Been wanting to go up that way and try for some bass and bream soon before it gets real cold. Should I put in at bushy park freshwater, cypress gardens, or the GCR? I have a 14’ Jon boat
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Up until the past few years, I fished the GCR all the time. It is close to the house, so I could come home from work, grab the boat and fish for a few hours in the evening. I don’t know how the fishing is out there now, but I imagine it is still the same. The only downside to GCR this time a year is if you are eating the fish, they have a muddy taste to them, so I catch and release…
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Question about GCR (might be a dumb one) - I’m only used to boating in the salt of the lowcountry, how deep is GCR and is it filled with stumps? Basically, my boat is a 17’ KW, would I be safe fishing out of it or am I risking a big hole from underwater stumps/cypress knees?
It is surprisingly clear of underwater hazzards. around the edges, you will find the occasional stump, but in the middle, you should be good. I have had my 19’ KW out there a few times. With that being said, if you go the the goose creek end and pas under the bridge for NADA rd, it is a different story.
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Thanks
Yakman, you’ll find GCR to hold more fish, and active more often, although I find it easier to catch largemouth at Bushy Park fw side, esp using shallow crankbaits in between rows of lily pads, about halfway up.
If you are using the kayak, I don’t suggest Cypress Gardens. That is a fairly narrow river, and morons fly through there at wide-freaking-open and won’t pay a kayaker a bit of attention. I’ve been a hair’s breadth from being swamped in my 14’ tinny.
“Sire, it belongs in truth to the Church of God, in whose name I speak, to endure blows and not to inflict them. But it will also please your Majesty to remember that she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.”…Theodore Beza
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Originally posted by Redfish_mattYakman, you’ll find GCR to hold more fish, and active more often, although I find it easier to catch largemouth at Bushy Park fw side, esp using shallow crankbaits in between rows of lily pads, about halfway up.
If you are using the kayak, I don’t suggest Cypress Gardens. That is a fairly narrow river, and morons fly through there at wide-freaking-open and won’t pay a kayaker a bit of attention. I’ve been a hair’s breadth from being swamped in my 14’ tinny.
“Sire, it belongs in truth to the Church of God, in whose name I speak, to endure blows and not to inflict them. But it will also please your Majesty to remember that she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.”…Theodore Beza
X2 good info there
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Thanks y’all, I do a ton of bass fishing just never been up there.
Caught 10 bass today between my buddy and I, we both got a 5lb er and some 2-3s. And this pond isn’t socked with big ones, we ripped some lips
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I’ve been going every weekend in bushy/cypress are and they are biting top water and worms around the grass up near the ruins back of rice fields worms off the grass any top grass line June bug and scuppernog
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Thank yall. Any size to them?
14’ Skiff-“Redfish Reaper”