Florida Fishing
Reports
 Clearwater
Florida Fishing
Redfish and
trout still dominate the catches inside of Honeymoon
Island. Some of the reds are very big. Mackerel and
bluefish will cut you off unless you have a heavy leader
or use Tiger Wire (it ties like thread and is just as
small). Bait is relatively easy to find; white bait and
pinfish are easy to catch.
Florida
Campgrounds
Everglades Fishing
Peacock bass
are biting best in urban canals, where water
temperatures were in the low 60s during the cold spell.
Largemouth bass are biting in the Everglades. The
best largemouth bite has been in the east canal at
Sawgrass Recreation Park, where bass 1-3 pounds were
tearing up topwater plugs and stick worms.
Florida
Everglades Fishing
Florida Bay/10,000
Islands Fishing
Lots of tarpon
and lots of big sharks have been biting in the bay.
Big snook are back in the holes and backwaters of the
Glades. Cobia and redfish are also some of the main
events. With moderate to light winds, trout catches have
improved greatly.
Florida Keys
Fishing
Excellent
fishing for dolphin, with charter boats catching fish
12-25 pounds. Sailfish, kingfish and yellowtail snappers
are biting on the reefs.
Florida
Keys Fishing
Gold Coast Offshore
Kingfish biting on
morning and night trips in 90-130 feet from Hillsboro
Inlet to Hillsboro Beach. Afternoon trips have featured
good fishing for yellowtail and mutton snappers in the
same area inside 100 feet. Lake George
Florida Fishing
The mullet and
bream bite has been very good on the northern end of the
big lake and on Little Lake George.
Lake Istokpoga
Florida Fishing
Bass action is
getting better and some might be on the beds. Bluegill
are the main panfish event, although specks still can be
caught.
Lake Jackson Florida Fishing
Bass to 7
pounds are being caught. Most of the catches have been
coming on topwater baits such as frogs and swimming
worms. Plastic jerk baits and hard stick baits have been
productive when "dead-sticked" (left motionless) around
mounds of vegetation.
Lake Kissimmee
Florida Fishing
There are good
numbers of bass, with several in the 9-pound range taken
and released. Limits of bass and bluegill, and some
shellcracker are being caught.
Kissimmee
Chain Of Lakes Fishing
Lake Lochloosa
Florida Fishing
The bass in
many of the area lakes are schooling now. Larger fish
are being caught by those tossing frogs in shoreline
weeds or rattling lures above hydrilla mats. Anglers are
catching some nice speckled perch in Lake Lochloosa,
drifting the deeper parts of the lake with jig and
minnow combinations.
Lake Okeechobee
Florida Fishing
Freshwater anglers
on Lake Okeechobee can have it all on the East Wall,
fishing early for bass, and then stocking up on
bluegills and shellcrackers with crickets and worms.
There is bass, catfish, bluegill, shellcracker and
tilapia.
Lake
Okeechobee Florida Fishing
Lake Panasoffkee
Florida Fishing
Bluegill are
back on the beds and are taking crickets and worms.
Shellcracker are the worm eaters, so use worms and you
will catch them both, as they usually bed in the same
spots. Bass to 3 pounds are dominating the hardware
chuckers.
Florida
Fishing Charters
Lake Seminole
Florida Fishing
The crappie
bite has been good in very shallow water. The fish have
been taking jigs tipped with live minnows.
Lake Tarpon
Florida Fishing
Bass anglers
fishing the early morning hours are catching bass. Fish
3 to 5 pounds are being caught. Wiggler worms will still
catch a few bluegill. More specks are being caught as
the weather progresses. Night fishing for bass is good.
Lake
Tarpon Florida Fishing
Lake Toho
Florida Fishing
Smaller bass
schooling off and on around hydrilla on north end, with
small topwater lures (little Zara Spooks, Spittin'
Images, Pop-Rs) early and unweighted Senkos, Flukes and
Trick worms effective for keepers up to 2-3 pounds.
Florida Bass
Fishing
Tips
1.
Fish the down-wind side of a lake in sustained, heavy
wind. In this situation forage will be concentrated on
that side of the lake and bass will move in to feed. A
spinnerbait is a good choice when fishing for these
aggressive fish.
2. When fishing on high-pressure days, fish deeper
water. Bass are often suspended right off the bottom
because the barometric pressure has decreased the amount
of air in their air sack. This causes them to move into
deeper water because they have to exert more effort to
hold in shallow water.
3. Floating crayfish crankbaits produce well on rocky
points, dams, and shores. Crank it until you hit bottom
and pause. This resembles a crawdad it it’s natural,
defensive position.
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