Central Region

The bass in West Lake Toho have begun their summer pattern and you can find lots of fish in open water. Look for them to school right after daylight. and throughout the day if conditions are right. The ones we ran into were a little on the small side but what they lack in size they make up in numbers and enthusiasm. Any bait that mimicks a small bait fish will get you hookups and for some fun try going ...full report

The fishing on East Lake Toho remains steady with schooling bass busting bait in the morning and evening, It has been some great topwater action and when they quit hitting on the top we were able to continue catching them on plastic worms near and in the reeds. They seemed to prefer Redbug or Red shad colors. Monday I noticed we had a mayfly hatch going on. This is the time of the year to break ...full report

The Bass on West Lake have moved to the outer edge of the grass and out into the lake over submerged hydrilla. They are still hitting live shiners. Guides are not seeing the numbers that we had last month, but still getting bit , especially early and late in the day. Shellcrackers are biting good in both lakes. I was on East Lake this morning and I watched two guys reeling them in one after ...full report

We have been on East Lake 4 or 5 times the last week or so and things are starting to change a little. Bass are on the outside of the grass line in a little deeper water and out from shore around the matted grass islands. Soft plastics seemed to be what they wanted in the Junebug and Junebug Red color. I did take some shiners on one trip and caught some fish up to 4 pounds. The bite seems to be real ...full report

The weather is warming as well as the water temperature on Orlando area lakes such as Lake Kissimmee and Lake Toho. We have been catching good numbers of fish with many in the 6-8lb range. With the full moon approaching look for bass moving into the shallows to spawn. Lipless crankbaits, Flukes, and various texas rigged soft plastics have been the best baits recently. The lakes are in great shape and ...full report

With water temps dropping into the high 60’s big fish finally starting to bite. Caught at least one fish over 8 lbs. each of the last 3 times out. Fish are biting live wild shiners on free lines. Both on the Butler Chain and Lake Kissimmee the fish are outside the grass lines and you catch a number of fish. Artificial bite is a little slow for bigger fish but you can catch some smaller fish up ...full report

capt Pete22in 7lbs Bass8/31/11 Lake KissimmeeWith water temperatures dropping a little to around 82 degrees because of all the rain this week, Fish early in the morning or late in the evening. Took Matt Kasmerak on a charter and we caught 12 fish up to 7 lbs. on swim baits. Look for offshore grass beds in 7 -8 ft. Use rattletraps, swim baits and 7.5 in carolina-rigged plastic worms, watermelon red ...full report

capt Pete10.10lbs Bass8/31/11 Lake KissimmeeWith water temperatures around 87 degrees and little rain this week, I took 4 dutch guys from Holland. We caught 34 Bass up to 6lbs. Fish early in the morning or late in the evening. Shiner fishing has been excellent on the Kissimmee Chain this week. Look for offshore grass beds in 6-8 ft. of water using wild Shiners, free lined. When they stop biting move ...full report

Capt Randy DuMarsHand Size Panfish08/01/11 East Lake TohoThe Summer Bite Has been excellent to say the least. The summer rains are keeping the lakes up, and all the flood gates are open spilling water South. Bass are in open water Hydrilla Patches. Plastic baits are a good choice. Crappie are in open water trolling minnows have been the best bet. Practice Safe Boating! Capt Randy DuMars 407-908-8498 www.fl-fish-guides.com  ...full report

Today we spent some time on Johns Lake with Brian and Ryan Taylor doing some Bass fishing with live wild shiners. Early arrival was the big key to catching Bass out here today. The typical schooling Bass were where they were supposed to be as usual and made for some good action for the day. The guys were surprised to see all the Bass that were schooling as they said they never really see much Bass ...full report

Well, back from a very good trip at John's! The first day we had Bass up to 9lbs on artificial bait using my special home made fish formula used on basically everything we through. My guest Chris George was from Lousiana and a very good and gratious fisherman. We fished for a while paterning fish location by depth, the vegetation preferance, location and lure preferance Once established we began ...full report

We have been doing pretty good out on Lake Jackson. Wild shiners have been catching a lot of bass out here and some good sized Bass as well. Steve came out with us today for a couple hours of some of Florida’s best Bass fishing and did it all with artificial lures. Numbers were down some but believe me the smiles Steve had when he caught his new personal best just over six pounds on a senko type ...full report

Lake Toho has been fishing pretty good for us. All artificial fishing trips out here for us as of late and the Bass have been playing good for us. Bass we have been targeting have been hanging around scattered grass and hydrilla mostly on the northern end of the lake. Flukes and senko type baits have been great baits to use, as well as spinner baits and early morning the top water plugs have also been ...full report

This week on the lake was all about finding transition fish, Bass that are moving to some of the summertime patterns. If you couldn't find the transition fish you struggled because the shallow pattern is just about gone until the Bass spread the lake as the grass thickens. We spent a little too much time chasing the shallow fish and hence struggled some for a couple of the days as the Bass ...full report

With water temperatures in the low 80’s the spawn is now over. We had a great week of fishing! We fished the Butler Chain in Orlando on Tuesday and Larry Loomis caught a 7.5 lb fish on a Shiner and we caught over 20 fish on plastic worms in the watermelon red color. Tuesday fishing in Lake Wales area caught 19 fish up to 5lbs. on Shiners. We didn’t get started until 9 a.m. even thought the wind ...full report

What can I say, the months of March and April have seen some very good Bass fishing. We have been hitting several different bodies of water. East Lake Toho had been doing good for us for a good stretch and then the action started to slow down a bit too much for my liking. Spinner baits, flukes and stick baits had been the hot ticket baits out here until things slowed down. We made the move to Starke ...full report

HookedOnFishingCharters5 Lbs Bass03/24/2011Orlando fishing has been red hot!!. Lake Toho in Kissimmee has been producing excellent numbers of 3-5 lb Bass with a few fish from 6-9 lbs each day. Live wild Shiners have been the top choice as well as 10" dark colored plastic worms. Fishing around vegetation in 3-5 ft of water has been the key to success. The weather is beautiful and the fish are ...full report

HookedOnFishingCharters9 Lbs Bass03/02/2011The fishing has been excellent on Lake Toho. With Bass in all stages of the spawn, many diffirent techniques have been effective. The top water bite is picking up as the water is warming. Crank baits have been working well in the grass. This is a great time of year to enjoy fishing in Central Florida. Captain Rob D'Andrea Hooked On Fishing Charters 321-514-2967 www.orlando-fishingcharters.com Robbyfish@hotmail.com ...full report

Monday was a run out on Lake Jackson with the Seeger clan. Plan was to start the day out with wild Shiners and then start tossing some soft plastics around going after some big Bass. First spot we hit was an area that had been producing some good quality Bass for us on past trips. Well the bite in that area had slowed to a crawl for us, so we made our move to what I call the back 40 and the Bass started ...full report

Tom and Mike came for some Bass fishing action on Lake Jackson and had the perfect weather conditions, minus some cloud cover. Tom has done several trips with me now and has always done a great job at catching some nice Bass. Mike was not going to be left behind as we all hit lake Jackson in search of some big florida Bass. We started and ended our day in what I like to call the “back 40” Nothing ...full report

I spent several days on this lake using worms but only caught small Bass. Would like to hear from people on differant lakes in this region. ...full report

The full moon, ahhhh, sometimes the easiest or hardest times to fish. I was Bass fishing on Finger Lake today, and started out really slow, presenting a challenge, then went over to the small creek that runs under Lake way drive in Lake Mary, and the action started to turn on. Gar, Bass and I sighted some huge Channel Cats. I caught 2 Bass fry on a trick worm, and then the instant I switched to a black ...full report

The full moon really is my favorite time to fish and the few days before it. It seems like I traded quantity for quality as I haven't got many fish, but the one I did land was a trophy 8lb3 oz-er. They were reluctant to hit the worms and soft plastics(even senkos). so I tried a crankbait. Thats what produced this ol gal. My advice is, if its in your tackle box, give it a try for 15-20 minutes, ...full report

I was out yesterday evening around 6:30, my favorite time to fish, am or pm , I caught a few decent size Bass on a berkley powerbait sinking minnow. I was basically jiggin it with the occasional darting tug, as I call it. This resulted in a 9 lb 24 inch monster! what a fight! She pulled and pulled drag out, 'til finally she tired and I landed her. These Bass seem like they are on for a chase, so ...full report

Yesterday, I went throwing a zoom fluke jerk bait, working it on top and letting it sink, this led to 15 Bass in 1 hour! Biggest one 6 lb 3/4oz 22in, not the best I've seen, but a great and fun catch. Seems these post spawn Bass in a lot of poinciana ponds have regained their chasing strength and are hitting dashing, darting style baits....go get em!! - Bassonator ...full report

It seems to me a lot of lakes in the Poinciana and Kissimmee area are in post spawn. I have been catching Bass in the later part of the evening hours on soft plastics. Although they are not responding to lmited motion, they seem to strike it after a few jerks then letting it settle, on that settle, be prepared for a strike... good fishing to all!! ITS HOT ...full report

Not a bad day, started out slow with one about 1 1/2 pounds, moved into the cove by Richardsons Fish Camp, caught four more 3, 1, 4 1/2 and 6 1/2; not a bad day. Finesse worms on a shakey head, and a rattle trap were my baits of choice. Until next time, keep rippin face ...full report

Despite the windy conditions, yesterday proved the new moon theory of more fish!! I went out on a lake in poinciana near kissimmee bass'n. I started out using a plastic 7in tequila sunrise with a weedless hook. From 5pm to 5:45pm I landed 6 Bass all under 5 lbs. As the sun began to set around 7-ish, I switched up to a rapala floating diver "huskey", OHH BOY! I made the right choice. I started ...full report

NO doubt about it...the wind can be a big pain in the butt!, and its windy. However it can also help an angler fish with the wind to your back, It helps you cast longer, therefore covering more area, leading to more chance of bites and catches. The Bass seem to be slowing down on the top water action, but are hitting slow moving artificial worms with the occasional jig. I landed 6 like this on 4-12-10...also ...full report

The Bass bite is slowing up for the day as a front moves through, those lucky to fish yesterday may have had great luck like myself(9 pound Largemouth at private lake) like they say before and after the front, so hang in there. Sunday and Monday should start the action again.The top water is a big producer of Bass as I hooked up with 4 Bass yesterday with a soft artificial lizard working it on the ...full report

This transplanted Buckeye realized that bass in FL are line watchers unlike their cousins in the OH River Valley that may still see the line but not as easy due to water clarity. After going 4 to zip against a friend and using the same trick worms, I grabbed my spinning rod with 8# line and the smallest squeeze on worm weight I own. I used this rig with tubes at St Clair for Smallmouth. Haven't ...full report

went out with my buddy matt friday afternoon sight fishing. we both caught 6 a piece biggest 1 1/2 lbs all bucks off beds. finally around 4:30 brought in a 10+ off the bed. what a beauty. returned her safe to her spot. ...full report

Around 5 o'clock on Friday I pulled three largemouth (1-1.3 lbs.) out of the backside of a bend. All three fish were caught on a small jig w/ a Rage Tail (Strike King) on it. Water Clarity: Dingy/ Stained Water Temp: 72 ...full report

Water: clear, water temp: 60, time: 3:00 pm, windy/ rainy Tried many different lures, but the only thing that worked was a Mini King spinner bait: Chart/silver w/ a 2 1/2 in. trailer worm on the hook: Chart/black. The hit came seconds after it hit the water. The bait was free falling in about 12 ft. of water. Black Bass: 1 lb. ...full report

Water temp.: 58 degrees Water clarity: Dingy-Stained Time: 2:30 pm- 4:30 pm I fished slow and deep. I had no success with spinners, cranks, or jigs. However, I did stumble onto something when I let a 6 in. neon orange worm, texas rigged sit on the bottom till it was moved by a Bass or 3. As things warm up, I suspect I'll see much sucess from this lure. ...full report

I found the Bass in the shallower weed beds on june bug and red bug colored worms. These fish were tearing up the worms until the sun rose, then it turned off like a light switch. We were luckier on Sun morning, the fog held on for about an hour later than usual, this kept the fish hitting better too.  ...full report

Well, it seems the state is spraying herbicide to control growth of hydrilla......It sure is f__k up the fishing! We used live Shiners, artifical worms, spinnerbaits, tubes, rattle jigs, even tried to troll for Crappie.....Nothing.... I am sure this lake has fish, we saw them on fish finder, but they had lock jaw or herbicide hang over!! As of sept 2, 2009................Barry, Fort Myers ...full report

Fished the Gambler Tourney today, 210 boats, great crowd. Man was it hot! Not a bad day though. My partner and myself managed 8 fish, best 5 went about 10 pounds. Mouth of the river seemed to be the best spot, with a carolina rigged floating worm. Not near enough to place, but not a horrible day. Hope to see a lot more posts, I think this will help a lot of new and seasoned anglers. ...full report

Very active schooling Bass found almost everywhere. Shad are very plentiful. The water is still pretty clean and clear so keep an eye on the birds as they will tell you when they are over a school of bait. The two patterns that have produced for me are white pearl jerk baits with 1/8th ounce weight. I have also had great luck with frog lures in the pads on the north side of the lake and around ...full report

Water levels remain high and daily rain showers are sending run-off from fields and canals into the main lakes and rivers. The mouth of residential canals are producing schooling Bass. Rising water levels have made the canals more accessible. Apopka-Beauclair canal is still producing big Shellcrackers and Bluegill. Also look for bedding panfish around lily pads in coves and canals. Big Catfish are ...full report