Florida Bass Fishing Report & Forecast June 2020 Camp Mack Lake Kissimmee Winter Haven LEGOLAND Balmoral Reosrt
If you are the type of fisherman that absolutely loves an early summer morning topwater bite, this is your month. And if by some strange reason you fish and that “rush” does nothing for you, I guess I’m not sure why you are reading this.
We’ve been very fortunate down here in Central Florida that the nights have been cooler and we’re still wearing hoodies leaving the ramp each day with temps in the high 50’s to mid 60’s (at least up til Memorial Day). So even with daytime temps in the upper 80’s the lakes didn’t warm up too quick this year.
Let’s start out on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes out of Camp Mack. This is Olde World Florida at it’s finest as we launch before sunrise from such a historic old fish camp surrounded by giant oaks, idle out of the original Kissimmee River channel around the island to the canal, and then throttle-up the SHO to make our run to the days first spot.
There are two totally different ways to start a morning out here and both can be very successful. One is fishing in open water over scattered shell beds and creek channels and the other is hitting the grass lines, pads, and hydrilla on the flats. In open water I love throwing bigger “walk the dog” type topwaters in either white or gold, and sometimes this bite will last past 0930-1000. Heck, one day a guest wanted to go back to topwater around 1130-1200 even without surface activity and he got some nice quality bites with a high sun, dang near 90 outside, and bluebird skies. Your second approach of getting up in the jungle is all about frogs, Gambler EZ Swimmer, Zoom Horny Toads, etc. If I’m not seeing surface activity I like to keep moving along until pads start crashing or I’m scattering/spooking bait with my bait. Once that happens, keep off the trolling motor and slow down to work an area thoroughly. A buddy of mine who pitched for the Tigers at 100MPH used to run that d@mn trolling motor on high non-stop and several times I had to hip check him off to slow it down. Don’t be that guy once you find bait. If there’s bait, there’s bass.
Here, always keep a handful of time-tested, tried & true staples in your sled: Gambler EZ Swimmers, black & blue senkos, and white or “shiner” colored flukes.
In Winter Haven on the South Chain it’s all about Pop-R’s in the morning with flukes and senkos in natural colors to 4”-5” swimbaits - and of course a handful of swimjigs - both in natural colors for many of these spring fed lakes. A hint on electronics here, I use them to find the temps, grasslines, and bait. Again, if I find bait I know the bass will be there.
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