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South Florida Fishing Report December 2011 Florida Bass Fishing Guides – It’s almost Christmas and fishing is still awesome in South Florida.  Bas fishing have been exceptionally hot at Lake Okeechobee.  Big bass are being caught on artificial lures like Tuscororan Pro Lures Cherokee Ripper, Rude Frogs and 10 inch Thunder Stix.  But the biggest [...]

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Where is the best bass fishing in South Florida?  Right now there is no doubt it is Lake Okeechobee.  South Florida bass fishing guide, John Pate, has been fishing professionally and guiding in South Florida since 1973.  He grew up in South Florida and has been fishing the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee and all the water [...]

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Everglades Bass Fishing Guides Big Bass Basics Versus Alabama Rig at Everstart Championship on Kentucky Lake.  Everglades bass fishing guide and local legend, John “King of the Everglades” Pate taught me a long time ago – fisherman catch bass… not lures.  And in different conditions – it is the fisherman who finds the bass and figures [...]

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When everglades bass fishing guide, John Pate met Will Orr… he knew he was something special.  Mr. Pate knew he was a natural born fisherman.

Mr. Pate, who has been one of the top everglades bass fishing guides since 1973, met Will and his father and let Will borrow his polarized sunglasses so he could [...]

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Should you fish fast – or fish slow?  South Florida bass fishing guides have the answer.

If you watch the professionals on television… you know the trend.  Most pros are fishing fast.  They cover a lot of water with multiple techniques in an effort to try to figure out a pattern that is going to [...]

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