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JD: Speaking of MHX rods, you’re well-known for building your own custom rods on tour. What rods will you build this off-season? Lester: Mud Hole is always making new blanks available, so I plan on building nearly a whole new set this winter. You can build rods efficiently once you do it a few times, and it really doesn’t take much time. For anglers out there looking to have a full complement of rods that are the same brand but won’t break the bank, I highly suggest building MHX rods. They have a starter kit (great Christmas gift) on their website www. MudHole.com, and all the other bass rods a man would need. They have all the kits broken down by style, and if anyone has any questions they can ask me on social media. Instagram is @ brandonlesterfishing and Facebook is @proanglerbrandonlester.
By JD Blackburn JD: How did your Bassmaster Elite Series season go this year? Lester: I finished in sixth place in the Toyota Angler of the Year point standings and also finished sixth in the 2019 Bassmaster Classic. Those were both career-best marks. JD: What one new piece of equipment did you adopt this year that really helped you? Lester: The new C-Map card from Lowrance Electronics. Case in point: on Lake Guntersville this year, I fished structure I had no idea was in existence on that lake. The detail the card has on it is just amazing.
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With water temps dropping, the trout and redfish action is starting to pick up in the bayous and the mouths of the creeks. For speckled trout, focus on the potholes and deeper parts of the channels. Live bait works best but soft plastic jigs will do fine. When it’s really cold most of the action will be on the bottom so you may have to put a small weight to get your bait into the strike zone. The fishing will be slower but when you find one there will usually be several there so focus on that spot. Some redfish will be mixed in with them but they can still be caught on the flats in shallow water. There are always going to be some big bull reds in deep water under the big bridges and in the pass. Focus on the high end of an outgoing tide. Most any live bait will do but crabs and shrimp will do the best. Lots of mangrove snapper are being caught around the wrecks and bridges and other structures in the bay using light tackle and small baits. If shark fishing is your thing the bay is full of blacktip sharks in the 3 to 5 foot range which are always fun to catch on light tackle around the bridges or channels in the bay. Free-line or float a golf ball size chunk of cut bait and it won’t be long before you get bit. If you bring a little chum, you’ll have them circling behind the boat. Some really nice blue fish are being caught on anything from casting a top-water bait to trolling a small jig and everything in between. Flounder are being caught near the pass and on the beach as well as around the whistle buoy and other near shore structures. Fish on the bottom with light tackle and use live shrimp if possible, but soft Bryan Ferns of Panama plastic jigs will also work.
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There are plenty of fish to be caught offshore but be sure to check updated regulations because they are always changing. Gag grouper is open and a big live bait fished on the bottom will put one in the box. You will catch plenty of them but red snapper and trigger fish are closed. But not to worry, mangrove snapper, scamp, and several other species of grouper and snapper are plentiful and great to eat.
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Bay: Trout will be on a difficult pattern, but those veterans will be all over them. I suggest working the pockets and holes during these cold fronts. I would work those live baits and bottom bouncing artificials in creek mouths and bayous. Redfish are a stronger species, they will be plentiful throughout our bay system, however, I like to target them in deeper structure areas this time of year. Rocks, docks, and bridges will produce. I like live shrimp or small baitfish pinned to a slip sinker rig around structure for
Andy Olson catching a few on a tough day with Capt. Jason.
SURF: Surf fishing will be good
with redfish, whiting and many others will be cruising the beach. Use light gear baited up with live shrimp and small crabs. There are always a few big sharks trolling the beach so if you want to catch one, offer a large fresh cut bait or live blue runner on a 8/0-12/0 hook. Be sure to have a rod and reel to handle it, a few hundred yards of line, and a few feet wire leader on the business end. Good luck folks and fish on!
redfish success, but many others will bite too such as black drum, flounder, black sea bass, mangrove snapper and weakfish. Don’t forget to drop a crab or two, big reds and
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black drum will eat them.
GULF: Gag grouper will be hanging around those nearshore reefs, so fish big! I often drop small
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APALACHICOLA RIVER The lower end of the river and Lake Wimico has been kicking out lots of bass for anglers lately. Shrimp have been stacked up in the lake and in the Jackson River and bass have been taking full advantage. JJ and DeAnna Lockamy took advantage of the situation as well during a recent Reel Money Team Trail event out of White City. They figured out what the fish were feeding on, made adjustments to match what the bass wanted and landed the five heaviest bass for the day and took home the win! Cold temps will change things rapidly and bass will move to the creeks flowing into the lake and river. The stable water temps and forage like shad and crawfish found there, make for an attractive place for bass to spend the winter. Crawfish colored crankbaits will be very effective, as will jigs and Texasrigged craws. Dark colors like black and blue work well in stained water and in cleaner water go for the green pumpkin and watermelon colors. Despite the cold, bass will be falling for top-water plugs like a Bagley Bang O Lure, Zara Spook or a buzzbait. The cold can stun baitfish, making them disoriented and bass will be looking upward and feeding near the surface often. Spinnerbaits will also be a “go-to” lure for me all winter long. The bass fishing on this river system is great this month and on through the winter so get out and give it a go! Good fishing and God bless.
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offshore fishing, you just have to watch the weather and pick the right days. On the days when you get out there, the bottom fishing is still great as is the offshore tuna bite. Fishing the offshore edges for grouper can really turn into a great day of fishing. There’s still a lot of bait stacked up on the edge and the fish will be holding tight there throughout the month. The biggest issue is catching bait which will get tougher as the weather gets colder. Your best bet is to set a pinfish trap and stock up on those. The next best thing to do is stop on the inshore wrecks just outside the pass and try to catch as many squirrelfish, ruby lips, mingos, etc. for bait. The yellowfin and blackfin tuna bite has been going off all last month and should continue through December. Most fishing has been long range, off the mouth of the Mississippi around the big rigs, but if you can book a charter or plan a long trip, it’s been well worth it. Reports have been coming in of people catching yellowfin averaging 90to 100-pounds with plenty of blackfins mixed in. Most people are chunking around these rigs and using standup gear. You can catch the fish on live hardtails, which you catch around the rig, or on pieces of the fish you are chunking. You can also have a lot of fun throwing poppers, diamond jigs, and butterfly jigs at them and get some unreal bites! Keep your rods and reels out, keep the boat up and running, and go catch some fish. For more info on fishing throughout the month of December, to book a charter, or to get you setup with tackle, make sure you stop by or give us a call at The Ships Chandler in Destin, FL, 850-837-9306. Capt. Peter Wright Jr. The Ships Chandler 646 E. Hwy 98 Destin, FL 32541 850-837-9306 www.theshipschandler.com
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Over the past 9 months world famous Lake Jackson has had its ups and downs…literally. With abnormally large amounts of rainfall a year ago, water levels were pushed above normal pool even flooding new pasture that sent bass into unchartered territory. Once we got through spring, lack of rainfall dropped A rare photo of Capt.’s lake levels quickly exposing all the grass Cliff Mundinger and Randy that had been growing underwater for Cnota with a nice haul the past few months. This made not just of Jackson bass. fishing but navigation near impossible in a fully rigged bass boat. Even the smaller tiller model boats struggled to cross hundreds of yards of hydrilla, lily pads and other non-native aquatic vegetation. Fast forward to now, and the lake is once again back to normal with only scattered vegetation, as mother nature does it’s yearly thing and helps kill off the excess grass and pads. This, combined with cooler temps, has bass biting very well and easy to get to. Many areas of the lake where bass and bait would thrive beneath a thick layer of green and purple grasses is now easy to get to and fish with a variety of baits. Here are a few tips and tactics for catching bass this month. First let’s start with the morning bite. Even with water temps into the low 60’s upper 50’s bass will feed early and will likely hit a vibrating bait like a rattle trap or bladed jig. Get an early start as this bite doesn’t last very long…usually the first hour of the morning. Look for bait flickering on the surface or beneath with your graph. Next, would be that time between the morning bite and when the water warms just a bit. Try flipping a small creature bait on lighter line into the scattered grass or lily pad edge in the same areas you just caught fish. Bass won’t migrate much they just move into more comfortable surroundings and here, that’s vegetation. Not only does it hold warmth, it also holds bait. If flipping doesn’t do the trick, try rigging a natural colored plastic worm weightless and casting to the edge of targets letting fall slowly through the water column, once it bottoms out give it just a little jiggle; if you get no bite, reel in and repeat. As the water warms around noon, the next thing you’ll want to try is swimming a worm or paddle tail soft plastic near the surface. As the water warms, bass will be on the move just like the baitfish will. It’s amazing how the lake will come alive during this period. Later in the day as the sun starts to fall bait will pull back into the thicker grass and you should follow. Then right before dark you may see bait and bass feeding just because it’s what they do. Low light conditions create the perfect scenario for an ambush. Remember, nothing beats time on the water.
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Gag grouper are still the main prize for the offshore angler but there is another fish out there that looks really good in the fish box and on the table… black sea bass! They will begin to cluster up getting ready for the winter spawn. The males are distinctive as they develop a large hump on their heads and get some dazzling colors such as cobalt blue stripes along the cheeks. Females are somewhat smaller and have a greenish coloration. Oddly, as with some of the grouper species, the females can morph into males depending on the number of breeders in the population. Although not a large fish, the Florida state record is 5 lb. 1 oz. I have a good friend that is a committed grouper fisherman, but when the cold weather comes and the “Hump Heads” show up, he is all about catching them because they are delicious to eat. White sweet meat is the draw for these fish and A black sea bass the legal take is large at 100 taken with Natural World Charters. pounds per harvester; that’s a lot of fish to clean even if you use the electric knife, which does make the task easier. They can be caught in shallow water but you’ll find smaller fish there where as the larger fish inhabit depths from 20 to 80 feet. Legal size is 10 inches but I find fish in the 12 inch or greater are worth the effort. Red fish seem to get frisky when the water temps drop. Schools will congregate along the Gulf side beaches and sometimes run with mullet which makes finding them easier…just look for mullet flipping on the surface. Jigs and flies can be sight fished on these schools making for some fun action. Flounder are all over any structure and small live bait fished with a dropper rig can do the job. Trout too are in motion as they start to move to inshore and river systems to escape the colder water of winter. Here’s a really good tip for finding these migrating fish; try slow trolling a plug along the river mouths and up the deeper river bends. When a trout hits, mark the spot, return and drop baits where the hit was….you should be on the school then. Sheepshead will also be on the move. Look around dock pilings or other structure from shore. This is a way to fish from shore if you don’t have a boat and a simple rig with a piece of shrimp on a light hook can get’m! Remember, they have a gentle bite so setting the hook is slow and even. Some of these fish can reach 4- to 6-pounds and are great table fare. Be careful on the water, hyperthermia sets in quickly when the temperature is below 70 degrees. Good luck out there and be safe. Capt. Chester Reese Natural World Charters www.naturalworldcharters.com (850) 228-9060
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t’s the holiday season, a time of giving and good cheer, and divers are as ready as any to participate. One source of good cheer is supporting good causes. Humanitarian causes are typically linked to this season, but we can feel good about aiding organizations focused on our diving environment, too. A number of worthy organizations stand ready to put your aid to good use. This year, on the humanitarian front, there’s a special cause for divers to consider. Hurricane Dorian did a number on Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands. The devastation has dropped out of the news cycle, but their needs will be great well into the future. The Bahamian government maintains a webpage listing relief organizations at www.bahamas.com/relief. While donations are a major component of the relief effort, restoring jobs is also essential. If you want to boost your spirits along with the local economy, try a winter dive vacation to Grand Bahama. Its major dive operations are back up, and flights to Fort Lauderdale and other international airports should have resumed. Restoration of Abaco’s services will lag Grand Bahama’s, but the islands should offer
great adventures for the more self-reliant. Of the many marine-focused organizations, here are several that Florida divers might consider: Probably the best-known diver-oriented nonprofit is Reef Environmental Education Network, based in Key Largo. Check out R.E.E.F.’s website (www.reef.org) but plan on a lengthy visit. Their “quizlets” will hook you if you’re into fish-ID. Coral propagation is an important tool in restoring disease-damaged reefs. The Coral Restoration Foundation (www.coralrestoration.org) has focused primarily on growing elkhorn and staghorn corals to replace stands wiped out in the 1980s. Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium (mote.org/research/program/coral-reef-restoration) is working with brain and boulder corals, with the goal of repairing reefs hit by the new disease outbreaks from Martin County down into the Florida Keys. Are sea turtles your thing? Two long-established local organizations are the Loggerhead Marinelife Center (marinelife.org) and the National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation (savetheseaturtle.org), which now hosts the Florida Hawksbill Project (www.floridahawksbills.com). In addition to collecting nesting and tracking data, Loggerhead operates a turtle hospital. NSSTF funds turtle research projects, including several at Florida Atlantic University. There are more ways to offer support than giving organizations cash. Check off your gift list while supporting your favorite cause. Check out their online stores. Apparel, books, toys—they’re all there. Save the Sea Turtle even offers subscriptions to “Florida Environmental Outreach” for a gift that gives all year. You can spread the holiday cheer close to home, too. Pura Vida Divers is participating again in the Palm Beach Holiday Boat Parade and supporting the Toys for Tots donation drive. Every new, unwrapped toy you donate at the shop earns you 20 percent off in-store items and a raffle ticket for Pura Vida’s Holiday Party on Dec. 13. This year, pick a cause and support it. Your holidays will be even happier!
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rowing up, I used corks a lot, usually to know when a bream had taken my little dough ball when I was fishing in my backyard. Later, I used them to keep track of lively white bait or aid in casting shrimp farther. Now days, I use them more as a dinner bell than anything else. I am also using them in much deeper water than you would ever expect, but here you need a little patience.
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If you’ve fished the flats in saltwater, you have probably used a popping cork and a shrimp at some point. Giving your rod a sharp tug to make the cork pop always seemed to liven up the action. Well, the same can be done in deep water to help hungry reds find your meal offering. The really cool thing about this is it works with conventional tackle as well as fly setups. The concept is pretty simple, a popping cork with about 20 inches of mono out of the bottom tied to large swimbait or fly. We use them around large schools of bait that are being worked over by breeding-sized reds. “Pop it hard and wait at least 10 seconds. You know it’s deep here and it will take at least that long for the fish to find it,” said Capt. Gary Dubiel. He should know since he invented the Pop N Fly technique. The key is to make a huge pop with a lot of noise and then pause. The deeper the water, the longer you wait. The fish are in constant movement around enormous schools of bait. When they hear what seems to be another fish feeding, they come running to get their share. But it might take a minute. You want to make sure your bait gets straight down below the cork, as well as giving the fish plenty of time to locate it before popping again. On average, wait 8 to 10 seconds in 14 feet of water, longer if the water is deeper. It is also nice that you don’t need live bait for this technique because it saves time at first light, making it easy to run and gun on large schools of bait. For tackle, a medium weight spinning rod with plenty of 20- or 30-pound braid will do the trick. On the fly, you will want a 10 weight to cast the rig and plenty of backing. Below the cork, your fly or swimbait will slowly sink down looking like a stunned or wounded baitfish that seemingly escaped a vicious attack… aka an easy meal. Pop and be patient, the strikes are basically unremarkable; the cork just disappears. But the fight of these 40-plus-pound beasts on light tackle or a fly rod is much more noteworthy. Will Schmidt is a seasoned tournament angler who has been writing about fishing for two decades. Reach Capt. Dubiel at (252) 249-1520.
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rog fishing is one of the most exciting ways to catch the largemouth bass that ambush feed in grass-choked reservoirs of the South. Lake Seminole, on the Florida/Georgia border, is one of the best frog-fishing lakes in the country. If you ever get the chance to visit Seminole, do it. In the meantime, these tips and techniques may help on your local grass mats. My favorite hollow-body frogs are the Spro Bronzeye series. Spro Bronzeye frogs are built
around a Gamakatsu EWG double hook that is very strong and sticky sharp, which is needed for getting big bass out of heavy cover. They come three styles: Bronzeye Frog, Bronzeye POP and Bronzeye Shad. Each has a unique action that works great under different circumstances. The Bronzeye Frog 65 has a pointed nose that can be worked over and through the heaviest cover or in open water. It’s the frog I choose for covering water to find concentrations of bass under grass mats. As the grass starts to die under mats, it creates open pockets and perfect frogging conditions. When fishing a Bronzeye Frog 65, heavy braided line is a must. My choice is Cortland Master Braid for its durability and strength. I also prefer a high speed reel, at least 7:3:1 gear ratio mounted on a 7-foot, 2-inch to 7-foot, 6-inch heavy action rod with a fast tip and a lot of backbone to haul big bass out of cover. Make long casts across a flat and work the frog with a fast hopping action. Expect a blowup! This is a great technique for covering large expanses to find out where fish are holding. When you get a strike, be sure to pause before setting the hook. Also, when a missed strike occurs, reel the bait in as fast as possible and cast back past where the strike occurred. Work the frog slowly with slight twitches to move it side to side but not forward. The bass should key in on the bait and strike again. The Bronzeye Pop 60 has incredible attention-drawing power. Its concave nose allows you to fish slower with a popping of the rod tip. The frog remains in the strike zone longer and generates explosive strikes. Fish this frog around all types of cover from laydowns to docks, to grass lines and holes in grass beds. I prefer a 7-foot to 7-foot, 3-inch heavy action rod with a fast tip and a high-speed reel with 50- to 65-pound braided line, depending on the cover I’m fishing. The Bronzeye Spit Shad 65 has a spitting and gliding action. It can be fished anywhere you would want to throw a hard bait but can’t due to hangups. I fish lily pad fields with this bait. It comes through pads very well and allows faster fishing to cover more water. Contact Paul Tyre, of Lake Seminole Fishing Adventures, at (850) 2647534, e-mail paultyrefishing@yahoo.com and follow him on Instagram @lakeseminilefishingadventures and Facebook @paultyrefishing.
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