Hello Folks,
I sure hope you and your family made it through the tornado this past week. We haven’t had one of those in a while, also please pray for those that were impacted. Once the weather settle’s down the fishin should pick back up. The specks are still bitin and with the full moon this Friday would be a good time to get out and catch’em some. Kyle at Bitter’s B&T reports that folks are still catchin some specks in Lake Monroe and Lake Jesup. The specks are bitin real good in The Kissimmee Chain, especially in Lake Kissimmee. Most of the specks are bein caught on minners and grass-shrimp. The bass fishin has been good as well. Lots of bass are bein caught on shiners in The Headwaters. It’s been reported by the guides that folks are catchin 20 to 30 bass each trip. The bass fishin on West Lake Toho is doin good as well.
MLF fishin held a regional tournament on West Lake This past weekend. Congrats to Christopher Maxwell on his win. Chris brought 5 bass to the scales that weighed 23lbs.-15ozs. Our own John Kremer from Deland finished in 8th. place with 5 bass that weighed in at 17lbs.-9ozs. There were 122 boats in the tournament so I’m sure The Kissimmee Chain was a busy place over the weekend. My buddy Rich Niles fished his club tournament on West Lake Toho on Sunday and it took a little over 14 lbs. to win. I guess the BFL guys caught all the bass. Rich reported that a few bass were on the beds, on Friday and then on Sunday only the males were guarded the beds. Rich reported that he seen bass fry, around those same beds, on Sunday. Bass in Florida will spawn all the way through to May, but some anglers claim they have seen bass on the beds in June. It all depends on the water temperature. Once the water temperature gets to 70 degrees much of the spawn is usually over. The peak months of spawnin in Central Florida is February through April. So we still have lots of time to catch some big bass in Florida in 2025. Please make sure you get your picture and release that big female back into the water as soon as possible. You can usually find bass spawnin in isolated cover like pads, reeds, laydowns like logs and trees. They also make their beds around cat-tails, hydrilla, and Kissimmee grass. They also like to spawn in canals in shallow water. Dependin on the size of the bass, a female bass she can lay up to 100,000 eggs. I have also seen females spawn in clear deep water like in The Butler Chain, and The Maitland Chain. My fishin buddy Rick Mullins and I have looked down in 10 to 12 feet of water, and seen bass on the beds in the chain. This may be the exception to the rule, but I’ve seen it happen in out there durin this time of the year. Well that’s it for this week. I hope to see ya on the water real soon.
Tip of the week: Bass Spawnin
SAVE A FEW AND GOOD LUCK
