Nov 15 2021
Charles McCarble
Fingerling
Member Since :
2020
Number of Posts :
63
If you are looking for beautiful scenery and breath taking views, this place is not for you! If you are looking to catch big, fat, mean Florida bass with a bad attitude, youv’e come to the right place! We started off with a cool 35 degree morning and blue bird skies. My son Jon and I had the pleasure of fishing with fellow PWF member Scott Wheeler today. We were in our boat and Scott was in his Ultra-Skiff. I caught 2- 1 ½ lb.bass on a white whopper plopper right off the bat, my son was using spinning baits and boated 3-4 fish close to 2 lbs. as well. The morning bite was slow untill we saw a massive school of shad breaking in the back of a cove off the main pond. We immediately cranked up the trolling motor and headed that way and started throwing shad colored spinning baits into the feeding frenzy…. we began to hook up on almost every cast. The action ended almost as fast as it began. The result, around 12- fish, 6 were culls (school bass), others were in the 2-2 1/2 lb.range. After a brief lunch, we regrouped and came up with a game plan based on the mornings activity. Shad and brim colors throwing on edges of grass was the plan. The best lures were brim colored spinning baits with white or brim color googan trailer and watermellon color brush hogs. There were many big ones caught after lunch. Scott boated a monster 7.8 lbs. beauty and backed it up with one in the 6’s, one in the 5’s and several more in the 2-4 pound range. I believe he caught 30 total, I’m guessing...maybe 8 were culls?. My son Jon and I did well also. Jon broke his p.b. today with a 6.75 chunk, my biggest today was a mere 5.25. We ended up with 23, 8 were culls. What this place lacks in beauty, it makes up for in quantity and quality. This place will be seeing 10-lb+. fish in the next couple of years!!!
As a side note: I was disappointed to see that not even 6 weeks in our club, they owners are already jacking up the price from $150 to $200!!! With inflation at record levels, $150 a day is pretty much the limit for most of us. I guess that’s what happens when a place is new and getting too many bookings.
Nov 15 2021
Steve Alexander
Admin
Member Since :
2002
Number of Posts :
1130
Hi Charles,
So, glad your son broke his PB, Scott caught a 7.8, a 6, and you guys caught 23 fish. This lake has been fishing well.
I wanted to adress your pricing concern. We try and offer the best value in fishing. The owner has spent more than $40,000 just this year in a boat ramp and forage. Just this year. This does not include the 6 figures he has spent in the previous 3 years in forage, fertilzier and other enhancements. As demand rises, prices will and do increase, as demand reduces we do lower the prices of lakes (C-Sulphur Bluff Dear Trail. We lowered the price from $150 to $120 in October). In some cases we do not get the pricing correct out of gate. We set the price to low at this lake and adjusted. We understand that not every member will be able pay $200 a day to go fishing. We have 85 other lakes that are less expensive and hopefully fit the budget better. We have a menu of lakes, some lakes are priced like a hamburger, some are priced like a choice NY strip, and some lakes are priced like a Wagyu Ribeye. The great part is you get to choose. Again, sorry you are disappointed, we hate disappointing our members. But, we missed the correct price from the beginning and adjusted.