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Lake Toho Bass Fishing
Pete lands a nice largemouth bass on Lake Toho using wild shiners. Wild shiners are probably one of the best ways to land bass out on Lake Toho, and during spawning season it is one of the most popular ways to land the Trophy Largemouth Bass out here.
July is a hot month here in Florida, but believe me folks, the bass are still biting down here.
It’s the same thing every year, the weatherman, who is over paid and wrong 99% of the time seems to try to scare people away with crazy out of the world hurricane forecasts. We as guides follow the weather like a hawk circling over a lake in search of his next victim, the largemouth bass or crappie.
Although July is typically a hot month, you can still fish comfortably for 6 hours and catch some very nice Florida largemouth bass. Artificial lures will still be producing good. Typically some good early morning top water action, before switching up to a Strike King Redeye Shad or spinner bait. Senko type baits and worms will also produce good catches, as well as wild shiners. Two good lakes to bass fishing will be Lake Toho and East Lake Toho. Typically Lake Toho is known for the trophy bass, but believe me, East Lake Toho has been doing pretty good itself. Evident is when it takes 24 pounds to win a tournament, which was just done on East Lake Toho during Spring Fling. Plenty of 5 plus pound bass were weighed in.
College Anglers Compete For Prizes For Conservation Ideas
San Antonio, Texas – Collegiate anglers competing in the 2010 BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship will have the opportunity to win prizes for presenting their fishing conservation ideas. The Berkley Conservation Institute (BCI) will award the top 3 anglers whose presentations are submitted by May 21, 2010. Winners will be determined by a panel of judges who are not known by anyone outside of those 5 individuals.
Anglers are encouraged to be creative with their presentations (Videos, Power Point, etc.). In addition to the quality of the presentation, the judges will consider how well the anglers perform; as well as how they carry themselves and promote fishing during the championship event. The awards presentation will take place immediately following the final day weigh in.
Awards:
1st place $1,000.00
2nd place $500.00
3rd place $500.00 IN Berkley tackle (MSRP)
Entries should be submitted no later than May 21, to:
Andrew Marks
BCI Collegiate Award
416 Lake Terrace
Azle, TX 76020
In addition to the contest awards, all eligible collegiate anglers submitting entries will be interviewed by one of the many camera teams on hand to capture the action during the championship event for airing on the television series. Also, every angler submitting a presentation will be awarded a Berkley 15# tournament scale with valued at $34.99.
“Berkley has partnered with the BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship for 3 years and it has become one of the programs that I am most proud of,” stated Andrew Marks, Sr. Marketing Manager for Berkley. “This award requires the collegiate anglers to utilize all their talents including creativity, skills developed as a result of their college education, business acumen to handle on camera interviews, and their overall fishing skills.”
The Berkley Conservation Institute was developed to support conservation and angler recruitment efforts. BCI cooperates with fishing groups, conservation organizations, customers and other industry partners to protect our fishable waters. Berkley also collaborates to enhance populations of important sport fish and introduce the next generation to the delight of angling while teaching them to lead the fight for conservation.
“This is a very prestigious contest presented by Berkley and it’s great of them to provide this opportunity,” said Wade Middleton, Tournament Director. “In addition to receiving substantial prizes, the winning anglers and many other contestants will be featured on the BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship television series; where the anglers and their conservation messages will be promoted.”
Extensive coverage of the championship event will be nationally televised on the Versus network from August -October 2010. The television series will also feature coverage of the Stephen F Austin Bucketmouth Bass Tournament, Arkansas Tech University Invitational, Southern Collegiate Bass Fishing Series Championship and the Collegiate Bass Fishing Open. For more information go to www.collegiatebasschampionship.com
Collegiate Anglers Have Opportunity to Collect Berkley Conservation Institute Grants
San Antonio, Texas – Collegiate anglers competing in the 2010 BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship will have the opportunity to win prizes for presenting their fishing conservation ideas. The Berkley Conservation Institute (BCI) will award the top 3 anglers whose presentations are submitted by May 21, 2010. Winners will be determined by a panel of judges who are not known by anyone outside of those 5 individuals.
Anglers are encouraged to be creative with their presentations (Videos, Power Point, etc.). In addition to the quality of the presentation, the judges will consider how well the anglers perform; as well as how they carry themselves and promote fishing during the championship event. The awards presentation will take place immediately following the final day weigh in.
Awards:
1st place $1,000.00
2nd place $500.00
3rd place $500.00 IN Berkley tackle (MSRP)
Entries should be submitted no later than May 21, to:
Andrew Marks
BCI Collegiate Award
416 Lake Terrace
Azle, TX 76020
In addition to the contest awards, all eligible collegiate anglers submitting entries will be interviewed by one of the many camera teams on hand to capture the action during the championship event for airing on the television series. Also, every angler submitting a presentation will be awarded a Berkley 15# tournament scale with valued at $34.99.
“Berkley has partnered with the BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship for 3 years and it has become one of the programs that I am most proud of,” stated Andrew Marks, Sr. Marketing Manager for Berkley. “This award requires the collegiate anglers to utilize all their talents including creativity, skills developed as a result of their college education, business acumen to handle on camera interviews, and their overall fishing skills.”
The Berkley Conservation Institute was developed to support conservation and angler recruitment efforts. BCI cooperates with fishing groups, conservation organizations, customers and other industry partners to protect our fishable waters. Berkley also collaborates to enhance populations of important sport fish and introduce the next generation to the delight of angling while teaching them to lead the fight for conservation.
“This is a very prestigious contest presented by Berkley and it’s great of them to provide this opportunity,” said Wade Middleton, Tournament Director. “In addition to receiving substantial prizes, the winning anglers and many other contestants will be featured on the BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship television series; where the anglers and their conservation messages will be promoted.”
Extensive coverage of the championship event will be nationally televised on the Versus network from August -October 2010. The television series will also feature coverage of the Stephen F Austin Bucketmouth Bass Tournament, Arkansas Tech University Invitational, Southern Collegiate Bass Fishing Series Championship and the Collegiate Bass Fishing Open. For more information go to www.collegiatebasschampionship.com
East Lake Toho Bass Fishing
Hit the waters of East Lake Toho for a few hours this morning with Jack.
We ran around a little bit marking a few areas of topped out hydrilla and located a bunch of great off shore grass beds. There was a some action on the surface with bass chasing bait fish around, but it was limited to early morning hours. Our main focus was hitting those off shore grass areas and they paid off pretty good.
Although the bass were a little scattered around, if you were in their general area they were more than happy to take the offerings we had for the. Several bass were boated with soft plastics. Using a wacky rig and lizard but the main baits were a rapala crank bait and the Azuma Shaker Z. Water levels out here looked great and water clarity was perfect. Will be hitting East Lake again soon to toss a few prototype lures around to get them fine tuned.
Lake Toho Bass Fishing
Got an early start this morning out on Lake Toho. The guys wanted to use live bait today so we meet up at Lake Toho Marina and grabbed a couple dozen wild shiners. We had hit a few areas that had been producing bass for us, mostly on the northern end of Lake Toho. We had a couple misses working the grass lines along Lakeshore drive, before we moved over to Gobblets Cove. Some very good hydrilla out here holding some quality bass along the edges. Pitching the shiners next to the edges is always a good bet.
We worked the residential canal for a few hours, with a few misses and a couple boated, along with this nice solid keeper, definitely a good anchor bass. Winds were calm the first part of the day, but believe me, they picked up pretty good. Once the winds picked up, the bite seemed to have dropped off. Have a 4 hour run out on Butler Chain tomorrow, another great body of water that has been producing pretty good.
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Lake Toho Bass Fishing Report
Bass fishing on Lake Toho the first week of April was great
. Several trips out on Lake Toho have produced some good numbers and some good sized bass. For the most part, our clients have preferred using artificial baits and the bass played very good for us. North end of Lake Toho has been a good producer for us, pitching soft plastics along weed edges and isolated drifting clumps of grass.
Mid lake area of Lake Toho has seen some scattered catching for us, most of the bass
have come from areas with scattered hydrilla with some very limited bass schooling action. Toads worked thru grasses have yielded some aggressive strikes, when the hooked up was missed, tossing a worm or senko as a back up was the way to catch them.
Gobblets Cove has been the place to be. Grass beds have been holding some steady action for us, as well as scattered or thinned out lily pad areas. The Azuma Shaker Z has been the hot ticket back here for us. The bass have hammered this lure hard! Spinner baits have also been producing pretty well out here as well. Tossing to back side of lily pad fields and slow rolling them thru the pads has been very good, once you got the hook up, holding the rod high until you worked them thru the pads has been the trick to landing your catch.
Southern end of Lake Toho has still produced some bass for us, although as of late it has been more of a one here one there kind of bite. Friars Cove had been the best area south for us, mostly in the area of the cypress tree lines.
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