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John Leech is a full time guide and has been since 1988 even though he took his first guide trip in 1975 when He moved to Florida as a tackle rep for Outdoor Sports Headquarters Inc. He fished his first national tournament with BASS with the introduction of the MEGA BUCKS series on the Harris Chain of Lakes in 1986. This was the kick off of his professional carrier finishing as the TOP QUALIFIER. John is one of few that qualified for the TOP TEN twice. John also fished FLW trail with his highest finish of 2nd place at Okeechobee going on to qualify for the FLW CLASSIC 1995/96.

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                                           - Tom Mann, Jr

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Moving water fish

Report Date: September 15, 2004

The bass are eating it up. With all the rain we have had in the last couple of weeks with the hurricanes and normal summer rains, all of the creeks and rivers are flowing full out. As a rule the more flow the more fish and this seems to be the case again this year. We are having days with over 100 fish in six hours regularly. While most fish are school size (1 to 3 pounds) fish, there are some bigger fish to be had with the biggest this week being just over 7 pounds. The fish can be caught on rattle traps and worms. Cast the bait into the moving water and letting the bait sweep with the current has been the best presentation.
All of the water in the lake that is moving has fish. I say this because most fishermen are looking at the mouth of the rivers and we have to remember the water that goes thru the locks comes across the lake from somewhere. Any place where the water constricts creates a current flow point. These flow points concentrate bait thus the bass concentrate in numbers proportional to the bait. Look for feeding fish on the surface is a good way to locate these fish in the open lake.
God bless, and good fishing
Capt. John Leech

We are into our summer patterns. The water is continuing to rise on Lake Toho and the fish are spreading out so the numbers of fish per day has decreased on Toho but the rest of the chain is still producing good numbers of fish. Toho is still the best bet for a trophy fish in my opinion.
The artificial bite is doing good while the fish might be smaller they are a lot more numbers to be had. Top waters, worms and slow moving baits are producing more than fast moving baits. Look for bait in the water to locate fish.
God Bless ,good fishing
Capt. John Leech