We chartered with Captain Dean Puller of Gatorbass.com and had an absolute blast. We met Captain Dean at the dock and hopped in the boat. Dean was a terrific guide and an absolute hysterical charactor. After a 3 minutes ride in the boat we were at a patch of grass and catching fish. There is quite a bit of hydrilla and thick grass beds in Toho and we were nailing them right off the edges of the beds. 1 after another on the Carolina rig got tiresome, so we switched to wild live shiners. They're 6-8" live minnows that Bass just go bonkers for. Within minutes of the rig hitting the water there'd be a big ol Bass on it. No wonder shiners are nicknamed Bass Crack.
Once the shiners came out the action got ridiculous. There was fish on every pole. We barely had time to take pictures! It was Chaos in the boat. Our arms were getting dead tired from fighting the fish. We lost track around 30 and ended up landing 60+ in 6 hours. Dotson caught the biggest going 7.5 but most were in the 3-5lb range. I caught a new Personal Best Largemouth 6lb 6oz.
Captain Dean with gatorbass.com did an outstanding job and I'll definitely be back down to see him again. Thanks to the Dotson's for sharing an incredible weekend with Heather and I! Enjoy the pics:
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| One of many quality Largemouths |
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| Dotson his best of the day. 7lber! |
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| These were the average size we were catchin all day. Giant's in ohio but small for Florida! |
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| Monster hog!! |
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| 1st one on the Carolina Rig |
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| Dotson holding another hog, me holding the camera. Again. |
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| Good ol 3.5 to 4lber |
