Lakeland Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Wade Osborne
Tampa, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

With temperatures in the mid-80s the last couple of weeks, it’s hard to believe it’s still winter. Especially, since it’s snowing in much of the country. Visitors are not only enjoying our spectacular weather, but have the opportunity to experience some of Tampa Bay’s outstanding fishing too. With water temperatures...

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Wade Osborne Tampa, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

With temperatures in the mid-80s the last couple of weeks, it’s hard to believe it’s still winter. Especially, since it’s snowing in much of the country. Visitors are not only enjoying our spectacular weather, but have the opportunity to experience some of Tampa Bay’s outstanding fishing too.
With water temperatures hovering in the mid-70s, the snook, redfish and seatrout fishing is excellent. There have been days lately where I ran two, four-hour charters back-to-back catching fish all day. This is good news for the upcoming Spring Break season, because I only look for the fishing to get better as spring approaches.
So, if you’re here vacationing or live here through the winter, now’s a good time to plan a fishing trip. Just pick up the phone and give me a call, I’d be happy to show you the adventure of a lifetime.

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Phil Pegley
Ruskin, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

February fishing has been filled with busy days and bringing fish to the cleaning table. Mother nature has had the fan turned on, which has been mostly keeping us inshore, Which is been just fine with us. Our customers have been. Staying busy with a lot of action . I...

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Phil Pegley Ruskin, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

February fishing has been filled with busy days and bringing fish to the cleaning table.
Mother nature has had the fan turned on, which has been mostly keeping us inshore,
Which is been just fine with us. Our customers have been. Staying busy with a lot of action . I would say the fish of the month has been lots of keeper speckled trout. And once we've gotten our limit, the snook and redfish have also been very cooperative. We've been making a 15 mile run. To catch greenbacks oh yes and 15 miles back but it has been worth it. all three species are responding to live chumming and free lining. Here's a few February photos, tight lines until next time Captain Phil

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Steve Niemoeller with Lake Toho Fishing Guide Service
St. Cloud, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Weather has been great this week and the bass are moving to spawning areas big time. Bass up to 7 pounds have been caught on a regular basis on wild shiners on west Lake Toho.

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Steve Niemoeller with Lake Toho Fishing Guide Service St. Cloud, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Weather has been great this week and the bass are moving to spawning areas big time. Bass up to 7 pounds have been caught on a regular basis on wild shiners on west Lake Toho.

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Phil Pegley
Ruskin, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

We’ve had a shot of spring weather and aside from a couple of 50° mornings temps have been surging to upper around 80° in the afternoon for the past couple of weeks. This has warmed the Tampa bay waters to a friendly, 75° and has really lit a fire for...

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Phil Pegley Ruskin, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

We’ve had a shot of spring weather and aside from a couple of 50° mornings temps have been surging to upper around 80° in the afternoon for the past couple of weeks. This has warmed the Tampa bay waters to a friendly, 75° and has really lit a fire for our inshore fishing trips , and has put the fish in some of our early spring transitional fishing areas. snook, redfish, trout, and Jack Crevalle have all been on the hit list

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Steve Niemoeller with Lake Toho Fishing Guide Service
St. Cloud, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Water temps are. Rising and bass are moving back up getting ready to spawn .live bait fishing has really been good lately . Crappie fishing is also getting good here on the lake should anyone want to try some crappie !!!

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Steve Niemoeller with Lake Toho Fishing Guide Service St. Cloud, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Water temps are. Rising and bass are moving back up getting ready to spawn .live bait fishing has really been good lately .
Crappie fishing is also getting good here on the lake should anyone want to try some crappie !!!

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Phil Pegley
Ruskin, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Well, two weeks ago, the water tem dropped 12 degrees in a day and a half due to a strong cold front that came over the state of Florida and shut down our inshore fishing bite one thing we deal with is acclamation, whether the water drop or rises, can...

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Phil Pegley Ruskin, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Well, two weeks ago, the water tem dropped 12 degrees in a day and a half due to a strong cold front that came over the state of Florida and shut down our inshore fishing bite one thing we deal with is acclamation, whether the water drop or rises, can shut the fish down for a few days so our focus is fishing around the hot water discharge at local power plants this actually opens up fishing opportunities for us what we only get when the temps plummet sharks, Pompano, Permit, and cobia are just part of the fish that take advantage of the warmer water, along with tarpon, manatees and rays.

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David Pechacek
Kissimmee, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

🔥🔥Dropping Pigs 🐖🐖🐖 on the deck!!! 🔥🔥I got to take Noah and his grandpa out for an evening fishing trip! Noah is 14 years old and he absolutely killed it!!! In only 2hrs he caught like 15-20 fish and a bunch of giants!!!

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David Pechacek Kissimmee, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

🔥🔥Dropping Pigs 🐖🐖🐖 on the deck!!! 🔥🔥I got to take Noah and his grandpa out for an evening fishing trip! Noah is 14 years old and he absolutely killed it!!! In only 2hrs he caught like 15-20 fish and a bunch of giants!!!

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David Pechacek
Kissimmee, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

I took my great friend and client Micah out yesterday and we completely wrecked the bass along with our hands! We caught somewhere between 50-60 bass we both lost count 😂 It was seriously a day to remember. Between not having time to talk because we caught so many fish...

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David Pechacek Kissimmee, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

I took my great friend and client Micah out yesterday and we completely wrecked the bass along with our hands! We caught somewhere between 50-60 bass we both lost count 😂 It was seriously a day to remember. Between not having time to talk because we caught so many fish to me somehow losing a rod over the side of boat because a little baby bass grabbed my lure and pulled my rod in when I was not looking. No worries I actually caught it back off the bottom of the lake with a giant weight and hook!!! Then Micah caught 5 bass on his first 5 casts with an A-rig (He had never thrown one before) and some old guys were fishing near us and could not believe how many fish he kept catching on it while they could not catch anything. I promise you it’s not all the guide. Micah flat out knows how to catch bass!!! Thank you for the memories Micah that I will never forget!

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