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Started out fishin the lake in the morning & only had 5 by noon, but decided to troll the river back to the boat ramp & never made it there til' sunset because the action was literally at every bend, made a turn, fish on, ect...lost count in the 30's but took home 18, no real secret bout 40 other boats in the river once the wind kick in mid-day, alot were catching them on the banks. All-in all one good day!:biggrin
Nice report and picture...I see you caught a kitty too!:biggrin
Alright Jeff, I know exactly where you got those little pretties. Excellent report and pics! Glad you found a way to enjoy the water despite the wind.
Good bunch of fish, spent a few very good days there. Some things haven't changed.
Awesome, Thanks for the report. I was thinking of heading over there this afternoon, if I can get finished up with work in time.
I'm sure I would have blown right by them on the way to the lake. Well, more like "putted by" with the silly manatee zone in the river.
Did you launch at Powell's?
Joe
Woody rocks :) nice mess.
Great looking mess of fish, glad you got on them.
nice looking mess, thanks for pics
That would be Highlands fish camp, however, when pickin up minnows the locals in front of me said they were goin to powell's, said the bite was on over there, so I guess the bottom line is the fish are in transition to the back waters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
Nice report & picture :highfive Highland Park is a cool place & the Norris Dead River run to lake is awesome.
I've seen some pretty cool wildlife strolling the banks in there.
I'm heading to Astor this Friday for 2 weeks. I stay at Front St. bait. I will be hitting Lake Woodruff and the river with every thing I have. JC
Don't forget Dexter. There.s an island on the way to Woodruff from Astor that we used to get a bunch of good shellcrackers from. You could hear the snail shells hitting the bottom of the metal boat I had. They weren't everywhere but when we found em it was SWEEEEET.
I just got back from a 2 week fishing trip in the Astor area. I stayed at Bean's Front street bait & cabin. The weather was up and down, but I had a lot of nice days. I only keep enough fish to eat, but I like to keep track of how many I catch. The fish has to be a minimum of 11" to deserve a hit on the counter. In 14 days of fishing I got 201 fish over 11" and I keeps some beautiful 15" + fish.
The thing I like about staying in Astor is if the weather is not so great you can just go on the river and troll and catch some beautiful fish. On the nice days I went to Dexter and down Tick run to Woodruff. I only troll with 1/16 and 1/12ouncee jigs like Hal flys and Jiffy jigs. The best colors for me where orange-green-orange, red-blue-white. Here is a link to Bean's place, you can't go wrong staying there, tell them John form Ohio sent you. Front Street Bait & Tackle in Astor Florida
Thanks for sharing, great info - sounds like ya had a good time. Appreciate the like to Bean's never heard of it but
next time I'm up that way I will stop in & check it out.