Coming down from SC on the 7th & will be around Kissimmee & Orlando area until the 13th.. Looking to do some fishing at least one day while Im in Florida..

Could any one point me in the direction of a lake close to that area that I could get some action from the bank? Also could anyone give me a idea of what Florida Bass are hitting this time of year??

Lastly I want to take the family to a beach on the Gulf side of Florida for a little fun, any suggestions that will not have us driving half a day to get to?

Thanks in advance on all advise it is appreciated.

post this in the Fishing Locations forum you'll get more answers there bud.

have you ever been to Florida?  I would have a harder time telling you where NOT to find a good lake than where to find one.   When you go to Orlando, you'll see what I'm talking about.  There are lakes everywhere!

have you ever been to Florida? I would have a harder time telling you where NOT to find a good lake than where to find one. When you go to Orlando, you'll see what I'm talking about. There are lakes everywhere!

Any Lake I see I can fish?? Thats one of my problems, I dont want to go & fish somewhere Im not suppose to. Thinking about going to Turkey Lake, but not real sure yet.. Thanks again for any help.

your name is a great color to use when in florida. any place that you can fish, fish. if someone kicks you off, then go elsewhere. just be polite and move on.

I'm assuming that you won't be trailering a boat.

With regard to open water, I used to fish any retention that I seen, in fact I used to launch a 10-ft pram.

I'm sorry to say that this has recently been prohibited, and they now chase fishermen off the ponds.

If you'll be without a boat, Turkey Lake isn't a bad choice, but there are better.

Turkey Lake is one of the Fab-Five, but in my opinion, "Lake Underhill" might be a better choice.

Lake Underhill adjoins the Orlando Executive Airport at the East/West Expressway (408 toll road).

I personally dislike the urban setting, but it's probably the best bass water in Orlando for the landlocked angler.

(Now then, if you were trailering I would point you to Lake Conway or Lake Butler)

Roger

Well just so you all know I went fishing while I was in Florida this past week. I went on Thursday morning, got to Turkey Lake about 6:45.

I fished until 11:00 & caught 4 Large mouth bass, largest one being a hefty 1.5lbs. Water temp was between 85/86 degrees deepest water I could find was 15 ft deep. Saw what appeared to be some good size fish on the fish finder, but never had the first bump from them. I was using a watermelon seed red flake fluke at first. That what the guy at the landing suggested & gave me to try. I had no luck at all with them. After a hour I changed over to a watermelon seed trick worm & on my forth cast boated my first bass, it didnt weigh a pound. I caught two more small ones off the trick worm over the next 2 1/2 hours. However during that time I kept going after those larger fish I had found in a 15 foot hole near a fish attractor . I kept running a CNR08 Rusty Crawdad down through the Hydrilla & water ever that other weed is in that lake. Just ripping it through hoping to get a reaction bite. Needless to say it never happened.

About 20 mins till 11 all heck broke loose, a area about the size of two football fields started boiling with large mouth bass busting the top of the water. I was a good 200 yards away with only a trolling motor to get me to the action, I finally got there just in time to catch my trophy Florida Large Mouth Bass, all 1.5 lbs of him. I caught him on a Strike King Crank bait Series 4 Sexy Shad color. Kept throwing it until 5 till 11 but never got any more takers.

Oh well at least I wasn't skunked.

keep trying, there are pigs in turkey lake