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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 3:32 pm: | |
Week Ending December 31st
The last two weeks of December saw us out on Johns Lake a lot. Water temps were running mid 60’s to low 70’s in this time frame, and bass showed sporadic schooling action in various areas of the lake. Typical bass in the schools have been running right at 2 pounds, with several bass in the four pound class also being caught. Waters are still low, but very fishable, with some bass being caught in less than a foot of water on Gitem K.O’s and Gitem Shads. Deer Island Cut has seen some good schooling action, with bass being caught on Live bait as well as Storm WildEye Curl Tail Minnows, rattle traps and spinner baits.
Once the schooling action tapered off, offshore grass beds seemed to be the place to fish, especially the isolated grass patches, pitching weighted worms, and senko type baits to these isolated grass patches kept the action steady. The bigger offshore grass beds the bass would charge live bait that was slow trolled along the outside edges, with some bass being caught pitching live bait into small open pockets in the grass beds, be sure to have a good line, as when they hit, they dart into the heaviest areas of the grass and will break you off. HiSeas Black Widow line has done a great job at pulling those bass out of the grasses.
On a side note, I had the great pleasure of having Kathy ”Ketchup” Barker and RC from ProBass Network along with “Ketchups” dad Ken on Johns Lake and it was great watching Ken spank everyone when it came to catching the bass. Altho Ken was rather quiet, if you didn’t watch him, he would sneak a bass to the boat without even a peep, and from what I hear, he has not let up on rubbing it in to Kathy. Way to go pops, and keep bragging, you earned the right.
With my sister in town for the holidays, I managed to get her and my dad out on the water for a few hours on Johns Lake. With my dad not fishing freshwater since the 70’s, and my sister never having fished for bass, it took a few missed hook ups before they got the hang of things. Using live bait to make things easier for them, they managed to boat some good bass, with the big gal coming in right at 4 pounds.
We have been seeing bass beds starting to pop up around Johns Lake, so it should be only a matter of time before they hit the beds and the bigger gals start getting caught. Remember to handle these bass as little as possible and gently put them back in the water if your fishing the beds, these bass repopulating our great lakes is what makes fishing in Florida the place to be.
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Post Number: 45
Registered: 9-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 9:33 am: | |
Week Ending December 15th
The past two weeks has seen some good bass fishing in the Orlando area. Butler Chain we finally started spotting some bait fish pods, although small and scattered, they are showing up. We had several runs out on Butler and with cooler weather, the water temperatures were finally dropping into the 60’s. This will get the bass on the feeding frenzy to fatten them up for the spawn which is just around the corner.
Lakes Louise, Chase and Sheen had been the best lakes for us, and seen some good quality bass caught. Numbers are starting to increase as well as size, with some very limited schooling action early on in the day. Spinner baits, weighted fluke type baits and wacky rigged senko type baits have been producing pretty good. Drop offs have once again been key to catching out here. We had a few days were the shiner bite seemed to drop off, but we still managed to catch them on the old reliable wacky rig.
Johns Lake has also been producing very good for us. Early morning schooling activity has been very good, with a lot of schoolie sized bass being hooked up. Once the schooling action slows, working the grass beds has been key. Outside edges of the grasses has been producing some quality bass, with the bigger bass coming by tossing T-Rigged Gitem K.O’s and Shads into the grass beds and swimming them back out slowly. The smaller swim baits, mostly the WildEye Curl Tail from Storm has been picking up some good bass and keeping the action steady out here, one key is to locate off shore grass beds just below the surface, as the bass seem to be stacked up in these areas.
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 3:58 pm: | |
October 26th and 29th I spent the day out on Starke Lake with my tournament partner for what was some great bass fishing action. The 26th we got an early start, hitting the waters at 6:30am, still dark and tried some top water action, and we got none. With the sunrise, came rain and higher winds, so what should have been a bad day on the water saw us catching 16 bass on wacky rigged Gitem K.O’s and white spinner baits. All but 3 of the bass came from the main lake working tight to shoreline and scattered off shore grass beds. The 29th we headed out early once again, with live shiners and crank baits. To our surprise we boated no bass on the live bait, but the crank baits, a Big O in fire tiger pattern, and an Ugly Duckling in shiner pattern boated the bass, to the tune of another 10 bass. Crank bait bass came on the main lake and in Deep Lake. We keyed in on docks and submerged grass beds and found the bites to be very aggressive. We had seen some very good schooling action the first day, but avoided throwing to them and opted to keep searching the deeper water patterns. Storm WildEye Curl Tail swim baits once again picked up some good solid bass in the middle of Starke Lake itself as well as at the mouth of the canal on the Deep Lake side. With the water temperatures starting a nice cool down, I have noticed bait fish pods growing in size which will have the bass schooling up and feeding good to get ready for the spawn.
The past 2 weeks Butler Chain has also been fishing pretty good the past week. Bait fish have been a little bit more active and started to bunch up better, making it easier on the bass to feed up. Concentrations of bait fish have been showing up on the graph close to grass beds and in 10 to 12 foot of water we have seen some very good bait fish pods. Medium to deep diving crank baits have picked up some good bass in both Lake Down and Little Lake Down. Fire Tiger pattern and Crawfish patterns have been a big key to catching the bass out there. Early morning topwater has produced some good action using buzzbaits and High Roller Chug Rollers as well as High Roller RipRollers. Live bait action is still doing good, with most of the action coming from slow trolled freelined medium wild shiners. Deeper water patterns early in the morning and slowly moving to grass lines as the water temperatures warm during the day. Best bet being using a 3/0 or 4/0 circle hook, not only will this improve your hook up rate, but also is great since 9 out of 10 hook ups are in the corner of the mouth, like they should be. Remember, catch and release, so our kids can enjoy the same catching action that we do with their kids.
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Post Number: 43
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 9:03 am: | |
The past two weeks have seen some good bass fishing action in Orlando. With trips on Butler Chain and Johns Lake the artificial bite has been doing pretty good. Johns Lake we had some limited early morning schooling action at the Deer Island Cut and some decent bass caught along the grass lines in the same area. After the schooling action stopped, we headed for areas with a mixture of grass and lily pads, getting several blow ups on toads and flukes swam across the pads, missing several but still getting our fair share. Most all the bass caught were in less than two foot of water and all, except for the schooling bass were holding tight to cover on Johns Lake.
Butler Chain we had seen some schooling action on lakes Pocket, Fish, and Tibet. Canal going into Fish Lake is still very shallow but you can make it in there. There is a grass island blocking most of the canal before the final bend to the lake, but we were able to get around it with no problem. Spinner baits and rattle traps were the ticket in Fish Lake, while toads and Gitem K.O.’s where catching the bass in Lakes Pocket and Tibet. Water surface temperatures were running in the low 80’s with most bass being caught in four to six foot of water. Some bass were caught in deeper waters slow rolling a spinner bait. Busy season is now upon us, and with very low water levels once again in south Florida, we are expecting yet another very busy season, so be sure to book your trips as soon as you can.
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 4:17 pm: | |
The past two weeks have seen us on Butler Chain for a few days. Waters have been gradually cooling off nicely with the rains we have been getting, with water temperatures running in the mid 80’s by days end. There has been very limited schooling action with most of those bass in the 1 to 3 pound range.
Early top water action has been steady on Lakes Tibet, Lake Down and Little Lake Down. High Roller Chugroller and the Secret Weapon Lures BuzzRbait getting the best action for us. Smaller swim baits, like the Storm WildEye Curl Tail have produced some quality bass along the drop offs in Lake Down as well as swimming them along the deeper water grass lines. Spinner bait bite has been gradually picking up with cooler water temperatures and some breeze on the water. All white spinner baits worked in and around grass beds has been the key to catching the bass. The typical Gitem K.O has still been producing along grass lines as well as around docks and areas of timber in Lake Blanche.
Working wild shiners in mid lake on Blanche and around deep drop off on Lake Butler have produced some quality bass, best action has come with the shiner set between 2 to 3 feet below a float, freelined shiners have produced some bass, but has been very sporadic. Water levels have been coming up very nicely on Butler Chain which means exposed structure that is now covered with water has been producing once again. With air temperatures finally coming down, we are now back to being able to do full day trips, and with the fall feed just around the corner, we are once again expecting some great action, not only with live bait, but some good top water action .
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 7:02 am: | |
The past two weeks have seen some good bass fishing action on the Butler Chain, as well as a few other Central Florida Lakes. Butler Chain, the artificial bite has been holding pretty steady, with wacky rigged Gitem KO’s and Gitem Shads catching some good numbers as well as quality. Little Lake down has seen the best action, with Mike and his son getting a nice double, with Mike having his bass follow his shiner all the way to the boat as we were going to make a move. This bass struck at his bait twice, before finally getting hooked up, and his son immediately getting his hook up, had these two fighting side by side.
Lake Down itself, seen some good action in the north east corner, with some scattered schooling action, small Storm swim baits catching some good numbers in the deeper drop offs. Lakes Sheen and Tibet have held the same pattern now for several weeks, whacky rigged and T-rigged Gitem KO’s catching bass in and around scattered grass beds.
Most of the bass being caught are currently in the 8 to 18 foot depth range, with a good majority of them suspended right along the drop offs in 10 foot of water. There has been some schooling action on lakes Tibet, Sheen and Lake Down, but for the most part, this action has been limited and usually early on in the day. Watch your electronics, as we have come across some big bait fish pods on lake down, with some good quality bass being caught in those areas.
I have also been scouting an old lake I used to fish years ago, a small Orlando lake, this lake is only 205 acres in size, but has some good bass in it. Early morning top water bite has been with the Secret Weapon Lures BuzzrBait and the Original High Roller 3.25 inch. Top water bite has been around the coontail in deeper waters with some very aggressive hits, with the top water bite dropping off by 8am. From there, moving into deeper waters and working the Storm swim baits have been the ticket to catching some good bass.
Scattered grass beds have been a good ticket also, catching several schoolie sized bass through out the day with Gitem KO’s and Shads, deeper water coontail beds have been good with 10 inch worms with ¼ ounce weight pegged for the quality bass. Being a line watcher is a big key, as the bass have just been picking up the baits and swimming off slowly, usually heading to the deep water drop offs.
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 12:59 pm: | |
The past 2 weeks has seen some great bass fishing action on Butler Chain, and has seen 2 days, where the bass just did not want to play fairly. For the most part, the action on artificial baits has been producing not only good numbers, but good size as well.
Gitem baits K.O. has been the top producer over the last two weeks, rigged wacky and Texas, working in and along the grass beds. First part of the two weeks saw most of the action coming from Lakes Sheen, Tibet and Pocket. Grass beds and some docks produced several bass to 4.6 pounds, as we found the bass were not aggressively hitting the baits, but just picking them up and swimming towards the deeper drop offs. As the rains consistently dropped water on the lakes, they had started to muddy up, which towards the end of the two week period, saw us moving to works Lakes Down and Little Lake down.
The Bay, as well as Lakes Butler, Down and Little lake Down currently have the cleanest water on the chain, and some of the better fishing action, with some schooling action being spotted on several of them. Schooling action we have come across has usually been mid morning, from 9:30 till almost 10:30 with some good bass being caught off them.
The kids as of late have been the big bass catchers, and they have had a blast, with several of the youngsters catching bass on soft plastics and really showing some great skills, at not only casting their baits, but working them properly and setting a hook that would make a Pro proud of them.
Electronics have been a big key, as most of the good bass being caught are coming from deeper water, ranging from 9 to 23 feet deep. With the water temperatures starting the day out in the upper 80’s, deeper waters will be the big key to catching quality bass especially as the day heats up. Top water action has been very limited early in the mornings and the spinner bait bite has all but disappeared for us over the last two weeks.
Afternoon showers have been a blessing, helping maintain and slowly bringing water levels back up, just keep in mind, if you hear thunder, lightning is also there, so be safe, and hit the ramp until the storms pass. Most storms have been coming later in the day, from 2pm and on, so you can still get in a good days fishing before the storms hit.
Be safe and drink lots of water, and don’t forget the sun screen!!!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 6:26 am: | |
This past week out on Butler Chain has seen some good bass fishing action. Bass have been relating to the grass edges, as we found out Monday, Matt and I tried to get on a good flipping bite, but the small bass seemed to be stacked up inside the grasses, so we moved off the grass and pitched wacky rigged Gitem K.O’s in Red Bass and Dark Mellon, catching several good bass between 3 ½ to 4.2 pounds. Gitem Toads got a few strikes with one hook up, as well as a Buzzrbait from Secret Weapon Lures. Lakes Fished were Lake Down, Lake Louise, Lake Pocket and Lake Sheen
Tuesday saw us artificial baits. Bob and Judy used Gitem K.O’s to get our catch. Morning bite was the best bite, as we closed in on high noon, the bite dropped off in a dramatic way. Most bass were caught on Lake Sheen, in and around hydrilla beds in 8 to 10 foot of water. Artificial baits drew several hits with missed hook ups, and a couple landed on Lake Blanche to end the day.
Wednesday once again had us working Lakes Sheen, Pocket and Blanche with live bait and artificial baits. Fred, Brian and Joyce got the best action using the live bait around grass beds that had deeper water hydrilla close by. Bass had been seen cruising between the two mixes of vegetation so that is the pattern we keyed in on. Once the live bait was used up, we switched to the K.O’s and worked grass beds, and threw to the base of cypress trees, getting a few good hits and misses, with a good hook up on Lake Blanche once again to end the day.
Friday, Jeff came for 4 hours of artificial bait action, and we saw ourselves really working to get our catch. T-rigged and wacky rigs were the way to get the bites, which were very light, as the bass would just pick up the baits, and VERY slowly swim off with it.Lake Sheen did not produce as it had in previous trips, so we made a move into Lake Tibet in order to get our catch, with the two biggest coming in just a shade under 4 pounds.
Saturday I ended the week with Matt and Mary out on Butler Chain. Matt wanted to get his wife out there and catching some bass, and have a good day so that she would continue to want to fish with him. Well the day started out the typical way, with the husband telling the wife he was going to catch more bass, I even tried telling Matt, women always out catch the men and catch the bigger bass. Mary did not let me down, as she started out with the shiners, catching two bass fairly early on, and Matt was still watching his shiner swim around. We had done some moving around on Lake Sheen, with Matt and Mary both catching bass, but Mary seemed to have the magic touch landing some nice bass, and working them like a Pro.
From Sheen we made a move into Lake Tibet, and Matt want to try some plastic baits, so I showed him how the wacky rig worked, and after a few tosses, Matt had a good hook up and landed his bass. Mary got a little quiet on the back of the boat, when things work up, and the drag was being pulled, a few minutes later, Mary was getting her picture taken with a very nice 4.12 pound bass, which would turn out to be the biggest bass of the day.
Matt had his moment about 15 minutes later, working a grass line with a Texas rigged Gitem K.O, he sets the hook and a good fight was on, we got a good look at this bass and Matt thought for sure he was going to have a bigger bass than his wife. Mary started to reel up her line as it appeared to be tangled in with Matt’s bass, but what had happened was, This bass was so hungry, it had taken in her shiner and was swimming around, and hit Matt’s T-Rigged K.O, so they ended the day with them both landing the last bass of the day together, coming in at 4.2 pounds.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Post Number: 38
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:40 am: | |
This past week has seen some good bass fishing action on Butler Chain.
Top water bite has been doing ok, with Lake Louise seeing the best top water action for us. Secret Weapon Lures Buzzrbait has been a good do to bait, as well as High Roller Chug Roller. Hits have been aggressive. With the consistent rains, Lake Louise has been dirtied up, waters going from clean to coffee brown.
Soft plastic bite has been doing good, with a wacky rigged Gitem K.O once again catching not only good numbers, but good size as well. Lakes Sheen, Pocket and Chase have yielded the numbers and size, up to 5 pounds for us as of late. Working grass beds and scattered docks has been the key to catching bass, as well as working your baits very slow.
Did make a run into Fish Lake, a lake which I have not been in since early January, waters back then were so low in the canal, the bottom of my boat was banging the canal bottom. Going thru the canal, which is a ¼ mile long, I had to use the trolling motor, holding it up just below the surface of the water to get back there, and there was a tree blocking the canal toward the end, which saw me and my partner standing in the canal, him pulling the boat, and me pushing it around the tree to get to the lake. We finally made it back there and started to work the lily pads, swimming lizards across the lily pads getting several blow ups, with him missing a hook up on the edge of the pads, with what would have been an easy 6 pounder.
Rains have held the water levels pretty steady, finally getting water back into the lakes, with water temperatures holding around 84-86 degrees by days end. Limited schooling action in Lakes Pocket, and Tibet the last few days.
Till my next report, Tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Post Number: 37
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 10:38 am: | |
Friday my old tournament partner and I hit Butler Chain for a few hours, one to get him out on the water, and two so I could experiment with some new lures. We had started the day out on Lake Louise working a Buzzrbait from Secret Weapon Lures. This lure worked great thru the water and made a ton of commotion and after 5 casts I had the first blow up and what I thought was a solid hook up. Working the bass to the boat, she suddenly let go of the bait, what would have been a nice 5 pound catch, turned into a 5 pound heart break, she apparently had grabbed the small willow leaf blade that was attached to the Buzzr. A few casts later and another crushing blow up, a solid 3 pounder was in the boat.
From there we made a move into Lake Pocket, working the spinner baits from Secret Weapon Lures, and Gitem K.O’s wacky rigged. Switching up blade combinations on the spinner bait from a double willow to a double Colorado blade landed two more very solid bass, along with several others being boated off the wacky rig set up. These spinner baits made life so much easier, not having to always retie a new one on, just having to change the blades out, which was done in a matter of seconds. Bass seemed to relate once again to grass beds with deep water drop offs close by, and after getting a hook up, the were running to the drop offs. Lily pads were holding some bass of good size, as we had one in the 6 to 7 pound class break off just on the edge of the pads. Swimming a lizard slowly across the pads seemed to get the most hits.
Waters were running in the mid 80’s when we pulled off and did notice the levels have come up some, not much, but a good sign. Bass were holding in 5 to 8 foot of water and hit very aggressive, which made for a great day on the water, with us boating 12 bass, and missing/breaking off about 6 others.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Post Number: 36
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 11:01 am: | |
The past two weeks has seen some good bass fishing out on the Butler Chain. The two main lakes that I have spent most of the time on have been Lake Sheen and Lake Pocket, they have not only been producing some good numbers but some descent sized bass on a pretty regular basis. With the water temperatures on the rise, the bass have gone full swing into their summer pattern, with the early mornings still getting some top water action, before having to really slow down your approach to catching the bass. Most of my recent trips have been using soft plastics, either wacky rigged Gitem K.O’s or 7 inch worms rigged with a Spot Sticker or Spot Remover worked in and around grass beds with deep water drop offs close by. The more quality bass have come with the deeper water drop offs close by, with a few good bass in the 4 to 5 pound class coming on a drop shot.
Two week period ended with Anthony having a good time on Butler, mixing it up between wacky rig K.O’s and some top water action, catching some good bass on top water and he was amazed at how well the bass fought him, and how strong they were, thinking he had a 5 to 6 pounder on, but when he landed her she was just over 3 pounds. We had to work hard for our catch that day, but Anthony caught some good bass and even mustered up some top water action in the heat of the day.
The chain as a whole, has not had the typical schooling action like we had last year, but the top water bite has still been there in the early AM and late afternoon. For soft plastics, watermelon and watermelon red have been the dominate colors.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:44 am: | |
This past week on Butler Chain has once again seen some great bass fishing. I had spent two days out there by myself mainly doing some scouting working shallows and deeper waters, and to check water levels in all the canals. Canals are getting very shallow, having found myself having to trim the motor way up to navigate thru them, only lake I did not go into was Fish Lake. This canal is ¼ mile long and is usually the first canal to dry up when we go through a drought like we are and I was banging bottom out there back in February. Only canal you need to really be careful in is the canal going from Lake Louise to Lake Butler, just past the overpass, there is that concrete slab that you will hit as it is very shallow to one side.
Main areas that I had fished were once again Lakes Pocket, Sheen and Tibet. I had tosses a few crank baits with very little success, higher winds had pushed me to working calmer sides of the lakes and some slow fishing using T-Rigged Gitem K.O’s and wacky rigged K.O’s. Bill Thomas and the gang were out there Friday with me with shiners in tow and the artificial bite blew away the live bait, 4 hours and only one bass on live bait, but they did get a few hits and a couple misses on top water, with Bill getting hammerer on a High Roller ChugRoller only for this big gal, once again shake off on us. I’ll have to call this particular bass the Possessed bass, as Sid from last week and myself have hooked a bass in the same area with the same results, this gal has a lot of attitude.
Following that miss there was maybe 2 other bass landed on top water, along with a Gar and a Pickeral when we made a move and switched up to the wacky rigged Gitem K.O’s and they guys started catching the bass, with Wes getting hammered buy a sweet one, looking to be every bit of 5 to 6 pounds, she danced and made a mad run right under the boat and broke off. Day ended with a total of 17 bass caught n 4 hours of fishing!
Saturday was a total flip of the action we had seen all week long, higher winds and the look of rain all morning long had the bass bite way off, only catching one here and one there, with several missed hook ups. Most all of the bass caught this past week were on a wacky rig working real slow, with the key being grass beds with deep water drop offs very close by, grass beds were generally in 4 to 6 foot of water, with a drop off of 8 to 22 feet within 10 feet of the grass beds. Most all of the bass would just pick up the baits and make a run straight for those deeper water drop offs, so you really had to keep an eye on your line.
Till my next report, Tight lines and great fishing!!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 7:10 am: | |
Last week I had a few runs out on Butler Chain with some very good results. With a couple runs into Lake Down and Lake Butler, I found the bass to be more active n the deeper waters, spinner baits and steel shads were the ticket to catching bass in 10 to 16 foot of water. Mid and last part of the week, we saw ourselves catching bass back along the grass beds, working wacky rigged Gitem K.O.s right up along the grass edges and scattered points. Sid had an early morning hook up with a toad of a bass, hitting a High Roller ChugRoller in Firetiger color, she came up and danced a few time before she managed to shake loose. This gal was an easy 6 pounder, and had everyone pumped for some good top water action, which just never kicked in.
Working Lakes Sheen, Pocket and Tibet, the Gitem K.O.s were the ticket for sure. Sid did try to, as he said “ force a top water bite” getting several blow ups on the ChugRoller with none hitting good enough, although he did have a serious blow up on it in Lake Pocket, only to pull it away from her. Sid did manage one small buck on the Steel Shad. Best part of the day, was seeing Sids dad, at a young 88 years old catching bass on a wacky rig. This father son team was a great pleasure to have on the water, always great to see father and son out on the water and having a great time. Side note for Sid, I tossed around an Original High Roller in the same area, hooked a nice toad but she managed to get to the dock and break off!! Past several weeks has been a lot of artificial bait trips with 4 to 6 hour trips averaging between 10 and 25 bass per trip. Bass are still active, just very little schooling action has been seen lately.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Saturday the 12th I fished the CFBA tournament out on Clermont Chain. Not having been out on the chain in several months, and unable to do any prefishing, I was just hoping for the best. I had spent the entire day on the main lake from the downtown ramp, Lake Minneola. I had started out with some quick top water baits, with no takers at all, then quickly switched to a whacky rigged Gitem K.O in dark mellon. This is the bait I thru the entire day, working very slowly and focused on mainly isolated grass patches, and an occasional grass point off a main bed. This had me culling bass at 9 AM, with all the bass coming in right at 15 inches each. I made 2 moves the entire day, and the last move was the one that paid off, trying a drop shot in the old dynamite holes produced one miss, when I spotted a bass cruising the flats, which used to be almost 4 feet deep.
I worked this grass area over for close to 40 minutes, when a single blade of grass got bumped, I tossed my bait to it and the fight was on, a nice kicker bass coming in at 6.25 pounds. Pretty much everyone was saying the same at weigh in, a lot of 14-15 inch bass, and few got kicker fish, there was a 7 an 8 a 9 and a 10 pounder weighed in, with the winning weight being just over 15 pounds. I managed to catch 17 bass and weigh in 12.67 pounds squeaking out a 4th place finish. This chain seems to being fishing good despite some very low waters, plenty of great grass beds and some deep drop offs, although I myself did not see any schooling action, this chain has produced some very good bass coming from schools. Lets pray for rain, we need it!!!
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This past week I have had a few trips out on Butler Chain. Waters are still holding good, and temps were running surprisingly in the mid to upper 70’s which has been good for the fishing. No real top water action to speak of, but did come across some good schooling activity. When the schoolers were up, the Steel Shads seemed to be the best way to catch them. Lakes that were worked this past week were, Lake Butler, Lake Chase, Lake Sheen and Lake Pocket. Hot bait for the week has been the Gitem K.O. in Dark Mellon. Texas rigged worked good, but wacky rigged was the hot ticket, rigged up with a 3/0 circle hook has caught a lot of bass for us this week. Working the outside edges of grass beds, small holes in the beds, and scattered grasses with drop offs close by produced the best bass. With the big bass coming in at 5.6 pounds. Steel Shad have produced a few good bass worked in and around deeper drop offs, in 12 to 18 foot of water, worked slow with an occasional jigging motion has been the key to getting hit.
Till my next report, Tight lines and great fishing!
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Wednesday I was out on Butler Chain with Ryan. We had started the morning out using shiners on Butler, catching some good quality bass in 6 to 8 foot of water, with drop off close by. Once the sun got up and really started cooking, we moved into Lake Chase and tossing Tequila Green Zoom worms into grass beds picking up some very good numbers.
Bass were basically mouthing the baits and swimming off, so you really had to watch your line. I Did manage a few on a Rattle Trap before we called it a day. The previous week Capt Rowels covered my trips for me out on Butler Chain, as I had suffered a blown motor. So I resorted to picking up my clients in the morning and taking them to the ramp, and picking them back up at the end of the day. Everyone was very happy, catching between 16 and 20 bass a trip, with a 7 pounder and a 9 pounder being caught.
I’ll be back on Butler on Saturday and then Toho on Sunday.
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Thursday I had a trip out on Harris Chain with Dan and the gang. First I’ll start out by saying it does not look like Hickory Point Ramp will be open too much longer, there was only one double launch and one single launch open as the waters are very low. Those three slots are very close to being shut down, as I backed in, the trailer was at the edge of the end of the ramp. Other than low waters, the waters were as expected, very dirty and very warm, as we pulled off for the day, the temps were mid 80’s. Day started out pretty good with bass busting water, deep into grass beds, so working worms was the key to being able to catch bass. Big Harris and Lake Eustis were the 2 lakes we worked. Tequilla Greem Zoom worms, and the only spinner bait to catch a bass, Clown color were the baits, with a few bass being taken on shiners as well. Big bass for the day was right at 4 pounds and came on a shiner.
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The past 2 weeks have seen some good bass fishing action out on Butler Chain. Starting with the Patterson clan, with shiners and artificial baits we worked Lake Butler and Lake Chase, with Steve tossing a spinner bait to get the “wildest” hook set award of the year. Steve was tossing a spinner bait in and around grasses and docks, when he gave her a toss to a dock, spinner bait going over the dock walkway, back into the water around a PVC pipe sticking up and under a boat. Thinking this was going to be a mess, he was right, as he tried to shake the lure loose, the line got pinned between a post and the walkway, when it looked like the rod got tugged on.
Steve assured me there was nothing there, and as he popped the line to shake her loose, we hear a splash from under the boat in the boat slip, Steve popped the line free from the walkway and the short lived fight was on. Stepping onto the dock, Steve had reeled up as far as he could, while I was hanging off the walkway, reaching for a bass that was not only hooked up solid, but was also tangled in someone else’s braided line left behind, after a few minutes of me teetering on sliding off a dock into the water, I did manage to just barely lip his bass, which weighed in right at 5 pounds. I honestly can’t remember the last time I had to work that hard to lip a bass.
The next day, Tuesday the 10th, saw Dave Fonder and his girlfriend back out on Butler, giving it a go with some fly fishing! Well needless to say, they gave it one heck of a go, before sitting down the fly rods and tossing around Steel Shads in the deep holes and drop offs to catch their bass.
Wednesday, Rod, coming from Canada gave it a run out on Butler with shiners and had a pretty darn good 4 hour trip, catching some good quality bass on Lake Butler and Lake Chase. Once again bass were caught in the areas where there was a deep water drop off close by, boat set up in 6 foot of water, and the bass coming from waters in 10 to 16 foot.
I have been enjoying the last few days off, still hitting the waters working with new lures. I have been catching bass out on Butler using a ChugRoller and a PopRoller with today being capped off with a nice 3.4 pound bass on a PT Spoon from High Roller Lures.
Lake Toho report will be posted in the next few days.
Tight lines and great fishing!
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This past week has been yet another very busy week, with some very good and solid bass being caught on everything from live bait to artificial lures. With the bass spawn all but over, bass have moved for the most part away from shallow waters and have staged more towards deeper waters, close to drop offs. There has on some days been some very good schooling activity going on, some days the schooling bass will just hammer the live bait, while other days they seem to prefer t-rigged worms with a small screw in bullet weight.
Monday started the week off with Ken and Chris hitting Butler Chain with some live bait action. Lake Butler and Lake Chase were the definite lakes for the best bass action as these two guys caught some good quality bass with some very aggressive hits as the bass were doing some good schooling action in the cuts. The better quality bass where caught just off the grass bed edges with Chris getting the big bass of the day just shy of 5 pounds.
Kurt fished on Wednesday working nothing but artificial bait. With a high sun and no cloud cover to speak of, we spent a lot of time pounding grass beds, Kurts first hook up was on Lake Butler, using a High Roller PopRoller in Blue Shad color. From there it was a lot of slow worming using purple and black Christmas colored worms, with one other bass coming on a Yozuri Rattlin Vibe.
Some bass are still being caught in less than 3 foot of water, but main areas of focus have been in the 4 to 6 foot range with deep water drop offs close by. Rob from Fish-Hawk.net came down to fish Thursday with his brother and father to catch some Florida bass and the blue bird skies and minimal breeze did make things pretty tough on the guys, but being very persistent the guys did manage some good bass, with the two biggest looking like twins, one weighing in at 4.14 and the other coming in at 4.13 pounds on the digital scale.
Friday saw Sam and his son out on Butler Chain, this youngster was very impressive with his casting skills, working bait casters like a true pro, starting the day out catching the first bass in the first 10 minutes working a spinner bait thru the grass beds on Lake Butler before switching up to the worms and catching several more. Sam kinda hung out on the back of the boat and had a blast watching his son fish, and even had his son coaching him on where to toss his lures, with his dad getting a good bass on a rattlin vibe out of the deep waters on Butler. Weather was better today, with what should be our last cold front. Very minimal schooling activity was seen on the lakes that we fished today, but it’s only a matter of time before the waters start to really heat up with what will be a great top water bite.
Saturday I ended the week with Alan and his son out on Butler Chain for a 6 hour live bait trip. Alan is a local guy that wanted to hit Butler as he said he had little luck out there. We started out the day VERY cold for this time of year, water temps were down to 71 to start the day, with strong and cold winds. This was the perfect day for lock jaw, and the bass were very tough to catch as expected. Starting out on Butler and working grass line and thru the cut, Alan missed a few hook up, with his son landing 2 nice bass and having a beauty come unbuttoned as she danced on the water. From there we moved over into Lake Chase, I did spot some schooling action but no takers as we slow trolled along the grass beds, when Alan tossed his bait out, the second it hit the water it was hammered and the fight was on, with Alan landing a beauty of a bass coming in at 6.3 pounds on the digital scale. Happy Birthday Alan!!
In all the week saw some very good and solid bass being caught, with this front that is moving thru right now, water should hold to the mid 70’s for the better part of the week and that should help kick in some good top water action. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Easter.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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This past week on Butler Chain had its ups and downs. Monday and Tuesday saw some good top water action on Lake Butler. During the early morning we saw a good amount of schooling action. Tuesday turned out to be the best day with bass being caught on High Roller ChugRollers in Fire Tiger. Big bass for the day came in at a solid 3.8 pounds, and just slammed the ChugRoller.
Wednesday I had the great pleasure of having Kathy Barker from ProBass Networks out on Butler Chain. Kathy surprised me thou, when we met at McDonalds she had Skip Collins from High Roller Lures there with her. What I thought was going to be a great top water action day on Butler, was anything but that.
The bass did not want to play fairly, as we did see some schooling action going on, but they avoided any and all top water lures thrown at them, Skip did manage 2 bass on his secret lure, while Kathy caught two more bass, with her landing the big bass for the day and the bragging rights. Only 5 bass made it to the boat, as the blue bird skies seemed to have just shut down the artificial bite.
Thursday I had the McClain duo, husband and wife out on Butler. We started out with Margarita working live bait, and Carl with top water baits. There was very limited schooling action once again, but Carl was very determined to nail a nice bass on top water. He started out with an Original High Roller, but then switched to a ChugRoller. A very solid bass, in the 4 pound class came up to slam the bait. Carl said he felt her hit the lure so he set the hook, but she was gone. That, unfortunately was the end of the top water action for the day. Margarita continued to work the live bait, missing her first bass as it chased the shiner to the surface. She got too excited and the hook up was missed. After a few coaching words, Margarita didn’t miss another bass. We actually had to keep an eye on her, as she never said a word, we only knew she had one on when we heard the drag. Her big fish of the day came in at 5.1 pounds.
Mean while Carl was tossing around a Gitem Shad in watermelon red, with a small screw-in bullet weight. Flipping to grass bed edges, Carl managed some good quality bass, with his big bass of the day coming in at 5.2 pounds on the digital scale. These 2 had a great time on the water catching as Carl said “some good quality bass.”
Saturday we ended the week with my son wanting to head out to Butler and do some relaxing fishing using live bait. We hit Lake Butler and right off the bat he had the first bass of the day in less than 5 minutes of us being on the water. We pretty much just slowed trolled the live shiners around the grass beds with deeper water drop offs close by. My son landing 5 good solid bass caught within 2 ½ hours on live bait. A quick switch to a Fat A and he missed what looked to be close to a 4 pounder right by the boat. When he decided he was more than happy with his catch for the day, we headed back in.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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The past 2 weeks has seen some very good fishing action on Butler Chain, as well as a few days of some tough fishing. With a couple days of what was basically blue bird skies, made for a lot of moving around in order to catch some good quality bass. Days with the blue bird skies had us working deeper waters with live bait, fishing waters 10 to 20 feet deep in order to get good catches. The day before what is supposed to be our last cold front rolled thru, we had some great overcast skies, and that triggered some of the best top water action of the year so far. Lakes Butler and Louise were the top lakes when it came to the schooling action, and the High Roller Lures were getting creamed with 16 bass making it into the boat in 4 hours using the 4.25 High Roller in Perch and the 3.25 Rip Roller Florida Special doing all the catching, with bass weighing in from 2 to 3 ½ pounds.
Weekend saw the front roll thru and the bite did slow down pretty good, but with patience and persistence, the bass still did bite, with the bite very slow to start the day and picking up as the day warmed. As the Bligh brothers saw, Butler Chain has some good fishing action, as they spent 2 good days on the water catching some good bass, with Dennis landing the big bass coming in at 5.01 pounds and getting bragging rights between the three of them.
The soft plastics bite has been doing good, most of our catches have been coming using the Gitem Warlocks in June Bug and the Gitem Shads in Watermellon Red Shad, both with small pegged bullet weights and worked slowly. Spinner baits and Yozuri Rattlin Vibes have also produced some quality bass to 4 pounds in and around grass beds and eel grass, as well as scattered lily pads, areas of heavy lily pads have been best worked with the shads or warlocks real slow, almost dead sticked.
We ended the week with Shawn working artificial baits working Lake Butler and Lake Chase. Gitem Curly 10’s in Red Shad were the ticket to catching bass, although the numbers and size were down, as we experienced what seemed to be 3 different weather patterns. The day started out picture perfect with a slight breeze and heavy clouds, which fast turned into blue bird skies and no breeze to speak of. Catching a few here and there and missing several good bass as they came unbuttoned deep in the grass beds, and then the final weather change hit, stronger winds, all three weather patterns seemed to hit within 3 hours and definitely turned the bass of to hitting. Bites most of the day were very light, and you had to let them have the baits in order to land the catch. Grass bed edges or deep into the grass beds was the way to get them.
Till my next report,
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Week Ending March 11th
The past week I spent 6 days out on the Butler Chain with clients on a mix of trips again, some artificial and some live bait. First part of the week saw a very tough bite, even with live bait, as the bass were just mouthing the shiners and barely holding onto them. Sizing down on the shiners from Large to Mediums made the catch much better for the clients.
Shiners were all slow trolled in various depths of water, ranging from 4 foot to 22 feet deep, with numbers coming in the 4 to 8 foot depths, and size coming from waters 12 to 20 feet deep.
The artificial bite was fairly good for the most part, with the majority of the bass being caught on Gitem Shad, Gitem K.Os and Gitem Warlocks, dominate color being black with red flake and working baits very slowly with a 1/8th ounce screw in bullet weight.
Again working shallow waters, tossing baits all the way to shoreline, very tight to grass beds, and right up against the cypress trees in order to catch bass. Most bites were very light, so watching your line was very important. There was no spinner bait bite or even a rattle trap bite to speak of for most of the week. Several good bass were spotted cruising around the beds on several lakes, but for the most part, the beds were empty. Water temperatures were running 68 in the mornings and warming to as high as 72 by the end of the day. Look out, top water action is just around the corner.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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The last 2 weeks saw us on Butler Chain for 12 days with a mix of trips, a few trips with live bait and a few with all artificial trips. Start of the week saw for some very tough bite as the water temps had an almost 8 degree drop, which really had the bass on a serious case of lock jaw. Gitem Shads with a small bullet weight worked in and along grass beds worked very slow, and I stress VERY slow in order to get the bites.
Mid week saw the bite pick up as the water temps started reaching the upper 60’s and bass started heading to the beds, with several bass in the 5 and 6 pound class being caught in and around the beds. Once again it was Gitem Shads and 10 inch black neon worms getting the bass to bite with an occasional bass being caught on all white spinner baits.
The shiner bite is still going strong on several lakes on the chain, with a few lakes actually having a drop off with the live bait bite. Two very memorable trips involved two youngsters, first was Edward fishing with his father, we had spotted a buck on a bed, and decided to give Edward a crack at catching this bass, with 4 flips of the shiner to the bass, she would not touch it, so the 5th try, the buck had knocked the shiner off the bed, and at that moment, the female came flying out of the grasses and nailed the shiner and the fight was on. Edward had worked this bass perfect and landed a beautiful 5.4 pound bass.
The second was with 7 year old Nick and his dad Greg. Greg had a bass boil up on his bait twice, but she would not commit to it, when Nick got his bait up there, and in a split second, this bass hit his shiner like a freight train. Nick set the hook and the bass headed straight into the grasses and with a little effort, Nick got her out of the grass, and off to the docks she went, after a brief battle, Nick had a beautiful bass, 22 inches long with a 15 inch girth, weighing in at 6.05 pounds, perfect enough to get his Youth Angler Certification from the State of Florida.
With the weather holding steady, and a consistent air temp, the waters have been warming up slowly, which will mean one thing, bass will be really hitting the beds and the bigger gals will start being caught. Several lakes on the Butler Chain are loaded with beds, most have been empty the last few weeks, so they should be showing up any day now. One consistent pattern has been, even though the bass were not on the beds, they have been holding up very close to them with the bucks right there.
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Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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Last week I had trips on Johns Lake on the 22nd and 23rd, both days started out the same way, with some good schooling action first thing in the morning in the Deer Island cut and limited schooling action in the Horse Shoe area. Once the schooling activity passed, it was a lot of moving around and working grass beds and lily pads to catch the bass the rest of the day. Shiners of course were the top producer with bass up to 7 pounds being caught. Artificial baits that had produced were spinner baits, senko type baits and rattle traps. Winds both days had dictated how the bite was going to be, and it was a very light bite, with the spinner baits having to be slow rolled and soft plastics worked very slowly with a small bullet weight pegged, to help the bait with a slow fall rate, most hits came on that slow fall and were all in 5 to 8 foot of water.
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Butler Chain has been fishing pretty good, with a stable weather pattern, either extended warm or extended cooler periods, the bass have been active and feeding pretty good. Two of the top producers over the past 2 weeks has been Lakes Chase and Down. Grass beds have been the best way to catch the bass, some days it has been a case of working the outside edges and other days it has been working the inside of the grass beds, scattered and or thinned out grass beds have produced some good quality bass to 4 pounds slow rolling spinner baits through them, as well as using Gitem Shads or K.Os worked very slow.
Butler Chain bite has seemed to be a little better closer to high noon, with the sun warming the waters, with surface temperatures reaching 64 degrees. I have been noticing more bass beds showing up, but with fronts coming in, they have been getting pushed away from the beds for the most part, with several bass being caught that have already spawned, colder mornings and mornings right now in general have dictated a much slower presentation until the sun warms the waters, best action has come in waters ranging from 6 to 12 feet deep. For the beds that are currently empty, working the general area slow with anything from lizards to Senko type baits has yielded some good solid buck bass, as they are cruising the areas.
Last week I did come across some good schooling action on Lake Down, and a few days with warmer air temperature a few bass were pick up off beds, with most in the 4 to 5 pound range, with on bass not wanting to touch anything that was worked by her, until I tied on a HighRoller 5 inch Fingerling in the trout pattern, as soon as this lure made contact with the bass bed, the gal turned and pounced it without any hesitation.
Cooler weather this weekend, so slow down and be patient. Till my next report,
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Butler Chain as of late has been fishing pretty good, on the water Saturday saw a lot of boats doing the old run and gun in search for bass, and plenty were caught. Everything from spinner baits to 10 inch worms caught some very good quality bass with just over 16 pounds taking the prize at the end of the day. Bass were caught in just about any lake on the chain, and most seemed to be holding tight to the grass beds, previous days say the bass up in the grasses tight making you flip to get your catch, but with the weather change we had, and a slight warming, and with skies cloudy and a good breeze, the bass seemed to wander around a little more.
To show the diversity of catching bass on this great chain of lakes, bass were not only caught in and around grass beds, but a few were pulled from 20 foot + water depths, marking fish in deep waters and using jigs was the ticket in that situation. Bass have been spotted on beds, and schooling action has been very early morning, disappearing just as fast as they surfaced, with a few 5 pound class being caught in these schools. The top producing lake seemed to be Lake Down, working the grass edges, close to deeper water drop offs and slow rolling all white spinner baits.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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The past week I have had several days out on Johns Lake, some scouting trips and some with clients. The waters have held a fairly steady temperature in the mid to upper 60’s. Bass overall have been hitting good, with one day of having to plug away hard for our catch, as the front rolled thru. Errol from LA worked long and hard for his catch, with a few bass coming on shiners and a few coming on Gitem Shads. The father son Trio of Kevin, Matt and Mark caught bass a Cotton Cordell Super Spots and Gitem Shad. Both of those trips showed very limited to no schooling action at all.
Today I hit Johns Lake again, in search of more bass for future trips next week. With perfect weather conditions and heavy clouds to start the morning out, the bass were schooling in mass once again. Bass were caught on a wide range of lures. Long A’s caught a couple, Gitem Shads caught a few, with the Gitem Toad and High Roller Chug Roller in fire tiger color getting the most action. A lot of shoreline and flooded timber was covered with spinner baits and Super Spots to end the day around 10:00 with a total for the day at 18 bass. I did spot several bass beds in different areas with no bass on them, just a lot of cruising, other than the early morning bite, most of the fish were caught in less than 3 feet of water, with most following the baits from very shallow water before hammering the bait.
The bite was definitely good and aggressive, once the winds starting blowing, the bite died off, so instead of flipping the grass beds, I headed for the ramp and called it a day, and a very productive day at that.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!!
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The past week we have spent a few days out on Butler Chain following various bait fish pods and watching the schooling activity in many of the lakes. Schooling fish have been spotted on several of the lakes on the chain with the waters cooled down nicely and still very clean. Saturday was a day spent targeting several different areas working several different types of lures with great success at catching bass in the 2 to 4 pound range.
Lakes Blanche and Chase were good producers using all white spinner baits in and around grass beds in 4 to 6 foot of water, in a slow rolled fashion. Watermellon/red shad with a small bullet weight, not pegged, worked along grass edges and very slowly did pick up a few good slot sized bass, most bites were very light, but we have noticed an increase in the quality of the bite.
Lake Sheen seen some good bait fish pods located in the center area of the lake, so that was the main target area, tossing a Long A and working slowly, after the first cast was complete, I actually had to pick bait fish off the hooks, second cast produced a nice 3 pound bass, picking up 3 more in the same fashion, I made a move into Lake Pocket. Working shoreline areas and drop offs, I found once again the bite to be very light, but in this case it was much smaller bass so I headed out to Lake Tibet to end the day. Tibet had scattered schooling action, which I avoided as I was looking for a solid pattern and that pattern was not chasing schoolers around.
The pattern was dictated early on in the day, slow rolled spinner baits, shads weighted with a small bullet weight in and around the grass beds, located closer to deeper water dropoffs, and Long A’s and rattle traps on the outside edges of grass lines, again with a deeper water drop off close by. Big key was to work the baits slow, even the rattle traps and the bass would hit.
Till my next report
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We had a pretty good run out on Johns Lake Friday. Kevin from “Ultimate Fishing Site” came to fish Johns Lake and starting the day out was amazed at the schooling action he got to witness. Just as safe light cracked, the bass went to schooling in mass just about everywhere you looked in the Deer Island cut, catching quick bass with the lures he brought with him, the Bite Light Viper and the KickTail XL.
As the bite slowed down, artificials were used with a mix of shiners to keep the bite going, picking up a few more bass here and there with a few pickeral mixed in. Saturday saw us back at it again, Kevin, as well myself with high hopes of some more great schooling action first thing in the morning with the exact same weather conditions, saw no schooling action to speak of in Deer Island cut and no bites.
We made a move over to the Horseshoe, and there was some schooling action, but very scattered and very little, Kevin was tossing a deep diving crank bait, fan casting thru the cut and working a slower than normal retrieve managed to pick up several good bass once again, having one, after a descent fight come unbuttoned right next to the boat. Slow trolled shiners, left over from the day before yielded a few blow up, one smaller bass and a monster bowfin. Most bass caught were right in the 2 to 3 pound range, with the big bass coming in at a very nice 7.4 pounds.
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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This past week has been a week of tough bass fishing. With the major cold snap taking its toll on the bite the first part of the week, and the high winds at mid week, fishing SLOW was key to catching bass. Schooling activity on Johns Lake was “ok” at best, with bass feeding up and disappearing just as fast as they surfaced. Rattle Traps did catch a few here and there along with smaller swim baits worked slowly and deep as well as Carolina rigged Gitem Shads.
Swim baits and Carolina rigged baits worked best in the cuts and around any kind of drop off, most notably with at least a 2 foot drop off. Bass had been a little more scattered than in weeks past so patience was key to catching them. Rattle Traps as usual produced the numbers, covering a lot of water, working the cuts, drop offs and along as well as thru scattered grass beds.
Gitem KO’s and Gitem Shads had produced some good bass pitched into grass beds and dead sticking in the potholes of the grass beds. Bite has been light so line watching was very important. Top producing colors had been, Rattle Traps in Black/Chrome, Gitem Shad in white, swim baits pearl color and the Gitem KO in Baby Bass color.
Today we ended the week, Sunday the 26th with Mike Sr. and Mike Jr. out on the lake, Mike Sr. celebrating his 36 anniversary and his With Jackie surprising him with a trip bass fishing, and Mike Jr. sneaking into town without his dad knowing this morning.
Day started out with great promise as the guys got a quick double hook up, from there it ended up being fish scattered here and there and winds kicking 10 to 20 most of the day made the bite even harder. In all it was a great day on the water with two great guys, Mike Sr., retired US Navy/ US Coast Guard, and Mike Jr. still proudly serving in the US Army.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Today I was out on Johns Lake for a few hours. It has been awhile since I had been out here as the fishing had really dropped off with the high water temperatures. Today the waters were perfect, starting the day out right at 70 degrees and when I pulled off the lake 4 hours later, the temps had barely made a move. The day had started out in the cut to the Horseshoe, with no real signs of any schooling action, I had started chunking a spinner bait, and as I would retrieve it, I could feel the line drop off as it would get smacked but no hook ups, even with the trailer hook. I made a quick switch to the Mepps Mino and that was the ticket for the rest of the day.
Picking up 5 real quick bass in the first half hour I knew it was going to be a good day out there. I sat the Mepps down and tossed a 10 inch worm, Black with red flake for a few to try to get some deep water action in the cut, with only one serious bump which hooked up, a nice 4 pounder and that was it. Switching back to the Mepps and moving around the lake, working scattered grass beds and shallow waters, the Mepps Mino was the definite ticket as the total for the day was 16 bass to the boat, 3 more that shook off and of course the typical pickerel.
With the cooler water temperatures finally here, the action has definitely improved greatly. There was minimal schooling activity in scattered areas of the lake from the Horseshoe area to the cut going into Clear Lake, I did see two smaller schools in the main lake area and noticed in increase in size in bait fish pods.
Till my next report, Tight lines and great fishing!
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Thursday we were out on Butler Chain with David for what turned out to be some tough fishing. From bluebird skies to party cloudy, and little to no breeze at times, the bass definitely did not want to play as they had in days past. We had started out on Lake Chase, working a deep water drop off area for a few with no luck. Making the long move to Little Lake Down, we did manage to pick up two bass, one on a drop shot and the other on a shiner. Making the move out to Lake Down, David picked up 2 small ones on a rattle trap before we made the move to Lake Louise and trying some buzz baits and toads. I tried working a buzz bait across the top of the eel grass and turned to look behind the boat when the buzz bait got hosed by a descent 3 pounder.
Friday we were back out on Butler with Frank and Tom from the Villages. Again starting out in Lake Chase with no takers, we moved into Lake Blanche where Tom managed 3 quick keepers before the bite in there died off. The winds were starting to pick up, so I made a move into Lake Louise, where the guys were tossing spinner baits and working them thru the eel grasses, were again, Tom picked up 4 more good bass, leaving Frank scratching his head, Tom would simply cast in right behind Frank to catch the fish for the day. Water temps were a comfortable 74 degrees and the bass definitely played a lot better today. Cooler water temperatures have helped to turn these bass back on and things will only get better.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Monday the 23rd we spent the day on the water with Larry and Terry. With picture perfect weather as the cold front passed thru. Pattern from the past week now has been holding true, hitting areas on the chain in 6-8 foot of water, with a good drop off close by, meaning a drop off to 16 to 20 foot of water. Bass seem to be cruising back and forth from deep waters to grass beds and being in these areas has been the big key to getting the bigger bass, as Larry and Terry found out. Small bass of the day came in at 3.9 pounds and big bass, with a few twin look- a-likes came in at 4.7 pounds. Hits were very light, as they were taking baits and swimming them back towards the boats and the deeper waters, and the flip side, taking the baits in deeper waters and swimming back to shallow waters. Being a line watcher was a must.
Baits the last few runs have remained very consistent from spinner baits, senko type baits and wild shiners. Jigs and swim baits were also tried with no luck to speak of. Crappie fishing as reported to me by a few locals has been off and on using a drift pattern over deeper waters using minnows but it is expected to pick up with some great action as the waters start to really cool down.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Today we were once again out on Butler Chain, with conditions a little tougher.
Day started out sitting in line at the ramp for almost an hour, as without warning there was a tournament out here with a good amount of boats in it.
The day once again started out in Lake Chase, this has been the hot lake as of late, especially for getting the better quality bass to bite first thing in the morning, and they played well this morning catching a few good ones early on. Baits of choice once again were the spinner baits with a mix of live bait. Bass were holding on the drop offs and hitting the baits as they were worked up the drop offs from the deeper waters. This is a pattern that has been holding true for the better part of a week now, and with the cold front coming in, should hold true for at least another week.
Lake Sheen and Lake Tibet, the bite had slowed some for us, but we have been spotting some bait fish pods on the screen as of late so the bass should really start feeding up very soon, as long as we can keep a good cooler weather pattern going. Waters on most of the lakes have really cleared up which has dictated longer casts, Fluorocarbon lines and lighter lines to get the good bites.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Today we had the great pleasure with helping out in the Edgewood Boys Ranch day on the water. These kids were ready for a great time on the water and the weather, even though it got hot before noon time did not let us down. The kids were allowed to keep one fish each over 14 inches to bring back and weigh in, and at the end of the day, word was fish were being caught on just about ever lake on Butler Chain.
With an estimated 30 to 35 boats and 2 kids per boat that ment a lot of fishing and a ton of smiles. Bass were being caught on everything from wild shiners to slow trolled crank baits. The end of the day saw a great cookout and the kids all getting prizes from rods and reels to basketballs. These kids did a great job out on the water and it was a great pleasure being able to help out, the saying “take a kid fishing” means nothing unless you actually do it. Pictured is the two youngsters I had the great pleasure of having on my boat, pictured with a very nice 5.59 pound large mouth, which also was the winning fish for the day, as they took home the hardware and some darn big smiles. Sorry that my camera person didn’t zoom in on this one, she was a very healthy one and jumped great.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Today we spent doing some scouting on Butler Chain. Started out working different areas up in Lake Chase, catching a few good bass on a mixture of lures. Spinner baits, rattle traps and senkos. Did manage one good bass on a toad early on, but the was the only top water action I was able to muster up. From there I moved into Lake Blanche, working flooded timber and grass beds, picking up 3 more descent bass, had one that would have been close to 5 pounds, but 5 feet from the boat, I noticed she had locked down on the blades of my spinner bait, giving her some slack in hopes she would turn into the hook did not work.
Made a move into Lake Isleworth to end the days action, picking up 2 more bass for a total of 11 for the day. Water temps were holding steady at 77 degrees and waters were looking very good. All bass today came in water from extremely shallow to 6 foot.
Talked with a few others at the ramp, and they had said they spent their time down by Lake Down area, working spinner baits and rattle trap to catch their fish. Sounds like a consistent pattern throughout the chain right now. Two other gentlemen hit up he specks, drifting Lakes Tibet and Chase catching 14 of hat they called medium sized specks, but a good day. With the waters finally in the 70’s, the bite should really start to pick up, key to today was working the breezy side of the lakes, winds have been fairly consistent the last few days and bait fish were starting to stack up.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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The last few days we have had runs out on Butler Chain, although we have had cooler nights and the waters have cooled down nicely, starting the day out with a surface temperature in the upper 70’s, the bass have not turned on just yet. We have come across a lot of good sized schools running in 12 to 18 foot of water, but very little if any schooling action has been seen on the lakes we have been hitting. Little Lake Down and Lake Down have seen the deeper water schooling with us picking up a few here and there. Today we started the day on Lake Pocket, working shoreline and lily pads we had several serious blowups on a Gitem Toad but hook up were missed. From there Lake Blanche, which has been producing as of late yielded a few descent sized bass this week.
Lake Chase was the lake to be fishing, working spinner baits and toads, this lake has woken up with some good action. Fishing wind blown side of the lake is the key. Working grass beds and the edges and working slowly, areas close to drop offs, even a slight drop off has held some bait.
Lake Louise has been doing good with Carolina rigged lizards, working slowly thru the eel grass in 6 to 9 foot of water. Bait fish pods have been getting pounded a lot as of late with the diving birds so keep your eyes open.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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This past week we decided to mix things up a little bit and spent some time back out on the St Johns River and Lake Monroe. We had great weather all week long which made for great fishing conditions, water temps starting the day out in the upper 70’s an ending the days in the very low 80’s, what a nice change of pace that has been. Thursday we saw some schooling action, but other than that the waters had been pretty much calm.
Wide range of baits were used, from Sweat Beavers to rattle trap, only thing the traps got, were a few mullet that got snagged. Most action and fish caught were on the Beavers, Senko type baits and Fluke type baits. Lake Monroe itself fished pretty good, working grasses, hydrilla, and reed yielded some descent bass, but no aggressive hit, all the hits we got were very light taps, almost as if it were dinks hitting the bait, these bass were just picking up the bait and holding onto it, only reacting once you set the hook.
St Johns River itself looked pretty good, with a good flow, we were able to set a shoreline drift without having to tap the trolling motor, allowing us to be very stealthy closer to the shoreline, and flipping very tight to cover, again the bass were just very lightly tapping the baits, so you didn’t know if you were setting the hook on fish or weeds, so every tap you felt, you set the hook, although several bass were missed, with most coming unbuttoned close to the boat, they were showing good size, and very scrappy fighters. The big key to fishing the river, was finding submerged trees with scattered grasses around or very close by.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Today I hit East Lake Toho for a few hours, My old tournament partner wanted, for some reason to tackle East Lake and get away for a few hours. Normally East Lake is pretty much a last resort fishing spot, as it has not really been producing that great as of late.
We started the day out searching the deep water brush piles in hopes of finding a good bite, managing 3 nice crappie on a drop shot, now this is an awesome lake for crappie.
Making the move to shallow water and working Gitem KO’s in baby bass color, and Shads in watermelon red we did manage to pick up a few here and there in and around the reeds and scattered grasses. Bit was very soft, so you really had to pay close attention to your line. We had one very solid, hard hitting bite, and I mumbled it was a mudfish, and after a few minutes of a good fight, it was a 5 pound mudfish!
From there we made a move to check out Boggy Cove, a few weeks back it was tough going to get in there, if at all, but with the rains, the lake is up atleast a foot, so we ventured back there and tried our luck. Using the same baits, we slammed a bunch of bass, a total of 28, but the sad thing is, of the 28, only 3 were of keeper size and just barely at that, as you can tell in the pictures. Lake levels are looking good, and the waters are very clean, have not seen the waters this clean in a long time. Water temps started out at 82.4 first thing this morning and when we pulled off they were right around 83.9, cooler temps have made the bite a little better, with more schooling activity going on around the offshore hydrilla beds.
We did manage to spot several good bass, in the 4 to 6 pound class cruising in and around the scattered reed, but as you know, generally if you see them, they have also spotted you. Other than the small size, it turned out to be a fairly good day. If we get the waters to cool down maybe another 10 degrees this lake should really turn on good.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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Butler Chain
Today I had a good friend out on Butler Chain to help him scout out a few areas for a tournament he has coming up soon. We had started the day out in Lake Pocket working schoolies for about 20 minutes when they settled down, from there it was pitching docks and working shoreline with deep drop offs close by. With a move into Lake Sheen, the pattern had pretty much stayed the same, working shoreline that had deep drop offs close by and grass beds set up in waters 6-9 feet deep. Baits used in these 2 lakes were Mepps Minnows and Gitem Shads, with a small screw in weight.
Lake Isleworth, as usual was a good stop off for some drop shot action for about 45 minutes before making the move into Lake Louise, where we worked spinner baits and lizards thru the Eel grasses managing 2 descent bass in 12 foot of water.
Lake Down and Little Lake Down produced some good numbers using Gitem KO’s and Shads with no weight, and worked extremely slow in the 4-8 foot depths. Once again fish were just picking up the baits and moving slowly, so line watching was a big key to catching today. Fish were very scattered other than the schoolers on Lake Pocket. Total fish today was 16, with the best 5 coming in about 14 pounds. Not bad for numbers, but trust me on this folks, we had to work hard for the ones we caught, 16 fish with probably 20 moves around the lakes.
Hopefully the weather starts cooling down some soon, with the rains we have been getting, the water temps have come down a good bit, starting the day out with 83 degree water temps is a lot better than the 89 degree we had been seeing before the rains. Water levels out on Butler look great, and waters are still very clean with visibility in areas roughly up to 4 feet, we did hit a few areas where water depth was 9 foot and could clearly see the bottom, which makes for long casts and 10 pound test line.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Capt Tim Fey (Florida_bassin)
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John’s Lake September 6th
Today we did some more exploring on John’s Lake. Waters are still looking great out here, with water temps starting the day out at 85 degrees. Very light if any real breeze to speak of. We started the day in the cut to the Horseshoe, working the Gitem Drop and picking up 3 very quick bass before heading to the shorelines and doing some flipping.
Schooling activity was pretty much non existent this morning with only a few blows here and there but very small schools. Hitting the grass beds away from the cut to the horseshoe produced 2 descent bass on the Gitem Shad in watermelon red tight to the grass bed, before making another move to the main lake area.
Hitting the main lake grass beds was the key for the day, and fishing very slow was the only way to catch anything. Flipping the grass beds and just bouncing your bait around the holes produced a couple more bass. I did manage to flip a few of the docks out there and you had to work extremely slow doing so, pitching all the way under the docks and boats, and letting your bait just sit there, giving it an occasional twitch to get a strike. None of the hits today were by any means aggressive in nature, so paying close attention to your line was very important, as they would pick up the bait and slowly move, if at all.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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Today I went on a scouting trip on Butler Chain. I have received a few e-mails from people asking where the bass are hiding and what they are hitting on. I started the day in Lake Louise, simple and basic pattern was running the edges tossing a Baby Bass colored KO from Gitem Baits. Working the shallow water grass beds in 4 to 6 foot and tossing directly at the cypress tress, and letting it fall to the base of the tree yielded 3 descent sized bass. The bite was real soft, as they seemed to pick up the baits and just hold onto it with moving so you really had to watch your line very closely.
I did stumble on 2 different schools in Lake Louise picking up another 12 on a Little George. Although the schooling fish are generally not very big in size, ranging from 1 ½ to 2 ½ pounds, I did manage a 3 pounder from one of the schools, always fun nailing schoolers though.
From there I made the move back into Lake Isleworth and started tossing the Gitem Drop, working it slowly along the grass edge with mixed in pads, picking up 4 more descent sized bass before calling it a day.
I did notice that the deep water bite had slowed down some for me, as this time of year I am usually getting them in 10 to 20 foot of water. Today they seemed to be suspended on the drop offs somewhat and always close to some type of cover or structure, the big key was to fish VERY slow and pay close attention to your line, and if you were around the grasses, watching for grass being moved around by fishing moving thru.
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Looking for affordable fishing guide in the Orlando area. Preferably a large 30-50 person boat to keep the costs down. Somewhere around 50bucks a person maybe?
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Lake Toho this past week you would thought you were in alaska when you see the pics of my clients. A cold front came thru on fri and the wind was tough, but the Bass loved it. Fri Sat and Sun despite haveing to bundle up on the run to the holes it was great fishing and each day saw clients bringing over 20 fish to the boat on each trip. Joy Ruasell landed 3 over 5 a 6 a 6 1/2 and a 7 1/2 and her Husband was on her coattails with 4 over 5 and a 6 and several 2to 3. Brent, Glen and myself all had good days in # and size.
Patterns for artificial are flukes and worms early and late afternoon
Live bait is whats happening as bass are feeding on shad heavy early morn.
Crappie are loving this cool spell.
Its your time to try your luck at catching a Trophy so come on down, give me a call 270-579-1042 or e-mail JPassmore1@cfl.rr.com
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Lake Toho In Kissimmee Fla. Is hot and getting hotter as the weather is great Water temp last week was in the upper 50 to 61 and as a warm front came thru on Fri warmed it to 67 on tues and the bass are loving it. Lake has good color and bass are chaseing shad as they feed before spawning and they are showing it in size and weights. Check out this weeks pics www.fishcentralfla.com. Tropheys are awaiting you, from now to mid May is rod bending times 1/4/06 Cap"t Jim |
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This week I had a few fly anglers that scored quality reds on Mosquito Lagoon. Calm conditions prevailed thru mid-week, but Tropical Storm Katrina is bearing down on Southeast Florida and will blow out Mosquito Lagoon for a few days. Congratualtions to Robert Dempsey and Scott Newman for getting their first big redfish on fly...and I can't forget Michelle Dempsey for catching her first Mosquito Lagoon monster pictured below...
What we in Florida now have to deal with the next few days...Tropical Storm Katrina:
Mosquito Lagoon Fishing just 45 minutes from Orlando! Catch Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon Redfish, Seatrout and more with Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Guide Capt. Rob Blake. Premier Orlando Fishing destination...Multiple Boat and Corporate Fishing Charters available. Call 1-866-RED-DRUM toll free or 321-544-5041 cell.
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Capt. Rob Blake (Capt_rob_blake)
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Orlando Fishing - Mosquito Lagoon - Indian River Fishing Report- Only 30 minutes from Orlando!
Fishing on the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River has picked up from a somewhat slow week before. Every day has been nearly slick calm, making it very easy to see the redfish tailing and pushing wakes. The big fish we have caught have been a test in patience, but my anglers have been up to the task and walked away with a trophy fish.
Those targeting trout should have absolutely no problem staying very busy with top water plugs and jigs. In the very near future, we’ll use the top water plugs on the big reds and watch them knock the plugs clear out of the water. This action can be so good that there have been times we remove the hooks form the plugs just to watch 20-40 pound reds “blow-up” on them.
The FLW Redifsh Series is in town next week, so I’m heading to the Keys. There are over 145 boats entered in this tournament and we are already seeing significantly increased pressure on the lagoon. Next week should be “wall-to-wall” boats running all over the place…I needed an excuse to get back to the Keys anyway.
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Mosquito Lagoon Fishing just 45 minutes from Orlando! Catch Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon Redfish, Seatrout and more with Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Guide Capt. Rob Blake. Premier Orlando Fishing destination...Multiple Boat and Corporate Fishing Charters available. Call 1-866-RED-DRUM toll free or 321-544-5041 cell.
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Capt. Rob Blake (Capt_rob_blake)
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Mosquito Lagoon - Indian River Fishing Report- Only 30 minutes from Orlando!
Fishing on the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River has picked up from a somewhat slow week before. Every day has been nearly slick calm, making it very easy to see the redfish tailing and pushing wakes. The big fish we have caught have been a test in patience, but my anglers have been up to the task and walked away with a trophy fish.
Those targeting trout should have absolutely no problem staying very busy with top water plugs and jigs. In the very near future, we’ll use the top water plugs on the big reds and watch them knock the plugs clear out of the water. This action can be so good that there have been times we remove the hooks form the plugs just to watch 20-40 pound reds “blow-up” on them.
The FLW Redifsh Series is in town next week, so I’m heading to the Keys. There are over 145 boats entered in this tournament and we are already seeing significantly increased pressure on the lagoon. Next week should be “wall-to-wall” boats running all over the place…I needed an excuse to get back to the Keys anyway.
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Mosquito Lagoon – Indian River Fishing Report
Although we have been targeting slot-sized redfish over the past few days, the patient angler can be rewarded with a monster redfish up to 40 pounds from the Lagoon. Water levels have been on the rise the past 2 days, up from extremely low levels earlier in the week.
This week’s outstanding catch was made by Mr. Kent Anderson from Geneseo, Illinois as pictured below:
Those looking for constant action should target drop-offs for aggressive seatrout. Topwater plugs have been very productive the first 2 hours, switching to dark colored jigs as the heat of the day sets in. Look for off-colored water and glass-minnows for the biggest concentrations of seatrout.
Tarpon, Jacks, and BIG Ladyfish are also providing some opportunities. The Tarpon have been located around large schools of pogies in six to ten feet of water.
The bull redfish action should be picking up in the near future. At times it won’t matter what you throw at them, whether it be live bait, plugs, or the kitchen sink.
Mosquito Lagoon Fishing just 45 minutes from Orlando! Catch Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon Redfish, Seatrout and more with Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Guide Capt. Rob Blake. Premier Orlando Fishing destination...Multiple Boat and Corporate Fishing Charters available. Call 1-866-RED-DRUM toll free or 321-544-5041 cell.
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Mosquito Lagoon - Indian River Redfish Fishing Report- Just 45 minutes from Orlando
Although the bull redfish continue to be the “show-stoppers” on the Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon, we have had a very good trout bite as of late. It is not uncommon to catch 20-50 trout within the first 2 hours of the morning on topwater plugs, soft plastic jerkbaits and jigs.
Large schools of Pompano have also been roaming the Indian River flats and provide a nice fight and GREAT table fare for those armed with the right color jigs.
In about 4-6 weeks, the redfish spawn should be in full swing and anglers lucky enough to have the right conditions may enjoy some of the best fishing of the year for redfish in the 15-40 pound class. This is THE time to get a monster redfish on fly.
Pictures of this week’s outstanding catch can be viewed at www.redfishonfly.com/reports
Mosquito Lagoon Fishing just 45 minutes from Orlando! Catch Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon Redfish, Seatrout and more with Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Guide Capt. Rob Blake. Premier Orlando Fishing destination...Multiple Boat and Corporate Fishing Charters available. Call 1-866-RED-DRUM toll free or 321-544-5041 cell.
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Subject: Report for West Lake Toho/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers..........
Fishing during this period has been really good. If you want to catch a lot
of Bass, try using Topwater lures first thing in the mornings and early
evenings........ Look for areas where the Hydrilla is matted out on the
surface. Poppers and Prop Baits are working best. The hot color seems to be
White with a Red Throat. Make sure that you downsize your lure....the
smaller, the better!
Cast your lures around the edges of the matted out Hydrilla. Let the lure sit
there until all of the rings have disappeared. Then jerk it hard two times
and Deadstick it for thirty seconds. Deadsticking is when you let your lure
sit motionless. Repeat this procedure again. Many of the best hits are
coming when you are Deadsticking your lure. As the sun comes out and it
starts to get hot, switch to Bass Assassin 5" Shads in White or Pink colors.
Cast them onto the matted out Hydrilla and work them back to the boat in a
"Walk the dog" style. When you come to a hole in the Hydrilla, let it sink
in the hole and give it a twitch or two. Then work it out of the hole and on
to the next hole ....... all the way back to the boat. Most of the Bass that
we are catching with this method are in the 1 to 3 pound range, with the
occasional Bass of 4 to 7 pounds.
Be careful out on the lakes, the water is extremely shallow and could do a
lot of damage to your boat and your motor. Wild Shiner fishing continues to
be great!!!
Until next week, KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT ' CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE!! and
great fishing to you all!
Capt. Bob Bloom
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Capt Bob Bloom
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Subject: Report for Wwest Lake Toho/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers,
This week there is good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first? I'll start with the bad, because the good is very, very good. All anglers must be careful while fishing on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes. This is because the water levels are extremely shallow in many spots. Where there was once 4' of water there is now 1 1/2 to 2'. So watch out, because your boat could hit something and the only thing that you would catch is havoc!
The good news is that fishing is great, even on Artificials. On recent trips
we have been catching 20 to 30 Bass a day. Many of these Bass are being
caught on Top Water lures first thing in the morning. You want to look for areas of thick matted out Hydrilla and cast your Top water lure to the edges and slowly work your lure back to the boat.
Hold on tight when you set the hook! We are catching a lot of 4 1/2 lb. to 7
lb. fish out of this Hydrilla. Big fish of last week on Artificials went 9.78 lbs. Hot colors have been Black, Firetiger and Silver with blue.
Wild Shiner fishing is amazing! We have been using 6 to 7 dozens of Shiners
during a half day trip and up to 10 dozens on a full day trip. Last week, the most fish caught during a single day's charter fishing was 27 Bass!! Look for the same areas as above and cast your Shiners around it, into the holes. Last week, big fish on Shiners went 9.3 lbs.
Places to try on West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho) are Wilson's Cove, outside of
Big Grassy, Gobbett's Cove and South of Brown's Point. Lake Cypress is fully
loaded with Hydrilla, so the entire lake is worth a try. On Lake Kissimmee,
try the Back of North Cove, School Bus, Lemon Point and 7 Palms.
Until next week............... KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE! and great fishing to you all!!
Capt Bob Bloom
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Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
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Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Welcome fellow anglers............
Fishing has been out of this world! We have been catching some really monster Lunker Bass on the last couple of trips out. On each of my last three trips we have put a bass of at least 8 lbs in the boat.
Lets see, a 8.2, 8.5, 9.3, 9.8 and an 11.1..... all on LARGE WILD SHINERS! and yesterday, on a Topwater lure, my client put a 10.7 pounder in the boat. This bass was 27.25 inches long with a 21 inch girth. If you really want to catch that trophy of a lifetime now is the time to use shiners.
Remember, if you are going to be fishing for these LUNKER BASS you need to match your equipment to the bait and Bass that you are going after. First off, you need a rod and reel that can handle an 8" to 12 " shiner. So a 7 foot heavy action rod is required. Next, you need a reel that is up to the task, so a Abu Garcia 5500 to 6500 spooled with 30 lb test is nessessery. Make sure that with all of the Hydrilla that these Lunkers are in, you tighten your drag as tight as it will go........... If they get into the Hydrilla and you can not horse them out of it in a couple of seconds............. they are gone!
With this heavier equipment, when you set the hook ( straight up) you also turn their heads up and out of the Hydrilla. You must also match your hook so a 5/0 to 6/0 weedless Kahale hook is absolutely necessary. And last off, you do want to use a float to keep your shiner above the Hydrilla so that it does not get all full of weeds. You probably think that I am crazy using such heavy equipment for Bass fishing, but when you hook into a LUNKER BASS of 9 lbs or more and want to get it into the boat, heavy equipment is absolutely nessessery. Look for areas in 4' to 7' of water with a lot of submerged Hydrilla.
We have also been catching a lot of Bass by flipping Craws and 5" to 6" Paddletail worms. The colors that are working best for me are black bluetail, redshad and salt and pepper. On West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho) South Steer Beach has been great. First thing in the mornings we have also been having a great topwater bite.
Until next week.............. KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE! and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
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Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Report for West Lake Toho/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers..........
Bass fishing on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes moves from good to excellent,
depending on the weather. But, it hasn't gone below "good" in any case,
during this time period.
Because of the recent cold front blowing in, you must fish as slowly as
possible, if you want to put some Bass in the boat. Look for areas of open
water Hydrilla and cast Rattletraps. Cast your lures around the edges first
and then cast to the middle and rip it through the Hydrilla.
Many of the Bass have moved to the inside edges of the grass. Try Texas
Rigged worms in darker colors such as Black Blue Tail, Redshad and Junebug.
If you are fishing the thicker grass, use as light a weight as you can cast.
Remember to work your worms slowly. Also look for areas of thick cover and
flip it. You may have to use up to a 1 oz. weight to penetrate the cover
while flipping.
Wild Shiner fishing has been terrific! Now is the time of the year you want
to use 6" to 10" shiners. This week, clients of mine have been putting 6 to
20 Bass in the boat during the course of a day's outing. Many of these Bass
are in the 7 pound to 10 pound size with the big one weighing in at 12.2 lbs.
On West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho), areas to try are: North Steer Beach, Big
Grassy Island, Brown's Point and Friar's Cove. On Lake Kissimmee, give a go
to: The Back of North Cove, Lemon Point, Grassy Island and Bird Island.
Crappie (Speck) fishing has improved with the water temperatures cooling off.
Look for a fleet of boats and join in. You will catch fish!!
Until next week: KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE!!
and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Report for West Lake Toho/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers.................
Bass fishing on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes is excellent! Many of the
bigger Bass have moved into the shallows where there is heavy cover. Look
for areas of 2 1/2' to 3 1/2' of water. You want to use Buzz Baits in dark colors, first thing in the mornings. Black has been working best for me on recent guide
trips. Cast your Buzz Bait across the front of the heavy cover. As the Buzz
Bait is about to hit the water, start reeling so that it is moving towards
you when it hits the water. You want to work your Buzz Bait as slowly as you
can so that it stays on the surface of the water instead of sinking.
If you do not get any hits with this method, it is then time to get out your
Flipping Stick. Crawfish in Redshad, Black and Blue, JuneBug and Salt and
Pepper are working best. On recent guide trips my clients have landed a lot
of Bass from 3 1/2 pounds to 7 pounds, using this method of fishing.
Wild Shiner fishing continues to be amazing!! Fish the same places as above.
If the cover is too thick for your Shiners to swim around, move to 4' to 5'
of water where Lily Pads and Hydrilla are mixed together. The biggest Bass
in the boat this past week was 8 1/2 pounds. In order to land some big Bass,
you want to use larger Shiners 8" or longer.
Until next week, KEEP Y0UR KNOTS TIGHT, CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE! and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Report for Disney area/Kissimmee chain
Welcome fellow anglers......................
Bass fishing on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes moves from good to excellent,
depending on the weather. But, it hasn't gone below "good" in any case,
during this time period.
Because of the recent cold front blowing in, you must fish as slowly as
possible, if you want to put some Bass in the boat. Look for areas of open
water Hydrilla and cast Rattletraps. Cast your lures around the edges first
and then cast to the middle and rip it through the Hydrilla.
Many of the Bass have moved to the inside edges of the grass. Try Texas
Rigged worms in darker colors such as Black Blue Tail, Redshad and Junebug.
If you are fishing the thicker grass, use as light a weight as you can cast.
Remember to work your worms slowly. Also look for areas of thick cover and
flip it. You may have to use up to a 1 oz. weight to penetrate the cover
while flipping.
Wild Shiner fishing has been terrific! Now is the time of the year you want
to use 6" to 10" shiners. This week, clients of mine have been putting 6 to
20 Bass in the boat during the course of a day's outing. Many of these Bass
are in the 7 pound to 8 pound size.
On West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho), areas to try are: North Steer Beach, Big
Grassy Island, Brown's Point and Friar's Cove. On Lake Kissimmee, give a go
to: The Back of North Cove, Lemon Point, Grassy Island and Bird Island.
Crappie (Speck) fishing has improved with the water temperatures cooling off.
Look for a fleet of boats and join in. You will catch fish!!
Until next week: KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE!!
and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
Fax: (407) 931-2246
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Subject: Report for West Lake Toho/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers,
Bass fishing has been very good. We have been catching multiple limits of bass on our full day trips. With all the rain that we have had, West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho ) is almost at full pool.
A lot of the bass we are catching on wild shiners are in the 4 to 7 lb class, with an 8 to 9.5 lber toping off most days. If you want to catch that LUNKER of a lifetime, now through April is the time of the year to do it.
Our spawn is just about to kick into full gear! A lot of the bass have moved back into the grass with the rising water levels. We have been catching a lot of bass on artificials in the North Steer Beach area.
You want to get out your flipping stick and work the area over as slowly as you can. Look for areas with grass clumps that have a lot of hydrilla on one side of the clump. Most of our boated fish have been caught on a craw rigg or a jig head. Dark colors are working best.
Other areas to look for fish is where the water is flowing. The mouth of Shingle creek and in front of the locks have been really good. Also anywhere down the Chain of Lakes will be excellent. But if you really want a shot at that LUNKER OF A LIFETIME use large ( and I mean large ) wild shiners.
Until next week: KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE ....... and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
Fax: (407) 931-2246
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Subject: Report for West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho)/ Disney a
Welcome fellow anglers................
As the year 2002 ends, the fishing on West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho) is excellent.
The lake is being "drawn down" to deal with the Hydrilla that is out of control.
As the water levels drop, the Bass search for the deepest water in the lake. When
you find the right spot, you realize that they will be stacked up in that area.
A good
place to look for these schools of Bass are in the deeper water around the matted out
Hydrilla clumps.
Most of the Bass that we are catching in these areas are in the 3 to 7 lb size range.
If you really want a chance at that LUNKER BASS of a lifetime, use a large wild shiner...... the bigger the better. As I have been known to say, "if its not big enough to hang on the wall, its bait".
Be careful on the lake as the water levels are low and there are numerous areas where you can bottom out your boat. If fishing with artificials you want to fish as slowly as possible . Flipping seems to be working best. Use dark colored paddletail worms. Redshad and Black are the best colors at this time. Make sure that you use a weight that is heavy enough to penetrate the Hydrilla. If you want to gain an advantage over these Lunker Bass, use 50 lb spiderwire. When the Bass hit, they go right into the thickest hydrilla that they can find. The spiderwire cuts right through this hydrilla and lets you turn them and muscle them out.
Here's wishing that every one has a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Until next week:
KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE! and great fishing to you all!!
Capt. Bob Bloom
http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
407-931-3118
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Subject: Report for Disney area/West Lake Toho
Welcome fellow anglers.....................
As sure as the middle of December arrives, so do the cold fronts that we are now experiencing. Mother Nature again makes it necessary for the angler to be more crafty and cunning in order to land a big one. If "artificials" are your game, rule number one that you must fish extremely slowly.
Next you need to find the heaviest cover around. When you find this cover, fish the matted out Hydrilla clumps. Get out your Flipping Stick......... Use a weight that is heavy enough to penetrate the thick Hydrilla. And most importantly, you want your presentation to be as slow as possible!
If it is a Blue Bird day and it is cold on the water, you can find the most Bass right under the surface of the matted out Hydrilla. The water warms faster under the Hydrilla, so the fish huddle under it to keep warm....especially when the temperature of the water is in the 40's. Paddle tail worms in dark colors are working best. Remember to fish as slowly as you can!
Shiner fishing is good at this time. We have been putting from six to fifteen Bass in the boat in a day's fishing. Big fish of last week went 8.6 pounds.
Areas to try of West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho) are, Wilson's Cove, Whaley's Landing, Reedy Island and North Steer Beach. On Lake Cypress try the numerous clumps of Hydrilla. On Lake Kissimmee the best places are, South side of Brahma Island and Grassy Island. The Specks (Crappie) are starting to school up in Gobbett's Cove.
Until next week........... KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE!! and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
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Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Central Florida Fishing Reports
As of November 1, 2002 the Drawdown of Lake Toho on the Kissimmee chain will start. Now is the time to reserve your trip to fish this lake, and a wonderful opportunity that will only happen once in a while. Between now and the end of next May, Bass Fishing will be incredible. Forget about Stick Marsh and Okeechobee. Forget about California and Mexico, you need to fish Lake Toho during the Drawdown. Records can be broken.
Lake Toho ( October 31, 2002 ) - The word is given. The Drawdown of Lake Tohopekaliga in Kissimmee will commence on November 1, 2002. Bass Fishing is going to take on a whole new meaning. If you ever wanted to tangle with a Trophy Bass, and possibly get your name on the records, you need to be here sometime between now, and next May. Forget about Okeechobee, and the Stick Marsh. Forget all you read about California, and Mexico. This is going to be an experience. The last time there was a full drawdown of this lake in the mid 80's, it was not uncommon to catch 75 to 100 bass per day, and catch several of these fish over ten pounds, Every Day!
This has been one of the best fishing lakes in Florida in the past several years. Back in January 2001, Dean Rojas set Two World Records with his amazing performance on Toho, and our clients have been catching bigger fish in the last few years than ever. Now all of these wonderful fish that swim in this 22,000 acre lake are going to be condensed down to a lake about 12,000 acres. It will be like fishing in the deep end of a shallow swimming pool. For more information about this wonderful time, read our article entitled "Drawdown".
Bass fishing over the last few weeks has been pretty good. We had a 2 boat trip out just last week for an afternoon 4 hour trip, and between the two boats we caught an impressive 60 fish, with 5 over five pounds, and one that weighed over 8 pounds. Most of our trips have been equally as successful on lake Toho lately. The bass are schooling out in open water around hydrilla. Large wild shiners are accounting for more of the larger fish, but we are having great success with Zoom Super Flukes in White, Smoking Shad, and Watermelon, Rattle Traps, Spinerbaits, and even early using Chug Bugs. Over the last week, the fish have been active all day long.
Right now we recommend a 6 or 8 hour trip on Toho. It is still a little warm in the middle of the day, but the fish are biting all day, and most of the bigger fish are being caught after 9am. We do expect the temperature to start cooling down as early as next week. Call us now to make your reservation to catch your next Trophy Bass.
Indian River, Mosquito Lagoon ( October 31, 2002 ) Just yesterday, we were on the flats in mosquito lagoon. The wind howling about thirty miles an hour, and the Redfish were being difficult. We did get a few nice blow-ups, but the fish were non-committal so we decided to take a little run to find some small Tarpon in the river. What a great Idea this was. We sat in a small area and found some tarpon rolling around on the surface. We threw some Live finger mullet to them, and then it got exciting. We had jumped over 14 tarpon, and got several nice ones to the boat. You can see the pictures of them on our saltwater photo album.
Tarpon season typically is in May and June around south Florida which is when they are best, but there is a small window in late October and November when you can find some smaller tarpon running around in the Indian River. These are usually around 20 to 90 pounds, and very exciting on light tackle, and fly rods. We have found several places where these tarpon are holding up. When winds allow, fly fishing for a 30 to 40 pound tarpon on a nine weight fly rod is a blast.
Most of the saltwater flats trips as of late have been pretty good. We are finding some nice schools of reds, and plenty of trout. Right now most of the trout are holding out in 3 to 5 foot of water on grass flats, and the reds are cruising through the shallows feeding on finger mullet. Plenty of these in the river right now too because of the fall mullet run! We are finding most of our trout on 1/4 ounce Cotee Jigs with 4 inch Gotcha Grubs in White, Red or Chartreuse. We are also getting some great trout on Storm's Chug Bug. Trout on top water is a blast. Reds are feeding on finger mullet, and we are also getting some good ones on Gold Spoons, and Zoom Super Flukes in white, or bubble gum. They are also hitting pretty good on Mirror Lures Top Dog in Black or Green. Winds are a big factor in where, and how to fish for them.
On a last note, Bass season is picking up and the spawn is close at hand. If you are coming down to do some fishing you might want to give the bass an equal shot. With the drawdown of Lake Toho confirmed, bass fishing is going to be spectacular. Be sure to check our photo's and look for some new client video's recently added.
God Bless & Tight Lines,
Capt. Tony Weatherman
Champion Pro Guide Services Central Florida
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Subject: Central Florida Fishing Reports
Important News - Snook season opened September 1st , and we still do not know about the draw down on Toho. keep checking here for the latest updated information.
Lake Tohopekaliga - ( September 11, 2002 ) The rough weather from the tropical storm has dumped yet more water into the Kissimmee Chain, and the water is moving again. Fishing for bass is getting better as we start getting ready for a nice fall pattern. The best time to fish right now is early mornings. After 11 am the bite goes slow, and the fish are really sluggish. The method that is doing best right now is to fish live shiners over hydrilla in moving water. For the artificial person, we are still doing great with the Zoom Super Flukes, and the French Fry rigged Carolina style in moving water, and around the Kissimmee grass. I still recommend that you try to fish two half day trips right now for the bass, instead of one Full day trip. The bite is so much better in the mornings, and not so good in the afternoons. As far as size, the bass are averaging 2 to 4 pounds with a good size coming in between 6 to 9 pounds more frequently. Stick Marsh, and other area lakes right now are still very slow. The Kissimmee chain is doing the best for large fish. For even bigger fish you may want to try the saltwater fishing right now. We are catching great fish. read the report, and check out the photo album to see for yourself what our clients are catching.
Saltwater Flats - ( September 11, 2002 ) Saltwater Fishing is at the high point in the season for Trophy Redfish, Snook, Real big Jacks, Bonita, Mackerel and some permit thrown in on the south end of the Indian River. We have been averaging between 13 to 25 redfish per trip, with some as big as 35 pounds. These really big horses are riding in on tide changes near the port, and other inlets in the area. Snook season started on the first of September and the snook are very eager to pull a line. On the flats in Mosquito Lagoon last week we nailed 8 nice Reds and about 40 trout in just under 6 hours on the water. During a recent client trip to Sebastian Inlet we pulled in 29 Redfish all of which were over the slot limit. The fall mullet run will bring in some of the bigger redfish to feed, along with other species eager to feast upon the swarm of mullet that will invade the shallow waters. Have a look at our photo album and see some of these big fish coming in, then call us to get your reservation to catch your own fish like these. See ya soon.
If you would like to make a reservation to fish with us, please call our toll free number at 1-888-715-7661. Check out the updated photo's on our website, and be sure to call in advance for reservations.
God Bless & Tight Lines.
Capt. Tony Weatherman
Champion Pro Guide Services Central Florida
http://www.championbass.com
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Capt Bob Bloom
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Subject: Report for West Lake Topo/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers........................
If you want to catch some fish, you must get out on the water before sunup
and be sitting in your spot as the sun is rising. It has been an extremely
early bite in the mornings. The water temperatures have been in the mid to
upper 80's. Shiners have been producing some nice Bass, weighing up to 7
pounds. Look for areas of deeper water with open water Hydrilla.
Cast your Shiner around the edges or in the holes of the Hydrilla. When you
get a hit, you must be a little quicker to set your hook. These Bass grab
your Shiner and head into the thickest Hydrilla. For this type of fishing
you want to use a 7 foot to 7 1/2 foot heavy action rod. The perfect reel
for this type of fishing is an ABU Garcia 5500 or 6500 spooled with at least
25 pound test and the drag tightened all the way down. As soon as you hook
these Bass, you must turn their heads towards the boat or they will get into
the Hydrilla and you will lose them.
Areas to look for open water Hydrilla on West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho) are:
the outside of Big Grassy Island, Brown's Point and Gobbett's Cove, outside
of the Pump House. On Lake Cypress, the Hydrilla in the middle of the Lake
is thick. Areas to try on Lake Kissimmee are: the South side of Brahma
Island, around Marker #9 and the Back of North Cove.
If you do not want to sweat and suffer the heat, try night fishing. When it
cools off around 11 PM, the Bass are getting active. Try using darker
colored Buzz Baits. Hold onto your rod tightly because when these Bass hit,
they hit hard. Make sure you bring a lot Bug Repellent, which is the bad
news about night fishing, or you will be eaten alive.
Until next week: KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE! and
great fishing to you all.
Capt Bob Bloom
http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Central Florida Reports
We are still waiting for word on the draw down of Lake Toho scheduled for this November, it looks like it will most likely happen, and if it does, Records can be caught during this time. Check back here for the latest developments.
Lake Tohopekaliga - ( July 24, 2002 ) Bass fishing on the Kissimmee chain has been hit or miss. Some days on Toho you can catch 15 to 35 bass, and other days it is slower with just a 8 to 15 fish. Size has been a little smaller with our largest fish over the last few weeks weighing in at 7 pounds. Most fish right now being caught are weighing in between 2 to 5 pounds average. Several of the trips in the last few weeks have been great though. Right now the best fishing is early in the morning. We are catching bass on small shiners right now, and doing real good with Zoom Flukes and Carolina rigged French Fries. hot colors are Watermelon, and Smoke. The best tactic we have been using is to find moving water. With all of the rain lately, this is not a problem. After the sun gets up good, fishing starts to slow just a bit. This is when you want to slow down and fish near deeper grass lines with a worm, or slow roll a spinnerbait. If you are coming down to Florida to go bass fishing try to schedule yourself for 2 half day morning trips if you can, instead of one full day trip. Also consider fishing the flats for big Redfish right now, they are doing fantastic. See you on the water.
Saltwater Flats - ( July 24, 2002 ) The Saltwater Flats are doing absolutely fantastic. We are averaging between 5 to 14 Redfish per trip, with some over 30 inches. Trout are also doing exceptionally well right now with some of these going over 25 inches. Each trip out on the flats we are catching between 20 to 50 trout per trip, and many of them on Got-Cha grubs. Most of the Redfish are caught on live mullet, but we are doing good with Mirror Lures Top dog in Black, and Zoom Super Flukes in White, Lemon, and also Bubble Gum. Most of the Redfish are lying real shallow right now, but you have to find some clear water. With all of the rain in the lagoon lately, there is a lot of dirty water, and the saline content is low. All of the bigger Trout have been coming from water depths of 3 to 5 feet deep. For off shore action, we are doing real good with Shark, and last week, some clients caught some dolphin, which are a blast. Bonita and really big Jacks are also on the off shore menu. With bass fishing slow, and saltwater fishing doing so well, come on down and try it out.
If you would like to make a reservation to fish with us, please call our toll free number at 1-888-715-7661. Check out the updated photo's on our website, and be sure to call in advance for reservations. Remember we are the original Trophy Bass and Saltwater Flats Specialists in Central Florida, everything else is just a copy!
God Bless & Tight Lines.
Capt. Tony Weatherman
Champion Pro Guide Services Central Florida
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Subject: Report for West Lake Toho/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers.................
Bass fishing with artificials, early in the mornings has been good. When the
time gets to be around 10 AM, things start to change and the fishing switches
from good to difficult. By things, I mean that the water temperature starts
reaching the upper 80's and the fish run for cool cover.
Try to be out on the water at first light and look for areas of outside grass
lines near open water Hydrilla. Topwater fishing is really good this early.
Cast your lure or Buzzbait to the edge of the grass lines and work it back to
the boat slowly. If you are going to use Buzzbaits, Black or Dark Blue have
been the hot colors. If you do not get any hits, try moving out to the open
water Hydrilla. Try using Buzzbaits or Soft Jerkbaits. Cast your lure over
the Hydrilla and work it slowly, over the Hydrilla, back to the boat.
Another method of fishing this Hydrilla is to use Rattletraps or Long "A"
Bombers..... cast them along the edges of the Hydrilla. When your lure gets
hung up in the Hydrilla, rip it free! This is when you will get 90 percent
of your hits.
Wild Shiner fishing is excellent. Look for the same areas as above and cast
your shiner into them. If you are Shiner fishing in the Hydrilla, you must
be a little faster to hook these fish because they take your bait and head
into the thickest Hydrilla and then they become almost impossible to hook.
Late night fishing has been very good. Make sure to take a lot of bug spray
with you or you may be carried away by the little varmints. Be careful of
afternoon thunder storms, and bring some protection from a possible deluge.
Make sure to drink lots of fluids when fishing in this hot weather to avoid
heat exhaustion.
Until next week: KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE! and great fishing to you all!!
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Report for Disney area/Kissimmee chain
Welcome fellow anglers....................
All of the rain we are having lately the lakes are full of water and it is flowing.
Look for areas where water is either flowing into or out of the lakes.
There is so much current that it looks like the Colorado River !
You want tot position your boat into the current and cast against the flow.
The reason for this is that the bait fish are being pulled down with the current and the bass are waiting for
them with open mouths.Topwater,crank baits and Carolina rigs are all working excellent.When Carolina rigging
make sure to use a weight that is heavy enough so that it stays on the bottom.
Hot colors have been for top water firetiger or white,for crankbaits any thing that looks like a shad or golden shiner
and for Carolina rigs gourd green or chartreuse pepper.
Shiner fishing is amazing at this time.We have been catching multiple limits of bass every day.
Most of the bass we are catching are between 3 and 5 lbs with the occasional fish of 7lbs plus.
Big fish went 8.78lbs last week.
Look out for afternoon thunder storms,one second it is calm and the next the lake has 3 foot waves
and pouring down rain by the gallons.
Until next week : keep your knots tight cause the big ones gonna bite and great fishing to every one.
Capt. Bob Bloom
Lunker Bass Guide Service
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407-931-3118
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Subject: Central Florida Reports
Here is the latest fishing report for the Central Florida area. Check our website for updated photo's and Video's.
Lake Tohopekaliga - ( June 29, 2002 ) There has been a tremendous amount of rain in the Central Florida area. Water on Lake Toho is moving, and the fishing is still very good. Over the last 2 weeks we have had 4 fish in the boat that was between 9 and 10 pounds respectfully. Most Full day trips are catching between 20 to 30 fish in the 2 to 5 pound range. Although most were caught using large wild shiners, artificial lures are also accounting for some great fish as well. When the wind is blowing, we have had good results with Spinerbaits, and rattle traps. On calmer days Flukes, worms and jerk baits account for a good majority of fish. In moving water we have had great results using Zoom French Fries Carolina rigged. The best colors are Chartreuse, and Smoke. There are still good chances of catching a decent fish right now so get your reservation in now.
Saltwater Flats - ( June 29, 2002 ) This is the best time in the world to be on a flat in the mosquito lagoon area. Saltwater flats fishing is nothing short of fantastic. Redfish are everywhere, and in spite of the rains, we are catching some great fish. Trout are also big right now, and Tarpon are running good just off shore of the port. Check out the photo updates on our website for the latest catches of fish, and you will see there is great fishing in the flats right now. We look forward to seeing you here.
If you would like to make a reservation to fish with us, please call our toll free number at 1-888-715-7661. Check out the updated photo's on our website, and be sure to call in advance for reservations.
God Bless & Tight Lines.
Capt. Tony Weatherman
Champion Pro Guide Services Central Florida
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Subject: Central Florida Reports
TROPHY BASS & SALTWATER FLATS SPECIALISTS !
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Lake Tohopekaliga - ( June 8, 2002 ) After days like we've had in the last couple of weeks on lake Toho, I am beginning to wonder if the fish will ever realize that it is summer time. Fishing has been unbelievable, We are still catching 25 to 50 fish per day, and still getting many over 7 pounds. Just Yesterday, a client put one in the boat that weighed in at 9.8 pounds. There was a couple of days last week when the front pulled through that were slow, but in spite of the weather, we still did good. The Best technique for catching these big fish right now is still live bait, particularly large wild shiners, but for you artificial fishermen, we are doing great with the Zoom Super Flukes, Spinner Baits in White, Buzz baits early, the Zoom Mag II worms in June Bug with Blue Tails. Fly Fishing last week brought in several nice bass including a great 4 pounder from a deceiver in baby bass pattern. Trophy Bass fishing in Florida right now is still hot. Be sure if you are coming down to get your reservations in early. We are getting booked up fast because of summer vacations around Disney World.
Saltwater Flats - ( June 8, 2002 ) Flat Fishing has been great overall, there were a couple of tough days this last week where the fish had a bad case of fasting. We poled up on a big school of redfish, only to find they had no intentions of eating anything we threw at them. We gave them every opportunity to eat, and they gave us every opportunity to get lost. Thank God this is something that doesn't happen often. Most of the other trips out this week has been full of adventure, and fish. One recent trip with a client scored big with a 25 pound Jack and a 40 pound Shark, plus plenty of Redfish, some Bonita, and some Snook thrown in for excitement. The Reds are back in the real thin water around the lagoon area, and the larger trout are hanging out in 3 to 4 foot of water. Redfish are being Caught on Zoom Super Flukes and Live Mullet. some nice big ones are being caught on Mirror Lures Top Dog too! Trout are eating Gotcha's 4 inch grubs in white or green. The Tarpon are hitting blue crabs, and live mullet around Sebastian. Check out our Photo Album to see some of the great fish being caught, and get your reservation in early. Florida is getting real busy with summer tourists, and fishing trips are filling up fast.
If you would like to make a reservation to fish with us, please call our toll free number at 1-888-715-7661. Remember we offer Gift Certificates for Father's Day. They are the BEST gifts for Dads anywhere.
God Bless & Tight Lines.
Capt. Tony Weatherman
Champion Pro Guide Services Central Florida
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Subject: Report for Kissimmee chain/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers..............
Fishing during this period has been really good. If you want to catch a lot
of Bass, try using Topwater lures first thing in the mornings and early
evenings........ Look for areas where the Hydrilla is matted out on the
surface. Poppers and Prop Baits are working best. The hot color seems to be
White with a Red Throat. Make sure that you downsize your lure....the
smaller, the better!
Cast your lures around the edges of the matted out Hydrilla. Let the lure sit
there until all of the rings have disappeared. Then jerk it hard two times
and Deadstick it for thirty seconds. Deadsticking is when you let your lure
sit motionless. Repeat this procedure again. Many of the best hits are
coming when you are Deadsticking your lure. As the sun comes out and it
starts to get hot, switch to Bass Assassin 5" Shads in White or Pink colors.
Cast them onto the matted out Hydrilla and work them back to the boat in a
"Walk the dog" style. When you come to a hole in the Hydrilla, let it sink
in the hole and give it a twitch or two. Then work it out of the hole and on
to the next hole ....... all the way back to the boat. Most of the Bass that
we are catching with this method are in the 1 to 3 pound range, with the
occasional Bass of 4 to 7 pounds.
Be careful out on the lakes, the water is extremely shallow and could do a
lot of damage to your boat and your motor. Wild Shiner fishing continues to
be great!!!
Until next week, KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT ' CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE!! and
great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Report for Disney area/Kissimmee chain of lakes
Welcome fellow anglers.....
The water temperature on West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho) and the rest of the
Kissimmee Chain of Lakes has climbed into the 80's. Hot water..... HOT
fishing!! The heat has not slowed the fishing at all! We have been
catching multiple limits of fish each day on both artificials and Wild
Shiners.
The Topwater bite is excellent. We have been catching bass on poppers and prop baits. Hot colors have
been FireTiger and Black. If you are fishing in the Heavy Hydrilla, try
using Bass Assassin's "Shad Assassin" in the RedShad or White.When it gets hot out switch over to Florida rigged worms.Red shad and Blackbluetail in 8 to 11 inch have been working best. Wild Shiner
fishing is amazing! We have been putting in the boat 15 to 30 Bass in one
day's fishing. Big fish last week came in at 11.8 lbs.
On West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho), areas to try are: the Hydrilla beds in
Gobbett's Cove, Brown's Point and Whaley's Landing. On Lake Cypress areas to
try are The Hydrilla in the Entire Lake! Be very careful when entering or
leaving Lake Cypress when going to or from Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho). The
water is extremely shallow. On Lake Kissimmee, areas to try are: the Back of
North Cove, 7 Palms, the Hydrilla on the South Side of Brahma Island and
Lemon Point.
Be careful on the entire Kissimmee Chain of Lakes.... because the water level
is very low throughout the entire Chain. Also make sure to bring a lot of
drinking water because it is hot out there and you do not want to become
dehydrated.
Until next week.......... KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA
BITE! and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
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Subject: Report for Disney area/Kissimmee chain of lakes
Welcome fellow anglers....................
The entire Kissimmee Chain of Lakes are being drawn down to summer pool level. This means that the Lakes are extremely shallow. Please be very careful out there. You may see several helicopters flying over the Lakes, carrying huge buckets under them. These buckets are filled with chemicals that are supposed to kill the
Hydrilla which has become overgrown and overdeveloped throughout the Lakes.
So far this treatment has not affected the fishing.
Fishing with Wild Shiners has been amazing! On recent guide outings we are
going through 6 to 10 dozens of shiners per trip. Most of the fish we are
catching are 2 to 4 lbs., with the occasional Bass of more than 6 lbs. The
big Bass of last week came in at 8.7 lbs.
Artificial lure fishing is spotty.......... good one day and fair the next. First thing in the morning, we have been catching a couple of Bass on topwater lures.Propbaits and Buzzbaits are great! We have been catching more Bass on the Buzzbaits, but the fish coming in on the propbaits are bigger in size.
On West Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho), areas to try are: Lanier Point, Gobbett's
Cove, Brown's Point and the open water Hydrilla Fields. On Lake Cypress,
areas to try are the Hydrilla Fields throughout the Lake. Areas to try on
Lake Kissimmee are the School Bus, South Side of Brahma Island, Big Grassy,
Lemon Point and the South Side of Bird Island.
Because of all of the spraying going on, I suggest that you all be careful
eating any fish that come from the Lakes, at least, during the next couple of
weeks.
Until next week...................... KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG
ONE'S GONNA BITE!! and great fishing to you all.
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Report for Disney area/Kissimmee chain of lakes
Welcome fellow anglers......................
Bass fishing on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, at this time is excellent! We have been catching multiple limits of Bass every day!
Artificial fishing has been great. We have been landing a lot of fish on top water baits. Poppers and Prop Baits in color, Firetiger with an orange belly have been working best for my clients.
When the sun comes up you want to switch to Florida Rigged Worms or Flipping. Junebug, RedShad and Black BlueTail seem to be working best.
Shiner fishing continues to be amazing. We have been catching Bass up to 9 pounds, with many of them in the four to seven pound class. Look for areas in the middle of the Lakes with thick, full Hydrilla in five feet to seven feet of water.
On Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho), the Fish and Wildlife Commission has added new wood on top of the old wood piles. We have landed more than our share of scrapping Lunkers in these wood piles.
Until next week, KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE!! and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
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Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
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Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Central Florida Reports
Here is our latest fishing report for the First of April. Look for our video reports to be coming out this month.
Lake Tohopekaliga - ( April 08, 2002 ) Bass fishing on Lake Toho is incredible this last week. The winds have been a little rough, but the temperature has been in the mid 80's all last week. The bass have been doing their best to eat everything thrown at them. We had a large group trip on Thursday last week with Quest Diagnostics. The trip was a huge success. With 10 boats in all, each boat weighed in 5 fish and the winning weight was almost 28 pounds, with the big bass coming in at a HUGE 11.12 pounds. The second large fish was a big 9.9 pound bass. Although the bass do prefer live bait, we are still doing good with Zooms Super Flukes, Rattle Traps, Spinerbaits, and we have even caught quite a few nice fish on Buzz baits. Almost every trip in the last 10 days has been a great success, and bass fishing continues to be HOT. Come on down, and get your next trophy bass soon....
Saltwater Flats - ( April 08, 2002 ) Flats Fishing in the Indian River, and Mosquito Lagoon is incredible. Large Redfish, Blue fish, Trout, and Snook are turning up everywhere on the flats. On one recent trip this last week we had an incredible day. Redfish, Trout and Blue fish were being caught like mad. It did not seem to make a lot of difference on the color of Fluke, or Jig we threw, they liked them all. We went through 5 bags of Flukes as the Redfish just devoured them like candy. Soon the Tarpon start coming in and then the fishing will really get hot. Cobia and Triple tail continue to be a blast on our off shore trips. It will only continue to get better on the flats as we come closer to the summer months. Come on down and let's get you some BIG fish action with a day on the Saltwater Flats, or just off shore for some great action.
If you would like to make a reservation to fish with us, please call our toll free number at 1-888-715-7661. If you are in a corporate group, or large party, we can get you on the water. Check out our Group Trips page for details. Don't forget our Gift Certificates make great gift idea's for the fishing fanatic in your life.
God Bless & Tight Lines.
Capt. Tony Weatherman
Champion Pro Guide Services Central Florida
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Subject: Report for Kissimmee chain of lakes/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers....................
Bass fishing on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes is excellent at this time. We
have been catching a lot of Bass, up to 6 pounds, on Rattletraps and
SpinnerBaits. Hot color for Rattletraps is Gold and the hot color for
SpinnerBaits is Silver Willow Blades, White Head and Skirt.
We are also catching many Bass on Florida Rigged Worms. Hot colors have been
RedShad GreenFlake and Junebug Bluetail. You want to use a very light
weight, as light as possible, 1/8 oz. seems to be working best.
Wild Shiner fishing continues to be excellent. Big fish in the boat last
week weighed in at 8.93 pounds.
It is important that you look for areas of open water Hydrilla in 5 to 7' of
water. Do not be intimidated by the Hydrilla. You want to get into the
thickest stuff. Fish shiners wherever there is a hole in the Hydrilla, same
thing with the Florida rigged worms. Rattletraps and SpinnerBaits fish
through the Hydrilla. You may catch some "Weed fish," but the Bass that you
will catch will make it all worth while.
Until next week, KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S GONNA BITE! and
great fishing to you all!.
Capt Bob Bloom
Http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
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Subject: Fishing Report for Central Florida
March 05, 2002
The fresh water fishing has been good in spite of the weather. There was only 1 day the fishing was real tough and most guides were able to catch a few fish. The average days catch was 10 to 20 fish to 6 lbs. Not bad with the wind, rain, and cold. The fish are hitting worms, grubs, buzz tails and lizards on jigheads, and Texas rigs. Live shinners are also doing the job on a recent trip we caught 6 two to three lb. bass in 15 minutes and should have caught a dozen. I am also doing good with small spinner baits for specks and beam the St. Johns River and it's feeder rivers are a great place to fish for
bream and speck. If you want Sunshine bass you must get out early or late and fish minnows close to structure, I have also found them while drifting for specks in Lake Monroe. The specks will be hitting great this week with all the cold weather, so hit Monroe and Lake Jessup just drift with the wind and use small jigs and spinners or small minnows start out about 6' deep.
The salt water flats has been good with the trout heading up the attack. On a recent 1/2 day trip we caught 40 trout 8 were nice keeper and 1 snook he was small but put up a great fight and as soon as the weather starts to stabilize this will be the norm. These fish were caught by Cocoa on a jighead with Producto finger mullet all you need to do is cast them out and reel them in. Three or four were caught on live shrimp we were dragging behind the boat. For more info e-mail or call (407)645-5462. Good Fishing. Capt. Dana
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Feb 26, 2002
The fishing in both fresh and salt water is a day to day experience. One day the fish are biting like crazy and the next they have lock jaw. I am not able to find a pattern as the weather is changing every other day. If you are lucky and hit a good day you can catch up to 20 fish some over 5 lbs. but on a tough day you might only get 2 or 3. I still am getting fish on the buzz tail and the swimming methods I am sure you can have the same luck on your comfort baits. For more info e-mail or call (407) 645-5462. Good fishing.
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Subject: Report for Kissimmee chain/Disney area
Welcome fellow anglers........
Bass fishing on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes is excellent. This is genuine
Lunker Bass time! Each day we catch our limits when we use Wild Shiners.
Many of these Bass weigh in from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounds. But there are also
the heavy weights that we catch in the 5 to 9.3 pound range.
Look for areas of thick Hydrilla or Grass Lines in 4 foot to 5 foot of water.
Cast your shiner around this cover and hold on! If you are using
artificials, look for the same areas and try using Bass Assassin's "Shad
Assassin" in White or Black Crystal Shad. If you do not get any hits from
this method, switch to worming. Remember to use a weight that is heavy
enough to penetrate this cover. Hot colors have been Junebug, RedShad and
BlackBluetail.
Areas to try on West Toho (Tohopekaliga) are South Steer Beach, Brown's
Point, Whaley's Landing and Gobbett's Cove.On Lake Kissimmee try: 7 Palms,
the Back of North Cove, Lemon Point, and the School Bus.
Until next week........ KEEP YOUR KNOTS TIGHT, 'CAUSE THE BIG ONE'S
GONNA BITE!!
and great fishing to you all!
Capt Bob Bloom
http://cyberangler.com/guides/lunkerbass
Email: BBloom1065@aol.com
Toll free#: 1-888-847-6424
Phone: (407) 931-3118
Fax: (407) 931-2246
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