Started off on time having got bait @ hurricanes on hwy 60 and Drove down to Frostproof. Once turned on to Arbuckle road met a pick up truck pulling a boat. Said to my missus "they must have been night fishing". Drove on to camp ground and when turned in there was a pickup/boat sitting in the middle of the road. I moved to the right so as to ease around him and he flagged me over and told me a floating "island" of weeds had the waterway out into the lake blocked, could not get past the dock. Sure enough went and looked myself and no way to get by the dock.
Soooo...done bought bait....went to exit and saw the lake reedy boat ramp....plenty of people fishing it so we put in. Fished for 2 hrs and never got a bite of anykind fishing a couple shiners out the back of the boat and chunking minnows and worms at shoreline structures.
Happened to make convo with a bass fisherman passing on the lake. Told him we had not got a bite to anything and he said Reedy was way down on his list of fun lakes to fish. Nearly all he boats on the lake that morning was bass fisherman practicing for an upcoming tourney as he was. Told him about Arbuckle And he directed me to another boat ramp at south end of Arbuckle. Since we had fished 1.5 hrs no bites we pulled out and made another long drive to Avon Park and went east on hwy 64. Found the boat ramp and put in. $5 honor system launch fee. Very limited parking and not sure once the seasonals return if u can use it or not.
Gentleman at the park suggested fishing the creek instead of the lake. already raining when we launched we left the ramp and ran into the worst monsoon i ever ran thru!! Eventually it quit raining and blowing and we made our way to the north east side where we once again chunked minnows and worms.
Worms produced about 20 gils in an hour of fishing. 8 were nice sized and they accompanied us home for dinner.
Gonna try it again this coming sunday morn and be there at daylight.
will get pics this time!!
