didnt make it out to kissimmee on saturday (nice hangover) so I went out there today by myself. it was nice to get out and relax and think about some stuff and just fish at my pace.
i headed from cypress to lake kiss. and stuck to the west side of the lake due to the wind out of the southwest. I stopped near Philadelphia point and flipped the outside grass line first. I caught a keeper and missed one while flipping. I then moved inside and caught one on a chubby frog near some mixed grass in 2-3' of water...it was barley a keeper.
i then moved over to the area of mixed kissimmee grass and reeds infront of philadelphia point (grassy island maybe) and caught one and missed one on a spinnerbait. the one that i caught was 14".
next stop was a bit further south where i caught one on the chubby frog in some mixed grass. It was still pretty cloudy at this point.
i kept on moving south and found myself near brahma island in 4-5' of water with some good pads inside the outside grass line. on my first cast a nice fish blew up on my chubby frog and wound up in the boat. it was just at 4lbs. a great fish, in the perfect area for a soft plastic toad.
now the rain was coming so i timed the run from the south end of brahma island back to camp mack where i stopped for lunch (just after getting soaked by the first rain cloud!!) it takes just over 20min to make the run (not too bad.) I decided to head back to the ramp but had one final spot to stop on the way. I stopped at a regular spot to see if there were any fish present and landed a nice 3.75lber on a kissimmee blue gamber flap daddy craw. Sweet way to end the day.
I probably would have ended up with 5 going just at 12lbs for the day, not bad for a day mostly spent in new water!!!
Flipping Gear: 7'6" H BPS Extreme Rod, Abu Revo S reel, 50# suffix performace braid, 1/4 oz tru tung weight and a 4/0 bmf hook. Bait: Kissimmee Blue Flap Daddy from Gambler.
Frog Gear: 7'0" MH BPS Extreme Rod (carolina rig version), Abu Revo S Reel, 50# fireline braid, 1/8oz, 5/0 Secret Lures Meat Hook. Bait: Secret Lures Chubby Frog, Watermelon Red/Pearl with Clear Legs.
Spinnerbait Gear: 7'0" MH Berkley One Series Rod, Abu Revo S Reel, 15# big game, 3/8 oz Strike King Burner, double willow (chrome/gold) with a chart/white skirt.
bigger fish taken on chubby frog
bonus flipping fish
Reply With Quote
Might just have to take some vacation time before to prefish.
