The sun is just coming up. The Kissimmee Chain of lakes, for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, has been a haven for big bass. The Seminole indians graced it's shores, evidenced by the pottery fragments still to be found on the banks of present day Lake Kissimmee. Generations of native Americans found fishing easy in it's warm, shallow waters. For most of this century, the water levels on the Kissimmee chain have been controlled by locks, at Lake Toho on the north, and below Kissimmee on the south.
Some canals are navigable by boat, and some only for a fish or an airboat.
But they do come bigger. A LOT bigger. So far in 2000 we have seen a number of bass over 10 lbs. Last year, Bill Dance talked about a 17 lb. Kissimmee was just drawn down again in 1996, and refilled in 1997 to normal pool.