Kissimmee Chain Hydrilla

[Nitro 882]

I'll be heading to Florida for my annual 3 month winter vacation early in January. When I left for home last spring, Toho looked more like a golf course than a lake. The fishing was good but it was getting real tough to get around to my "hot spots". 😉 Had the heat alarm going off frequently as the intake on the lower unit kept getting plugged up. I don't want all the hydrilla gone but I'm wondering if "mother nature" has made any corrections and thinned it out some. I call on "mother nature" because I've heard that it is not economically or politically possible to mechanically or chemically eliminate the problem.

I look forward to your input.

Thank you.

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heading over this weekend I'll let you know...

[Dwight Hottle]

I talked to a local guide last night. He said the last hurricane moved a lot of surface hydrilla into mounds. But the high water & redistributed hydrilla has scattered the fish. It is fishing tough right now with fewer big fish available. 

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Toho and Cypress are historically the problem lakes with hydrilla  
Lake Kissimmee itself is pretty clear of massive hydrilla. 

[Dwight Hottle]

Cypress was sprayed & the hydrilla is no longer a problem. Toho on the other hand is almost unfishable & navigation is a problem from outboards overheating. I was on Cypress yesterday & it fishes fine.  

[Koz]

That’s good to hear. There’s a 50/50 chance I will be fishing the Bassmaster kayak event on the Kissimmee chain the first weekend in February.

 

I’m clueless on which lake or lakes to fish, but my first instinct is to choose one of the smaller ones so I can cover most of the lake.