Disney World Fishing Trip

[Sam]

Son, grandson and I fished the Disney World lakes last week and we had a blast.

Scott is pictured below with a five pounder and I caught 4 3-pounders and over a dozen between one and half up to two and a half pounders.

Grandson got to reel in a lot of them for us. Photo below is with one of the ones he landed.

He was afraid of the bass at first but got the hang of it and had a good time.

We lost count of the number we caught around 18 to 20.

We had a great four hour trip and now I can take it off my bucket list.

Special thanks to "Captain Bill" who made us feel at home and he helped my grandson have a good time.

 

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[CJ]

Awesome!!! Exactly what I wanted to do at Disney World a few weeks ago but my wife and baby boy had other plans. Way to go Sam! That day will be branded in his memory forever.

CJ

[DogBone_384]

That's awesome!  We were at Disney three weeks ago, but weather and time prevented any fishing for me (the resort we stay at has a small lake on the property.)  I'm going to have to look into fishing at Disney.  The girls can do their thing in the Magic Kingdom, and perhaps I can bag a few Florida Bass.

Congratulations on a great trip!

[gardnerjigman]

We will be there in October of this year. Looking forward to it

[Sam]

Gardner, you will have a good trip.

Bass are beautiful and very healthy.

As they say at Disney, "have a magical day!"

[gardnerjigman]

Glad to hear it. Going to be there for 7 days, so hope to stumble on something.

[Sam]

Try to get "Captain Bill."

Tell him Sam, Scott and Fisher sent you.

He is very entertaining and if you want you can throw your own tackle, baits and hooks/sinkers.

There is a lot of underwater weeds so if you use your own tackle be ready to lose some.

I lost a beautiful bass when she ran under an underwater root or weed and we had to break off. Bummer.

Have fun.

[MO_LMB]

23 hours ago, gardnerjigman said:

Glad to hear it. Going to be there for 7 days, so hope to stumble on something.

Toho is only about 20 mins away also. 

[fishinfiend]

Nice fish and sounds like a great time.

 

surprised you got on a boat with a bama fan lol 

 

Roll Tide!

[BassObsessed]

I may have to add that to the list of places I fish when I'm in that area next month. Do you think there are any 8+ lbers in that body of water you were in?

[Sam]

Bass, Capitan Bill told us that two brothers landed a 10 and an 8 at the same time on one of his past trips.

Bill also added that another Capitan had a larger one caught by one of his anglers.

I am sure they are there but as in bass fishing, they are not caught on every cast.

We all need to fish Bill Dance's private ponds where he films his TV and DVD shows and have the chummer (off camera) do his job for us.

[J._Bricker]

Glad you had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to catch some of those Disney bass with your family.  Was there on a business trip some years back and didn't do it, been regretting ever since...

[Bankbeater]

Nice going! I have always wanted to fish those lakes, but the family always has other ideas.

[Sam]

Bankbeater, bring them along.

Up to 5 people on the pontoon boat.

Lots of room and if you don't want to fish you can sit under the canopy and read or watch the birds and scenery.

Everyone has a good time.

[gardnerjigman]

Anyone know how they feel about walking the banks and fishing there? We are going to stay at Port Orleans and looks to have some awesome bank access to a lot of water. Can't really find any info on disney's site though. 

On 2/8/2016 at 1:20 PM, MO_LMB said:

Toho is only about 20 mins away also. 

From the sounds of it we are never leaving the property while we are there. Direct flight and being picked up to go on property, and then the same to get home. 

[HookdUP]

They don't want people fishing from the land . I'd still do it and still do it . 

[gardnerjigman]

5 hours ago, HookdUP said:

They don't want people fishing from the land . I'd still do it and still do it . 

I have this thing about obeying rules/laws though... call me crazy I guess. 

[FloridaFishinFool]

29 minutes ago, gardnerjigman said:

I have this thing about obeying rules/laws though... call me crazy I guess. 

Rules?

Here's the Disney deal... there are no signs saying you can't fish. I have fished Walt Disney in Orlando for more than 15 years. My work takes me around to a lot of places including resorts at Disney all the time. And I have never seen any written rule that says you can't fish there. And I have never seen not the first sign posted saying you can't fish there.

So anytime my boss says hey can you go to Disney for a gig? I say hell yes and I always throw a rod or two in my vehicle. Always! I will fish before work and after work. I really prefer the Disney canals, but sometimes it is a Disney lake. I generally work at 3 resorts out there, the Dolphin, Coronado Springs, and the Contemporary.

Disney runs some pro bass fishing guides in their main lakes. I think one of the sites for the guided fishing is from the Contemporary as I recall. So when there I have fished behind the Contemporary convention center where one of the lakes turns into a canal. I don't recall having security ever tell me I could not fish there. And their guided fishing has to stay on their lake side of the locks in the canals which they can not pass in a boat. So most of the time I am fishing well away from where the guides are fishing with paying customers and I am not stepping on any toes competing for the same fish.

The other two resorts are my among my favorites out there. The Dolphin has an awesome canal next to it. I park in the employee parking lot with my car nosed right up to the canal as far away from the resort as possible closer to the bridge where the road crosses the canal. I try and stay out of view but have at times just walked the bank in plain view. In ten plus years of fishing out there security has only asked me once or twice to not fish. That's it. If they see you they ask you to put your rod away. So just keep an eye out for those white vehicles with the flashing yellow light on top and don't let them see you and fish away!

At the Coronado Springs resort, out back is an awesome spring fed small lake. I park in back near the lake and beat the banks. Security is the same out there. Sometimes they drive right on by and wave and never say a word, or they might come and ask me to stop fishing.

So you know, if I don't see any written rule book saying I can't, and I don't ever see any posted signs telling me not to fish, guess what? I'm fishin! And I don't care if Mickey likes it or not!

Fishing out there is just too dam good to pass up. How many people do you think go to Disney with a fishing pole? 99.999999999% of the people going to and from Disney are not there to fish. I am. And I love it so much because NO ONE else is going there to fish like me. So those big ole' bass out there don't have hardly any pressure and don't really know what a lure is! I can throw just about anything that wiggles and moves and they will hit it. And the canals are perfect because I can cast to the opposite bank and bump a lure into the water and they never even know I am there- while I keep an eye out for those white vehicles with a yellow flashing light just in case... but usually I just stay hidden and 99% of the time I am out there no one says a word.

I sure wish some of those other Disney resorts had convention center floor space so I can check some of the other resorts out, but for me, most tradeshow work is limited to the big three I mentioned already because they do have large convention floor space to host tradeshows...

Rules? Naaaah. As far as I am concerned Disney has no rules about fishing out there! It is catch me if you can!

So if any of you go to Disney, carry a rod with you! Use google earth satellite imaging to look down and see all the places to fish. All of the resorts have lakes, ponds, and canals around them. Disney was built in a swamp and they used the canal system and locks to drain the swamps so they could claim the land for development. Fish it! Just use the trees and bushes to stay out of view of roaming security vehicles and you will do fine.

If I have never seen a rule saying I can't and there are no posted signs saying do not fish... I'm going fishing!