Looking for a place to fish in Kissimmee

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Looking for a place to fish in Kissimmee

Post by jspinelli8 » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:46 pm

Hi all,

Going to Disney this November and I'm looking for a couple of local spots to hit. Mostly fishing from shore, if someone knows of a good place or round about location for decent bass fishing, please let me know.

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Re: Looking for a place to fish in Kissimmee

Post by USA-RET » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:13 pm

Honestly from the shore, very few of the bigger lakes offer much opportunity. If you can find a canal off a main lake (where there is a marina or such, you can do okay). There are always some resident fish in those canals and sometimes you can hook a "toad".
Again most of this is private property, although with some marinas they won't mind you wetting a line if you go in and be sociable prior to fishing.

Personally, I would focus on the motel/hotel and their golf course ponds in the area you are staying. I stayed a Shades of Green in Disney and fished the ponds that bordered their Golf course (stay off the fairways and putting greens :lol: ). For a 1 hour outing, I caught six in the 2-3 lb range.

If you know where you are going to be staying, do a Google maps (satellite imagery) search of the area and be amazed at all the ponds sitting behind public buildings and community areas. As a paying resident of the hotel, the surrounding ponds should be accessible for fishing and these are generally not pressured waters.

One reason I always a have two piece rod in my car wherever I go. :lol:

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Re: Looking for a place to fish in Kissimmee

Post by jspinelli8 » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:20 am

I believe the hotel we are staying in has a pond. I'm gonna buy a travel rod for this trip. I have one day that's all mine and I wanna try to make the most of it.

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Re: Looking for a place to fish in Kissimmee

Post by Imavol » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:52 am

Have you looked into getting a guide for a day? That would be your best bet if the funds are there.

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Re: Looking for a place to fish in Kissimmee

Post by jspinelli8 » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:58 am

I definitely don't have the funds for a guide. I'm buying a 4pc travel rod and bringing a handful of lures.

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