December 2009, Big Christmas Bass!

December 7, 2009

I fished with Jim & Bonnie Pickett from Kentucky today, they are former cleints that have become very good friends. They now own there own Ranger a very sweet Z22 that we went fishing in. I got to catch Bass myself today which was a real treat. We had a great day, caught a bunch of Bass and had lots of laughs at the same time. Life is good!



December 5, 2009

I fished with Pat & Dan Hofmann from Syracuse NY today. Bass fishing was a little slower than it has been, cold weather and 4 inches of rain put the bass off a little. We still caught a lot of Bass and had a great day of fishing together.









December 4, 2009

Today I fished with Sab Delango and his friend Dan. the guys are police officers from NY and love to fish. Neither one of them had ever caught big Florida Bass like they caught today. I was rainy and windy again today but we had a wonderful day. We laughed a lot and caught lot of Bass it doesn't get much better for me.
































December 3, 2009

I fished with Don Kurtz from Canton Ohio and Ken McGuffey from Indianapolis In. today. It was day 2 of our 10 boat trip and it was windy and rainy. We had a great day anyway although we got rained on for a good portion of the day. We caught a lot of Bass and had some laughs along the way. The Bass are spawning hard, when they come off the beds it should be an incredible bite.

December 2, 2009

I fished with Dan Sevcik from Ft Wayne In. and Jim Chapman from Macon Georgia today. We were part of a 10 boat guide trip that was sponsored by Prince Agri Products, 20 guys went fishing in 10 guide boats for a day of catching Okeechobee Bass. We had a great day catching a lot of very nice Bass. The large females seem to be spawning and are difficult to get to bite right now, the full moon is tonight so fishing will be getting better and better as the week progresses. We are all fishing together again tomorrow, so stay tuned for more pictures of Okeechobee Bass action!
















December 1, 2009

I fished with Don Harris from Pennsylvania today. It was just Don and I today so Don got to handle every bite himself. We caught 35 Bass in a morning of fishing with live wild shiners. The air temperatures are in the 80's and the water has warmed back up after the cold front. Throw in the fact we are looking at a full moon tomorrow and the catching picture gets better and better. We had a great day together.

November, Big Bass!

November 30, 2009

I fished with 95 year old Alonzo Kight and his wife Audrey today! These wonderful people from Palm City are great to fish with and would be fun to spend time with anywhere. We caught a lot of Bass and had a lot of laughs. It was a great day on the water!


































November 24, 2009

I fished with George Minix from Indianapolis In. and his friend since high school Mike Riffey today. We had a great day catching Bass on wild shiner. Fishing has been terrific the last several weeks and will get better as we approach the full moon phase this month. Large female Bass will start moving in the shallow cover areas, looking for spawning areas and will be prone to getting caught when they eat our live wild shiners. We have caught a lot of big Bass this fall already and the season is just getting started. With the condition of the lake as it is and the huge number of bass we are seeing it could be a season to remember!

Captain Michael Shellen
www.OkeechobeeBassFishing.com
www.OkeechobeeBassFishing.blogspot.com
863-357-0892

November 23, 2009

Today I fished with Dave Klein from North Carolina and his friend Rick from Missouri. We had an incredible day catching one bass after another, as you can see from the picture the boys also caught a couple of big ones, Ricks bass on the right weighed 71/2 pounds Dave's fish on the left was a little less. We had a great day catching Bass on Lake Okeechobee


November 22, 2009

It is Thanksgiving Week! Bass fishing is terrific on Lake Okeechobee, come enjoy a day of catching Bass and have a chance at catching the big Bass of your lifetime. Check the pictures below to see for yourself what has been biting thew last few weeks.

November 17, 2009

I fished with Joe Scheid from Cincinnati Ohio and his son Nick again today. They caught so many bass the first day we fished they decided they had to try it again. It turned out to be another great day, we caught over 40 bass and Nick caught his biggest bass ever! The Bass he is proudly holding weighed 81/4 pounds! Okeechobee is putting out great numbers of Bass and big fish are being caught as well. To have caught this many big Bass this early in the season is a great sign of things to come,it should be an incredible winter for Lake Okeechobee Bass Fishing, come and expereince it with Captain Michael Shellen at Shellen Guide Services.

Captain Michael Shellen
www.OkeechobeeBassFishing.comn
863-357-0892

November 16, 2009

I fished with Frank Pearce from Okeechobee today. Frank told me he had not been on the lake in years, he was impressed with the amount of native vegetation that the lake has produced and the sheer beauty of Lake Okeechobee. We caught so many Bass that we could only keep one rod at a time in the water, and we still ran out of shiners too early! It has gotten better each & every day!



November 15, 2009

Today I fished with Joe Scheid and his son Nick. The guys are from Cincinnati Ohio and love to Fish. We had an incredible day fishing catching Bass as fast as we could throw our shiners out. We caught so many bass so fast we could not really keep track og the final number. I do know that we used up as many shiners in 4 hours as we have been using in 8 hours, it was a fantastic day of catching on Lake Okeechobee.




















November 14, 2009

Today was my second day with the guys from from the Connor Group again we had 5 boats. The Bass really bit well today we caught 38 Bass in a half day trip. It was another great day of fishing on Lake Okeechobee












































November 13, 2009

The three great guys pictured here are the from the Connor group that fished with me in my boat, we caught a lot of Bass and had a lot of laughs together. Tony caught the big 7 pound plus Bass you see him holding thats why he holding up his finger for number one, its his largest Bass. Tony Juliano and Dicky Blake are from Ft Worth and Martice Litzsey is from Hot Springs Arkansas, their great guys and we had a great time. e are all fishing together again tomorrow, stay tuned.













































November 13, 2009

Today we had a five boat group fishing trip. The owners and managers from the Connor Group a subsidiary of HG worldwide sent a group of their employees to Okeechobee as a reward for their hard work. We all had a great time together and also caught a lot of Bass.








November 12, 2009

I fished with Jim Hicks from Dade City and Bob Lyons from Bonita Springs again today. It was another rainy, dark cloudy morning, but the fishing was incredible! Jim caught a 9 1/2 pound Bass that was huge. The big female Bass was only 23 inches long but as you can see she was very thick and heavy bodied. We caught over 40 Bass in 3 1/2 hours. What a great morning.





















November 11, 2009

I fished with Bob Lyons & Jim Hicks from Tarpon Springs today, they both work for Magic Tilt Trailers.
We had a great day of bass fishing with shiners today. These great guys have fished all over the US and Mexico for big Bass, neither had ever been to Okeechobee before. We caught a lot of Bass today and several big Bass as well, as you can see. It was another day of great fun fishing.























November 9, 2009

I fished with Carol Devine and her grandson Wilson today, it was their first Bass fishing trip and they chose Okeechobee to experience it. We had a great morning catching Bass on shiners. Wilson & Carol both had a ball catching Okeechobee Bass. The wind started blowing 25 mph or more creating some big waves around 10 am so we called it a day. It was another fun day of fishing on Lake Okeechobee.





























November 5, 2009

I fished with John Martin from Minnesota and Bill Hoewischer from Wisconsin today. The guys are members of a fishing club from Bonita Springs that has 140 members and they fish Okeechobee yearly with the club. We had a good day catching some very nice Bass on shiners.




























November 4, 2009

I fished with Jordan today, we caught lots of Bass, but no big fish. It was a good day for numbers of fish, but not for big Bass.









November 3, 2009

Today was the Office Depot Foundation Charity Fishing Tournament held at Roland Martins Marina in Clewiston. Nascar superstar Tony Stewart was present for this very worthy cause, and of course to fish! It was a wonderfully run event and everyone had a great time. I had the pleasure of fishing with John Mullen from Boynton Beach and Gail Funderburk from Atlanta. We caught a lot of Bass, and enjoyed a perfect Florida day together. It was an all around great day for everyone involved, and a lot of money was raised for charity.


November 2, 2009

The season is off to a good start! I fished with Al Szczepek from Tampa and his friend Wally. Wally is from Chicago and is in South Florida for a Marine reunion. As you can see from the pictures we had a great day! Wally's 2 big fish weighed 81/2 and 7 pounds. Al's ttwo big bass weighed 7 1/2 pounds and 5 pounds. The catching was fast and furious for the first 3 hours of the morning. What a great way to start the month on November.

October Big Bass!

October 24, 2009

Today I fished with Aaron & Jeanine Tyger From Washington and their 10 year old son Bryce. As you can see from the picture big fish are coming quite regularly right now. We had a great day catching Bass on shiners and had some laughs while we did it. We started the day with light jackets, but by noon we were soaking wet with sweat. October in Okeechobee




October 23, 2009

Today was Family fishing day, I fished with Belinda & Jordan and it was a great one. As this week progressed more and more large bass seem to showed up ready to feed. Jordan has been fishing Lake Okeechobee since he was very small and today he caught his biggest bass ever, He is very proud of his fish, we all are. We caught a lot of bass in edition to the big Bass, things are progressing quite nicely on the Lake.




October 22, 2009

I fished with Bill & Gary again today it was a cloudy overcast day, but it drizzled on us a few times, but the bite was good so we hardly noticed. The cloud cover kept the bass roaming around and very active, we had another great day of catching bass on shiners!














October 21, 2009

I fished with Bill Jeneary & Gary Galleon from NC today. The guys and I have fished together before and always have a great time. The shiners were not safe in the water this morning! Every time we hooked a shiner and through it out, a bass ate it!
As you can see from the picture the bigger bass are starting to move in a feed.











October 18, 2009

I fished with Brian & Christi again today, we had our first cold front of the year blow thru and it was 48 degrees this morning, as you can see we still; caught Bass! The cold temps slowed the bite slightly but we still had 2 great day together.





















October 17, 2009

Big fish are finally starting to show up! Today I fished with Brian and Christi from NY. Neither one of them had ever fished Okeechobee before and they were a little in awe of the huge lake. We had an 11 foot alligator grab one of our bobbers and Brian got to fight with him for several minutes to retrieve our tackle. We had a great day of fishing catching more bass than these two have ever caught before. Brian caught the big bass in the picture and shared with me that it was the largest Bass he has ever caught. That is a great part of the joy of being a fishing guide, helping people not only catch the biggest
Bass of their lifetime, but also to share the best fishing experience of their life.

Captain Michael Shellen
863-357-0892

Lake Okeechobee October , 2009

October 4, 2009

I fished with Larry Curtis and his son Wes today they were in Florida to see the Miami/Oklahoma football game. The Lake Okeechobee Bass have been biting well lately, we caught 35 to 40 Bass on artificial baits. Lake Okeechobee Bass Fishing has been very good lately with good numbers of Bass being caught daily.







October 3, 2009

I fished with the boys from NY today. Roddy Kneur and his best friend Nick have fished with me before and we always have a great time Bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee. This year Roddy's nephew Jessie came along for his first Lake Okeechobee Fishing trip. Today is Jessie's 13 birthday so it was a special day for him. The bass helped make it a special day for him too! He caught the biggest bass of his young life. We had a great day catching Bass on both shiners and artificial baits. It was another wonderful day of fishing on Lake Okeechobee!

Okeechobee Fishing Report, October 2009

October 2, 2009

Today I fished beautiful Lake Okeechobee with Rusty & Shawna Rosenfelt from Norman Oklahoma. Rusty & Shawna are in town for the OU and Miami football game on Saturday. We had a great day catching 35 to 40 Bass on artificial baits. Lake Okeechobee is putting out some good numbers of fish at this time, and it is only going to get better as the water cools.

Captain Michael Shellen
www.OkeechobeeBassFishing.com
863-357-0892

Okeechobee Bass Fishing, September 2009

September 27, 2009

I fished with
George & Paula McClease from Palm Beach Gardens today. We decided to use artificial baits simply because we have been catching more fish on artificial baits. We had a great day on the Big "O" catching 35 to 40 Bass. We used two or three different baits to catch our fish today they were not biting great, but we caught a lot of Them!























September 14, 2009

Today I fished with Terry Malone and his fishing buddy Mitch, these two are avid fishermen and spend a lot of time on the water. We had a great day catching fish everywhere we stopped. We fished artificial baits and caught over 40 Bass. The days are slowly getting cooler and so is the water.






September 5, 2009

I fished with Brandon & Cameron Grossi from Lexington Ky today, We used artificial baits and had a great day catching Bass. Brandon caught this bass , which is the largest he has ever caught on a top water Pop'r. Tomorrow we are shiner fishing.

August on Okeechobee!

August 28, 2009

I fished with Larry Frank and his daughter Suzanne today. We caught a lot of Bass on wild shiners, the shiner bite is starting to get really good! We had a great time and caught some very nice Bass!



























August 16, 2009

I fished with Mike Chumney from Greenville S.C. today we fished with both artificial and shiners and had good success with both. Mike has fished Okeechobee many times and is an accomplished fisherman, we had a great day catching Bass!

July 2009, Great Bass Fishing on Okeechobee!

July 4, 2009

I fished with Richard Williams from West Palm and his buddies Dwayne and Danny today. It was a beautiful 4th of July! The water temperature is 83 degrees and the bass are still biting like crazy, we caught around 50 bass for the day and had a great time doing it!

Great Bass Fishing in June!

June 25, 2009
Today I fished with Gary Angle from Stuart Fla. and his 11 year old son Dave. Once again the Bass cooperated for a young inexperienced angler, Dave caught the biggest fish of the day and seemed to be able to catch a bass when ever he wanted. It was a great day with new friends.







June, 23, 2009

I fished with Walter Torres and his 16 year old son Andrew today. Their family is here for a National Jr baseball tournment and had a day off so they decided to fish Lake Okeechobee. We caught a lot of Bass and 16 year old Andrew caught the big Bass of the day as you can see in the picture. We had a great time catching Bass on artificial baits. It was another great day on the big "O".








June 21, 2009





We fished with Mark & Ben Schor today, Ben is only 7 but had no trouble catching Bass on a top water plug. It was a great day of fishing.








June 19, 2009





We fished with Dwayne & Nick Parker from North Carolina today,The boys are great fishermen although they are just teenagers. They caught so many bass they lost track. the Bass are still biting like crazy

11 Year old catches 8 pound Bass! May 24, 2009

June 12, 2009

I fished with Stan Teitelbaum from OHio again today we caught more Bass today than we caught yesterday, it is incredible! The bass fishing right now is some of the best I have seen on Okeechobee in years.









June 10, 2009
Today I fished with Stan & Colin Teitelbaum from Ohio, we caught 93 bass on artificial baits it was incredible. Every bait we used today we caught fish on, it was a day the guys and myself will never forget. Fishing was so good we even caught big shell cracker on a plastic worm (see picture). Fishing is incredible on Lake Okeechobee right now!





























June 4, 2009

I fished with Dan & Kathleen Nicholson from Arizona today. As you can see we caught some very nice Bass once again, we are still using artificial baits, why buy shiners when you can catch more fish on an artificial bait? We had a good time catching lots of Bass on several different kinds of baits.

May 28, 2009

Today I fished for blue gill with Angelo, Diane & Lyn we caught a lot of big blue gill. Fishing was a little slower than it has been, but the June full moon should set them off on a bite once again. We still caught a bunch of big gills, but had to work a little harder to do it.






May 25, 2009

Since today was a holiday, I fished with my wife Belinda. We very rarely get to fish togehter any more, but that has diminished her fishing skills, she can still catch bass as good as anyone! We caught bass in several new spots today on plastics and topwater baits. We found bass schooling about a half mile off shore, out in the lake, they were gorging themselves on small shad and it was quite a sight to see. This looks like it could be the start of some great schoolie fishing, if you catch it just right you can catch 100 fish a day!
























May 24, 2009

Today I fished with Gary Fuller from St. Louis and his son Adam and grandson Lorensos, Adam and Lorensos have fished with us before. We had a great day as you can see catching bass on artificial baits. Lorensos is 11 years old and caught the biggest bass of his life on a rubber worm today. The big female weighed 8 pounds and fought like a tiger! Lorensos did it all by himself, I am proud of him!




May 19, 2009

I fished with Mike Lamere from Sebring today, he is the Head Golf Pro at Highlands Ridge golf club and loves to Bass fish! We had a great day catching Bass on artificial baits.











May 15, 2009

I fished with Iliana Alvarez her husband Diego and her brother Eduardo today, We caught an Okeechobee Slam! An Okeechobee Slam is catching Bass, Blue Gill, Specks and Shell Cracker during the same trip. We started the day catching Bass on artificial baits, and then went fishing for pan fish. It was a great day!




May 7, 2009

I fished with Todd Ernst and his friend John today, these two love to fish but had never caught Bass on a plastic worm. We changed that situation though, they hooked up early and often catching Bass after Bass. We were really on the Bass today and had a great morning catching quality Bass on artificial baits.








May 6, 2009

I fished with Charlie Baldry from Maryland and his friend Sam today. We fished with artificial baits. Lake Okeechobee was very kind today, giving up Bass after Bass to us on our artificial baits. We caught Bass on 5 different lures and had a lot of laughs doing it. It was a good day on Lake Okeechobee






May 3, 2009

I fished with Mike Lamere and Chuck Berkey today. These gentlemen work at one of the finest golf clubs in the Sebring area and are avid fishermen. We caught gobs of Blue Gill again today, we kept 40 of the big ones for the boys to filet and fry up. Another great day of fishing!