Fishing Reports

Kissimmee Bass Fishing

The weather is hot and so are the bass. Early morning before it gets too hot is the best time to fish. Large wild shinners will always catch fish but using large plastic worms like june bug and watermellon red work as well, small top water baits work well on the schoolies. This week Wednesday night pot tournament winning weight 23 lb for 5 fish big fish 10.8 lb. I hear a lot of anglers coming down from up north and saying thats there no fish in this lake. All I got to say to that is, if you want to find out where the fish are and what to use to catch them Hire a Guide. Good Luck

Bass Fishing Central Florida

Summer time bass fishing has arrived, early morning or late evening will produce a nice stringer of fish. Last nights pot tournment winner weighed in 5 fish at 21 lb, big bass was a little over 7 lb. The schoolies are running out in the middle, use small shinners, crank baits or plastic work well. Good Luck

NO OIL!

There is NO OIL in South West Flordia! We are catching alot of big Snook. A fishing buddy of mine was out 140 to 180 miles this week and told me that the water is BEAUTIFUL, and the fishing is fantastic, nice grouper and red snapper. Closer in, Cobia and permit on the recks. Pompano, Tarpon, and Snook on the beaches. Inshore the Mackeral are ever where. Trout are in the grass, Reds in the mangroves. It's hot (just right) and the fish are laying out there with their mouth open looking up at the sky. This is a great time to be fishing! Let's go!!!

Fishing Lake Tohopekaliga

Fishing is at it's finest on Big Lake Toho. Double digit bass up to 13 lbs are being caught just about every day. For the big ones use large wild shinners and big plastic june bug color worms, red shad flucks, green frogs, and buzz baites or spinner baites work just as well, early morning or late afternoon. The blue gill are starting to pick up around the kissimmee grass and up the creeks, use crickets or red wigglers. Good Luck

Port Charlotte Inshore Fishing

The North East wind has made for some really low tides for this time of year. However the fishing is good!
Lots of nice Trout on the flats. Popping cork with live shrimp is your best bait. Red Fish can also be caught with live shrimp along the deeper side of the islands, and along the mangroves that have some deeper water. Pompano are on the beach, and the Sheepshead bite is still good, using really dead shrimp.
Good luck and good fishing

Orlando Bass Fishing

The bass fishing on Big Lake Toho in Kissimmee is HOT!!!. The guides guest are catching big bass any where from 7lb to 13lb fish. The bass are still in the pre spawn mode and are eating anything thats hits the water. The best baits are large wild shiners and big plastic, like fluks, big worms, or flipping jigs. For more information call me Captain Rick 800-244-9105. Good Luck!

Big Lake Tohopekaliga Kissimmee, Fl

Bass are now in pre-spawn every one (mostly the guides) are catching a lot of 7 to 10 pound bass. Find the hydrilla thats is starting to come up from 8 feet to 6 feet. Use shinners or fluks. Also fishing the same baits in the Kissimmee grass and around the aligator weed, morning or afternoon will produce big bass. Move around the lake some spots will produce more fish than others. Keep only what you can eat that day, and release the rest. This lake gets a lot of fising presure, if we want to catch big fish every year to come than we have to release the big females today. Good Luck

Orlando, Kissimmee Bass Fishing

The weather has changed for the best warm days and cool nights has got the bass for the past two weeks turned on. The bass are walleyed and gobblin, if you can get shiners you will catch big bass. This week I had a 6 year boy catch a 9lb 2oz on Tuesday and Thursady I had a 11 year old catch a 7lb 6oz and his buddy a 10 year old caught a 7lb 4oz plus a bunch of 3lb and 4lb. We are running charters every day and eveyone is catching big bass. The shiners are a little hard to get but if you book early we will have shiners for your charter. Call me and lets go fishing!!

Fort Myers, Sanibel Inshore Fishing

Go away cold weather. This is too much! Fishing's good if you can pick a day that it ain't cold and windy. Sheepshead are around docks, piers and bridges. Live shrimp your best bait. Trout have moved into a little deeper water. You'll find some nice fish in the mouth of the canals and off the deep side of oyster bars. Popping cork with live shrimp is the best. Red Fish in the back of most of the bays, not too many and with tides we've had it's been tough fishing.
The weather will improve and the fishing will take off.
Good luck and Good Fishing

Fishing Reports Orlando Bass Fishing

The lake temp is in the upper 50's just about like the high air temp. But the temp is rising this week coming we are going to be in the mid 70's, Tuesday is going to be 76, and thats more like it. Thats means the bass will start to go into pre spawn, thats means double digit bass, 10lb to 12lb or better. the lake temp needs to get to about 62 and then they will turn on. Get the biggist shiners that you can big bait will produce big bass. Good Luck

Orlando Bass Fishing reports

On Big Lake Toho the weather is still giving us a problem with the cold. But every third day or so it warms up and the bass starting eating. This past week fishing was a little slow but today one of our guys caught 18 bass from 4 lbs to 8 lbs on a half day charter. It's all about being in the right spot and having the right bait. Large wild shiners work the best the bigger the better, big bait, big fish. For artificial use large plastic fluks, worms, or flipping plastics. Next month the double digit bass will start to bite on every thing you through at them. Don't Miss It. lets go fishing.

Ft. Myers, Sanibel inshore fishing

The warm weather has made it a lot better for fishing. The Trout fishing is still very good. Lots of short fish, but you will catch some real nice fish. A DOA shrimp and a popping cork works great, or a live shrimp.
Pinch the tail off and use a 1/8oz. jig head, hooked in the tail. Fish The oyster bars in Matlacha Pass, with some deeper water around them on in coming tide. Gault Is. has some nice fish, and some good fish around Chino. Red Fish are in skinny water. Bull Bay, Turtle Bay, and the back of Whidden Bay. Fish early on in coming water. Watch for tailers. Best bait, live shrimp with a split shot. Pinch the tail off hook shrimp in the tail. Sheepshead bite has improved a bunch. Try using those old dead shrimp that have turned yellow they stink but work great! Don't forget, if you need shrimp see my good friend Sal at the fish house at the end of Palm Av. or marker 12 ICW. If you are fishing Charlotte harbor, go by and see Capt. Ray at Fine Bait and Tackle on US 41 north of Lowe's.
Have a good week, good luck.

Fort Myers, Sanibel, Boca Grand Inshore Fishing

Trout,Trout,Trout, every where!! A blind Cave man could catch Trout right now. Alot of 12"-14" fish.
Our best Trout came on a Popping cork with a DOA shrimp, fishing the grass and in some of the creeks and canals where there was a little deeper water. We also saw some real nice Snook and caught four on a Zoom Fluke, trying to find some Reds. Caught some short Reds but no keepers.
Sheepshead bite has been a little slow. We did catch some nice fish using a 1/8oz jig head with a small piece of watermelon green grub and half a live shrimp. This is a deadly way to get them to bite!!
Have seen lots of small bait fish in the canals, so by spring there should be lots of bait.
The Deep Freeze has put a hurt on the Snook, but I feel they will bounce back in a year or so. Come fall I think catching big Trout will be the best we've seen in many years.
Fishing is great go catch 'em! Good luck and good fishing.

Orlando Bass Fishing

Bass fishing on Big Lake Toho is getting better and better every day. Most of the bass being caught are between 3 to 8 lbs. The fish are starting to get into that pre spawn mode, there splashing the shiners on top and being very aggressive, that a good sign. They are also taking artificial baits, top water and plastics. Still on the specks (crappie) the catching is good around the markers 26 and 29 early morning and late afternoon. Good Luck and Good Fishing.

I spoke with one of the FWC biologist this week about the fish kill from the extream cold weather that we had a few weeks ago. Freshwater fish that were affected were : catfish species, mostly tropical catfish species that don't belong here anyway, and tilapia species, (which are a vegitarian fish). Very few if any bass , crappie, or bream were affected.

Kissimmee Bass Fishing Big Lake Tohopekaliga

This past week the air temp has been up as high as the low 80's, and the water is warming up slowly. But the fish still have to eat. Use large shinners above the new hydrilla thats just now starting to come back up, find it on your depth finders, you will see stands of it fish around them. For artificial baits they are catching bass on spinner baits, or crank baits, and plastics. The specks (carppie) late afternoon around the markers, use minnows or jigs tipped with minnows. Please keep what you can use and Release the rest. Lest go Fishing, Good Luck.