Fresh Polk County Fishing Reports

Not only are the bass biting but the speck aka crappie bite has already been hot but with the warmer temperatures heating the water they will be moving to shallow isolated vegetation to begin spawning, making them easy targets! On many lakes they are already spawning! Give us a call to book a trip and take home a cooler full for a weekend fish fry!

It was a big Bass birthday bash. Russ surprised his son Bronson with a fishing trip for his 12th birthday. The fellas boated 18 nice Bass. The Bass are starting to stack up in a couple areas. Im using wild Shiners fished on the bottom to get these big Bass in the boat.

Caught 20 fish 1/2 day fishing charter with Capt Pete Matson including these lunkers

If you have never experienced the incredible bass fishing that Central Florida has to offer you owe out to yourself to book a trip today! With the cooler lake temps in the 69-71* range the bass are on a feeding frenzy most days and we are catching them on both artificial baits and shiners slow trolled behind the boat. Surprisingly we have already had one major spawning period earlier this month. December is typically a minor wave compared to say February but this fish felt the urge already. With that, they are not only feeding on the local native shad but they are also chasing bluegills even though that is more a defense mechanism because they like to raid the beds. Flukes, swimjigs, rattle traps, topwaters are all coming into play and the fishing is a TON of fun. Now is a great time to not only put good numbers in the boat but also the quality of fish is really on fire. I would not be surprised if we put a couple of Trophy Catch Program (8lb+) in the boat thru the end of the month, we've already come close by a few ounces already.

The weather has cooled some and lake temps have dropped but the big bass are biting.

Book your trip to have a chance at a trophy like this!