Wisconsin Bass Fishing

Time it right and the bass are doing great on the Butler Chain of Lakes. Hit that cold front as she is coming in and the bass go deep and lock up. The other day I heard a lot of grumbling at the ramp how the bite was way off. People moaning they didn’t get a bite all day. I guess they were not on the back side of Bird Island on Butler itself. The guys boated four quick bass in one small stretch and had another big bass snap the line out in the bay.


Deeper waters are holding the bass when the cold front comes in, but the shallows are the place to be when the air temperatures warm up. Bass beds were spotted all over the place but were empty as the front rolled in and kicked up the winds.

Plenty of bass are being caught out here, you just have to know where to go to get them and what to toss to get them to bite. Live bait under a float is not always a sure bet to catch bass out here. When bass go deep, I try to tell people to get rid of that float and send the shiner deep, the success is much better when you do this. Bass we caught were in 8 to 14 feet of water and the guys were slow trolling live wild shiners right over the deep drop offs to catch their bass. Crappie fishing has also been doing pretty good out on the chain. A few locals have given me some reports of some pretty good limits out here using tube jigs and minnows in 10 to 14 foot of water and along the grass lines with deep water.
Capt Tim Fey
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Friday some really brutal weather here. Heavy rains, thunder and lightning, not what one would consider a good day for bass fishing. Well we ventured off to check out water levels anyways. Figured if the lightning stopped we would fish in the rain and see what would happen. Things worked out perfect for us. We hit the boat ramp just before 9am and the rain had stopped.


Water levels on Lake Jackson are still down, but with the rains this past week it has kept it steady and very fishable. We opted for fishing the flats and look for spawning bass. Bass beds were scattered all over the place but we really could not see much on them as the waters were muddied up from all the rain.

Spinner baits had tagged a few good bass here and there to help keep a steady bite going, but the bait of choice today was definitely the Zoom Brush Hog. We not only got some good numbers, 16 bass for just a few hours of checking things out, but nailed three very nice bass as well.

For the most part the bite was really soft, watching your line was very important. Most the bass caught were in very shallow waters with Kissimmee grass and lily pads close together. Bass caught on the spinner baits were in the lily pads, casting them to the wind blown side of the pads and working them right thru the lily pads would trigger a strike.

The Kissimmee Chain has been fishing very good this year and with the spawn starting to kick in things can only get better. Weather has been pretty steady this year, with two days of cooler temperatures and then the typical warm up, it is definitely not like it was this time last year.
Capt Tim Fey
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Florida Bass Fishing

What can I say folks, with wild shiners in tow the Polley father and son team banged some serious bass out on Lake Jackson. They come down from Canada and Dan gave his dad a Christmas present of Florida Bass Fishing. The bass definitely did not let these two guys down as we had a steady bite all day long.


For the most part the bass were slow to commit to our offerings of wild shiners, just mouthing the baits and swimming some with them before really taking them. This meant patience once again on our part, but the guys got their hook ups and boated well over 20 bass for the day.

Lake Jackson Bass Fishing

When the live bait ran out, we switched up to some artificial baits landing a few more bass, with several missed bass, as the bass we located were deep in the slop in very shallow water. We started the day out fishing in four to six foot of water with live bait, and ended it in under a foot of water, casting to basically just inches of water where the bass were chasing bait fish around.

The guys had a great day on the water and had a blast catching some great Florida largemouth bass. Nothing better than seeing a father son team enjoying some quality time on the water together.
Capt Tim Fey
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Florida Bass Fishing Guides

Report is a little late, But Ari and Karl fished 6 hours out on Lake Jackson with me on Sunday and had a pretty darn good day. I believe final numbers were 16 bass boated and a few others missed. Bait of choice was wild shiners and it was a good choice for sure. The guys boated a couple bass that went three to four pounds with the big gal coming in just over six pounds.

Central Florida Bass Fishing

Weather was great with a fair amount of wind, but was not bad at all as the day warmed up and the Dig in Anchor held the boat in place perfectly. Bass were relating heavily to structure, and that structure was sunken trees, if you tossed five feet short, you waited awhile for a hit, or didn’t even get one. Big key was placing it very close to the trees and let the wild shiners swim along them on a float set about a foot deep. For the most part the bite was not aggressive as it typically has been, this day the bass would mouth the bait and swim some before it would really commit to it.

This required patience on our part where it seemed at times we were letting them have the bait for twenty seconds before we could set the hook, and with the circle hooks they were set perfect right in the corner of the mouth like they should be. The guys did a great job out there and we all had a blast.
Capt Tim Fey
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