Florida Bass Fishing Report February 2021
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February bass fishing in Florida is traditionally an all-time fan favorite. This is the month when you “typically” get the bigger waves of pre and post spawn bass moving across the flats but they are totally weather dependent. The Farmer’s Almanac is forecasting a slightly warmer than normal month for average temps with not too much rain early on so hopefully that holds true.
When we are fishing out on the Kissimmee Chain running out of Camp Mack, a Guy Harvey Lodge, Marina & RV Resort we’re definitely wanting to start our mornings on the flats. One thing that never gets old is running the river and turning the corner around a point to find the sun showing us the first faint glimpse of light, and half-way expecting to see Chief Osceola sitting on a stump as we pass by...
The best part of this for our guests - and me - is that we should have a solid topwater bite rolling as we hit our first stop of the day. I like fishing an area I know has lots of shell beds along with some eel grass and scattered hydrilla along with some “holes” or a river channel not too far away. Most likely when you put all those pieces of the puzzle together you’ll have a lot of bait, and where there is bait there’s bass. I’m partial to Spooks, Pop’r style baits, Gambler EZ-Swimmers, and flukes for this style fishing. Later in the day you’ll always want to have some sort of senko, ribbontail, or larger creature bait on for working the reed heads and pads.
Over in Winter Haven fishing the South Chain we’re going to find fish in the same pre and post spawn conditions but we’ll approach them slightly differently. On a couple lakes we’ll normally find some topwater bites and these are easy to pick up with flukes and your favorite topwater. The best way to approach these lakes is using your electronics scanning for grass, bait, and bass. But when doing this, please be courteous of other boats and try not to just run over the line they are fishing. Sorry, but it’s happened WAY too often the past month of two. Back to the bass, have your allotment of belly-weighted swim baits, jerkbaits, and traps on hand, they will serve you well. If the wind is blowing and you’re in the middle of a front you’ll need to hit the “spot lock” on your trolling motor and work a Texas-rigged speed vibe or ribbon tail worm on top of the hydrilla very, very, very, very slowly.
Capt. Scotty Taylor
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