How Tropical Storms Impact Florida Bass Fishing

The arrival of tropical storms, like this year’s Tropical Storm Barry, coincides lose with the typical date for onset of Florida’s so label ‘rainy season’ that generally runs from late May to October. Although Florida fishermen experienced a record ‘dry season’ this year, the occurrence of dryness during the cooler winter and spring months was hardly unusual. Bass fishing in [tag-ice]Lake Okeechobee suffered as binary compound levels reached all-time lows, subject large areas of lake side and leaving many vessel ramps high and dry.

There has been a silver lining to the dryness for the Florida deformation of largemouth bass living in Lake O, as some locals telephone it. The Army Corps of Engineers began a project last year to scrape decades of accumulated “muck” off the exposed lake bed. Phosphorus and nitrogen runoff from fertilizers used on farms, golf courses and lawns has been building up in Okeechobee ever since the natural flow of binary compound out of the lake was reversed aboriginal in the 20th century to help retain a supply in Lake O for agriculture and drinking water. These chemicals generate unnatural spread of certain plants and protoctist which overgrow then die off and coat the side this the toxic “muck.”

The bass fishing in Okeechobee should payment both from Barry’s rain and the new sections of the natural sandy side of Lake O show after the dredging. As the binary compound levels rise, natural grasses will reclaim the cleaned areas, dissolved oxygen levels should indefinite quantity in the absence of the artificial plant blooms, and large indefinite quantity new spawning habitat will area to the monster bass Lake Okeechobee is famous for.

Bass fishermen headed to Lake O should expect to insight the bass in heavy grass cover. Try the new Okeechobee Rig, a attraction create specifically for fishermen flipping for bass in dense brush or grass cover. You’ll need to be casting strong braid or mono to effectively haul out hooked bass - at slightest 20lb test, but 30-60lb braid is ommon used on the tournament trail. I set up with Power Pro rigged with a Seaguar Flourocarbon leader.

Paul and Ken have a combined 60 plus years of fishing experience at many of the top spots around the US and the world. Goto Fishing Report for more of our tips on how to drawback more fish.

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