Bass have been average over the past week, with an 8-pounder caught in Ariana during the Ron's Tackle Box night tournament last Thursday. With higher water, also some bass flippin' the shoreline grass and cattails in the south chain and small city lakes like Elbert. At Lake Hamilton, speckled perch are getting started, reports Chain O'Lakes Bait and Tackle in Dundee. Also good bluegill from the shore at Lake Dell in Dundee. At Lake Marion near Haines City, bass are good and sometimes excellent.
Water is high, and bass are moving to grass lines.
Speckled perch should be good at night this weekend, with a full moon set for Tuesday. Specks will pick up in the south end of the lake with the first cold front. At Lake Hatchineha, high, moving water has made life easier for bass fishermen, who are focusing on running water. Bass are holding outside the three creek mouths, as well as the mouth of Cypress Canal. Most anglers working Carolina-rigged worms lately.