Any of the Florida guys have any advice for Walk-in-Water right now?

Have my club classic this weekend and practice was tough. Had a spring tourney there this year and the fish were in the isolated bullrush patches. Nothing there now.

Supposed to be another cold front coming through to make things even worse. Any ideas will be appreciated.

Thanks!

I fished there a few times with a guide on vacations in January.  We found fish everywhere but there were concentrations on the emerged (tall) weeds on the right shoreline leaving the launch and a bunch of bass on a waterpipe draining into the water in front of a big house on the right shoreline as well.

Good luck

i have had great success finding areas that have 3 types of vegetation together. everytime i have fished w-i-w i found 90% of my fish by the arrowheads. junebug worms worked best for me. i would first try throwing a gambler 7 inch, then a 10 inch and then a 12 inch ribbon tail. that lake is amazing when it is on. i would also fish shallow (not that it is a deep lake) thinking the fish are moving up to bed. good luck. i have istokpoga next saturday.

I used to live in a lakeside community on the north shore of the Walk', which had its own private ramp.

Around the turn of the century, there wasn't a single lake in Florida that produced more bass over 8 lbs than Walk-In-Water.

During the late 90s, the fabled offshore hydrilla bed was situated 6/10 mile off the northern shore (off Walden Shores).

If you go to the same coordinates today you'll be sitting in 8½ ft of water with a clean bottom.

In 2004, the hurricane-trio uprooted all the hydrilla, and to this day emergent vegetation still hasn't made a noteworthy comeback.

Pickerelweed. water primrose and cattails are found along the shoreline, but they thrive in very shallow water,

and are only valuable during the bedding season. Maidencane (K-grass) is plentiful along the western shore,

where you'll also find the only steep sloping bottom in Lake Weohyakapka.

In any case, the key plant by a long shot is bulrushes (buggy whips).

Bulrush can be found in various places around the lake's perimeter varying in size from patches to broad fields.

The most popular bulrush drift (and the most picked over) lies a mile south of the public ramp, and is locally known as Southwest Bulrush.

Another productive bulrush field is Southeast Bulrush off Magnolia Dr in Indian Lake Estates.

On balance though, the best bassing today is still along the northern shore.

Bass Alley is a large bulrush field (can't miss it) near Weohyakapka Creek, the lake outlet.

Some of the most consistent fishing was at North Island, a smallish bulrush island off Nalcrest.

Unfortunately, the crappie fleet decimated about 50% of the original bulrush canes.

Use all the same lures you'd use anywhere else.

Roger

Thanks for the information guys. I really appreciate the help. I have a couple ideas and some of them play into what you all gave me.

The weather doesn't look like it will be all that cold, so hopefully it will be a decent bite. Although I actually seem to do better in the tournaments where the bite is tough, so I should be careful what I ask for!