We made the drive to Holiday Park and maneuvered through the tourist busses and air boats to launch. We ran a couple of miles to get away from boat traffic and turned into a side canal. A few hundred yards down I spotted a small cut with water flowing out. I nosed into it, dropped a cricket in the cut and WHAM, Game on! For the next 3 hours it was nonstop action. Virtually every bait we dropped in drew a bite. A few small bream, a beautifully colored green carp that hit a single hook Rooster Tail, and uncountable numbers of Oscars. Gerald had a counter and tried to keep count, but it too much activity to deal with. You can judge for yourself.
This was one of 5 coolers that were filled to the rim.
This is one cooler of fish on the cleaning table, with 4 more waiting. It took the 8 of us almost two hours to go through all the fish.
This was 3 1/2 hours of fishing. If you wanted to, you could fill your boat with these scrappy fighters.
I actually got bored and started trying different lures and most everything worked. After our coolers were overflowing, we eased down through the canal casting to ther edges of the lily pads and releasing all we caught. I really got a kick using my ultralight rod a a small Beatle Spin.
Some of you guys need to make this trip, it is a blast. I'll be glad to share any info I have
to facilitate the trip.
Ray