Hello Folks,
Well, fall has arrived and boy did it feel good. I walked out of the house on Monday the first day of fall and it was 68 degrees and it was great.
I’m so looking forward to some cooler weather and the great fishin’ it’s goin’ to bring. We had a wet summer and the water is up in all the lakes and the spawn this year should be really good.
I talked to Kyle at Bitter’s Bait and Tackle this week and the specks have noticed the cooler weather. They are already startin’ to bite and we aren’t even into speck season.
Kyle reports that folks are startin’ to catch some nice stringers of specks in Lake Monroe and Lake Jesup. Most of the specks are in deeper water like the channels through out the lake. You can rig your poles at different depths and drift the open water until you find ’em. Once you locate ’em, keep driftin’ back and forth over the same area until they quit bitin.
Kyle also reports some folks are still catchin’ some nice big bluegills in Lake Monroe on red worms. Some folks like to call ’em bream but they are all from the sunfish family.
It all depends where you are from because folks in different parts of the country call ’em red-ears, red-breast, bluegill, or warmouth, but they are all from the sunfish family. The good news for us they are fun to catch and the good eatin’ as well.
The bass fishin’ in our area is off and on dependin’ which day you go. Kyle fished Starke Lake in Ocoee this past week and only caught a few small bass.
Kyle also reports that the bass fishin’ on the Butler Chain has been just fair. There is a lot of schoolers in the chain so watch for the divin’ birds on the bait-fish.
Rick and I fished the Butler Chain last week and we caught around 10 bass on plastic worms and slow-sinkin’ Senko-type baits. The biggest was around 2 lbs.
We also fished John’s Lake and we caught 10 bass on plastic worms and Senko-type baits.
The Harris Chain has been doin’ pretty good on bass this past week. I fished Lake Dora last week and I only caught four bass but my first bass of the day was a nice 5 pounder. So my day started off good but it was downhill from there. Some bass are bein’ caught in Big Lake Harris by flippin’ the grass line and heavy cover through out the lake.
You can also catch some bass around the offshore grass patches in the chain. Once you locate the submerged hydrila or eel-grass, you should be able to catch some bass. I know lots of anglers like to fish a swim-jig, or a speed worm in those types of areas of the lake. I also like to fish a speed worm in those areas as well. You should give it a try the next time you find some submerged hydrilla or eel-grass off shore.
My buddy Ryan Fleck from RNF Marine turned me on to speed worm fishin’. I had never fished ’em before and it has really improved my fishin’. I caught my biggest bass this year, a 9.5 pounder, by speed worm fishin’. So if you have never given it a try get some speed worms and give it a shot.
As a reminder, Monday, September 30, is the final day of the TrophyCatch season. You have until October 15 to get your bass of more than 8 lbs. entered into the record books. Go to FWC website and enter your bass for a chance to win a new boat.
Well, that’s it for this week. I hope you have a great week and I’ll see ya next week.
Tip of the week: cooler weather.
Save a few and good luck!
