Florida Fishing, Whats good, Whats Not

[DDM]

Anyone fish Central Florida.

[Bassboss]

Never have, but would like to!

One good all round Florida thing though it frogs, 10" worms.... June bug, and black best, paddle tails are great! Spinnerbaits are good anywhere you go!


Wish I could help you out more, but as you can see (<<<) I'm south east fl!

[aikenyounggun]

well if you consider Orlando central, i would throw a fluke.... my uncle lives on a pond right outside orlando and we always catch fish on fluke..... spinnerbaits are good too..... actually a lot of stuff is good on that pond

[aikenyounggun]

ohhh and welcome to the site, glad to have ya

[keithdog]

I used to get down there around January to fish at a lake called Tarpin Lake. It's north of Clearwater in a community called Palm Harbour. My parents lived down there and my father had a boat on the lake. We used to flat out kick bass bootie by fishing about a mile off shore over the tops of submerged weedbeds in about 15-20 foot of water. There was one weedbed about 50 yards wide and 300 yards long. The lake is 3 miles wide and 7 miles long. We would possition our boat so the wind would drift us along that weedbed working it with jointed Rebel stickbaits. We could cast anything else in the boat, but the ONLY thing they would hit was that black back silver sided Rebel jointed minnow. And they would hit it on nearly every cast. It was just amazing. Also picked up a few huge crappie at the same time.

[WTL]

Flipping and pitching large junebug or red shad plastic worms is always a major pattern.

Then maybe I would say flukes, then spinnerbaits.

Trebled lures will catch fish, but the weeds make them a little less popular. Some people do through hard jerkbaits though...and of course topwater whether it be Sammys, Spooks, Propbaits or Poppers can produce nice fish as well.

[JB]

I went to central and then southern fla last april and may to fish, and what surprised me was there's very little pressure on bass in the local canals and lakes. I never did have any luck on any top water but had a lot of crankbait fish....just keep an eye out for gaters once it gets evening time

[REDBULLCUBAN]

Originally Posted by DDM

Anyone fish Central Florida.

nope south west here, like som1 also stated flukes are great in florida i use them alot zoom super flukes in particular

[The Bateman]

Fished Toho last Saturday. Water temp 74. Spawn is over, but lots of 1 to 2lb bass that are very hungry. Top water at daylight, rattletraps, trick worms, and texas rigs in thick lilypads and Kissimmee grass.

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by REDBULLCUBAN

nope south west here, like som1 also stated flukes are great in florida i use them alot zoom super flukes in particular

Oh ya! Can't believe I forgot flukes, big bass assassins too!

[hookset on 3]

I don't know what it is about those FLA bass, But as WTL said;junebug and red shad culprit or producto worms. Heck, I got a guide out of Red's Fish Camp on Toho 30 years ago and that's what we threw when we were waiting for some lunker to hit the other rod with the 8 inch shiner.

Originally Posted by WTL

Flipping and pitching large junebug or red shad plastic worms is always a major pattern.

Then maybe I would say flukes, then spinnerbaits.

Trebled lures will catch fish, but the weeds make them a little less popular. Some people do through hard jerkbaits though...and of course topwater whether it be Sammys, Spooks, Propbaits or Poppers can produce nice fish as well.

[bamabassman]

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[66KingFisher]

Funny this tread came up.....My oldest daughter and her husband just informed us that they have decided to make Florida their home and are currently house shopping somewhere outside the Tampa area. So it looks like the wife and I will be traveling to Florida to visit them periodicly.....first thing to my mind was "I wonder if they got any good bass fishin spots nearby"?.....lol. I don't own a boat, but I can assure you i'll be takin my tackle bag and a pole or two with me when I go.....I don't care if its Christmas time, I wanna catch me onna them big'ol Forida bass......any of you guys fish around the Tampa area?

[flfireman]

Where at in Central Florida?? That's a pretty large area to ask about. For the majority of the state any canal, pond, even retention pond can hold bass. Yes, there are canals and such all around the Tampa area to fish.

[66KingFisher]

I can see some of those canals around the Tampa area using that NASA World wind deal that Kevin taught us about......I just figured those were salt water in those canals and would not hold bass....is that not the case??

[bamabassman]

66, most inland waters along the coast is what they call brackish water. it is mixed alittle with salt and fresh water. there will be bass in them. watch the tide charts close. when the tide is up or coming in, no bass near the gulf. if it is down or going out, bass will move down with it. if the fresh water is coming from a river or creek fish at the mouth of it coming into the lake area. the alabama delta is like this. north of I-10, fresh water or brackish, south if the interstate, salt water. tidal waters are a MUST know when fishing these kinds of waters my friend. that is why i didn't like it,lol. couldn't learn it over 17 years,lmao.

[66KingFisher]

See....this is the reason I come here....I just learned something new....largemouth bass can live in brackish water.....I had no idea....thanks Bama

[WTL]

Originally Posted by hookset on 3

I don't know what it is about those FLA bass, But as WTL said;junebug and red shad culprit or producto worms. Heck, I got a guide out of Red's Fish Camp on Toho 30 years ago and that's what we threw when we were waiting for some lunker to hit the other rod with the 8 inch shiner.

I was friends with a fellow who used to guide out of Red's a while back (at least I think he said it was Red's)

And I'm surprised producto doesnt have a national following. They are good worms, among the very softest, but I only seem to see them in Florida.


Bama is right about tidal water being tough/different. I still havent got it. Think I want to go back home to huntsville as soon as I can to get away from the salt.

[bamabassman]

66, wtl, that is why whenever i fished in mobile area... i went WAY back in the creeks and such. fresher water and better fishing for what i was used to. now that i am back up here,lol, i am learning all over agin,lmao. tidal waters are very hard to learn for one who hasn't ever fished it before. some here will disagree with me, that's ok. it was hard for ME though.

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by 66KingFisher

Funny this tread came up.....My oldest daughter and her husband just informed us that they have decided to make Florida their home and are currently house shopping somewhere outside the Tampa area. So it looks like the wife and I will be traveling to Florida to visit them periodicly.....first thing to my mind was "I wonder if they got any good bass fishin spots nearby"?.....lol. I don't own a boat, but I can assure you i'll be takin my tackle bag and a pole or two with me when I go.....I don't care if its Christmas time, I wanna catch me onna them big'ol Forida bass......any of you guys fish around the Tampa area?

Good luck with her house shopping!!

I went to Tampa with my dad for a job interview, we fished a little on the Hillsborough River and caught a few on spinnerbaits!

[hookset on 3]

WTL, Yeah Red's was like mecca for lunker hunter's on the Kissimee chain of lakes. You know another FL tackle co. that is huge down there but not so much in the rest of the US of A. Gambler,and they make some decent stuff. I'm ready for a road trip down there. I heard most of the canals are way down (drought) so most of the fish are in a few deep holes.The guy said the fishing was ridiculously easy.

Originally Posted by WTL

I was friends with a fellow who used to guide out of Red's a while back (at least I think he said it was Red's)

And I'm surprised producto doesnt have a national following. They are good worms, among the very softest, but I only seem to see them in Florida.


Bama is right about tidal water being tough/different. I still havent got it. Think I want to go back home to huntsville as soon as I can to get away from the salt.

[WTL]

Yep, Gambler craws and producto tourney worms....and Charlies jerk n shads.