OCTOBER 2024
It was a month for the young ones on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. In one way or another, the old folks were busy dealing with our third storm of this season. So, kids and teenagers grabbed rods, jumped on bikes and headed to waters. Fly fishing on Kit Lake carried on for those who were able to join the fish.
The combination of storms marked us with cool water, and a hurricane-autumn; Large amounts of plant detritus dumped into and diffusing throughout our lake. This cut down on clarity, so anglers did better with subsurface flies that pushed a great deal of water and maybe incorporated rattles. The long, though less hot, summer has allowed for overgrowth of vegetation in several areas, so each holding area has been changed.
Fish have moved into the new waters behind the grasses, expanded lily pad fields, and stands of water hyacinth. Bluegill were there in 2½ to 5 feet of water, and eager to hit dragonfly or Carly hare's ear nymphs presented briskly after they bumped reeds.
During cooler mornings, a few hours after sunrise, Mr. Knee found bass eager to attack pencil poppers on sunny side of our cypress tree stand.
Crappie are coming into their time. The food truck lady was able to catch several on the edge of an expanded Lilly pad field, on a Clouser with a slow presentation about 7 feet deep.
We even had a gar chase poppers at the knocked-down dock.
Our Novembers feature calm winds, less rain, and cool air if not water. Altogether, a promise of good fishing. We hope you all will have more fishing and less emergencies.
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