What a change! As the cold front passed, all of a sudden spring-like temperatures settled in and provided the fishermen a week of beautiful, ideal weather. Folks from all over the country began to come to the local campgrounds, and the marinas were buzzing with boats. Fishing has been great with reports of good numbers of crappie, catfish, bass and strippers being caught. Catfishing is the best I have ever seen, with good catches coming in, some weighing in the 5 to 9 lb. range. Your best bet is using prepared catfish bait.
The size of crappie being taken is getting better as the crappie are beginning to move. Nick and Linda Hewett from Bascom really had some slab size crappie in their catch. Jigs and minnows are effective; striper fishing has also been good. A nice limit of 5 was seen at Ingram’s Marina, ranging from 4 to 7 lbs. Bass are active, moving into pre-spawn areas. Local Bass angler Mike Mercuri Jr. weighed in a 5 fish limit, tipping the scales at 25 lbs, his big fish was an 8 pounder. Bream and shellcracker are still slow.
As reported earlier, the 31st Annual Lake Talquin Open Bass Tournament will be April 11, 2009, hosted by Bass’n Gal Talquin Hookers. This will be a “new team format” with a 1st place of $1,000 and Big Fish $200, for more details contact Sarah Johnson at 850-627-2241.
Also, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office Annual Bass Tournament, out of Williams Landing, will be April 18th, 2009. Cash prizes will be paid to 1st thru 20th place, ranging from $2000 to $70. There will also be a “Big Fish Jackpot”. All proceeds to benefit the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches. For more details contact Deputy Shuler at 850-922-3438 or 850-528-8449. The lake is in great shape, so come on down!
Until next week – “Tight lines, Good Fishin” “Captain D”
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