FL Panhandle Bream Busters

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Comment by J. B. Hillard on June 17, 2011 at 2:21pm

Talked to a friend this morning at a wedding and he reported a good trip this week below Bozemans on the Choctawhatchee River.  He ans son caught 72 using a fly rod with bug and brim buster with crickets.   Also, another guy claimed a limit in same area this week.

For bream he said fish away from shore and for warmouth and stumpknockes fish the shore.   The bream are not fat but warmouth are OK. 

I have't been able to get out at all this week but will be out there Monday.  Sure wanted to fish that full moon.

Comment by J. B. Hillard on June 15, 2011 at 5:03am

I had forgotten about Lake Iamonia. Will have to check it out when we get some water.

I fish out of Rhoden Cove on Lake Jackson when I'm over there visting my sister who lives on the road to the launch.  I have caught some really nice shellcrackers in the little creek just out from the launch. From reports in the Talh Democrat last Friday it's almost impossible to launch at this ramp now due to low water. I was over there a couple of weeks ago and was barely able to get my 14 ft Jon in the water.

Things seem to be finally picking up over here on the Choctawhatchee. A friend went out yesterday and did very well on bass. 

Comment by Jeffrey Mitchell on June 15, 2011 at 2:39am

Thanks JB, Caught that one last year at Lake Iamonia just North of Tallahassee. We need rain bad to get to those good spots.

 

Comment by J. B. Hillard on June 14, 2011 at 1:21pm

Hi Jeff,  Welcome to our little panhandle group.

 

That's a cool photo you have there. Where in the world did you catch that monster. Looks like a huge Bluegill from Ocheesee Pond at Sneads.

Comment by J. B. Hillard on June 13, 2011 at 9:26pm

Full moon is Wednesday so you might knock 'em dead on Thursday.

Comment by clint johnson on June 13, 2011 at 8:36pm

your not the only one that cant go this weekend, looks like i will be at work fri,sat,and sun. Still going to try to fish thursday, but it may be closer to home

Comment by J. B. Hillard on June 13, 2011 at 6:56pm

Hi Joey, welcome to our little panhandle group I'm hoping it will grow in time.  Would love to hook up with your and Clint on the river one day and get acquainted.  If we can gather up enough panhanle folks maybe we can have a 'fish day' on a river somewhere and do up a fish fry. 

Full moon this week and I'm stuck with visiting company. Doubt I will get out at all this week.

Keep in touch and I will do the same.

 

J. B

Comment by J. B. Hillard on June 12, 2011 at 10:47am

Maybe when I run into you guys I will follow up around and see how you fish in the limbs with fly rods.....LOL

I'm not very familiar with the Apalachicola River. I do know down at Wewa on the road that goes out to Cox turnoff. of you keep on going past the bridge there is a landing about a couple miles down the road where they have catfish tournaments into the Apalachicola.

Further on down below Wewa there is Howards Creek that is famous. Have been there one time. I believe it goes into Brother River which runs into the Apalachicola.   It's about 90  to 100 miles from De Funiak.

Comment by clint johnson on June 12, 2011 at 7:37am

I think my next trip will be to the apalach. river not sure what landing yet. Haven't fished it in a long time, hope it has water in it. I fish in a rhino with a 20 hp honda on it. Most the time I fish with joey mckenzie, he is on this site also. If were on his boat its a extreme boat with a 25 hp johnson. We will be the ones fishin in the tree limbs with fly rods, its a site to see

Comment by J. B. Hillard on June 10, 2011 at 6:14pm

I went straight down to Little Sister and fished 45 minutes with flyrod. Didn't get a bite at all so switched to crickets and worms. Caught one small bream with worm and crickets did the job on all the others.  Used about 140 crickers. Caught a lot of dinks. Had maybe half dozen crickets left at end of day.

Anyway,   After a couple of hours stopped using worm. Could not even get a cat on the bottom with worms.

 Stayed in Little Sister until about 1PM. Didn't see another boat until I got back to the main river. A single guy was bass fishing in mouth of Big Sister. That's the only boat I saw all day but could hear some running on the river.

 

 I made a run to Fish Lake just to check it out. It's not that far from the Sisters.  Fished for a while and something almost jerked one rod out of the boat. Missed him. That's the only bite I got, so headed back north and went into Gardners Canal.  Got the biggest shellcrack of the day there and a couple of nice big redbreast.

In Little Sister I hung the biggest shellcrack I have ever hooked. When he bit and started moving off slowly the cork raised  up lay flat on the water and slightly  vibrating. I figured it was a shellcrack from the way he bit.  He kept moving away slowly and eventually stretched the line out to the end and I was half out of the boat giving him all I could so he would take it. Was using a Bream Buster. Didn't have a choice, was at the end of the line and had to hit him.  Knew immediately it was a good one.  Took a while to get him to the top of the water and got a good look at him near the boat. He must have been 2+ pounds. I have caught 11 1/2  inch shellcrackers. This one was larger.  Hooked pulled out before I could get the net under him.  The hook set just wasn't all that good or it could have been the #8 hook was too small.  Wish he had sounded good and deep. Maybe the hookset would have been better. Oh well, the big one got away..................

If you have never been to Smoke House it's worth checking out. I noticed there was a sign on a couple of trees at the turn-off on the river.  The whole run between the landing and the river looks like good fishing and is from what people have told me.  When the water is up there are several sloughs back in the swamp that should do look good.

Sorry I missed you on the water. Next time we are there on same day we need to swap boat info so we know what to look for.  I run a G3 Pan Fish with 25 hp Yamahopper.  Color....I call it army drab color.

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