Hello Folks,
I hope you had a great weekend and hopefully you got a chance to do some fishin’.
The fishin’ right now is still pretty good in most of the lakes in our area. Folks are still catchin’ plenty of bluegills in West Lake, East Lake, and Lake Kissimmee. Most folks are catchin’em on red worms, crickets, and grass-shrimp. As I mentioned last week, there are a lot of bluegill beds in all of our waters and there are plenty of bluegills on those beds. So, get some baits and go catch’em.
The bass fishin’ is still doin’ good in most of the lakes and chains in our area. The bass fishin’ on West Lake is still good. Most of the bass are bein’ caught on chatter-baits, plastic worms, and slow sinkin’ Senko type baits. The Harris Chain has been hit or miss here lately. Some days are better than others, but you should be able to catch some bass if you cover a lot of water. You need to slow down a little because we are headin’ into the summer months and the bass bite will be early in the mornin’ or late in the afternoon. The bass fishin’ on the Butler Chain is still doin’ good. Most of the lakes in the chain are producin’ some nice stringers of bass. You can catch’em on a variety of lures. Folks are usin’ chatter-baits, plastic worms, and Senko type baits. A few bass are bein’ caught on Carolina rigged plastic worms.
Congratulations to John Brazzell and Josh Davis on their win on Johns Lake. They weighed in 5 bass that hit the scales at 21.63 pounds. Also, congrats to Scott Paul and David Graham on their win on Lake Kissimmee. They weighed in 5 bass that hit the scales at 28.8 pounds.
Also, MLF Major League Fishing is comin’ to the Kissimmee Chain May 18th through May 23rd. This tournament is The Heavy Hitters, with 30 pros that qualified from the 2023 Bass Pro Tour season. These 30 pros will be competing for one bass that could win them $100,000 dollars. There will be a chance to win some money each day for the biggest bass that is caught. The tournament will be held out of Big Toho Marine. The anglers will launch at 7:30 a.m. each day of the tournament. They will return to talk about their day on the water at 4 p.m. each day.
So, if you want to meet some of the pros, go watch the take-offs at 7:30 a.m. and take-outs at 4 p.m. The first 50 kids under 14 will get a new fishin’ rod and reel from Pure Fishing each day of the competition. This should be an exciting event and I hope you get a chance to do attend some of the events bein’ held at Big Toho Marine.
Well, that’s it for this week. I hope to see you on the water real soon.
Tip of the week: MLF in town
Save a few and good luck!
