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Everglades Fishing
Anglers
still catching nice peacock bass in urban canals while
largemouth bass biting hard jerkbaits and plastic stick
worms in everglades canals.
Florida
Everglades Fishing
Florida Bay/10,000
Islands Fishing
Good
action from schooled-up redfish eating natural baits
fished under a Cajun float, soft plastics and fly. Best
action has been over sand flats and open grass flats in
Florida Bay.
Florida Keys
Fishing
Excellent
sea trout action in Florida Bay. Catches of more than 80
trout with some over 20 inches are being made in deep
waters. Snook fishing has turned on in the channels,
next to mangrove shorelines and over the shallow flats.
Tarpon are available, and if the warm weather continues,
the tarpon should be arriving in big numbers any day.
Reef fishing for yellowtail and mutton snapper has been
excellent. Blackfin tuna, wahoo, sailfish and a few
dolphin are being caught from the edge of the reef out
to the Humps.
Florida
Keys Fishing Lake Istokpoga
Florida Fishing
Bass action has been good and steady.
However the even bigger news is that the bluegill and
shellcracker have started.
Lake Kissimmee
Florida Fishing
Bluegill and shellcracker have broken out
on the beds. Catches of 20 to 25 are coming in. Bass
action has also been fantastic.
Kissimmee
Chain Of Lakes Fishing
Lake Okeechobee
Florida Fishing
Warm
water and a 13-foot lake level is producing big
largemouth bass. Pitching flukes and 10-inch worms into
heavy cover and working spinner baits over that cover is
getting the big fish strikes. Shell cracker fishing is
picking up with the fish being found along the outside
edges of the cover and along the edges of boat trails.
Best baits for the shell crackers have been grass
shrimp, red worms and crickets.
Lake
Okeechobee Florida Fishing
Lake Panasoffkee
Florida Fishing
Bass catches continue to be great. Some
speckled perch are still being caught. Bluegill and
shellcracker have not started yet. However, in another 2
or 3 weeks they should go on the beds.
Florida
Fishing Charters
Clearwater
Florida Fishing
Trout and redfish have picked up.
Mackerel are beginning to show as well. Fish the spoil
islands early in the morning.
Top Florida Bass
Fishing Lakes
Lake George
Lake George has
extensive vegetation that provides excellent habitat for
great Florida largemouth bass fishing. Fishing
with live shiners is an excellent method for catching
trophy bass during the spring spawning season. Hot spots
on the lake include Juniper, Salt and Silver Glen spring
runs on the western shoreline. In winter and early
spring, look for bass to congregate at the jetties on
the south end of the lake. Casting deep-diving
crankbaits near old dock structures along the northeast
shore and off Drayton Island can also be productive.
Lake Kissimmee
Expansive stands of native aquatic grasses at
Philadelphia Point, North Cove and Brahma Island provide
anglers with cover to flip plastic baits or slow-troll
golden shiners for spawning bass during the winter and
spring. Rattling crankbaits, soft jerkbaits and Texas or
Carolina-rigged plastic worms fished in open-water or
along edges of vegetation are productive during summer
and fall.
Lake Tarpon
Lake
Tarpon is regarded as one of the best bass fishing lakes
in Florida. Anglers are most successful flipping or
pitching plastic worms along canal and bulrush edges.
Offshore bass fishing is productive for anglers who fish
around ledges, humps, coontail, and eelgrass beds.
Popular lures offshore include shad-imitating jigs,
crankbaits, jerkbaits and topwater baits. Fishing with
wild shiners and live shad is also effective.
Lake Walk-In-Water
National reputation as an outstanding lake to catch
largemouth bass. Typically, the best technique to catch
trophy bass is to drift live wild shiners over hydrilla
weed beds in the northern half of the lake. Soft
jerkbaits, lipless rattling crankbaits, and plastic
worms also produce bass in areas of offshore hydrilla.
Lake Toho
Known for producing
large amounts of Trophy size bass. Most anglers
targeting trophy bass use live golden shiners during
early spring. Shiners are fished inshore near native
vegetation or topped-out hydrilla. Plastic baits (worms,
crawfish and lizards) flipped along grass edges,
hydrilla, and bulrush will also catch quality-sized
bass. Spinnerbaits, soft jerkbaits and chugging baits
can also be very productive at times. Both Texas-rigged
and Carolina-rigged plastic worms, and rattling
crankbaits, top the list of favorite lures during warmer
months of the year.
North
Steer Beach, Brown’s Point and Goblet’s Cove are popular
fishing spots on the lake.
Lake Okeechobee
The
largest lake in Florida and 2nd largest freshwater lake
located completely within the US is known for great bass
fishing.
Florida Spring Bass Fishing
In early
spring, Florida bass move onto lake flats to warm up prior
to spawning. They're sluggish in cold water, so they'll
often ignore a fast-moving crankbait or bulky spinnerbait.
But a bait that is swimming like a slow-moving baitfish is
an offer they often can't refuse. Here are three tips for
successful spring Florida Bass Fishing:
1.
Steady - Position your boat on the outer edge of the
flat, ideally in 10 to 12 feet of water. Bass will hold
around bottom transitions and scattered wood or rock
cover. Make a long cast and let the jig sink to the
bottom.
2. Swim
- With your rod held rock-steady at 2 o'clock, reel
quickly so the jig shoots off the bottom, then begin a
medium-slow, steady retrieve so it swims like a baitfish.
The trick is to retrieve the jig so it follows the bottom
contour. If you feel it drag bottom, reel a little
faster. If you haven't felt it drag bottom in a while,
slow down a little until it does, then speed up again.
3.
Strike - Bass strikes are often light in cold water.
If you feel a tick or detect any suspicious weight on your
line, set the hook hard.
Florida Striped Bass Fishing
Big striper
can often be caught on rough water days. There is
something about rougher conditions that gets stripers
fired up. The big striped bass often lose a little
wariness. A tide change right at daybreak is another
great time for a big catch. Big striped bass seem to
strike early, just at the current starts moving.
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