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Report with Capt. Tim Fey on East Toho

Capt. Tim Fey reporting for Central Florida area. We have had allot of rain, creating moving water and the bass are on the move. Jack and I were out on East Lake Toho this morning scouting and checking out the flow and how it was going to affect the bass out here. Very strong flow coming thru the canals made for some good fishing using Red Eye Shads, Whacky rigged and T-Rigged senkos and lizards. We are going into Fall a time of weather and water temperatures fluctuates. The bass will be moving from shallow water to to deeper water in rapidly cooling water from rain and wind, making great fishing. Due to rains the water levels are looking great.

Come catch your bass with us now!!!

Till next time tight lines and good fishing….

Capt. Tim”Swamp Rat”Fey

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Bass Fishing forecast for September

The month of September is typically one of our hottest months of the year. For this reason, most people will feel the bass fishing will not be any good. I am here to tell you this is far from the truth. The early morning bite is typically a very good bite, hitting the water early does benefit the angler, not only with the bass biting, but also the chance to help avoid the heat.

Usually no later than high noon, most anglers will be making that mad rush to the boat ramp to get out of the heat, as they feel the bass will not be biting their lures or wild shiners anymore. Guess what folks, typically some of our biggest bass will come in the heat of the day. Why you ask, because this is the time of day when you really start to focus on pin point casting, putting your baits right into that little honey hole in the matting, where the bigger bass may be lurking and waiting for their food to come by them.

Heat dictates how a bass will bite, and although it is a given, when our waters heat up this month, the bass bite will slow down, but bass still have to eat, they just won’t be chasing fast moving lures in the heat of the day. The old adage is, why would I chase my meal, when it will eventually come right by me.

Well that is pretty much the mentality of the bass. Bass here in Florida eat year round, this is why Florida is the Bass Fishing Capital of the world!

With several great bodies of water here in Central Florida, there is always a lake that is producing bass, whether it be world famous Lake Toho located in Kissimmee Florida, or Butler Chain, which is within minutes of Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World, your never far from getting that chance to land a lunker!

July 2010 Bass Fishing Report

Kissimmee Chain and Butler Chain Bass Fishing Report

The month of July has seen some good bass fishing. Despite the heat, the bass are still willing to play well take the baits we offer them. Main baits of choice have varied depending on the waters we have been hitting, but two baits have been consistent on all the waters, those being a white spinner bait and the Strike King Redeye Shad.

East Lake Toho has still being holding steady with action in the early morning hours getting very limited top water action, but the redeye shad and white spinner bait have been picking off the bass steadily. When the day heats up, the big ticket has been senko type baits and flukes, worked in and around topped out grasses scattered around the main lake. The 6 to 10 foot range has been the areas that have seemed to hold more bass, and the better quality bass out here.

West Lake Toho has been fishing a lot like East Lake Toho. One big out here though is locating moving water after the rains. These areas will not only hold some good sized bass, but will also hold some good numbers as well. Northern end of the lake seems to be one of the better areas for producing bass as well as a few areas of offshore grasses.

Lake X, as I like to refer to it, is a part of the Kissimmee chain and has been a great place to fish. Bass in the early morning hours have been pretty active on senko type baits and flukes, with a few being caught on the redeye shad. Speed craws and trick worms have also been catching a good amount of bass out here as well. Topped out hydrilla has been the hot spot to be when the sun is up and the heat of the day is in full swing.

Butler Chain is still doing good as well. Our usual dock pattern has gone to the way side as the bass have moved offshore. Most of our fishing has been out in mid lake areas where grasses are just below the surface. Steel shad have been good in these areas as well as the flukes. Flukes were rigged with a small bullet weight and crawled thru the grasses to catch the bass. The hits were not aggressive but the bass were solid. Slow and steady pace will boat bass out here for you even in the heat of the day.

Crappie Video from East Lake Toho

Crappie fishing on Lake Toho

Here is a brief video of a Crappie that slammed a redeye shad of all things on East Lake Toho. Crappie fishing on Lake Toho has been doing pretty good in the early morning hours.

Lake Toho Bass Fishing report May 20th 2010

Lake Toho Bass Fishing

Got to spend a few hours out on East Lake Toho first thing this morning. My plan was to just scout out a few areas and enjoy some time on the water.

Whether I have a guide trip or not, there is nothing more relaxing than just kicking back on the water and doing some bass fishing. Well that plan failed today, as there was no relaxing. I hit my first spot at 6:55 and had my first bass, on video and to the boat by 7:05.

Tossing Strike King Red Eye Shad kept me very busy out here today. I got in roughly 2 hours of bass fishing and boated 10 bass and a very good size crappie, all of which were caught on the Red Eye Shad.

Water levels were definitely much lower than my previous trip out here, maybe one day the state of Florida water Mismanagement will leave a good thing alone, but I highly doubt that. Despite the lower levels the lake is very safe to travel around, and the bass were definitely more than will to play. Great thing being, all the bass caught today were right in the two to three pound range, and very scrappy fighters.

Waters look great, nice and clean and the grasses looked very healthy. Main keys to catching them today was working areas with some good vegetation. Main area was offshore vegetation, mostly areas where grasses were just below the surface. For those that have been asking how the crappie fishing has been out here, it has been doing good, mostly early morning before the sun pounds down on the water, But as you can see from the picture, if they are willing to slam a red eye shad burned thru the water, they will eat anything.

Videos from today will be up on my web site before the days end, so be sure to come back and check them out.

Lake Toho Bass Fishing-Redeye Shad

The bass fishing on East Lake Toho has been doing great folks. Once again, the off shore grass beds were the place to be as the bass were stacked up in the grass. The Strike King Redeye Shad has been really catching the florida largemouth bass like you would not believe. Here is yet another one caught today, and believe me she hit this lure hard!

Report with Capt. Tim Fey on East Toho

Bass Fishing forecast for September

July 2010 Bass Fishing Report

Crappie Video from East Lake Toho

Lake Toho Bass Fishing report May 20th 2010

Lake Toho Bass Fishing-Redeye Shad

Lake Toho

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