Okeechobee

Weather has been great but fishing has been slower than normal. We are a couple weeks earlier this year so that may be the reason.
For the first time we hired a pro to clean our fish and it was the smartest thing we've done lately. After spending 5-7 hours on the water and driving an hour back to condo the last thing you feel like doing is cleaning fish for 3 hours.
Snap Hunter figured this out last year. We finally got smart.
Anyone know what kind of bass that is in picture? I thought it was a Warmouth at first but it is some bass other than a LM. Attachment 336496Attachment 336497Attachment 336498Attachment 336499Attachment 336500

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Maybe a Rock Bass. :dono Has it got red eyes? Glad you made it there and are catching some fish. Hope it will pick up for you. Cleaning fish and especially a lot is something I dread. I guess that's why I don't keep any as much as I use too! Keep us update on the fishing and pictures and enjoy you time there with the friends. :highfive

Suwannee bass.

Still a good looking catch. That bass looks crossed with a peacock bass. Good looking fish.


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Ray, Cleaning that may fish after a good day fishing is a real job. I know. I hope it's a little cooler this year than when I went. Be safe and I'll try and look for you guys as you go out on the web cam.

Ray,
I say its a warmouth !!!

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Looks like the fish may be slow, but some are biting. Stay after them, enjoy the trip.

We still manage about 50 per boat and the guy cleaning our fish is so much better than us. Really nice fillets. I had about 5#s of fillets yesterday for our boat.
I caught a few more of the mystery fish and I think it is a Warmouth.

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Originally Posted by BigDawgg

Maybe a Rock Bass. :dono Has it got red eyes? Glad you made it there and are catching some fish. Hope it will pick up for you. Cleaning fish and especially a lot is something I dread. I guess that's why I don't keep any as much as I use too! Keep us update on the fishing and pictures and enjoy you time there with the friends. :highfive

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Ron, yes it has Red Eyes. What is it ?


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Originally Posted by BigDawgg

Maybe a Rock Bass. :dono Has it got red eyes? Glad you made it there and are catching some fish. Hope it will pick up for you. Cleaning fish and especially a lot is something I dread. I guess that's why I don't keep any as much as I use too! Keep us update on the fishing and pictures and enjoy you time there with the friends. :highfive

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Yes it has Red Eyes. What is it?


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Glad y'all are having a good time, good weather and catching fish. That's a good idea to get someone else to clean fish. I believe that's a warmouth we have some in the pond. Question Ray, how do the Oscars taste? Could you compare it to another fish or not? Thanks

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Originally Posted by Eatmorecrappie

Glad y'all are having a good time, good weather and catching fish. That's a good idea to get someone else to clean fish. I believe that's a warmouth we have some in the pond. Question Ray, how do the Oscars taste? Could you compare it to another fish or not? Thanks

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The fillets are white to slightly orange tint. They are very similar to bass or bream in consistency and taste. We doing a fry tonight. We are landlocked at present. Thursday morning wind gust up to 30MPH!


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Originally Posted by gcromer

Ray, Cleaning that may fish after a good day fishing is a real job. I know. I hope it's a little cooler this year than when I went. Be safe and I'll try and look for you guys as you go out on the web cam.

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Gerald we hired Juan to clean our fish this year. Should have done long time ago. He does a fantastic job on the fillets. Ours never looked as good as what we ate getting from him. Runs about $8 a day per person. 30 cents a fish.

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That would be well worth it, We all would have felt better at the end of the day, after all of that fishing and the rides every day. Be safe coming back, that'll be a long day.

Ray, I saw on the news today that the President is at Lake Okeechobee looking at the lake to check on the work being done on the lake. Maybe you can catch up with him and teach him how to catch Oscars.

Glad to see y'all had a good time. Yes, that's a warmouth or Google eye or molly, whatever you want to call em.

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