Central Florida Bass Fishing

Bass fishing on Lake Toho has been doing ok for us. Tiege and Tony came out for some action and the bass were around, but it was tough to get a good bite going. The guys did ok but it was not what I am used to out here. Very hot with water temps in the upper to low 90’s made these bass a little stand offish.

Day two we headed to Lake Jackson for eight hours of bass fishing, and I told the guys I fully expect a 30 bass day out here. The guys had a blast as they just kept hauling bass after bass over the side of the boat, needless to say they safely boated their 30 bass easily before 10am and burned thru 5 dozen shiners with no problem. Once the live bait was gone we continued on with flukes and senkos to catch a few more scattered bass here and there.

The guys loved it out here and definitely had a great time not only catching some serious numbers of bass, but some nice quality bass as well.
Capt Tim Fey
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Lake Toho Bass Fishing,last report for 2009

Lake Toho Bass Fishing

The end of December proved to be yet another good week of bass fishing on Lake Toho.
Southern end of the lake is still producing some good numbers for us. Live bait has been a big key to catching bass on a consitant basis but the artificial bite is was still producing some good catches.
Most of our time had been spent targeting reeds and scattered patches of lily pads with some pretty good success.
Yushi and his son Atsushi had one awesome day out here, not only catching some good numbers, but also some quality bass at a steady pace. Water temperatures were running right around 59 degrees which did have the bass somewhat scattered, but as long as we were within casting range of the reeds and pads with our shiners, the bass played pretty good.
With the artificial baits, Gitem K.O's wacky rigged and twin Liz was the definate way to go. Altho the bite with artificials was more of a light tap and not the wanted aggressive hit, allowing the bass to swim a few extra seconds with your bait was the trick. Keeping track of every cast you made was needed, as these bass would lightly grab the bait and slowly swim away from cover to deeper waters, several times clients have made casts, and did not feel a thing until their bait was within feet of the boat. This is not uncommon, especially when the waters get cold like this.
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Lake Toho Bass Fishing. Week ending Dec 25th

Lake Toho Bass Fishing Report

Lake Toho Bass fishing has been doing very good thru the middle of the month of December. Several trips out on Lake Toho have produced some good numbers, and some quality bass.
 We did a little live bait fishing, bass responded well to this, but the main action was with the artificial baits. Steel Shad and spinner baits worked well on schooling bass. Schooling bass size was ok, the real catch came with rigging up a fluke with a half ounce weight, tossing it past the schooling bass and very slowly crawling it below the school to catch the quality bass. Scattered hydrilla beds in mid lake have still been producing good numbers.
 Key has been to find the small isolated patches. These patches have been holding bass as of late for us. Friars cove has also been holding some quality bass. Gitem Shads, 10 inch worms and wacky rigged Gitem K.Os have been the main baits used to target these bass.
We also had the great pleasure of filming a bass fishing show with Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine Television Series out on Lake Toho this month. We had a great time and got some good footage. All bass caught for the show were caught on Steel Shad and some on live bait. Show should be airing but the end of January 2010.
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Lake Toho Bass Fishing week of Dec 12th

Lake Toho Bass Fishing

The bass fishing on Lake Toho has been great for us the past week. Wild shiners, artificial plastics and steel shad have been producing not only some good numbers, but some size as well.
 We have been launching out of the main ramp and making the long run to the south end of the lake.
Some good largemouth action had been coming from Friars Cove.
Working stickups and reeds have been a big key to catching some quality bass. Craws and Gitem KO’s have been the main producers as far as the plastics go. Steel Shad and spinner baits have also been very big, especially the steel shad in the open water areas that we have hit. There has been some steady schooling action on the southern end of Lake Toho, which has kept us going back for.
West side of the lake has also been a good area for us, slowly swimming either flukes or flappin shads thru the scattered grasses have produced some good strikes, another good bet was working a one ounce spinner bait thru the reeds and thinned out grasses. For the most part, the bite has been a pretty aggressive hit.
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Lake Toho Bass Fishing report Early Dec 2009

Lake Toho Bass Fishing

Bass Fishing the first part of December started out great on Lake Toho. Three days of bass fishing with Paul Fisler and HM1 Shane Gilley proved to be eventful and a lot of fun.
 These guys were catching bass at a good pace every morning, with steel shad leading the way. These bass were in tune in a big way with the shad. The early bite was definitely key to every day, as once the schooling action cooled off, we found ourselves doing some moving around to catch bass. The south end of Lake Toho proved to be the best action.

Paul started Day one out, showing me his new spinner bait from Holeshottackle.com, and on the first cast of the day got the hook up. After that we spent the majority of the time catching bass with the shad. We had one main area that we fished every morning with great success, bass played very good and kept the action steady every day. Once this action died off, we moved around working Gene Larew craws catching bass scattered across the southern end of lake toho. Tried some senko type baits but got no action with them, and managed only one follow on a Gambler Flappin Shad. Despite higher winds on Wednesday, we still caught bass scattered on toho, using steel shad, with Shane basically just trolling one behind the boat. For the most part, the bite with soft plastics with a very light one, as Shane’s big bass just picked up the bait and swam towards the boat with it before he realized he had something on the line.

JJ’s Dippin Dye was a big help on the boat as well, with the light bite, I honestly believe this product made a difference, as the first few bass that hit, let go fast that is until we started dipping our baits. Great product, and you only need to dip your plastic once, as this penetrates the plastic and trust me on this, it stays and works!
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Lake Toho Bass Fishing Report Nov 2009

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The first half of November we spent a lot of time on Lake Toho doing some scouting and checking out lake conditions. There is a lot of matting out here and if you hit the right ones, you can catch some good numbers and size out here right now. Water temps are finally down, in the upper 60’s on the days we hit this great lake.

A few of the days we hit Lake Toho the winds were up some, so we focused on areas where we had a push coming thru cuts in the matting, and the bass were there and played pretty good for us. We had a good spinner bait bite going on as well as a wacky rig bite.
Open water areas that were holding bass produced pretty good with the Steel Shad as well as the spinner bait. Silver steel shad and a 1 ounce spinner bait seemed to be the most productive lures for us and bass seemed to be pretty aggressive when they hit these lures.
Northern end of the lake seemed to be the most productive area, with a few coming out of Gobblets Cove and a few scattered from the southern end.
Lake Cypress also seemed to be a good option, as we made a few runs down there and always managed to catch bass down there, with very little pressure on the days we were there, I think we may have seen 4 other boats there on the days we made the run.
Check back often as we will be adding more to this report for the last half of the month, with several trips coming up for lake toho. Also be sure to check out the bass fishing videos, as 2 more have been added from Lake Toho.
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Lake Toho, Johns Lake and Butler Chain Bass Fishing Report Oct 2009

Orlando Bass Fishing Report

The month of October has seen some very good bass fishing action here in Orlando.
Johns Lake has seen some good schooling action in the early morning hours with us catching them on steel shad, gitem shad and curly 7’s.
Most schooling action has been in the Deer Island Cut with some action coming mid lake. Waters are up and bass have new feeding areas due to this, so some of the more common haunts have not produced as well as in the past. Making adjustments to your normal fishing patterns will make a big difference in what you catch, and how much you catch.
Grass beds and offshore submerged hydrilla have been a huge key to success in keeping the action going steady during the day. Top water action is here!  Gitem toads and torpedoes getting some good action.
Butler Chain has been pretty typical with the action coming mostly on wacky rigs skipped under docks. We have gotten on a good spinner bait bite as well along with rattle traps and c-rigged gitem warlocks. Lakes Butler and Down have been very good to us especially in deeper waters, working drop offs has seemed to be the spot as well as areas with sunken trees, as the bait fish have been stacking up in these areas pretty good as of late.

Lake Toho has been doing good, with a few runs out there lately steel shad have done very good in open waters, as well as working along hydrilla beds and grass edges. Toads and 10 inch worms have been great coming across topped out hydrilla as well as thru scattered grasses.

November is shaping up to be a great month for bass fishing. Temperatures, water and air are cooling down, making it much nicer to fish than the hot summer months, and with the cooler waters, bass are getting much more active. Live bait bite should be good as usual, and we should have some good top water action as well. Schooling action is typically good in November and we fully expect it to carry on right thru the end of the year. Just take a look at the pictures from previous Novembers and this is what you can expect to happen on any give cast. This is also the time to really start considering that Crappie trip, slabs will be plenty and makes for a very exciting time on the water as well as bass fishing.
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Lake Toho and Johns Lake Bass Fishing

This report covers the last 2 weeks of Central Florida Bass Fishing, we have been very busy on the waters, which at times can make it hard to keep up with weekly reports.

The past week I have had several days out on Johns Lake, some scouting trips and some with clients. The waters have held a fairly steady temperature in the mid to upper 60’s. Bass overall have been hitting good, with one day of having to plug away hard for our catch, as the front rolled thru. Errol from LA worked long and hard for his catch, with a few bass coming on shiners and a few coming on Gitem Shads. The father son Trio of Kevin, Matt and Mark caught bass a Cotton Cordell Super Spots and Gitem Shad. Both of those trips showed very limited to no schooling action at all.

Today I hit Johns Lake again, in search of more bass for future trips next week. With perfect weather conditions and heavy clouds to start the morning out, the bass were schooling in mass once again. Bass were caught on a wide range of lures. Long A’s caught a couple, Gitem Shads caught a few, with the Gitem Toad and High Roller Chug Roller in fire tiger color getting the most action. A lot of shoreline and flooded timber was covered with spinner baits and Super Spots to end the day around 10:00 with a total for the day at 18 bass. I did spot several bass beds in different areas with no bass on them, just a lot of cruising, other than the early morning bite, most of the fish were caught in less than 3 feet of water, with most following the baits from very shallow water before hammering the bait.

The bite was definitely good and aggressive, once the winds starting blowing, the bite died off, so instead of flipping the grass beds, I headed for the ramp and called it a day, and a very productive day at that.

Today I had a 6 hour run on Lake Toho, with the front upon us, and rains expected, we knew it was going to be a tough bite, and the bass agreed, it was a tough bite. Phil and his girlfriend came up from Clearwater for some relaxing time on the water and to catch some bass, even though the bite was tough, they did land a few decent bass and missed a few good bass as well. This was a shiner trip, so that should tell you hw tough the fishing was out there, key to getting the bass was slow trolling the shiners, set a foot to 2 feet below a float and work slowly along the grass lines. We had several bass that seemed to just play with the baits and never committed to it, and when they did take the shiners, you had to let them have it anywhere from instant hook set to waiting 20 seconds.

Despite the breezy conditions and all, the day turned out pretty good.
Shiner Fishing on Lake Toho has been good, working in and around lily pads and the edges of hydrilla and grass bed. Bass beds have been showing up lately on Lake Toho, Butler Chain and Johns Lake, so it should be only a matter of time before the really big gals start slamming baits.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!!
Capt Tim Fey
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Lake Toho

Today I had a 6 hour run on Lake Toho, with the front upon us, and rains expected, we knew it was going to be a tough bite, and the bass agreed, it was a tough bite. Phil and his girlfriend came up from Clearwater for some relaxing time on the water and to catch some bass, even though the bite was tough, they did land a few decent bass and missed a few good bass as well. This was a shiner trip, so that should tell you hw tough the fishing was out there, key to getting the bass was slow trolling the shiners, set a foot to 2 feet below a float and work slowly along the grass lines.


We had several bass that seemed to just play with the baits and never committed to it, and when they did take the shiners, you had to let them have it anywhere from instant hook set to waiting 20 seconds. Despite the breezy conditions and all, the day turned out pretty good.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey

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