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Thinking of venturing to Florida tips week to try my luck, last year this time the numbers were great at Lochloosa. Haven't heard much this year. Any reports on the bite? Also, Has Orange lake been producing at all, I'm considering trying it instead. Any suggestions or thoughts?
We fished lochloosa two weeks ago with the Fl Crappie Club,Quote:
Originally Posted by JKincade80
It was very slow then ,
Maybe this cooler weather has helped the bite improve
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Orange Lake for now. The fish are running small but we did manage to catch a few nice ones in the am. Be on the lookout for those floating islands.
Amazes me that so many from Georgia routinely travel deep into Florida to Speck fish with all the good lakes in Georgia.
Thanks
Will do, appreciate the heads up!!
Born and raised in FL, still own property in FL - so a bit more than just a routine trip for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
What he said... Florida will always be HOME. 40 years of Florida fishing. The amazing thing is I fish in the lakes in both states.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
Lochloosa always produces....
Me and my son-in-law hit Lochloosa this past Wednesday and caught one catfish. We trolled up on the northwest corner from a little after daylight til 1:30pm. Really slow. Nobody was doing much. The next day I went to Orange and put in at Marjorie Rawlings. There was a line at the ramp at 7am. I did better. I caught 8 keepers and one cat by 2pm. I trolled on the west side of the lake. I will tell you it was my first time on the lake and finding the entry back into Marjorie Rawlings ramp was a challenge. It is well marked when you get to where it is but it can be a real problem finding the entry from a half mile out on the lake. Thankfully a couple of nice folks on the water steered me in the right direction.
This is a slow time for Lochloosa for some reason. We caught 18 keepers on Orange a couple weeks ago. I will probably get back to Lochloosa the week of Christmas. I can't give up on it, it's been too good over the years. Swamp Fox, The next time you go to Orange, look over your left shoulder when you come out of the canal and you will see a house. Use It as a marker from across the lake, then look for the flags once you get closer.
Thanks for the info on taking a bead on the house. I looked back behind me when I came out of the run from Marjorie Rawlings and saw the flagging ribbon but it's hard to see it when you 600 yards away. I gotta try to figure something out maybe with a Garmin GPS or something. I'm a speed bump on the technology super highway but I gotta probably get my 10 year old grandson to get me up to speed on all the new fangled direction gadgets.
Got caught in a rain storm ad couldn't see past the bow. The Lowrance hds 7 bread crumbs was the only way we found our way in. Those new gadgets are useful in a lot of ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWAMP FOX