Me and a buddy are planning a road trip to St Johns, and considering Orange Lake too. I'm reading the water levels at St Johns is way up. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Me and a buddy are planning a road trip to St Johns, and considering Orange Lake too. I'm reading the water levels at St Johns is way up. Any suggestions are appreciated.
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I would skip the St Johns it's not what it used to be.
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Heard Orange is fishing better these days.
Might get a shot at a true giant during that time period.
Orange is a hero or zero lake if not a local. You can pull up to a patch and catch 40 pounds in 10 minutes or not get a bite.Originally Posted by gambler1
I'm looking at making a similar trip in Feb/Mar and have all of Florida to entertain as possible locations. I fished the St Johns earlier this year in the Bass Nation qualifiers and do not plan to go back. 2 days of practice yielded 3 fish. and 2 tournament days landed me 5 keepers which was good enough to make the state team on the coangler side.
Go to Texas, at least they aren't spraying everything in sight and ruining the fishing like they do here.
Funny you say that. Living by all these lakes I am going to Texas next year for several trips. LOL
Don't blame you.
Fish down here are HIGHLY allergic to yankees. They get whats called yankitis. Highly deadly to the entire state of Florida.
I'd do the Rainbow River and it's spring fed 72º water temp. Gauge it right and You also get co-eds tubing...
Welcome to FL.
St Johns north end (above PCD) is fishable, but doubt you'd catch many, if any, bass. Its in the worst condition I've seen in over 25 years. Plenty of parking at boat ramps though.
And its almost guaranteed Orange will get nuked one week before you arrive, leaving a bubbling cauldron of decaying ooze. Maybe even a few dead floating gators all swolled up and read to pop.
Suggestions: Avoid the mismanaged mess in FL, pick the weather and fish GA and SC.
Florida fishing is very tough, big time hit or miss. Good Luck.
Here in NC we are called Northerners until you piss off the long time locals. Then you are called a Yankee and will probably be told to go back to NJ.
Big statement considering most of Florida's residents are from out of state.
Thanks for the good info to those that did provide some.
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Yep, I'm included in the 36% from Florida..Big statement considering most of Florida's residents are from out of state.
Thanks for the good info to those that did provide some.
Is that why all you southern boys head up to NY State for or our World Class Smallmouth fishing on Erie and the St Lawrence. Think about this, many of smallmouths are larger than you "bucket mouths".......LOL
If its so great, why do they all want to retire here? Think about that.
Dont know about going north, never been there but it wouldnt surprise me that the small mouth fishing is better. The FWC has destroyed our fisheries. Big O and to a bigger extent Lake Istapoga, lake walk on water, and the whole st johns. Completely wiped out Dextor/woodruff way before any hurricane. On Kissimmee they erased Philadelphia point and grassy island...once again they did this way before any of the hurricanes. This just names a few of the lakes that applied aquatics have legally turned into mud holes by lobbying crooked politicians. When the owner of applied aquatics is also on the state board for weed eradication then something is grossly wrong. Its a definitely a conflict of interest and criminal. Yea its as crooked as a snake and the worest case for our fishery but she gets away with it. Too bad she is not on the Hilary/Bill Clinton bad side...lol ��
Enjoyed my time on Champlain. Coldest winter fishing ever, mid July.
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