Lake Toho Bass Fishing
We hit Lake Toho for some largemouth bass fishing and had a great time again. Catching several bass on various lures from steel shad to soft plastics. Here is a brief video of Rob with his Lake Toho bass caught on a spinner bait.
This day we were out on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes doing some scouting and trying out different lures. One of the best things about being a Professional Bass Guide is that during our free time, we still enjoying hitting the water and testing out different lures that companies send us. This is only one of the many things that help us stay on top of our game.
As you saw in the video, Rob boated a bass on spinner bait, we had also tossed several different soft plastics, ranging from speed craws to senko type baits. We hit a bunch of different areas that day and managed to boat bass on pretty much every spot we hit, except for two areas. Big key on this day was to hang close to areas of scattered grass beds with some lily pads mixed in.
One of the things that many people will over look is the area they fish and how bass are relating to them. What I mean here is, like I said we were catching bass in areas with scattered grass beds with “some” lily pads mixed in. Areas that were heavier with lily pads this day were not producing, so when we saw an area with the right mixture, we made sure to work it over very good. Always be aware of the surrounds that you are fishing especially when it comes to types of cover mixed together, as sometime this will be a big key to your success for the day. Please practice C.P.R Catch Photograph and Release.
With the weather calming down, cold fronts, or even cool fronts now a thing of the past, our water temperatures are now starting to warm up steadily. Early morning schooling action will be very common on Lakes Toho, Butler Chain and Johns Lake. Prop baits, torpedoes, buzz baits and toads will be very good early morning producers for some quality bass.
Grass beds and hydrilla will be very good areas to target using worms, senko type baits, spinner baits and shallow running crank baits. Depending on the body of water, docks will be holding bass as usual and typically some good quality largemouth bass.
Schooling bass fishing action is still here! Early morning top water action is usually off the hook. Even as the day warms up, you will still be able to get some top water action going. The spinner bait bite is a good bet for catching bass throughout the day, as well as using rattle traps and steel shad. This time of year is great bass fishing for everyone. Air temperatures are perfect, not too cool, and not too warm and water temperatures are very stable, making the bass fishing action good.
Lake Toho will see a lot of boat traffic, as everyone is really having a great time catching bass, and for those who just want to relax, the shiner bite is always good, but keep in mind you don’t always get to just relax, because the bass will be hammering those shiners!
Rattle Traps, spinner baits and crank baits will make for some very exciting action on Orlando area lakes, catching bass on a regular basis throughout the day. Lizards, worms and senko type baits will also produce some quality bass and this is also the time of year when our cold fronts are reduced to cool fronts. Largemouth bass will be once again schooling up and feeding heavily on natural lake forage like shad and wild shiners, which also makes them an easy target for us to catch.
A 16-pound, 15-ounce largemouth bass discovered in October during a routine electro-fishing procedure at Brown’s Creek Lake in rural Henderson County, Tenn., has been officially dubbed “The General” in a Name That Bass Contest posted on Outdoors with Larry Rea’s web site, 
