Jacque Mitchell

Fishin’  Fun
www.captain-jac.com

I’ve been having a great time trying to figure out how to catch Toho specs.  Usually this is a prime time to catch these good-eating fish.  I had been hearing that Marker 26 was the place to be, so that’s where I started. Not so good!  I never saw more than two or three fish being put in the boat.  The next day a couple of my buddies and I went back out and caught 11 good-sized specs. I took nine of them home and had them for dinner.  Man, they were good. I’m going to have to spend more time trying to figure out how to become more consistent and get a few bags of fish in the freezer.
Water temperatures in the low 60s have slowed bass fishing down considerably.  There still are some bass schooling in a few places, but not like they were before the temperatures dropped.  I’ve been catching a few of them on hard jerk baits, small crank baits and a Carolina rig with a trick worm on it.  Shiner fishing hasn’t been too bad, but you’ve got to cover a lot of water to find out where they’re biting.
Once you find them, you’re liable to catch quite a few in one small area.  Some days they seem to want big shiners and other days they want the small ones. I usually get a mixture of sizes to see what they want.
The areas that were sprayed for hydrilla are starting to clean up. The second round is supposed to start the early part of December.  Airboats did most of the first spraying. Helicopters are up next and then the harvester. Let’s all hope for good results.
Send information about your big catch to capjac@usfamily.net.
You may also send fishing information and photos to rpedone@osceolanewsgazette.com.