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Orlando Bass Fishing report 07/10/08
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I had several trips over the past week with some great guests and great fishing. The early morning bite has proven to be the most successful time of the day. All week I came up on a large school of bass, over 100 fish easily. They were caught with rattle traps, weightless sinkos and flukes. These schooling fish were chasing shade so lighter colors worked the best to catch them. These fish schooled each day for a little over an hour long. After that we started working docks with black/blue ¼-1/2 oz jigs. Jig fishing produced the bigger fish with several fish being over 6 Lbs. With the expected weather for the next week, I expect the fishing will not change very much, so book a trip with me today !!
Capt Kevin Przybyl
"Casting Towards a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis" |
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6/29/08
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The summer fishing is in full swing here in Orlando . Early morning I have been fishing shallower water with weightless sinkos, and spinning baits. Once the sun comes up, I start my way into deeper water, fishing patches of grass and hydrilla. As the day progresses and the sun is beating down on us, I move into deeper water throwing deep water crank baits or a Carolina rig. In the deeper water I have been looking for deep brush piles or hydrilla. Despite the fact that the fish slim down during the summer months, fishing deep hydrilla is still producing fish in the 5 plus pound range. Occasionally I’ll run into a school of fish feeding on shad, and will throw a slightly weighted or weightless fluke. Depending on the afternoon cloud cover, I’ll switch gears and start throwing topwater baits around scattered grass, which is producing catches. Evening fishing has been non-existent most of the month of June because of strong thunderstorms. I love to fish in the evening hours so the past month has been killing me, but the rain is helping with the low water levels we have been facing the past year. If you can handle the heat and humidity, great summer fishing is a reality here in Florida .
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Orlando Bass Fishing report 05/10/08
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Its been another few weeks of "Casting Towards a Cure for Cystic fibrosis" with the summer temperatures starting, upper 80's and low 90's temperatures over the past week. These hot temperatures are not effecting the bass fishing yet with the water temps being in the low 80's. My focus has been on John's Lake over the past month, in the morning and evening hours. Smaller fish are still being caught in shallow water around scarred grass with spinner baits and weightless sinkos. This week I began fishing in deper water 8 ft+ and its been paying off. With my new Hummingbird 797 with side imaging, I have been the bait fish. Once I locate them I begin throwing the strike king red eye shad right through the bait fish. Within seconds, the bait scatters and the bass strike. When they hit the shad I'll throw the strike king and if they don't hit or miss the it, I quickly follow with a weightless amber w/red flake sinko. |
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4/11/08
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Another couple of weeks where plenty of bass were caught, despite some strong winds. The beginning of the month ended with Shiv and his brother-in-law from New Jersey. They were new to the sport of fishing. After a quick lesson on casting with a spinning reel and some practice casts, they managed to reel in a few 2-3 lbs. bass on shiners. Unfortunately a front came through and slowed down the bite. Towards the end of the morning Shiv lost a 7+ lbs bass. The fish was up next to an isolated patch of grass, when it hit the shinner. As Shiv was reeling in the fish, it jumped out of the water at spit out the hook, just feet away from the net. However, a few minutes later they landed a nice 4 lbs bass in the same area.
This past week was spent throwing artificial baits under docks. Weightless sinko, and ¼ oz- ½ oz black jigs also added to the success of our catching. On windier days, we worked docks that the wind was blowing against, fishing painfully slow. Being slow produced some big fish over the course of the week, not to mention dozens of 2 pounders.
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04/03/08
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Over the past few weeks the fishing has been great. The majority of the fish being caught have been in 4-8ft of water on both John’s Lake, and Lake Conway. The bigger fish have been caught with medium sized shiners thrown to nearby grass patches. All the 2-3 lbs fish caught these past few weeks have been on a wide variety of artificial baits like top water horny toads, spinners, plastic zoon u-tale worms, and the occasional rattle trap. Many of my fish have been clumped in large groups along scattered grass patches. To sum it all up, these fish are feeding, and if its near them, they are hitting it.
Capt. Kevin Przybyl
www.orlandotrophybass.com
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03/19/08
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The fishing continues to be enjoyable. Most of the fish I have been catching have been in 4 foot of water or less around scattered grass. These fish have been caught with live shinners and 6 inch finese worms, texas rigged, junebug or black in color. When I have been fishing in deeper waters, its been around brush piles with rattle traps, carolina rig, or deep crank baits, all in which have been producing fish. In the areas I have been catching fish on both Lake Conway and Johns Lake, the fish would either hit the shinners or artificial, but one of them more then the other. Florida has also had several windy days, which was helping produce a great jig bite under docks that the wind and waves were crashing into. This past week I fished a late trip with Mark from seatlle, although it rained the entire trip, the shinner bite was incredible right before dark, Mark landed close to a dozen fish, and lost a large bass within the last 45 mins before dark. Mark also had a few fish strike a top water horny toad. Despite the rain it was a great trip. |
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03/08/08
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03/08/08
This has been a very special week for me. Besides incredible fishing this week, it has been one year now since I stopped fishing for Disney and started my guide service; Orlando Trophy Bass. This past year has been wonderful for me despite some major health problems. I have had the opportunity to fish with some great people and learned many new things especially with my fishing. The most important thing I have learned this year was to keep good records. Last year I started keeping records of the fish I caught, weather, depth and bait. This week showed how important that was. I had several days where I lost count of the number of fish we caught. All because of my previous records, I did not necessarily go back to the exact spots I caught fish, but rather similar areas working similar baits, and again it paid off. To the newer anglers’ record keeping is a must, and in time will help you catch more fish and become a better angler.
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