Thread: Fishing North Florida around Xmas

Can somebody send me a link to info. about Slabfest?Rules,entry fees?

Originally Posted by trashtrout

Where would you recommend fishing in North Florida around Christmas? I have fished around Lakeland and would like to stay there or somewhere north of there.Any advice would be appreciated

Do you have a boat?
If yes - go to Kissimmee Chain, about 40 minutes from Lakeland, look for a fleet of spec fisherman. Drop some corks and drift some minnows. Feel free to improvise and troll, tight line, spider rig or even flip in the pads. Kissimmee chain has it all.

If no - go to teneroc, the pier on lake parker, or the banks of saddle creek park... possibly the area

It is a long ride from Lakeland to Talquin. Monroe or Harris are both about 1 hour away.


Check the Lakeland Ledger's weekly fish report to see lakes around Lakeland that are performing well.

Outdoors | TheLedger.com | The Lakeland Ledger

- look under outdoors, and the article is always titled around polk county

http://www.theledger.com/article/200...nd-Polk-County

on a side note, anyone want a 16lb pacu (like a nile pearch)... one caught in Winter Haven's Lake Summit on a bread ball.

I have a boat and no specific area to go in Florida.This is just a little ME vacation.I just saw where everybody is talking about Talquin and thought I would try it.Thanks for any input.

You come all the way to Florida and then want to fish fresh water? Go saltwater fishing in Tampa bay.

Originally Posted by BenFL01

on a side note, anyone want a 16lb pacu (like a nile pearch)... one caught in Winter Haven's Lake Summit on a bread ball.

I couldnt believe that. I saw the orginal picture at the biat shop on Lake Howard. Ive fished summit a million times and never would have known. The time is coming when a monster south american catfish released by an aquarium owner will be caught in Florida.

Originally Posted by trashtrout

Can somebody send me a link to info. about Slabfest?Rules,entry fees?

The Slabfest that we have here in central Florida is just a very informal get=to=gather. RULES -- ENTRY FEE What are they??
As you can see by the sticky posts we vote on where and when we fish.
We have two certificates that gets passed around, one for the largest crappie and a second one for the heaviest 7 fish.
After fishing we have a weigh in, then clean the fish, cook (deep fry), and have a friendly picnic style lunch.
Everyone brings something from the list, which I post, and sometimes we have an unexpected something to eat.
We have tried several lakes in central Florida and we have found that Lake Monroe, located near Sanford, FL and Harris Chain of Lakes, located between Leesburg and Tavares, FL. are easily accessible and give a lot of water surface to fish.
Of course we need someone to co-ordinate each get-to-gather and our group is small, therefore we haven't tried to branch out to other lakes.
If you would like to join the group, just chime in and we would like to welcome you into the fold.

John Todd
AKA
flycaster