Harris Chain of Lakes
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Very_Good
Sunday, Mar 19 2023
During this time, bass can be in all three stages of the spawn and is highly weather dependent. For prespawning fish, try fishing around know spawning areas or in or around canals and in mouths of the canals. Anglers can also fish offshore, Griffin and Beauclair have expanding submersed vegetation, use your sonar to fish the deep weed line or find offshore shell beds/hard bottom. During winter cold-fronts make sure to slow-down your retrieve. You can also try punching heavy vegetation with a 1-2oz Texas rig worm or creature bait. The bass will hold tight to this vegetation and slight twitches can often trigger a bite. Bass in the Harris Chain will be spawning throughout the late winter and spring. As the water begins to warm up, try heading into one the many canals in the Harris Chain. These canals warm up faster and are protected by wind and bass will likely be staging and spawning in these canals during the springtime. If you find a bass on the bed you can try a variety of baits to entice a bite including soft plastics and even topwater, like a Devils Horse. A popular tactic year-round on the Harris Chain is flipping and pitching Texas-rigged worm (e.g., trick, speed, senko) or creature bait in and around shoreline vegetation. During this time, bass will spawn on hard bottom and structures throughout main lake areas. Try targeting Bulrush (e.g., pencil reeds/buggy whips) and Pickerel Weed (e.g., arrowheads) since these plants typically grow on hard bottom and can be magnets for spawning bass. Popular soft plastic colors on the Harris Chain include Redbug, black/blue, and Junebug.The winter and early spring are primetime for crappie fishing on the Harris Chain. Anglers usually troll or drift the open water using live crappie minnows or small crappie jigs. Try trolling at different depths to find where the crappie are holding. Based on our fall crappie sampling, Lake Eustis, Griffin or Carlton may be in for good year. For shoreline crappie anglers, try the Lake Eustis boardwalk later in the spring.
Sunday, Mar 19 2023
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GPS: N 28.7693612 W -81.8066306Weather Report
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Harris Chain of Lakes
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Very_Good
During this time, bass can be in all three stages of the spawn and is highly weather dependent. For prespawning fish, try fishing around know spawning areas or in or around canals and in mouths of the canals. Anglers can also fish offshore, Griffin and Beauclair have expanding submersed vegetation, use your sonar to fish the deep weed line or find offshore shell beds/hard bottom. During winter cold-fronts make sure to slow-down your retrieve. You can also try punching heavy vegetation with a 1-2oz Texas rig worm or creature bait. The bass will hold tight to this vegetation and slight twitches can often trigger a bite. Bass in the Harris Chain will be spawning throughout the late winter and spring. As the water begins to warm up, try heading into one the many canals in the Harris Chain. These canals warm up faster and are protected by wind and bass will likely be staging and spawning in these canals during the springtime. If you find a bass on the bed you can try a variety of baits to entice a bite including soft plastics and even topwater, like a Devils Horse. A popular tactic year-round on the Harris Chain is flipping and pitching Texas-rigged worm (e.g., trick, speed, senko) or creature bait in and around shoreline vegetation. During this time, bass will spawn on hard bottom and structures throughout main lake areas. Try targeting Bulrush (e.g., pencil reeds/buggy whips) and Pickerel Weed (e.g., arrowheads) since these plants typically grow on hard bottom and can be magnets for spawning bass. Popular soft plastic colors on the Harris Chain include Redbug, black/blue, and Junebug.The winter and early spring are primetime for crappie fishing on the Harris Chain. Anglers usually troll or drift the open water using live crappie minnows or small crappie jigs. Try trolling at different depths to find where the crappie are holding. Based on our fall crappie sampling, Lake Eustis, Griffin or Carlton may be in for good year. For shoreline crappie anglers, try the Lake Eustis boardwalk later in the spring.
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