Catch the Dream: 2009.12

2009/12/29

Orlando Day3

Day 3

Today we started fishing at East Lake Toho again.

The temperature was still cold and it was a little windy.

I thought I could not catch any fish again because of the cold air.

But in the afternoon it started to get a little warmer and the wind stopped blowing for a while.

After some time I still could not catch any fish, but in a hour or so I finally catched a fish

This is the picture of the fish below.

This bass was the only fish I catched today.

by Staff Minny

2009/12/28

Still Cold!

We have moved to the Orlando area.

I'm going to be fishing at Lake Toho & East lake Toho.

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I have already fished two days.

The temperature was still cold. I have never experienced this cold air during the last 7years.

Day One

I have started fishing at East Lake Toho.

4years ago I have catched 8pounds and 8oz. bass at East

Lake Toho.

I usually catch a big fish every single year in the same spot at the East Lake.

But the first day it was very cold so the fish was not active as

much as they are in the warm weather.

But one of our staff caught one fish.

But since there was a battery problem we could not continue our fishing.(very unlucky)

Day 2

The second day I started fishing at Lake Toho.

In the morning it was quiet, there wasn't much wind.

In the middle of the lake there is a weed area where I caught the first fish with the lipless cranckbait.

But after that the wind started to blew harder, the wind blew 20mph.

Since the wind was blowing, it was very hard for us to fish.

This is a fish is called a pike. It has attacked my lipless crankbait too.

According to the forecast, the temperature will be more colder tomorrow.

I guess this trip was th most difficult fishing trip since 2002.

Mark

2009/12/25

Deadlock!

We finally reached deadlock! The weather improved continuouslly.

Today it was very warm in the morning.

But in the afternoon it became very cloudy and by 4:00 it was raining.

But still in this weather,This trip is very tough for us.

But fortunately , we got small rush by light texas rig with swimbait at the last minute.

We had fun time. Today is last day of this Okeechobee trip .

However, I swore to be going to return here in the near future to the mind.

Tomorrow,we are going to move to Orlando area.

Next report probably on Sunday night about Lake Toho.

The lake is my home lake on this season of year.

Hopefully more better result will come.

Mark

2009/12/24

Turn Over!

The fish still isn't active. Also the water of the main lake is sill not clear.

I think the water was turned over. Currently the cleared water covers a little amount of area and it is only available in the closed area like the following picture.Still the cold front affects this area so the fishes are not very active.

Can you see the beds in the center of this following picture?

Today I found several spawning beds but all beds were empty.

I was very disappointed. Original my plan was sight fishing,this is short cut for Big Bass.

Anyway this is the alligator we saw when we were fishing. We saw 4 or 5 alligators resting on land and well.....they were very large. I could not believe my eyes when I saw them. Since we are from IN. we don't see alligators very often.

2009/12/23

Day 3 Report

The temperature has improved a little but the air is still cold and windy.

Today we visited the "Monkey Box" .

There were 5 or 6 boats out in the ''Monkey Box''

so I thought it was a good fishing spot,

but........I could only catch 1 fish.

And well.....that fish was a very little fish.

It was so small that I didn't even notice that I caught it.

The ''Monkey Box''

I found it funny that George was the symbol of the ''Monkey Box''

George The Monkey

This is the the monkey that was tied on the pole of the sign.

This monkey is called George.

It seems that George is holding a...... squirrel!?

2009/12/22

2ND DAY REPORT

2nd Day. The cold air is still covering part of Florida.

Today I chose to fish at the Okeetanti ramp.6miles away from Okeechobee town.

Today I caught this big, slimy, and heavy fish.

It was terrifying!!!

This is a Maaaaadfish. 5 lb 8oz!

It was so slimy that when I tried to grab it escaped from my grasp.

And well, when it did it landed very close to my daughters feet and she didn't like it one bit.

guess it was terrifying for her too.

2009/12/21

1st Day Report! Dec/21/2009

Soo Cold! It feels just like Indiana, 45degree!! Unbelievable!

I didn't feel so good under this cold weather.

And the lake is huge, But the average depth of the area I was fishing in is 3 feet.

I didn't have much confidence to drive my boat at 40mph,

because if the boat got stuck, nobody will be there to help us.

When I started it wasn't so good,

as soon as I got outside I knew that the fishes aren't gonna want to come out.

Half an hour later.......Still NOT 1 bite, and NOT 1 fish!!!!

Then I cleared out my mind and started thinking positive. I rigged my crank to search the position of my target.

By 2:30PM I caught my 1st fish with my very own B-Flat. This was a very small fish but that small fish is enough to convince me that there are fishes swimming there and that I should keep fishing.

By 3:30PM, What I was waiting for!! THE BIG BASS!!