School me. My dad and I are looking to plan a trip in the next year or so. Thinking of staying at Roland Martin’s and will be targeting bass and panfish. Best time of year? Best fishing tactics? Where to stay? What to avoid? Etc.
School me. My dad and I are looking to plan a trip in the next year or so. Thinking of staying at Roland Martin’s and will be targeting bass and panfish. Best time of year? Best fishing tactics? Where to stay? What to avoid? Etc.
Find Jose and his fish cleaning harem
Do you want big pre spawn bass or post spawn and panfish?
If you're gonna go that far, keep driving another 2 hours and fish the keys and florida bay. Leave those freshwater lake fish alone, bc you can catch them in santee and save yourself a 9 hour drive.
"Hunt today to kill tomorrow." - Ron Jolly
I have no help to offer but have always wanted to pull the black bird down there and flip reeds from daylight to dark a few days. Good luck with the trip.
Take a 1oz jig and flip reed heads until your arms are jello. We usually stay at the best western in clewiston. Really good Chinese joint next door. Monkey box, uncle joes cut, etc...I've got a pretty good local/guide also that would Probly help you out
"They are who we thought they were"
You can dress a fat chick up, but you cant fix stupid
Go down in early March.
Crappie are spawning and finding them is easy.
45 min drive south to the Glades.
Take a day to catch Oscars.
Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.
Following...this is on my boys bucket list.
Oscars will bust up a bream buster-you need something with a drag- 500/day is not unlikely
I think Roland Martins place is on the south end. Staying on the north end would be and hour or two closer to SC.
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My Dad and I always talked about it, but never ended up going.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
We are going down for a few days in April, staying at Roland Martin's place in Clewiston. Going strictly for Oscars. Buddy goes down there yearly and says the are a lot of fun to catch. Any tips from those who have targeted them? I heard they are pretty hard on tackle.
every expert was once a beginner
When we ever go down there, I will carve out a day to go chase peacock bass as well.
Ultra lite spooled with 12-15lb braid, no leader. Braid strait to hook. 1/0 or 20/ octopus hooks. Basically sheepshead fishing.
Couple split shot for casting.
Pro tip - screw crickets. Constant rebaiting.
Use fatback. 5-8 fish rebait.
Also - 1/4 bucktails and the biggest beetle spin you can find will cull smaller fish.
There seems to be 2 age classes. A blooming trillion at just about 1lb or better.
By using the bucktails or beetles you’ll catch em 3-4lbs, and you’ll entice plenty of peacocks.
Take plenty of ice.
Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.
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