EDDIE'S LATEST FISHING
REPORT
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St
Johns River
June 21, 2008
The
past week has been some of the best
summertime bass fishing you could ask
for on the St Johns River. The schooling
fish are hitting topwater baits early
in the morning and later in the day
deepwater wood has been great for bigger
fish in the 5 to 8 pound range. My
good friend Gary Clark fished with
me for 6 hrs and between the two of
us 15 fish made it to the boat and
I broke off two very big fish in wood
off the main river channel. Bob and
Carolann Armstrong of Chicago were
hear for there regular summertime trip
today and caught some very nice fish
to six pounds on artificial baits.
Topwater walking baits have been best
for the schooling fish in the morning
and a 6 inch Texas rigged Junebug worm
has been the best bait later in the
day around deep fallen trees in the
main river channel. Bob and his son
Jake fished a fullday trip this week
and had a tough day as the schooling
fish just wouldn't stay hooked up after
exploding on topwater baits total for
the day was 10 fish with a four pounder
being the biggest. This area of the
St Johns River is only minutes from
Orlando, Disney World and Daytona Beach.
June 13, 2008
The
fishing continues to be unreal on the
St Johns River. The past four trips
have produced over 20 fish in less
then six hrs. Bill and Grandson Thomas
of Orlando age 11 had a 23 fish 1/2
day 4 hour trip with the biggest weighing
4 pounds.Troy and Mike from Alabama
had a 21 6 hour trip with the largest
weighing 6 1/2 lbs. Buddy of WA had
a 16 fish day with the largest weighing 6
lbs caught on a topwater.
My
good friend Gary Clark of Kissimmee joined
me 
today
for a few hours for some fun fishing
and together we caught over 20 fish
with two over 6 pounds. It doesn't
get any better then this for summer
time largemouth bass fishing in FL during the summer months.
We have been catching fish on topwater and texas rigged worms in the main river.
Points and shellbeds have been key area's as long as the shad are present in
the area you are fishing.
June 1-5, 2008
The
schooling fish are still going steady
as the river is full of shad. Points,
shellbeds, and creek mouths are the
best areas. Topwater baits
have been producing the best. After
the morning bite there is still a good
shiner bite going on for big fish.
Yesterday Charlie and Tim from New
Jersey caught 19 fish on a 6 hr trip
with most coming on topwater. The flipping
bite is getting better and better with
the warm weather. Main river pads with
a depth of 4 ft or more are best. I
still have days open in June. This
area of the St Johns River is only
minutes from Orlando, Disney World
and Daytona Beach.
May 18, 2008
The
big schooling fish are still going
strong and the shad run is really getting
right on the St Johns River.Points
and main river shell beds are the key
to catching these big fish.Topwater
baits and soft jerkbaits have worked
best this week for my clients. A texas
rigged JuneBug BlueTail Worm has also
been 
producing some big fish underneath
the schooling fish. Dave Rudd had a
nice 6 pound fish this week on a 4
hr trip.
Tom
Hilton caught a 6 pound fish today
on a six hr trip. The total fish caught this
week has been 12 to 25 per
trip not great numbers but most fish
have been between 3 and 5 pounds. The
shiner bite is still red hot fishing
the main river under floating grass
mats. Hank Gallagher and Gill Ammerman won the JJ"S year end classic on the St
Johns River with a 5 fish stringer weighing 27 pounds. This was a well deserved
win for these great guy's. This area of the St Johns River is only minutes from
Orlando, Disney World and Daytona Beach.
May 7, 2008
The
East wind has the current flowing north
again and the schooling fish were blasting
topwater baits the way they are supposed
to this morning. I fished with Bo Laws
and his son Mike of BLP Products INC.
Not only can these guy's build a Race
Car Engine they can flat out fish.
We started the day out fishing for
schooling fish and Mike and Bo caught
10 or 12 nice fish on topwater baits
by 8:30 am we then headed to a shiner
spot and the fish were biting shiners
at a steady pace with a good number
of fish between 3 and 8 1/4 lbs being
caught.Total for the day was around
25 fish. The big fish are still in
the deeper grass matts on the main
river. I have the rest of the month
of May open I can't believe it as May
is usually a very busy month and the
fishing is great as you can see from
the pictures on my resent reports.We
catch trophy bass year round on the
St Johns River.
See
Ya out there!!!
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
If
you would like to book the bass fishing
trip of a lifetime with one of Florida's
oldest guide services please call Capt
Ed Bussard at Bass Challenger Guide
Service 1-800-241-5314
