Lake Monroe, Sept. 10th

Sept. 10th, Saturday


Lake Monroe
Monroe Park Ramp
(Exit 104 - I-4 bridge)

OK guys, time to go fishing again - had a month in half fun time to be with family.
(Auust and half of July

Have heard few rumors that the bite is starting to pick up (yippee)
Some took about 65 fish other day - kept 21 that were all over 1 plus
Biggest was 14 1/2" spec weight in at 1 lb 13 oz
These guys were long-ling in 3 1/2 ft water down by old power plant

Again the date is September 10, 2016


Last year we had 16 teams give it qgo with "big fish 1lb 10.0z
7 fish stringer on weigh in 8 lbs 9.0 oz

As always, anyone needing assistance or directions -
Contact Darryl Cole 352 516-0869 or Harold McGhee 813 215-9759

Not gone be able to make this one due to making the transition in jobs but look forward to making it to tiger!! Hope everyone has a safe and fun time

Did not go to weigh in and dont know results. But this one had to be more a test of endurance than fishing. It was pure miserable by 10 and they had another 5 hours to go. Hope they all had plenty fluids on board.

From what i heard most everyone came away ok........

There were no "first timers" on the waters.....although you are correct it was flat glass calm till 11:30am

Yesterday... was the Hottest Day yet of the year for Me... between pure sun.. absolutely no wind.. and humidity... it was Hot HOT HOT... Drank six bottles of water and 3 gatorades and was lookin for more... I have never seen Monroe that calm for that long.. went from pure calm till 1 PM to white caps in 15 minutes.. thats fishin...

Darryl said it was 95 surface temp, water temp was 94. heat index was 109.

Man thats hot.............also you correct - receive no wind / breeze till arnd 1pm
Believe it or not there were fish caught.

It was HOT and not the fishing. We did manage to catch about 15, lost a good one. The wind was calm and sun was bright, the fish were scattered and most came out of 7' of water. Colors were gray ghost, butter scotch and gold did the best. Our team only managed 5 lbs 12 oz out of seven fish bag. I think we need to fish from 6:30 - 12.30 in the months of June to middle of Sept. Just a thought. Always good to fish and see everyone. See you at the next one, Lake Walk in Water.

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Originally Posted by fishin813

Darryl said it was 95 surface temp, water temp was 94. heat index was 109.

Man thats hot.............also you correct - receive no wind / breeze till arnd 1pm
Believe it or not there were fish caught.

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Lots of fish caught.. we must have caught 50 crappie.. mostly great eating sized fish... my first fish of the day.. was the winning Big Fish.... http://www.crappie.com/crappie/images/icons/icon7.png

Based on 10 pm news/weather night before event

start - finish times of event may be modified by tournament director


Harold McGhee
vp/sec FCC