Spring Hill Fishing Club

Freshwater Fishing for Black Bass

Trip of January 17, 2015

We eased out of Crescent City, Florida onto Crescent Lake in search of big bass.  The bait was live shiners.  It was a cool January day.

Lake Crescent is a 15,000 acre lake off the St. John’s River.  I was fishing with my long-time friend from Minnesota, Jerry Hanson.  We hired Captain Mark Smith, out of Deland to guide us.  It was a good choice.  He put us on the fish around the plentiful docks along the western shore.

It was toe-to-toe fishing.  That is to say that when we set the hook on a four pound bass under the dock, it was a battle to get the bass into open water.

  

This is what the docks look like, and they do hold large bass.

The landing at Crescent City, Florida.

Jerry soon landed the first fish of the day.

Then another, with Captain Mark Smith looking on.

Soon I had my first bass.

We moved over to a large island and fished the windswept shoreline.

It was good fishing there too.

It wouldn’t be fishing if we didn’t have our Baby Ruth candy bars with us.  They bring us good luck.

Jerry shows off another nice Lake Crescent bass.

Me too!

 Here is another look at the docks we fished.

A big "tip of the hat" to Captain Mark Smith for the great job of guiding us to the fish.

Gene Estensen - Spring Hill Fishing Club