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Florida Bass Fishing 2024 – February 27 and 28, 2024 – Heading Home

February 27, 2024. Last night, I was sitting outside the Hontoon Resort and Marina when a man–perhaps 65–walked up with a drink in his hand. He said hello, introduced himself by telling me his name and that he was is from Dexter, Michigan, a small town in southeast Michigan. We chatted for a bit and […]

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Florida Bass Fishing – Day 6 – February 26, 2024 – Fishing Lake Yale…Again

February 26, 2024. Captain Jim Pruitt gave us the option of fishing at Lake Yale, another lake, or returning to the St. John’s River again. Since we’d started getting into bass yesterday at Lake Yale–and St. John’s hadn’t produced many fish–we opted for a third day at Lake Yale. It was quite chilly again this

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2024 Florida Bass Fishing – Day 4 – February 24, 2024 – Fishing on Our Own

February 24, 2024. While we hadn’t had much luck fishing the St. John’s River with Captain Jim Pruitt, on our one day off from guided fishing Mark and I rented a boat and, yes, went fishing on the St. John’s River. The boat came with the most quiet of motors ever–a little Honda that purred

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Florida Bass Fishing Day 3 – February 23, 2024 – Another Part of the St. John’s River

February 23, 2024. High winds were forecasted for the day, so Captain Jim Pruitt suggested we fish another stretch of the St. John’s River, which would offer more protection than an inland lake. We met Captain Jim at Lemon Bluff Park. There are two parking areas here, one affording perhaps a dozen parking spots, and

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