Fishing Reports
A#1 Bass Guide Service Orlando, Central Florida, Kissimmee, Disney world area Fishing reports.
1/28/2019
With water temps hovering
into the low to mid 60’s bigger fish are finally
starting to bite. Caught at lot of 5 to 7lb. fish
one fish over 8 lbs. this week. Fish are biting live
wild shiners on both bobbers and free lines. Both on
the Butler Chain and Lake Kissimmee the fish are
outside the grass lines and you catch a number of
fish. Artificial bite is a little slow for bigger
fish but you can catch some smaller fish up to 4lbs.
on spinner baits, hard jerk baits flukes and rattle
traps. Took Neil McQuality and his dad Jim of
Chicago Illinois they caught 9 fish over 5lbs with
the largest weighing 7lbs. caught by Jim. Some fish
are starting to spawn if you can find the beds slow
down and use soft plastic creature baits to lure
them off their beds.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete
Matson
A#1 Bass Guide Service
8/8/2019
With 20 fish each of the last 3 times out. Fish are
biting shiners on free lines. Lake Kissimmee the
fish are outside the grass lines and you catch a
number of fish up to 5lbs on worms and rattle traps
early in the morning. When the sun gets up they are
very tight to cover flipping seems to work if you
can find them. Some smaller fish up to 2lbs. on
flukes and rattle traps when you see them schooling.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
A#1 Bass
Guide Service
06/03/2018
First week in
June proves again to be excellent for big bass
again. Billy Hayes of Missouri caught a 10. 3 lb.
linker first thing in the morning on top water bait
on Lake Toho. With water levels low fish are biting
on weed beds in 5-6 feet of water. Caught another
fish over 7 lbs. most fish are 2-4 lbs. Top waters
in the early morning and rattle traps fished mid to
late morning. Fish are biting live wild shiners on
fished on corks. Both on the Butler Chain and lower
Kissimmee Chain we are catching 15-20 fish in a ½
day. Artificial bite is a little slower for bigger
fish but you can catch some smaller fish up to 5lbs.
on watermelon red flukes, frogs and chrome blue
rattle traps when you see them schooling on the
surface.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
5-1-2017
With water temperatures in the low 80
degrees the spawn is now over. We had a great week
of fishing! We fished the Butler Chain in Orlando on
Tuesday and Larry Loomis caught a 7.5 lb fish on a
shiner and we caught over 20 fish on plastic worms
in the watermelon red color. Tuesday fishing in Lake
Wales area caught 19 fish up to 5lbs. on shiners we
did not get started until 9 a.m. even thought the
wind was up a little. Thursday the fish were on fire
had half day morning trip with Chris Striffer of PA.
and his 2 twin grandsons we caught over 40 fish on
plastic worms and 5in.Kalin grubs. Some fish were in
the 5-6lb. range.
Great fishing!
Capt Pete
Matson
03/11/2017
With weather getting close
to normal and water temperatures getting around 62
degrees fishing is starting to get good. Caught 2
fish over 10lbs shiner fishing this week. Lake walk
in Water produced a fish 11 lbs on shiners. Butler
Chain the fish are starting on the beds, Sinkos and
plastic lizards and trick worms produced the best in
watermelon red the best.
Great fishing!
Capt.
Pete Matson
Capt. Pete Matson
02/28/2017
With February weather all month below normal and
water temperatures rising and falling between 52-62
degrees so was the fishing. No reel spawn yet so
shiner fishing dominating the big fish bite and
artificial bite getting more numbers. Lake Toho was
tough but we managed to catch 3 fish over 10 lbs.
Lake walk in Water produced the larger fish one over
12 lbs. Kissimmee we got one 11.5lbs. When we could
fish Kissimmee in good weather we would catch 25 or
so on artificial. Sinkos and shallow running crank
baits produced best with Carolina rigs sometime
working on the outside when the fish would back off
from the beds.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete
Matson
11/28/2017
With the changing weather
and an arriving cold front in Central Florida this
week fishing was excellent in the first part of the
week to slow in the later part. Lake Toho was on
fire on Tuesday temperatures were in the eighties
and cloud cover. Ted Schrep his son Justin and his
work partner of Orlando caught 21 fish up to 7 lbs.
in a half day trip on shiners we used 4 doz. by
10:30 a.m. On Wednesday the Butler Chain was good as
well we caught 26 fish in 2 half day charters up to
6.8 lbs. on both artificial and shiners. Zoom Super
Flukes, sinkos and 10 in. worms in watermelon red
and junebug were the trick that day. Walk in Water
was slow on Thursday Thanksgiving morning wind came
out of the north and we only managed 6 fish up to
3lbs. in the boat although we lost a big one in
heavy cover that would have made the day! Friday
also had 20 mph wind and temperatures in the forties
that morning so we fished the Butler Chain in a half
day caught 7 fish with the largest weighing 5lbs.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
12/12/2017
With changing weather all
week and water temperatures rising and falling
between 65-72 degrees. shiner fishing was not as good
as artificial bite the fish not on a steady feed no
sign of a spawn yet. Lake Toho was tough but we
managed to catch 8 fish on Zoom Super Flukes not bad
average though fish were around 4lbs. largest
weighing 5.5lbs. Saturday the Butler Chain we caught
16 fish shiners worked a little better, but
rattletraps 6in. worms in watermelon red and junebug
both Texas and Carolina rigged worked better. Great
fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
1/07/2015
With the coldest
temperatures in years in Central Florida shiner
fishing is producing the larger fish. Not as many as
you will catch on artificial. There is no sign of a
spawn with temperatures hovering around freezing at
night. Lake Toho has been tough but we manage few
larger fish but one can only expect only a few bites
a day. The Orlando Butler and Conway Chains are a
lot better on artificial. Monday the fish started
to school up as the day warmed and we caught 14 fish
in deep water ledges. Carolina rigs watermelon red
and June bug worms are working best use rattletraps
when the fish come up. Shiners worked a little
better when you anchor up.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
1/31/2016
The fishing is
excellent in the Kissimmee Chain of lakes with the
weather warming this week. The fish are both in a
pre-spawn and some fish spawning it depends on what
lake you are in on the chain. In the last 4 trips
have fished 3 different lakes with great success in
all of them. Caught big fish and numbers both. On
Saturday in Lake Kissimmee Ron Patrick and his wife
Jody caught 15 fish in a half day up to 6.7 lbs. on
shines using 3 dozen. Emanuel and Jean Raquet from
France caught 21 fish with the largest 8.1lbs. On
Thursday Jules Lopez and his business associate on
spinner baits caught 14 with an average fish
weighing around 5lbs. in Lake Cypress. On Saturday
George Kull caught a 10 lb. fish on a shiner in Lake
Toho. Some fish will leave the beds with the
appreciating front because the water temperature
will drop below 60 degrees so we should be able to
locate them a little deeper this week..
Great
Fishing!
Capt Pete Matson
02/28/2016
With
February weather all month below normal and water
temperatures rising and falling between 52-62
degrees so was the fishing. No reel spawn yet so
shiner fishing dominating the big fish bite and
artificial bite getting more numbers. Lake Toho was
tough but we managed to catch 3 fish over 10 lbs.
Lake walk in Water produced the larger fish one over
12 lbs. Kissimmee we got one 11.5lbs. When we could
fish Kissimmee in good weather we would catch 25 or
so on artificial. Sinkos and shallow running crank
baits produced best with Carolina rigs sometime
working on the outside when the fish would back off
from the beds.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete
Matson
03/11/2106
With weather getting close
to normal and water temperatures getting around 62
degrees fishing is starting to get good. Caught 2
fish over 10lbs shiner fishing this week. Lake walk
in Water produced a fish 11 lbs on shiners. Butler
Chain the fish are starting on the beds, Sinkos and
plastic lizards and trick worms produced the best in
watermelon red the best.
Great fishing!
Capt.
Pete Matson
06/10/2016
With summer weather
here and water temperatures getting around 85
degrees fishing is good. On half and three quarter
day trips producing over twenty fish normal on
artificial. The top water bite and Carolina rigged
worms producing the best , sinkos and plastic worms
producing after the sun gets up near structure into
mid morning and afternoon. Shiners are producing
some big fish over ten lbs. early in morning and
late evening. Bev Hockarin from Ft. Lauderdale
Florida caught a ten lb. fish on a wild shiner.
Openings in June still available.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
7/21/2016
With water
temperatures hovering around 90 degrees fishing has
slowed down some. You need to fish very early in the
morning or at night to catch the bigger fish. Each
day seems to be a different approach. One day they
will hit shiners and the next day they will not
hardly touch them. Find running water when we get a
good shower the night before the water seems to cool
down a couple degrees and the bite will be strong
the next morning. On artificial top water such as
flukes and zara spooks in the early morning for
about an hour the move into cover such as lily pads
and hydrilla. Fish worms and sinkos in watermelon
and gord green slow and deliberate to get bit. Lake
Toho and Lake Kissimmee are the best on the chain
because of the water levels in the middle part of
the chain are low.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete
Matson
12/12/2016
With changing weather all
week and water temperatures rising and falling
between 65-72 degrees. shiner fishing was not as good
as artificial bite the fish not on a steady feed no
sign of a spawn yet. Lake Toho was tough but we
managed to catch 8 fish on Zoom Super Flukes not bad
average though fish were around 4lbs. largest
weighing 5.5lbs. Saturday the Butler Chain we caught
16 fish shiners worked a little better, but
rattletraps 6in. worms in watermelon red and junebug
both Texas and Carolina rigged worked better. Great
fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
A#1 Bass Guide Service Orlando, Central Florida,
Kissimmee, Disney world area Fishing reports.
1/28/2016
With water temps hovering into the low to
mid 60’s bigger fish are finally starting to bite.
Caught at lot of 5 to 7lb. fish one fish over 8 lbs.
this week. Fish are biting live wild shiners on both
bobbers and free lines. Both on the Butler Chain and
Lake Kissimmee the fish are outside the grass lines and
you catch a number of fish. Artificial bite is a little
slow for bigger fish but you can catch some smaller fish
up to 4lbs. on spinner baits, hard jerk baits flukes and
rattle traps. Took Neil McQuality and his dad Jim of
Chicago Illinois they caught 9 fish over 5lbs with the
largest weighing 7lbs. caught by Jim. Some fish are
starting to spawn if you can find the beds slow down and
use soft plastic creature baits to lure them off their
beds.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
A#1 Bass
Guide Service
8/8/2017
With 20 fish each of
the last 3 times out. Fish are biting shiners on free
lines. Lake Kissimmee the fish are outside the grass
lines and you catch a number of fish up to 5lbs on worms
and rattle traps early in the morning. When the sun gets
up they are very tight to cover flipping seems to work
if you can find them. Some smaller fish up to 2lbs. on
flukes and rattle traps when you see them schooling.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
A#1 Bass Guide
Service
06/03/2017
First week in June proves
again to be excellent for big bass again. Billy Hayes of
Missouri caught a 10. 3 lb. lunker first thing in the
morning on top water bait on Lake Toho. With water
levels low fish are biting on weed beds in 5-6 feet of
water. Caught another fish over 7 lbs. most fish are 2-4
lbs. Top waters in the early morning and rattle traps
fished mid to late morning. Fish are biting live wild
shiners on fished on corks. Both on the Butler Chain and
lower Kissimmee Chain we are catching 15-20 fish in a ½
day. Artificial bite is a little slower for bigger fish
but you can catch some smaller fish up to 5lbs. on
watermelon red flukes, frogs and chrome blue rattle
traps when you see them schooling on the surface.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
5-1-15
With water temperatures in the low 80 degrees the spawn
is now over. We had a great week of fishing! We fished
the Butler Chain in Orlando on Tuesday and Larry Loomis
caught a 7.5 lb fish on a shiner and we caught over 20
fish on plastic worms in the watermelon red color.
Tuesday fishing in Lake Wales area caught 19 fish up to
5lbs. on shiners we did not get started until 9 a.m.
even thought the wind was up a little. Thursday the fish
were on fire had half day morning trip with Chris
Striffer of PA. and his 2 twin grandsons we caught over
40 fish on plastic worms and 5in.Kalin grubs. Some fish
were in the 5-6lb. range.
Great fishing!
Capt Pete
Matson
03/11/2016
With weather getting close to
normal and water temperatures getting around 62 degrees
fishing is starting to get good. Caught 2 fish over
10lbs shiner fishing this week. Lake walk in Water
produced a fish 11 lbs on shiners. Butler Chain the fish
are starting on the beds, Sinkos and plastic lizards and
trick worms produced the best in watermelon red the
best.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
Capt. Pete Matson
02/28/2016
With February weather
all month below normal and water temperatures rising and
falling between 52-62 degrees so was the fishing. No
reel spawn yet so shiner fishing dominating the big fish
bite and artificial bite getting more numbers. Lake Toho
was tough but we managed to catch 3 fish over 10 lbs.
Lake walk in Water produced the larger fish one over 12
lbs. Kissimmee we got one 11.5lbs. When we could fish
Kissimmee in good weather we would catch 25 or so on
artificial. Sinkos and shallow running crank baits
produced best with Carolina rigs sometime working on the
outside when the fish would back off from the beds.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
11/28/2016
With the changing weather and an arriving cold front in
Central Florida this week fishing was excellent in the
first part of the week to slow in the later part. Lake
Toho was on fire on Tuesday temperatures were in the
eighties and cloud cover. Ted Schrep his son Justin and
his work partner of Orlando caught 21 fish up to 7 lbs.
in a half day trip on shiners we used 4 doz. by 10:30
a.m. On Wednesday the Butler Chain was good as well we
caught 26 fish in 2 half day charters up to 6.8 lbs. on
both artificial and shiners. Zoom Super Flukes, sinkos
and 10 in. worms in watermelon red and junebug were the
trick that day. Walk in Water was slow on Thursday
Thanksgiving morning wind came out of the north and we
only managed 6 fish up to 3lbs. in the boat although we
lost a big one in heavy cover that would have made the
day! Friday also had 20 mph wind and temperatures in the
forties that morning so we fished the Butler Chain in a
half day caught 7 fish with the largest weighing 5lbs.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
12/12/2016
With changing weather all week and water temperatures
rising and falling between 65-72 degrees. shiner fishing
was not as good as artificial bite the fish not on a
steady feed no sign of a spawn yet. Lake Toho was tough
but we managed to catch 8 fish on Zoom Super Flukes not
bad average though fish were around 4lbs. largest
weighing 5.5lbs. Saturday the Butler Chain we caught 16
fish shiners worked a little better, but rattletraps 6in.
worms in watermelon red and junebug both texas and
Carolina rigged worked better. Great fishing!
Capt.
Pete Matson
1/07/2016
With the coldest
temperatures in years in Central Florida shiner fishing
is producing the larger fish. Not as many as you will
catch on artificial. There is no sign of a spawn with
temperatures hovering around freezing at night. Lake Toho
has been tough but we manage few larger fish but one can
only expect only a few bites a day. The Orlando Butler
and Conway Chains are a lot better on artificicial.
Monday the fish started to school up as the day warmed
and we caught 14 fish in deep water ledges. Carolina
rigs watermelon red and June bug worms are working best
use rattletraps when the fish come up. Shiners worked a
little better when you anchor up.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
1/31/2016
The fishing is
excellent in the Kissimmee Chain of lakes with the
weather warming this week. The fish are both in a
pre-spawn and some fish spawning it depends on what lake
you are in on the chain. In the last 4 trips have fished
3 different lakes with great success in all of them.
Caught big fish and numbers both. On Saturday in Lake
Kissimmee Ron Patrick and his wife Jody caught 15 fish
in a half day up to 6.7 lbs. on shines using 3 dozen.
Emanuel and Jean Raquet from France caught 21 fish with
the largest 8.1lbs. On Thursday Jules Lopez and his
business associate on spinner baits caught 14 with an
average fish weighing around 5lbs. in Lake Cypress. On
Saturday George Kull caught a 10 lb. fish on a shiner in
Lake Toho. Some fish will leave the beds with the
appreciating front because the water temperature will
drop below 60 degrees so we should be able to locate
them a little deeper this week..
Great Fishing!
Capt Pete Matson
02/28/2016
With February
weather all month below normal and water temperatures
rising and falling between 52-62 degrees so was the
fishing. No reel spawn yet so shiner fishing dominating
the big fish bite and artificial bite getting more
numbers. Lake Toho was tough but we managed to catch 3
fish over 10 lbs. Lake walk in Water produced the larger
fish one over 12 lbs. Kissimmee we got one 11.5lbs. When
we could fish Kissimmee in good weather we would catch
25 or so on artificial. Sinkos and shallow running crank
baits produced best with Carolina rigs sometime working
on the outside when the fish would back off from the
beds.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
03/11/2014
With weather getting close to normal and
water temperatures getting around 62 degrees fishing is
starting to get good. Caught 2 fish over 10lbs shiner
fishing this week. Lake walk in Water produced a fish 11
lbs. on shiners. Butler Chain the fish are starting on
the beds, Sinkos and plastic lizards and trick worms
produced the best in watermelon red the best.
Great
fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
06/10/2016
With
summer weather here and water temperatures getting
around 85 degrees fishing is good. On half and three
quarter day trips producing over twenty fish normal on
artificial. The top water bite and Carolina rigged worms
producing the best , sinkos and plastic worms producing
after the sun gets up near structure into mid morning
and afternoon. Shiners are producing some big fish over
ten lbs. early in morning and late evening. Bev Hockarin
from Ft. Lauderdale Florida caught a ten lb. fish on a
wild shiner. Openings in June still available.
Great
fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson
7/21/2016
With
water temperatures hovering around 90 degrees fishing
has slowed down some. You need to fish very early in the
morning or at night to catch the bigger fish. Each day
seems to be a different approach. One day they will hit
shiners and the next day they will not hardly touch
them. Find running water when we get a good shower the
night before the water seems to cool down a couple
degrees and the bite will be strong the next morning. On
artificial top water such as flukes and zara spooks in
the early morning for about an hour the move into cover
such as lily pads and hydrilla. Fish worms and sinkos in
watermelon and gord green slow and deliberate to get
bit. Lake Toho and Lake Kissimmee are the best on the
chain because of the water levels in the middle part of
the chain are low.
Great Fishing!
Capt. Pete
Matson
12/12/2015
With changing weather all
week and water temperatures rising and falling between
65-72 degrees. shiner fishing was not as good as artificial
bite the fish not on a steady feed no sign of a spawn
yet. Lake Toho was tough but we managed to catch 8 fish
on Zoom Super Flukes not bad average though fish were
around 4lbs. largest weighing 5.5lbs. Saturday the
Butler Chain we caught 16 fish shiners worked a little
better, but rattletraps 6in. worms in watermelon red and
junebug both texas and Carolina rigged worked better.
Great fishing!
Capt. Pete Matson