Floral City 2015

With Floral City being my new stomping grounds, I set out to find the fish last weekend. I had pretty good luck, mostly fishing open water. Lots of dinks, unfortunately, but a few black slabbath's in the mix. Will be hitting up Lake Rousseau tomorrow to see how the fish are biting there. Anyone else hit either of these lakes recently?

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Nice lookin fish. I am sure harold and dave and s few others will be along shortly. You for sure got some pretty water round there.

Good looking fish.

Nice catch

Those are nice.......

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We tried Lake Rousseau, but the hydrilla is so thick right now throughout that whole lake that we couldn't get on 'em. Tried a bunch of different spots, and even did some raketek on a few with no luck. Curious to see how they're being caught over there...

Sorry to hear of Rousseau, such a beatiful place. No freeze for 3 years allows it to grow.

Lake Henderson @ Inverness is excellant fishery ....................
Total of 5 lakes in the middle pool - 17,500 acres.............
Have seen several, several 2 pounder plus taken out of it.
Florida Crappie Club will be on it October 24th..............

Floral City also can produce a good string of "eater fish" 10 - 11 -12 incher's

Lochloosa is excellant, fishery also almost always catch limit of good "eater"
fish. 14 - 15 oz type.

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Originally Posted by fishin813

Lake Henderson @ Inverness is excellant fishery ....................
Total of 5 lakes in the middle pool - 17,500 acres.............
Have seen several, several 2 pounder plus taken out of it.
Florida Crappie Club will be on it October 24th..............

Floral City also can produce a good string of "eater fish" 10 - 11 -12 incher's

Lochloosa is excellant, fishery also almost always catch limit of good "eater"
fish. 14 - 15 oz type.

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Thanks for the info! My mother has a place on Henderson, and was thinking about giving it a whirl here soon. I've done very well in the past there:

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Great Catch.....Looks like Floral City is finally starting to pick up. It's been about 2 weeks since I was last there. I consider it my home lake....

For immediate release: October 13, 2015
Contact: Karen Parker, 386-754-1294
Suggested Tweet: Aquatic weed control set for Lake Rousseau: FWC to conduct aquatic weed control on Lake Rousseau @MyFWC #boating #fishing
FWC to conduct aquatic weed control on Lake Rousseau
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be conducting aquatic weed control operations in Lake Rousseau through Oct. 23, using EPA-approved herbicides.
During this period, water lettuce and water hyacinth found anywhere on the lake will be treated. In addition, hydrilla blocking the navigation channel in Lighthouse Cove Trail will also be treated.
“There will be no restrictions on recreational activities, such as fishing or swimming, during the treatment period,” said John Kunzer, an invasive plant management biologist. “Any edible fish caught that are legal to keep may be consumed. There is a five-day restriction from using treated water for irrigation of both food crops and ornamentals grown in greenhouses or nurseries.”
Biologists anticipate treating approximately 60 acres of water lettuce and water hyacinth. Only the hydrilla blocking navigation access in the named trail will be treated there. Approximately 12 surface acres of hydrilla will be treated. Scheduled treatments may be delayed due to adverse weather conditions.
“If these invasive plants are not controlled, recreational activities, navigation, flood control and fish and wildlife populations may be negatively impacted,” Kunzer explained.”

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KP/NCR WBD

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Originally Posted by fishin813

For immediate release: October 13, 2015
Contact: Karen Parker, 386-754-1294
Suggested Tweet: Aquatic weed control set for Lake Rousseau: FWC to conduct aquatic weed control on Lake Rousseau @MyFWC #boating #fishing
FWC to conduct aquatic weed control on Lake Rousseau
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be conducting aquatic weed control operations in Lake Rousseau through Oct. 23, using EPA-approved herbicides.
During this period, water lettuce and water hyacinth found anywhere on the lake will be treated. In addition, hydrilla blocking the navigation channel in Lighthouse Cove Trail will also be treated.
“There will be no restrictions on recreational activities, such as fishing or swimming, during the treatment period,” said John Kunzer, an invasive plant management biologist. “Any edible fish caught that are legal to keep may be consumed. There is a five-day restriction from using treated water for irrigation of both food crops and ornamentals grown in greenhouses or nurseries.”
Biologists anticipate treating approximately 60 acres of water lettuce and water hyacinth. Only the hydrilla blocking navigation access in the named trail will be treated there. Approximately 12 surface acres of hydrilla will be treated. Scheduled treatments may be delayed due to adverse weather conditions.
“If these invasive plants are not controlled, recreational activities, navigation, flood control and fish and wildlife populations may be negatively impacted,” Kunzer explained.”

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KP/NCR WBD

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Awesome! Glad they're taking care of this before the season really kicks into full swing.

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Originally Posted by brentalous

With Floral City being my new stomping grounds, I set out to find the fish last weekend. I had pretty good luck, mostly fishing open water. Lots of dinks, unfortunately, but a few black slabbath's in the mix. Will be hitting up Lake Rousseau tomorrow to see how the fish are biting there. Anyone else hit either of these lakes recently?

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Nice fish! "black slabbeth" first time I heard them called that!rotfl