| It really feels great to talk about things that could | | | | be able to spend in this endeavor? Fishing for a |
| stimulate your imagination and excitement. After | | | | bass that size is what you have been doing since |
| the hectic stress of doing your activities for the | | | | you started bass fishing; will eight hours on the |
| whole week, you can no longer wait for the | | | | water really give you that chance you are looking |
| weekend to come. You start packing up your | | | | for? |
| things and simply waiting for the wee hours in the | | | | The Florida Game and Fish commission makes a |
| morning and get ready for your trip to Ocala | | | | list each year of what they consider to be among |
| Florida. While on the trip, everybody in the vehicle | | | | the top ten bass lakes which will give you a |
| is sharing the enthusiasm in their journey to a land | | | | starting point. This list is based on both shock |
| of big bass and warm weather. There enters the | | | | surveys and creel counts that are reported by |
| tournament, the competition of big bass fish | | | | fishermen during creel surveys. You now need to |
| fever caught by many anglers. | | | | narrow the list down to your selection and the |
| There's no place like Ocala Florida. If you want to | | | | only way to do this realistically is to get several |
| make your fishing vacation more pleasant by | | | | references based on other people's experiences. |
| remembering that it is a fishing vacation, make it | | | | This is where they usually hold the tournaments. |
| a point that you are prepared to enjoy the whole | | | | Ocala, Florida rarely leaves that list. |
| experience, which includes kicking back and | | | | Lake George is one of the premier largemouth |
| enjoying your friends, your surroundings, and your | | | | bass fishing lakes in Florida. It is the second largest |
| brief respite from the daily cares of your life. But | | | | lake in the state (46,000 acres), and is 18 miles |
| some of the people who spend their vacation do | | | | northwest of Deland and 29 miles east of Ocala. |
| it not simply to relax themselves from their | | | | Lake George is one of the many natural lakes on |
| stressful days but they go for bass fishing for a | | | | the St. John's River. It has extensive vegetation |
| purpose. There enters the tournament, the | | | | that provides excellent habitat for bass. Wade |
| competition of big bass fish fever caught by | | | | fishing in eelgrass with plastic worms fished on the |
| many anglers. | | | | surface, and other top water artificial lures, is |
| Before entering any Bass fishing tournament in | | | | productive. Fishing with live shiners is an excellent |
| Ocala, Florida try to remind some of these things: | | | | method for catching trophy bass during the spring |
| The first step is to be sure that you have | | | | spawning season. |
| established your actual fishing goals and then | | | | Hot spots on the lake include Juniper, Salt and |
| ensure that they are in fact realistic, based on the | | | | Silver Glen spring runs on the western shoreline. In |
| amount of time you plan to spend seeking those | | | | winter and early spring, look for bass to |
| goals. | | | | congregate at the jetties on the south end of the |
| The majority of bass fishermen will tell you that | | | | lake. Casting deep-diving crank baits near old dock |
| they are going to Florida seeking that elusive goal | | | | structures along the northeast shore and off |
| of catching a bass over ten pounds. If this is your | | | | Drayton Island can also be productive. |
| goal have you considered how much time you will | | | | |