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My dad and I took a half day trip with Grady on the Harris Chain and absolutely had a blast. When it comes to bass fishing in Florida Grady is as knowledgeable as they come for his young age. Grady is a very experienced angler for age with his tournament fishing experience from the Bassmaster Open Series! Grady was able to cater us with his nice Bass Cat Boat and great fishing rods and reels. Looking for size or numbers Grady is the man to go with. In a half day trip we caught around 20 largemouth with our best 5 totaling 25lbs. Book your trip with Grady soon! The only thing you have to do is give him a call, show up and he provides a great boat, equipment, and bait and be ready to set the hook because Grady will put you on some fish!!
We were on our holidays from UK and have so enjoyed our afternoon fishing with Grady. His experience of the local lakes and his bespoke bass boat, tackle, bait, took us were to fish and very soon got us into catching the largemouth bass rod bending fish. Grady’s personality made our time such a memorable time in Florida…so recommended!
If you’re looking for a good day of fishing with a very knowledgeable and experienced charter captain then pick Grady at Central Florida Bass Charters. He knew where the fish were and put us on both some decently sized bass and crappie. Definitely recommend him and will use him in the future for all my freshwater fishing trips.
Had a great day of Bass fishing with Capt. Grady on the Harris Chain of lakes. Not a far drive from Clermont Fl, We caught lots of Bass and even some Crappie. One of the best experiences I have had fishing in Central Florida, Highly recommended!!
March 2020 Harris Chain Fishing Report
Fishing in the Orlando, Clermont and Mount Dora area is producing giant largemouth bass! All of the pro tours have fished the chain of lakes and have left them biting! All of the Orlando Fishing guides are coming to Lake Harris to catch the elusive 10 pound largemouth bass we all seek. With a couple prespawn females still to be caught there are alot of double digit largemouth bass swimming around our waters.
I am here to share with you the knowledge I have on the local chain of lakes including Lake Harris, Lake Eustis, Lake Griffin and Lake Dora. Each of these lakes hold giant Largemouth Bass and techniques only differ slightly from lake to lake. The Bass are almost done spawning! Well some of them anyways! The big female largemouth bass can still be found spawning in lily pad fields, and bull rushes . Alot of our bass have spawned since the FLW tour has been here. These spawning largemouth bass can be caught sight fishing with soft plastic creature baits or Zoom trick worms in dark colors and a 1/4 ounce weight produces the best success for catching trophy size largemouth bass. Now with spawning bass comes pre and post spawn! I choose to target these patterns more often because the fish will tend to be more heavily concentrated in certain areas! My main early spring time bait has to be a swim jig or chatterbait in bream or shiner colors. I look for vegetation near or at the mouths of canals or deep drop offs. Eelgrass and Hydrilla are your friend. Find these grasses in 6 to 8ft of water and fish it slow and thoroughly and I guarantee you see results! We boated almost 20lbs in the Lake County Wild shiners are still my catch all for fishing charters! I get the shiners from local bait stores in the mount dora area! Fished under a bobber or with just a hook letting them swim deeper into the grass beds. The Lake county area is heating up for giant fish and I suggest you get a line in the water ASAP! Call me today and we here at centralfloridabasscharters.com will put you on that trophy catch largemouth here on the Harris Chain of lakes! Thank you for tuning into my spring time fishing report for the Harris Chain of Lakes!
Captain -Grady Maynard of Central Florida Bass Charters 321-370-9123
