1. In Lakeland, crickets and grass shrimp are being sold like crazy as shellcracker have been hot. On Saddle Creek, look for catfish using chicken liver and cut bait. Bass have been hitting on darker ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Horseshoe, Legs and Waterlou. Lakes Shop, 3, 5, B and C also had high catch rates. This past week there were 15 large bass over 19 inches ...

July went out with a bang on Lake Kissimmee. Bass from 6-10 pounds were turned on, at least for fishermen in the Accent Marine tournament. And shellcracker surged onto the beds in shallow lily pads ...

1 Around Lakeland, the bluegill are “popping off real good” on crickets and red worms at Saddle Creek Park. Bass fishing has been tough though. Ten-inch mag trick worms have been the most productive.

On just about every major body of water in Central Florida this weekend, the same scene will be repeated. Fishing boats, most of them small non-descript craft, will idle along the shorelines, past ...