I will be going out on Lake Toho this Sunday and was curious if anyone had been out there lately and what has been working, besides live bait?

We fished Toho both Saturday & Sunday, and live bait is not needed.

Our most productive lures were the Deps 6” Deathadder Grub and Megabass 5” Counter Grub.

There’s also a topwater bite happening now, and bass are whacking shad right on the surface,

One bass I caught spewed a 6½“ shad.

Your lure choice is wide open (normally is after April 10), the problem now is finding lush hydrilla beds.

The dense weed-beds we had during the prespawn are now gone from most of Kissimmee and Toho.

The spray program deliberately spared a few hydrilla beds, but not for anglers, for the snail kites.

Best thing you can do is run the 5-ft contour line with your eyes glued to the depth sounder.

Roger

We fished Toho both Saturday & Sunday, and live bait is not needed.

Our most productive lures were the Deps 6” Deathadder Grub and Megabass 5” Counter Grub.

There’s also a topwater bite happening now, and bass are whacking shad right on the surface,

One bass I caught spewed a 6½“ shad.

Your lure choice is wide open (normally is after April 10), the problem now is finding lush hydrilla beds.

The dense weed-beds we had during the prespawn are now gone from most of Kissimmee and Toho.

The spray program deliberately spared a few hydrilla beds, but not for anglers, for the snail kites.

Best thing you can do is run the 5-ft contour line with your eyes glued to the depth sounder.

Roger

How were you rigging up the grubs? I don't have any in my tackle box right now, but I will pick some up for Sunday. Do you know what type of topwaters they are hitting right now? I have poppers and jerkbaits to work with. I wasn't sure if they were hitting larger worms right now rigged up weightless, say a 10 inch worm in a watermelon.

How were you rigging up the grubs?

You're favorite jighead would be fine, more important is the weight.

I like the Owner 3/16oz Bullet Type-Z Head (3/0 owner hook)

The grub is T-rigged of course, and 3/16oz is ample to activate the tail during freefall

Do you know what type of topwaters they are hitting right now?

The topwater bite normally lasts from now till the end of May,

I happen to like solid toads, but your favorite surface lure would be just as good or better.

I wasn't sure if they were hitting larger worms right now rigged up weightless, say a 10 inch worm in a watermelon.

Absolutely. A good choice would be the 10" Berkley Power Worm, but there are many great worms.

Again, every bit as important as the lure is finding submergent plant beds.

The prevailing aquatic plants in Lake Toho are Hydrilla, Tapegrass and Coontail.

Normally I won't wet a line until I've found submersed weeds in 4 to 6 ft of water.. Good Luck

Roger