Bass and crappie fishing since early December has been on the upswing due to the cooler air temperatures from the north. Now that water temps have lowered, the spawning has kicked in gear and will continue each month with the full and new moon phase bringing some big bag limits of bass to the scales and people filling their limits of Specks.
If you’re targeting the crappie bite, the cold snaps kicks them in gear and makes for a fun-filled day of fishing and catching, minus lots of wind of course. The entire North-shore of Okeechobee is great fishing, especially this time of year. There is a lot of water to cover for bass and crappie, so give other boaters their space. Yes, even when you’re crappie fishing, it will help to make everyone’s fishing experience a lot more enjoyable especially for those of us who are out there making a living and helping to put smiles on customer’s faces and take away a positive and fun day of fishing Lake Okeechobee.
Areas to try are parts of Kreamer/Rita Islands; East-wall and parts of Observation Shoal and Monkey box. Dyess ditch up to 2nd point as well as Kings Bar. Color patterns for soft plastics for bass can be watermelon-red, redbug, junebug, black/blue and green-pumpkin/gold flake. White/Chartreuse skirt gold double-willow leaf spinner bait, top water lures worked slow will produce such as a devils horse and zara spook, tubes and hoo-daddy’s (Gene Larew). The swim bait and swim jig bite has been working too.
To book your fun-filled, productive day for crappie or bass fishing on beautiful Lake Okeechobee call Capt. Angie at 863-228-7263 or email to angie@southfloridabassfishing. com or log onto www.southfloridabassfishing.com.
