Hello Folks,
I hope you are havin’ a great week. Hopefully, you had a chance to get on the water and do some fishin’ over the weekend.
The fishin’ is doin’ good in most of the lakes in our area. Some nice stringers of bass are bein’ caught in the local and national tournaments that are bein’ held here in Central Florida. Mark at Big Toho Bait and Tackle reports that the guides are takin’ clients out and they are catchin’ some nice bass on shiners. The problem is there aren’t many shiners, so the guides are limited on how many shiners they can get per trip. Folks are fishin’ are catchin’ some nice 6 pounders and 7 pounders on shiners.
Mark also reports that a few folks are gettin’ on the water early and catchin’ some nice bass on top-water baits at first light. Once the sun gets up, you need to switch over to plastic worms to catch ’em. The best colors to use have been junebug, black blue, and blueberry.
Over at Bitter’s Bait and Tackle, Kyle reports that the folks in his area are still catchin’ some specks. Most of the specks have moved to shallow water to spawn. The best lakes to catch some specks in have been Lake Monroe and Lake Jesup. Most folks are catchin’ ’em on minners and jigs tipped with a minner. Kyle reports a few specks and some bluegills are showin’ up along the seawall in Sanford. Kyle reports that it won’t be long before the bluegills will be showin’ up to spawn. As a matter of fact, Kyle said he has found a few bluegills showin’ up around the shell beds in the local lakes and some of the bigger chains.
Kyle reports that the bass fishin’ has been off and on in most of the lakes in our area. The Harris Chain has been very busy with tournaments held throughout the chain. It’s taken about a 20 lb. bag of five bass to get in the money, so the bass are bitin’ but you will have to look for ’em to be able to catch ’em. I was on the chain last week and I caught a few small bass flippin’ the heavy cover throughout the Lake Dora.
The bass fishin’ has been good if you want to drag some shiners around in Lake Maitland. Kyle reports folks are freelinin’ shiners over the submerged hydrilla and eel grass beds and catchin’ some nice bass. The bass are bitin’ in the Butler Chain, too.
Central Florida Bass Hunters, a local bass club, held its monthly tournament on the Butler Chain last weekend. Congrats to Danny Mosley and Randall Faber who won the tournament with five bass that hit the scales at a total of 18.93 lbs. They also caught the biggest bass of the tournament that was caught by Randall and weighed 9.02 lbs. There was another nice bass caught durin’ the tournament that weighed more than 8 lbs.
So, the fishin’ is still doin’ good and with the warmer days ahead, the fishin’ should be good for a while. Get the family and go fishin’ over the weekend. See ya next week.
Tip of the week: shiners for bass.
Save a few and good luck!
