Florida Fishing Reports

Harris Chain

Crappie are bedding in the cat tails and pads The fish are very shallow so get as close to the bank as possible..

Gilbert Park on Lake Dora and Eustis Lake Walk

on Lake Eustis are good for catfish and pan fish at night. The Lake walk can also produce some nice size bass. Fish the Howey Bridge at night for Specks and Bass. Use a submersible light up next to the bridge pilings. For Bass fish the docks and edges of grass and pads with a June bug lizard or Producto Hot Rod worm.

Shellcracker

St. Johns River

Fish the lily pads for bedding bass and crappie

Lake Monroe
Captain Joe reports the crappie are bedding in the cat tails and bull rushes. Also try the marked channel around markers 4 to 9. the area straight out from downtown Sanford in 6 to 8 feet of water is a good place to drift with a tight line rig. Gold Ice Jigs and Orange Ron's Zip Jigs tipped with a minnow work the best.
A pink Ron's Fish Bite or Blue Ron' Zip Jig on a drift rig tipped with a minnow works well. Also Captain Joe has been catching lots of specks using a Pink and Gold Ron's Zip Jig. For mullet and panfish fish use red worms, wigglers and crickets.

TIP: Use chicken feed to attract mullet to your baited hook.

Lake Dorr

Lots of good reports coming in for this Lake. Fish the edges of grass for specks on Zip Jigs tipped with minnows. White and Chartreuse are the best colors. Troll the middle of the lake with a small Rat-l-Trap for Bass and Specks.

Lake Yale

Lake Yale water levels are up now. Fish the deeper water around the points with minnows for specks. Free line shiners over grass beds for Bass. Troll a Rat-L-Trap in mid lake for bass.

Bear pond

Located in Seminole WMA on Hwy 46
is a HOT spot for Channel Cats. This Lake
is stocked by Fish and Game and even has fish feeders. It's a great spot to take the kids.
Bank fishing only. Bass must be released.
Access is from SR46 just west of the
Wekiva River bridge.
Nite crawlers are best bait for channel cats.

Black Water Creek

To fish Blackwater Creek in Seminole WMA or to get permits to Drive into Seminole Forrest call Lake Forestry Station at 352-360-6675.
They will Fax the permit form with the
lock combination to you or you may
have them fax it to Sorrento Bait and Tackle at 352-383-1185. The permit is free.
We charge a $1.00 fee for the fax service.

Lake Jessup-Harney

Fish Soldier creek for beddig crappie. Tight line a drift rig in 4 to 8 feet of water around the island

Crappie (Speck)

DEXTER WOODRUFF

Fish the pads for bedding specks. Flip the pads for bass

WEKIVA RIVER

Sunshine bass school at the mouth of the river early morning. Medium shiners or Menhaden Shad are best baits. Fish the deep holes in the bends of the river with medium shiners or nite crawlers for Catfish.
Beetle-Spins will catch a variety of fish, slow troll along the edges of grass and pads or cast near the cypress roots or sunken logs.
Cast a black shad plastic worm near stumps, fallen trees and lily-pads for bass. Troll small crank baits in the last stretch of river before the St Johns. A noisy topwater lure such as the Rattlin-Rogue will also work.

Use a cast net to catch Menhaden shad in the river. Great bait for Stripers, Sunshine Bass and Largemouth bass.

H0LLY CHAIN
Troll the middle of the lakes with Rat-L-Traps for Specks and Bass. Fish a shiner around points for Bass. Look for Specks around the fish attractors and edges of grass and pads. The 3rd Lake is the best bet.. Flip a June Bug worm in heavy cover.

For directions to boat ramps and best fishing
spots drop by Sorrento Bait and Tackle on your next trip to Lake County.
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Cell phone 352-267-0062

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Captain Lynda has been using rods from Deep South that she absolutely loves. They are so sensitive that she feels her hook-up percentage has increased dramatically.

While being guided by Captain Lynda; Chuck Murray caught and released several nice bass fishing the Harris Chain. Chuck is fishing a big tournament the end of the month and was pre-fishing. Good luck, hope you are the winner.

Wild shiners are still the secret to catching that trophy lunker but a drop shot rig is also working very well. If you would like to learn about the drop shot method give her a call or stop in at Sorrento Bait and Tackle to see how it�s done.

The mouth�s of most of your canals on the Harris Chain is giving up some pretty nice bass using a Rat-L-Trap, topwater baits or a swimming type weightless worm. It�s the time of year for fish to start moving into the canals so be sure to check them out. A Culprit Pro-Frog; flipping with a Bass Assassin June bug blue tailed worm and using wild shiners are all producing some nice bass. The Yale Canal off of Lake Griffin is producing some pretty big bass. A lot of the local small lakes are hot right now. Fishing a wild shiner on a freeline (without a bobber or weight) is still producing some of the bigger fish. A Rat-L-trap (chrome blue, chrome green or gold} has also produced some nice bass for my customers.

A slow falling sinking weightless worm (Producto�s Hot Rod works great) or a white and chartreuse Stanley spinner bait reeled in as slowly as possible, are both working quite well. Be sure to lift up on your rod tip occasionally to make the spinner bait look as natural as possible. A Producto watermelon, Junebug or redbug Hot Rod worm is a good bait to be throwing right now. If you think you are fishing too slow, slow down even more. This bait can produce some huge bass but it has to be worked very slowly. Lake Dora, Lake Harris, Lakes Cypress, Toho and Lake Hatchineha are still giving up some nice bass on wild shiners and flipping the heavy Kissimmee Grass. Be sure to try a frog or toad, cranking them fast (first thing in the morning or all day if it is overcast), over lily pads, topped out hydrilla and along weed lines for largemouth bass.

Lake Monroe is still giving up some big specks for this time of year. Silver, pink, blue, gold or a pink and chartreuse Ron�s Zip Jig tipped with minnows are all working. Also a Shorty�s Ice Jig in the same colors is picking up some huge specks.

Captain Lynda is now fishing some private lakes as well as Central Florida major lakes and rivers.

For the fishing trip you�ve dreamed of, give Captain Lynda a call at (toll free) 1-866-383-1893, or cell number 352-267-0062.

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Stop in at Sorrento Bait and Tackle to view the 15.2 pound lunker bass replica mount done by taxidermist Paul Solomon of Winter Garden. This bass was caught by Captain Lynda and released so others could enjoy the thrill.

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