Fishing Reports News

Polk County Fishing

1. Around Lakeland, Chuck Borden of Lakeland caught a couple of nice fish at Saddle Creek Park recently — a 4pound, 14-ounce tilapia and an 8.2pound bass. He ate the tilapia, released the bass. The bass hit a Bomber Model A firetiger crankbait over a rock bar. Borden said the tilapia would have [...]

Central Sierra/Hwy. 4 Corridor Fishing Report
(Arnold, CA) It’s best to get an early start on fishing if you’re headed to the high country due to afternoon thunderstorms. There has been a good early bite in the lakes. Most of the fish are going deeper now. Bankies should try bottom fishing near the drop-offs [...]

Houston Fishing report
Near shore
Find the schools of baitfish roaming the Gulf a couple of miles off the beach along the upper coast, and anglers will find fish, reported guide Mike Williams.
Small pods of tarpon, most in the 60- to 90-pound class, have been shadowing the baitfish, Williams said. But the tarpon have been picky about [...]

Allegheny River/Allegheny Reservoir (Warren County): Muskie guide Red Childress of Warren released a 42-inch muskie on a Wiley Fat Boy and guided Jeff Fields to his first muskie, a 29-incher in the river below the dam this week. The river also is yielding walleyes up to 22 inches, a few northern pike, including a 38-incher, [...]

Lake Erie : The best walleye bite in decades continues with big numbers coming into 45 to 50 feet of water — although a few are still as shallow as 28 feet — while some bigger ones are as deep as 60 to 70 feet. Poor Richard’s weighed a couple of 11-plus pound walleyes this [...]