Hot Spot Characteristics:  This hot spot area has every kind of vegetation, Kissimmee grass, Spatterdock lily pads, bulrush, cattails, arrowheads, eel grass, hydrilla, and pepper grass throughout about eight hundred yards which in some places extends back three hundred yards or more to the shoreline.

The depth on the outer vegetation during the summer months is two feet less than during the late fall, winter and spring months, and currently has about five-foot depths. There are two steeper drops leading to thirteen- to fifteen-foot-deep holes and fish inhabit the area due to the diverse food groups present within the various types of vegetation.

This general area of the lake is especially productive when there’s a southerly wind—southeast to southwest, and during strong north winds it offers manageable, perfect wave-action. And during the rainy season weather pattern the water’s visibility level declines due to a predominate east, southerly wind driving suspended solids into the area for several days, if not weeks.

As is usually the case in the Bass Fishing Capital of the World, this location is not a secret by any means—there are very few secret fishing holes which remain secret for very long. This is one hot spot which has a rich bass population. Bass spawn in huge numbers here and there’s enough deeper holes close to shallow feeding grounds to provide bass with a favorable environment year-round.

Hot Spot Angling Tactics:  Fishing for bass in this area requires flipping, pitching, and short and long-distance casting. The following is what I have found to work very well in putting artificial baits which produce well, in front of the mighty Florida largemouth bass.

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Hot Spot Characteristics: On May 28, 2014, Lake Kissimmee’s level had been dropping for almost eight weeks in preparation for the hurricane season. The outer…

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Hot Spot Characteristics:  This hot spot area has every type of vegetation the lake has to offer. Bulrush (pencil reeds or buggy whips), cattails, pickerel weed (…

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This week’s Angler Hot Spots Info will again feature Lake Istokpoga. And again, the area of the lake will be near the west wall.  It has all types of Istokpoga…

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The main reason, actually the only reason Florida largemouth bass spawn is because of water temperature changes, which produce te…

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