Orlando area bass anglers

[bassmajor]

Planning a fishing trip down there next spring from South Dakota.  I've never been that far south.  I was wondering how the bass fishing was around Orlando and about when does the spawn start in that area?

Thanks!

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

If it were me, I'd be fishing Stick Marsh/ Farm 13 with

George Welcome.

8-)

[FD.]

If you don't go to with George, central Fla lakes are slamming from January through April if the water temp is in the 60's. The problem is about every 5-6 days we get a cold front that rolls through and knocks them back off the beds for a few days but you could still catch trophy bass on live bait if you are so inclined.

I would recommend the North Kissimmee area. Toho through Kissimmee all produce good numbers of larger fish if the temperature is up and the weather is stable for a few day. Typically you want to be in the flats looking for water over 65 degrees.

FD

[Lobster Monster]

Late February on some public lakes on Merritt Island with some good bedding baits.  I've just started seriously bass fishing in the last two years and I've already caught a couple of bedding bass over 8 lbs and more than I can count over 6.  There have been a couple of times I've seen bass that were over 12lbs but I wasn't good enough at flipping to get to them correctly.