Florida bass fishing in March - Where to go?

[caseyhayfishing]

I have the 2nd week of March to spend fishing in Florida. Ill be fishing out of my 20ft Skeeter.

Where would you recommend i spend my time looking for both quality and quantity?

 

Casey Hay

[hawgenvy]

March is a great month to for bass fishing in Florida. There are thousands of good places to fish. It's a pretty big state, so you probably should narrow down your question to a region or area of Florida to get more answers on this forum.

[caseyhayfishing]

Im working in Jacksonville the first week of march so after that im willing to travel as far as Okeechobee.

[Mike L]

Then that's where you should end up!

If you have time...On the way hit Toho for a few days, Istokpoga and then the Big O 

 

 

Mike 

[hawgenvy]

St. John's river system and Harris Chain of lakes are closer to Jacksonville. Though sometimes it's cold in north Fl in March.

[caseyhayfishing]

Thanks for the advice! I mean if it would really be worth it I would go all the way to the Everglades!

[MIbassangler30]

I fished on Okeechobee the second week of March this year and we absolutely slayed them. Fished out of Clewiston. And the weather was gorgeous. Wearing shorts and a t-shirt. My avatar is from that trip. 

[atomicfriday]

I got a spot down the street you can catch bass and snook at the same time.

[Gotfishyfingers?]

I would stick to the central FL area. Harris chain, Kissimmee chain, St. Johns River (crescent lake), Public access rock pit lakes. The spawn will be in full swing and you will probably have a better chance of a 10lber up there then further south, especially the everglades.

[caseyhayfishing]

On 12/25/2015 at 11:50 PM, Gotfishyfingers? said:

I would stick to the central FL area. Harris chain, Kissimmee chain, St. Johns River (crescent lake), Public access rock pit lakes. The spawn will be in full swing and you will probably have a better chance of a 10lber up there then further south, especially the everglades.

Thanks for the insight! Can you help me out with locations of the public rock pit lakes?

[gar-tracker]

If your goal is a double digit, I wouldn't go further south then Toho, in fact I would go to Toho.

If you want insane numbers with a few 6, 7, and 8s thrown in Id go to Okeechobee.

Depending on water levels If you want even more insane numbers with 5s and 6s Id go to the Everglades

 

[BassinLou]

1 hour ago, gar-tracker said:

If your goal is a double digit, I wouldn't go further south then Toho, in fact I would go to Toho.

If you want insane numbers with a few 6, 7, and 8s thrown in Id go to Okeechobee.

Depending on water levels If you want even more insane numbers with 5s and 6s Id go to the Everglades

 

Historically, March - April  produce crazy numbers in the Glades. Hopefully, this is the case this year. 

[soflabasser]

Yes in March/April you can catch very large numbers of bass in the Glades,I have had days where I have caught over 100 bass from the shore all on artificials. Most of these bass are under 3 pounds with few over 5 pounds.I would recommend fishing  Lake Toho  or one of the Winter Haven lakes if your goal is Double Digit Bass.

[Rollin]

Crescent lake is not that far from you and loaded with big fish. The bite should be strong that time of year.

[N Florida Mike]

I'd go to Rodman for quality.There was  a 17 lbder caught there last year

[z7master167]

Goto rodman reservoir, just fished a week there and probably caught around 150 bass, biggest was 8.5, and 8.25 with 4 over 7 and 8 over 6

[bigbassbruce]

Teneroc in Lakeland has about 12public phosphate pits and they have started producing some hogs in March you should be able to catch a double digit also there are a couple more around the area that are public in south Lakeland