(top to bottom - left to right) One of thousands of canals in the Everglades, Jack with a Largemouth Bass, Average-size bass for that day, Bass on the fly, Marco with one of many bass he caught that day, an ideal bass environment aka Bass Heaven.
On April 25, 2009, my dear friend and childhood corhort, Jack Dunmyer, his friend Marco and I ventured out to Everglades Holiday Park for some "Everglades fishing." I call it "Everglades" fishing because you never know what you're going to catch! Peacock Bass, Snook, Gar, Oscar, Baby Tarpon, heck ... BIG Tarpon. Just about anything that swims in brackish water you'll have a chance to catch. The day started off fast and remained active with approximately 10 - 20 Largemouth Bass in the .5 to 1.5 pound size being caught and released. I was catching them on my 8 weight fly rod as well as a 7 foot light action spinning rod. The fly rod was rigged with my trusty #8 black pistol pete fly and we found that rigging the spinning rods with a wacky worm or jerk bait was the preferred pattern that day. I caught at least 15 Largemouth in the 1 to 2 pound range using the wacky worm method and 3 - 5 in the 3 to 4 pound range. Jack landed a 6, maybe 7 pound Largemouth using a live shiner and I landed a similar fish using a Rapala deep diver.At one point, I hooked, landed and broke off a 6 - 7 pound Mudfish probably the biggest fish of the day.
Although, Jack will argue otherwise. LOL.
P.S. In the Everglades, retrieving a rig caught in the lilly pads or brush is a whole new experience when there is a chance an alligator will bite your hand off!
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