Fishing
Report from Eddie Bussard
www.basschallenger.com
Butler Chain January 23, 2010
Spent
today on the Butler Chain of Lakes thinking that I could offer
my client some sight fishing for bedding bass sense he is fishing
for three full days. To my surprise we didn't see the first
bed and every fish my client caught was in 15 to 25 ft of water.
What this tells me is the water temps are still just a little
cool for the spawn to start here in Central FL. I have used
this chain of lake over the years as a tool in telling me when
the actual spawn has started. The Butler Chain offer's some
of the clearest water we have here in Central and what that
means is the fish on the Butler Chain will start to spawn earlier
then most other lakes in the area because they are able to
spawn in much deeper water and they are not affected by the
cold weather nearly as bad as a dirtier lake's where the fish
must spawn on the shorelines in two to four foot of water.A
few of the bass caught today were females and from the looks
of them the spawn has to start soon. The bellies on these fish
were very puffy which means the egg's are in place and now
it will just take mother nature to get the weather right.
All fish caught today were on drop-offs located on the edges
of spawning flats. The key was to find steep drops with 15 to
25 ft and bring the baits straight down the ledge. Just about
every fish caught today had one or two other fish follow them
to the boat. With the boat sitting in 25 ft of water my client
was able to dangle a bait 2 ft under the boat and catch one of
the fish that followed. I guess you could say that we did get
to do a little sight fishing it was just in a little deeper water
then I planed on sight fishing in.
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Years
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Private
Lake, Johns Lake and the Butler Chain of Lakes
Fishing
Report by Captain Tim Fey
Johns Lake Bass Fishing report
for November 2009
November has been a pretty good month for bass fishing on Johns
Lake. We have had several trips out on Johns Lake and for the
most part of the month there is been consistent schooling action
going on. Deer Island Cut is usually the best bet for the schooling
action first thing in the morning, but as we witnessed on a trip
with clients, who were fishing for strictly pan fish, the schooling
action can kick in just about anywhere on this great body of
water.
Spinner baits and blade baits have been
the best producers out here and usually in wide open waters.
Mid lake seemed to be one of the best areas to keep a consistent
catching action going on. Docks had been holding limited amount
of action skipping wacky rigged Gitem K.O’s and Gene
Larew craws.
We did notice a big drop in the bite when we got hit with a
very good cold front for Thanksgiving and word from the dock
was this cold front really turned on the crappie bite. Schooling
action on Johns Lake will with no doubt continue through March
as usual with some five plus pounders coming out of these schools
of bass.
With the major spawn just around the corner now, we fully expect
another great season on Johns Lake throwing everything from 10
inch worms to swim baits again. With water levels up, and tons
of flooded timber, bass will have all the cover needed so we
expect to see some bass beds in some hard to work areas, this
will make for yet another great action packed season.
October
2009 Report - November Outlook
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.
Capt Tim Fey
Owner/Guide
321-303-9207
http://www.bassfishingfl.com
Pro Staff Member
http://www.deepsouthfishingrods.com
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