Thread: Fishing Central Florida:Report

Nice mess o feesh! What area of Orlando you in? A bunch of us are from Volusia, Lake and Seminole county. Some lakes are showing a real steady bite. Plannin to be somewhere between Puzzle Lake and Lake Beresford Saturday.

Originally Posted by huntinslabs

Nice mess o feesh! What area of Orlando you in? A bunch of us are from Volusia, Lake and Seminole county. Some lakes are showing a real steady bite. Plannin to be somewhere between Puzzle Lake and Lake Beresford Saturday.

Thanks! I'm in the Winter Park area. I've just been fishing small lakes in the area. Fishing in a 12ft jon and using a Minn Kota 50lb thrust so I can't go too far. I'd like to find a small engine after the holidays. They're kind of expensive though.

The popularity of microskiffs in lagoon is the reason for $$. Dont know your budget but there is a sweet deal on a 15' procraft in the classifieds.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/perso...aft-1560-sale/ also check smalloutboards.com for small motors.

You can usually find some decent v hull jon boats on craigslist with (late 90's, early 2000's motor) 15-25 hp engines for around $1500 (14-15 foot jon boats with power). I see those every now and then. If your looking to spend less you could pick up a 2.5-3.5 hp outboard for around $500. I have a 3.5 hp carbureted 2 stroke (2003) and I've put that on the back of a flat back canoe, the 12' v hull jon boat and a 12" flat bottom jon boat. With 2 adults in the flat bottom jon boat we hit 9-10 mph, single person with loads positioned correctly I hit 12mph. The v hull jonny is much heavier, max speed with 3 adults was 5.5mph and flat back canoe was about the same as the flat jon boat. If that doesn't float your boat 3500-4500 could get you a decent Carolina skiff (J-14 with 25hp four stroke). The canoe and 3.5hp setup works real good for the lagoon, especially in that skinny water, if you have 2 people in the canoe, hull slap is minimal.

Great report. You are in the Bobby Garland contest.

I caught some yesterday evening on lake Monroe. Long lining 5.5 to 6.5 feet back and forth and caught about 7. Four good ones. No problem in a Jon boat.

Welcome from Orange City. There's a lot of good action in the Winter Park chain of lakes. All small enough to fish with a small boat and TM. There's a ramp just east of Rollins college, Dinky Dock I think, that I used when I lived in Orlando. You can stay pretty busy in those 6 lakes once you learn the ramps and get the city permit. Don't go without the permit, they have no sense of humor. Well worth whatever the fee. Call Winter Park city hall and get the skinny. Glad you're catching some already, gonna get nothing but better......Skeet.

Originally Posted by Jjsmarlin

I caught some yesterday evening on lake Monroe. Long lining 5.5 to 6.5 feet back and forth and caught about 7. Four good ones. No problem in a Jon boat.

I have never fished Monroe in a Jon. Might be worth a try, I've been hearing they're biting there and Kissimmee.