Florida Bass Fishing Report: July 2003

Florida Wild Shiner Bass Fishing Report: July 2003

Florida bass fishing reports for each month of the 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 calendar years that describe the amount and size of bass caught, the Florida shiner and artificial lure fishing techniques used by guides to catch them, the areas of Lake Okeechobee that produced the best bass fishing action, and other bass fishing information is contained in our Florida bass fishing reports. To ensure validity the angler's name, address, city, state, phone number, e-mail address, date and year the party fished is also included in every fishing report.

Bass and bluegill fishing is again excellent for this month! Plastic worms are the top producers. Topwater plugs are working real good during the early morning and evening hours. Small shiners "only" are the ticket to some fast action. Twenty or more bass a day are the average now with 40 or more a day common. Bluegill fishing is really very good with limits being taken daily.

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FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bass Fishing Report - July 30, 2003

Bass fishing anglers Jim Ribovich (Winter Haven, FL - ph: 863-294-1667), Andy and Lisa caught and released 24 bass up to 2 lbs during a half day morning of large wild shiner fishing and artificial plastic worm fishing with Captain Ron on July 30, 2003. Bass were caught mostly on plastic worms in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee.

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FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bass Fishing Report - July 29, 2003

Bass fishing anglers Ken Barnes and his son Jerimy (Union City, TN - ph: 731-446-9132) caught and released 32 bass up to 3 lbs during 1 day of artificial plastic worm fishing with Captain Ron on July 29, 2003. Bass were caught in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee.

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FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bass Fishing Report - July 28, 2003

Bass fishing anglers John Knowles, his dad Ellis and 15 year-old Stefen (Mechanicsburg, PA - john-impact@msn.com or impactracks@aol.com) caught 58 bass up to 3 lbs during 1 day of plastic worm fishing with Cap'n Ron on July 28, 2003. Bass were caught in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee. They combined a day of wild boar hunting and bagged 2 trophy wild boar hogs during a morning of wild boar hunting with Ron's Guide Service on July 26, 2003. John's 22 year-old son Brendan used a 12 gauge shotgun to bag a trophy boar that sported 3 inch tusks. His boar hog had only 3 legs and fought the hardest. We assume it lost it's leg to an alligator. John's 15 year-old son Stefen used a 357 mag. handgun to bag a trophy boar that also sported 3 inch tusks. They hunted the sugar cane fields in the town of Lakeport.

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FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bass Fishing Report - July 24, 2003

Bass fishing anglers Mitch McGaughey (Castle Rock, CO - ph: 303-663-2931 - e-mail: mitch.mcgaughey@arrisi.com) and Bruce Hobeck (Colorado Springs, CO) caught and released 36 bass up to 4 1/2 lbs during 1 full day of shiner and artificial plastic worm fishing with Captain Ron on July 24, 2003. Mitch caught the 4 1/2 lb'er and 2 huge mudfish (bowfin) that were in the 10 to 12 lb. range. Bruce caught a nice 3 1/2 lb'er. Bass were caught mostly on plastic worm in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee.

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Here's a E-Mail testimonial I received from the above party:

LAKE OKEECHOBEE BASS FISHING TESTIMONIALS:
AUGUST 15, 2003

From: <Mitch.McGaughey@arrisi.com>
To: "Ron's Guide Service" <fish@ronsguideservice.com>
Subject: Re: Florida Bass Fishing Potpourri 2003
Date: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:58 PM

It was great ! I enjoyed the boat ride as much as the fishing .
Thanks for a great trip.

FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bluegill Fishing Report - July 17, 2003

Bluegill fishing anglers Gordon Serbus (Kimball, MN - ph: 320-398-8955) and Dave Van Vleet caught 30 bluegills on live crickets during a half day morning of bluegill fishing with Captain Ron on July 17, 2003. Bluegills were caught in the Twin Pond Canal area of Lake Okeechobee.

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FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bass Fishing Report - July 8 & 9, 2003

Bass fishing anglers Steve and Ruth Pfaff (Sarasota, FL - ph: 941-924-7917 - e-mail: spfaff4@comcast.net) caught and released 46 bass up to 3 lbs during 2 half days of shiner and artificial plastic worm fishing with Captain Ron on afternoon ofJuly 8th. and the morning of July 9th., 2003. They caught only 2 bass on their first afternoon of fishing and 44 bass on their next morning of fishing. For some reason the afternoon fishing was very poor. A large cotton mouth snake which ran us out of the area we were fishing was of no help. Bass were caught mostly on plastic worm in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee. This couple on a previous fishing trip on the afternoon of June 11th. and the morning of June 12th., 2003 caught a 100 bass!

Here's a E-Mail testimonial I received from the above party:

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FLORIDA FISHING REPORT:
Bluegill Fishing Report - July 8 & 9, 2003

Bluegill fishing angler John Lench (Marathon, FL - ph: 305-743-5303 - e-mail: JRLench@webtv.net) caught 60 bluegills on live crickets during 2 half days of bluegill fishing with Ron's Guide Service on July 8 & 9, 2003. Bluegills were caught in the Twin Pond Canal area of Lake Okeechobee.

FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bass Fishing Report - July 8, 2003

Bass fishing anglers Craig Allison (Ft. Myers, FL - ph: 239-410-5733) and 2 other anglers caught and released 27 bass up to 3 lbs during 1 day of artificial plastic worm fishing with Captain Ron on July 8, 2003. Bass were caught in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee.

FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:
Bass Fishing Report - July 6 & 7, 2003

Bass fishing anglers Steve Orgel and his 12 year-old son Spencer (Scarsdale, NY - ph: 914-723-4531 - e-mail: austernandpaul@msn.com) caught 27 bass up to 3 1/2 lbs during 2 half days of shiner and artificial plastic worm fishing with Captain Ron on July 6 & 7, 2003. Bass were caught mostly on plastic worm in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee.They also combined a wild boar hunt on the afternoon of July 7th. Steve and his son each bagged a wild hog. They hunted the sugar cane fields in the town of Lakeport.

Here's a E-Mail testimonial I received from the above party:

Florida Fishing & Hunting Testimonial: July 15, 2003

From: "Spencer Orgel" <SpencerOrgel@msn.com>
To: <fish@ronsguideservice.com>; "Steven Orgel" <austernandpaul@msn.com>
Subject: Fishing and Hunting
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:02 PM

Dear Ron,
Thank you for setting up a great fishing and hunting trip for my boy, Spencer, and me last week on Lake Okeechobee. Everything worked out fine. Spencer, who is twelve, and I were thrilled to find out we were going to use an air boat with you for fishing. It was exciting to see how dense the glades and lake were with wildlife. The fish were abundant.

The hog hunt was excellent. Our guides, Dick, and his son John, were totally professional people all the way. They were great to be with. All their dogs knew the program. Dick and John made us feel right at home and handled all aspects of the hunt just right. They never fussed over Spencer's age. He acted right with his weapon so they pretty much treated him as an adult. That made it possible for me to have a really good time.

We shot two boar hogs in wooded rough patches in the cane fields. Spencer was up first and used a Winchester Trapper .44 magnum with a 246 grain copper jacketed hollow point that took the hog down on the first shot. I used the same round in my Marlin .44 magnum but it took two shots since he didn't seem to notice the first one that went trough the shoulder area while he was fighting with the dogs. I didn't get their weights.

Dick and John did a careful and thorough job of skinning and butchering both hogs. John cut a five inch front section off the snout of my hog so we could get the tusks; the top and bottom front sections of the jaw bones are almost clean after only one week of leaving them in the back yard with a cover over top and dousing them with a pot of boiling water every other day or so. We brought the head of Spencer's hog to Tyson's to mount. He was very easy to deal with. We probably could have used a map to help find Tyson's house down a farm road in Okeechobee.

I would highly recommend Dick and John as guides and we hope to come back.

Please see the ten photos.

Thanks Ron.

Best regards,
Steve

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FLORIDA BASS FISHING REPORT:

Bass Fishing Reports - July 2, 2003

Bass fishing anglers Jason Boniface (Bush, NY - ph: 914-399-6162) and his brother Steve caught 42 bass up to 3 lbs during 1 day of artificial plastic worm fishing with Captain Ron on July 2, 2003. Bass were caught in the North Shore area of Lake Okeechobee.

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