let him cast, he could bust them too!

He said John Deere Green was all the worked on his Big EZ

I see a secret bait in the background.

Larry finishing up in the evening light.