For anyone that lives in the orlando/ucf area does anyone find it very difficult to catch bass?

I go pond hopping to all kinds of different ponds. I throw different patterns and lures and everything. I fish in different weather conditions and time of day and i catch maybe one or two fish every time i go out. 

Maybe they're pressured or finicky or i don't know. 

I throw everything that makes sense when i go and choose lures per the water clarity and forage and season. My backup is a weightless pearl fluke and even that doesn't work all the time. 

Thoughts?

Isaac, I have always found August to be the toughest month of the year regardless of what part of the country you are in. The fish get real finicky. I would guess it is a pre fall transition period. Things should pick up within the next couple of weeks. The weather will be getting relatively "cooler" and they do get into a somewhat fall pattern. 

I have posted this several times in the past. I have done very well at Turkey Lake by Universal Studios!  When at conventions in Orlando I have always rented boats at Turkey lake.  I have done exceptionally well with W/R senkos, Trick Worms wacky and deep, 3/8 oz spinnerbaits.  Have caught them up to  6 lbs.   It is a limited water with only their  5 boats allowed.  You can fish from the bank at the park.  Texas rigged worms work from the bank. 

Guess who serviced those Turkey Lake boats? I used to with my Minn Kota boss Greg. As I recall it was the city of Orlando contracting servicing through the shop I used to work for. City of Orlando would buy all the batteries and trolling motors and have them waiting on us inside that small hut beside the dock.

 

I can't tell you how many times I drove down there to Bill Frederick Park to help the old man service those boats replacing batts and trolling motors and wiring because he had knee and hip surgeries getting down inside those boats was a problem to him so he took the younger guy- me- to do some of that for him. We had to repair them while they were sitting in the water tied up to the dock.

 

Glad to hear a member here is getting some use out of them.

 

In the small hut next to dock there they also provide rods and reels and some limited tackle if needed too. Just have to ask about it.

 

Turkey Lake is a clean lake with big bass no doubt about it. And since no boat ramp on that lake it is almost never fished hard. A nice in town clean clear lake with good bass population.

 

About the only fishing pressure it gets is from those rental boats and that is not very much for a lake that size. Every time I was there I saw no one else on the lake. Just us. We would always have to test the boats you know! Bring rods and reels and test the boats out. Tough job but someone's gotta do it.

 

I'm on my way to Orlando now to see old Greg and I'll ask him if the shop is still servicing those boats. Last time I was at the park they were restoring the swimming pool. I bet its all finished up now. This lake is right next to or near Universal Studios.

 

Due west of there is the Butler chain of lakes. More clear clean lakes filled with big bass. I'm taking my rods and reels with me today. Won't be at Turkey Lake though. Heading to north Orlando area around Winter Park and Winter Park chain of lakes this time.

 

I hope you had no troubles with the boats? We make sure they are working before leaving, but some renters have made a mess out of some of them.