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Bass Fishing Jan 2013

February 13, 2013 by Outdoor Web Designs

Sorry folks I am running behind, but the month of January was a busy month with a lot of trips done on West Lake Toho and Johns Lake. Both bodies of water have been fishing very good for us. Live wild shiners have and always will be a sure bet for catching some good chunkers.Artificial baits have also been producing well. Senko type baits, spinner baits and red eye shads have been my three main baits for catching them on artificial.

Weather has been a bit more stable as of late and bass are staging/spawning in some areas so we fully expect to see some real fat gals showing up. A lot of our catches have been coming from open water areas in and around hydrilla.We have had a few times where we actually slide an anchor out and toss some live wild shiners towards select grass patches or buggy whips.For the most part the bite was aggressive, but there have been a few scattered days where we have had to be patient and let the bass take the bait.

Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!

Lake Toho and Kissimmee Chain Fishing Report April and May 2011

April 28, 2011 by Outdoor Web Designs

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 Lake in the small town of Ocoee where there was some good action, this place can definitely be a good numbers lake for bass fishing, and if you’re looking to take a break for lunch, the Ocoee Café has some great food, just a matter of minutes from the lake.

Lake Jackson has still been fishing great. Live wild shiners have been producing not only some good number but some darn good sized bass as well. Just ask Vonda Ward, as her and husband Mike came down for some great bass fishing action on Lake Jackson. Vonda had informed me that she had never caught a largemouth bass before, plenty of catfish and such, but never a bass. I told her not to worry she WILL catch some bass, and folks she was on fire! Her first bass of the day, took a little long than expected, maybe 30 minutes but she handled this big gal like a true pro! Gave her one heck of a fight, and in the end she was holding this 7 pound largemouth bass for some pictures and some great memories for sure.

Mike did a great job working the artificial lures himself, catch a scattering of bass around the lake using spinner baits and senko type baits, let me tell you, hats off to the folks at Pure Fishing, for which I am now a team member of, these new Veritas rods we are using have been absolutely awesome, a much lighter rod and tons of hook setting power.

Thee Fishermans Soap

February 6, 2011 by Outdoor Web Designs

Folks I have to tell you I see a lot of new product all the time in the fishing industry, but this one really has me excited. I spend a lot of time on the water, which like many of you means taking some kind of snack or even a sandwich out on the water so we can eat during the day. Now you start catching bass and unhooking them to release them back into the water, or worse yet you have to handle live wild shiners, your hands will smell like bait or bass for the rest of the day.

Along comes Thee Fisherman’s Soap. The bottle is only 4 ounces so it will not take up any space on your boat and this soap gets rid of all that odor that comes with bass fishing, or any fishing for that matter. Good friend and professional bass fisherwoman Mary DiVincenti, the 2003 WBFA World Champion sent me a bottle down to try it out and it was awesome. Two small drops on your hands, a little water and you were good to go. That means no more thinking your eating a fish sandwich when it really a ham sandwich because the soap has eliminated all that fish smell from your hands.

Thee Fisherman’s Soap is also biodegradable so it is safe for the environment and does a great job of cleaning out the live wells on the boat to make sure the bait or the tournament bass are not in a dirty live well that could cause them to die off. All too often I have heard of guys cleaning their live wells with bleach to get them clean, and then having troubles getting rid of that bleach smell. Well here is the perfect product to solve all those problems.

You don’t have to limit yourself to just on the boat things. If you do fish fries, hopefully crappie and not bass, or you love any kind of sea food and handle it to prepare it for cooking, this is the perfect soap for getting that fish smell off your hands, it even gets that smell of onions out too! With the wide range of options to use this soap, I would have to say the options are unlimited. Get yourself a bottle at www.Fishermanssoap.com and see for yourself, trust me, you won’t regret it.

Lake Toho and Kissimmee Chain Bass Fishing

December 29, 2010 by Outdoor Web Designs

End of the Year 2010 Bass Fishing

The last few days has seen some really good action out on Lake Jackson. The lily pad fields have really thinned out in a big way since the state sprayed them and this has opened up a few more areas for us to bass fish. Hydrilla is still very healthy out here and so are the bass.

option for keeping the bass fishing action steady and the guys have been landing some trophy bass as well. Wild shiners have been working best free lined and tossed right to the edges of the lily pads. This is a pattern that has been holding steady now for over a month, and has made many clients very happy.

Tom came back once again, along with good friend Frank and they had a blast out here. Between the two of them they boated right about 20 bass in six hours, along with 2 nice catfish and a huge bowfin. The bass the guys were catching were running from school sized bass to the big gal which was just over 7 pounds. Mix in three bass at an easy five pounds a pop, that makes for one great day of Bass Fishing in Florida!

The remainder of the week saw the same steady action out on Lake Jackson. Live bait was the definite way to go to catch good numbers of bass along with the size. We have been seeing more and more bass beds showing up as the big gals are getting very close to spawning now. Cooler weather has triggered a great bite for us that has remained steady. More cooler weather is on top to close out the month of December and we fully expect the bite to remain strong as we get geared up for the 2011 Florida Bass Fishing Season.

Week Ending December 18th 2010

December 23, 2010 by Outdoor Web Designs

Week Ending December 18th 2010

Kissimmee Chain of Lakes bass fishing has been doing very good for us. We have been focusing on mainly Lake Jackson as it has been producing not only some great numbers of bass, but some good size as well. We did a quick scouting trip out here to check out a few other spots. These spots in the past have produced some great trophy bass for us and have typically reloaded after a few months.

We hit the nail on the head this day. One of my favorite spots was holding a bunch of great bass and the action was pretty steady for us. We did start the morning our using live wild shiners, and as we moved to different areas we cracked out the artificial baits.

Zoom flukes in June Bug seemed to be the hot ticket with the artificial baits. Bass were relating tight to cover and seemed to prefer a mix of coverage. Lily pads with Kissimmee grass close by seemed to be the hot spots. Water temperatures started the day out at 52.7 degrees, yes folks we are in Florida, this has pushed the bass tighter to cover where we have been fishing and has made it much easier to target the bass. Once again we have seem bass with the tell tale sores on the tails from fanning beds and we have started to spot scattered beds around the lake.

Bass Fishing in Florida is still a hook setting bonanza. Sid returned once again for some great bass fishing action out on Lake Jackson here in Central Florida. We started the day out hitting the ramp very early so we were on our first spot just before 7am. Cooler temperatures than the day before and a fog that did not let go of us until just after 10am, looked like it was going to be a tougher day than we had been used to.

We started out on that first spot, which had been great at producing not only some good numbers of bass, but also some pretty good sized bass as well. Today was a day of all wild shiners and the bass did not let us down. Tossing free lined shiners to the edges of the lily pads was the way to go, one thing we did notice was the placement of the shiners today was the big key to catching the bass. Placing the bait a couple feet from the pad yielded little to no action at all, but if they were placed within inches of the pads, the bass played very good for us.

With the wind constantly changing directions on us, the Dig In Anchor system was awesome at holding us in place and allowed us to pin point our casts to the edges with no problem. This was a great bass fishing day for Sid, as he boated not only 21 bass in four hours, but also landed three catfish a pickerel and a big bowfin. Lot of action for Sid today and I got a pretty good work out myself zipping around the boat netting all of his fish today.

I still have a few open dates for December and January while February is booking up fast. We are expecting yet another very busy spawn season as we did this previous season, so book your bass fishing trips soon.

Bass Fishing Forecast for December

December 19, 2010 by Outdoor Web Designs

Bass Fishing Forecast for December

Bass fishing in Florida is usually great in the month of December. Bass are starting to feed up for the spawn. Cold fronts have started rolling through the state not only cooling off our air temperatures, but also our water temperatures. This will trigger bait fish, shad and wild shiners to bunch up, making the bass feeding frenzy some really exciting action to fish.

This time of year bass schooling action is not uncommon and with this going on, bass can be caught in several different ways. Of course one of everyone’s favorite ways is top water action. Top water pop’rs, buzz baits and toads can trigger some explosive strikes from bass.

Spinner baits and blade baits, like the steel shad will also be very effective lures to use to catch schooling bass.
Largemouth bass will start staging up for the big spawn, and bass beds can be seen as early as the first week of December. This is generally when expectations start to rise, people get excited, as catching that trophy bass can become much easier. Anglers will be ready to start targeting bass beds with ten inch worms, craws and a wide range of other creature baits to catch that one gal they have been waiting for.

This is also a very busy time of year for us, as anglers from all over the United States flock to Florida, the Bass Fishing Capital of the World, as they know this is the start of what we call “Trophy Bass Fishing” season.
One of the main targets of course will be world famous Lake Toho which has been known for decades to yield some of the biggest bass the State of Florida has to offer. Other lakes in the central Florida area that can and will produce trophy bass are, Butler Chain and Johns Lake.