Ocloknee river 6 Nov 06

chugbug · Post by **chugbug** » November 8th, 2006, 9:22 am

We got to Ochlocknee State Park around 0800 and launched. It was fairly windy and the river had a good chop. We fished some nearby grass and didn't get bit and then headed to the trestle to see if there were any stripers. We have heard rumor of stripers being caught up there from time to time. No luck. So we headed to the bank and caught a few bass. We then headed for a creek ( I don't recall the name) and put a few keepers in the boat. Then it was off to dead creek, there we caught a few more keeper bass and a few surprises. We each caught a 24" red fish on a tequila shad worm. Talk about a good fight. It was awesome. Then we headed for Buckhorn to finish out the day with some bream. We caught 10 nice red bellies to add to the pot. Total for the day was this:

ME: 5 keeper bass with some small ones to let go, 1 24" redfish. Caught the bass on a junebug senko with 1/16 weight and redfish was on a tequila shad worm.

PARTNER: 1 keeper bass tons of throw backs, 1 keeper redfish and 1 short one, 10 bream

It was a good day to be fishin.

Post by **Sir reel** » November 8th, 2006, 9:43 am

dp (my bad)

Post by **Sir reel** » November 8th, 2006, 9:43 am

Diversity!!

Good job.

Post by **wevans** » November 8th, 2006, 9:46 am

Y'all done real good on the Bass

them danged Reds is everywhere in the river now

I got two Stripers fishing the backside of the park island on Sunday trolling

aint seen any at the trusses YET

Ty one on · Post by **Ty one on** » November 8th, 2006, 9:52 am

Its nice to have a mixed bag of Fresh and saltwater fish.

Makes for a pretty box of fish

.

Post by **tin can** » November 8th, 2006, 9:53 am

Ya done good, Chug.

chugbug · Post by **chugbug** » November 8th, 2006, 11:04 am

Thanks yall...I have one question though. Does the St. Marks and Icky fish the same way up the river. It would be a hair closer but the big "O" is truly a paradise for those that live close.

Post by **Sir reel** » November 8th, 2006, 11:09 am

only 1 opinion (mine) in a word NO.

Post by **tin can** » November 8th, 2006, 2:56 pm

chugbug wrote:Thanks yall...I have one question though. Does the St. Marks and Icky fish the same way up the river. It would be a hair closer but the big "O" is truly a paradise for those that live close.

I've never been very far up the Icky, but I do know there's a bridge across it a little way above the landing. At that point it ain't very big. Might be a canoe/kayak venture.

The St. Marks and Wakulla rivers both hold bass, and, at times, can be very productive. It's much different than fishing the Big "O", but you can catch fish. Charles or Bakertize can probably tell you more than me.