Winter Haven
Instant Confirmation
Trips from
US $400
Captain
Terry Elliott
Winter Haven, United States
10+ reviews
Capt. Terry runs trips out of Winter Haven, Florida aboard 21' Phoenix 921 Elite Bass boat, fully rigged with all of the latest electronics and equipment. Fishing area is focused on the Winter Haven chain of lakes and Lake Kissimmee. The captain focuses on largemouth bass as well as speck aka crappie, shellcracker and bluegill. The captain utilizes techniques such as fishing with live bait, or artificial baits such as flipping soft plastics in the pads and grass, lipless crank baits, chatter baits and swimbaits over submerged vegetation, topwater fishing soft and hard bodied baits such as frogs and whopper ploppers. Other deeper water techniques to get down where the big bass hide during the summer, throwing deep diving crank baits, drop shot, jigging and others.
The only way to learn is to join Captain Terry on the water for a fun filled catching and learning experience!
Charters
- Lake WalesInstant ConfirmationTrips fromUS $500
Rating
5.0
14 reviews
4.9
Boat & Equipment
5.0
Captain & Crew
5.0
Fishing Experience
Anglers' gallery (47)
All reviews (14)
Showing 1 – 5 of 14 reviews
Paul Ewing
Florida, US•Member since 20245.0VerifiedAugust fishing trip
Morning 5hr ShellCracker Bluegill • 2 adultsFun trip and plenty of fish
Response from Captainthank you Paul, i had a blast with you and Richard. look forward to seeing you guys again for another round 🎣
Matt FriendWisconsin, US•Member since 20265.0Verifiedgreat time..
Half Day Trip (AM) • 3 adultsEverything was as explained in the add. Terry was an excellant host. I will not hesitate to recommend him to anyone who is looking for a guide. i would definitely hire him again.
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Response from CaptainThank you Matt, truly appreciate the excellent review. I am glad you and the guys had a great time, I enjoyed myself as well! Look forward to seeing you all again. Thanks Terry
Steve ParshallRepeat anglerMichigan, US•Member since 2025•2 trips5.0VerifiedBass fishermans dream!!!!!!!!!
Half Day Trip (AM) • 3 adultsI would gighly recommend, Captain Terry, literally 2 minutes in we all had fish in the boat, even though the conditions weren’t ideal he still put us on the fish our whole trip!
Response from CaptainThank you Steven, it was a pleasure fishing with you guys today. I had an excellent time and glad you all enjoyed yourselves as well! fish on!! 🙌🎣
Chuck HufferRepeat anglerIndiana, US•Member since 2021•3 trips5.0VerifiedGreat day on the water with Capt. Terri
3/4 Day Trip (AM) • 2 adultsSlammed the specks/crappie today. Thanks, Captain Terri !
Response from CaptainThank you Chuck and Kelly! I had a blast with you both and look forward to seeing you both again 🎣
FishingBooker Member5.0Half day trip
Half Day Trip (PM)What can I say about this charter company!!! It's the best and that doesn't even sum it up. The captain Terry is so knowledgeable about different ways to fish and determined to put you on them. Today I took his recommendation and put the worm down and fished a rattletrap and wouldn't you know it i caught the biggest bass of the day! 5.5 lbs. Terry made time for me knowing it was my birthday and that I had just returned from Europe and knew I wanted to get on some fish for my special day as this is what I do on this day. Best experience ever learned alot about side scan and FFS. Thanks Terry I will definetly be hitting you up for another trip soon with the boys.
Reported catch:
Response from CaptainThanks Andrew, as always it’s a great time when we get together and fish. Glad you got a solid chunk to top off your birthday!! Thanks again and happy birthday! Captain Terry
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Fishing reports
Lake Kissimmee Shellcracker / Bluegill
Jun 8, 2025 • Winter Haven
The bluegill and shellcracker bite is happening, don't miss your chance to get on the summer time spawn while it lasts!!
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Get your Shellcracker while the bite is
Jun 8, 2025 • Lake Wales
The bluegill and shellcracker bite is happening, don't miss your chance to get on the summer time spawn while it lasts!!
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Boom 100 plus fish day!
Feb 28, 2025 • Winter Haven
Had an epic day on the water with well over 100 fish caught! Kept 38 absolute slabs for the deep fryer and released the rest. All fish with caught casting jigs, they wouldn’t even look at a minnow! Give is a call to book your trip and fill your freezer!
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Big bag of fun!
Feb 24, 2025 • Winter Haven
The speck aka crappie bite is on! My clients caught these jigging a line of cattails and boy was it fun!
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Real Crappie Day!
Feb 24, 2025 • Winter Haven
Specks aka crappie bite is still going strong! They have moved up to the spawning areas on many lakes and we are catching them in the vegetation on live minnows and jigs. Talk about good times, nothing like a great weekend fish fry after filling the freezer!
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Caught a case of Bass Thumb!
Feb 19, 2025 • Winter Haven
Had this awesome group aboard for a short bass fishing trip. Skyler wacked them and even caught his first case of bass thumb!
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