Top Bait Picks | Lake Toho & Harris Chain January Fishing
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- These are my go-to baits and techniques for Lake Toho and the Harris Chain of Lakes when it's cold and tough to get bit! Give these a try and you may find yourself getting a few more bites!
🔥Quick Fishing Tip!🔥
When the water temps are at their coldest for the year; you have two options: slow way down to a long pause technique or speed up to fast-moving vibrating jig style presentation.
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Jackhammer -
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Sakamata Shad -
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Zoom Fluke -
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Zoom Trailer -
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Hog Farmer Trailer
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Last Ace -
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Dobyns Rods -
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As always, golden info right here on Eric's channel!! All us Bassmaster Kayak folks are listening!
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Thank you for watching!
Indeed we are lol 😂
I appreciate this video. Smoking old timers always out fished me, as I get all jacked up on energy drinks and want to cover water.
Same. Never could stand slowing down
Solid vid dude I didn't know you had a channel got you subbed!
@@mikeybalzz thank you sir!
Great job! It's Freezing for sure. It definitely got tougher once it got in the 50s
Yeah. This latest round of fronts definitely smacked em in the face
Great tips, perfect storm coming next week weather wise. Much warmer days and nights and a good moon, should see a much improved mood swing. 🤞
@@robinsheltrafishing2634 I think so too!
Learning a lot! Thanks for all the great insights. Conditions look like they’re going to be improving a lot & May be great for the upcoming Bassmaster Kayak Series event.
@@TheFishingMommy I think it’ll be good!
@ man I sure hope so! Driving all the way from New York to be there :)
@@TheFishingMommy be careful on the roads and come on down! The should be great and the fishing will likely be better 🔥
@@TilsonsGuideService thanks so much! The good/bad news is, I’m used to slippery winter roads :)
Love getting all this info!! Perfect timing!!
@@MrMarvinjjr hope you find it helpful!
I’ve also had good luck with the Strike King caffeine Shad for fluke fishing. It sinks a little more it seems but a lot of times they won’t hit it with working it like a jerk bait but reeling it straight in super slow they’ll smoke it 👍 Great video ! Appreciate it !
@@glenndaugherity6187 I really like the plastic that SK uses for the caffeine shad, that straight tail offers a different look as well. Great bait!
I love the caffeine Shad it’s my favorite fluke style plastic because the tail makes it flutter like a senko on the fall
Lake Kissimmee has to be extremely tough right now. I fished Orange Lake a few weeks ago and it was tough and cold. We fished probably 2 hours without a bite and pushed off deeper and found a hole loaded with fish and caught them flipping grass but this cold weather sucks
@@RyanSmith-fb8rf man that’s always awesome when you finally find something after struggling
Great video Eric !!! T y
Toho was fire Sunday we caught over 40 fish just no giants Lakefront legend
@@407kingg5 hell yeah. Last couple weeks I’ve been able to have some solid days fishing in the “ditch” all day just nothing big. Maybe a 15 to 16lb bag of fish but that seems to be about it.
COLD up here in Gainesville bro...brrrrr
It’s cold everywhere haha
seen fry in the shallows below grenada. so thick there even the predators are having trouble getting to them. pity the folks that booked trips this month....
@@kurthoelter3495 this is nice weather to some of these people!
Thanks for sharing, Erik. When is the best time to fish the Harris chain in your opinion? Time of year
@@AaronKellerFishing it’s pretty good most of the year but I really think it will go off in the next few weeks following a warm up. The layout of the Harris chain offers fish a lot of area to stage in a pre spawn wintering pattern. Once they move up for the spawn every lake on the chain is target rich and can be great.
That being said, I really like the spawn there.
I caught 27 in 4 hours with water temp at 58 degrees on a devils horse . They will hit top water even when it’s cold.
Man that’s awesome!
Jackhammer trailer brand?
@@terrybonsell1561 check out the description for product links
I do not c them
@@terrybonsell1561 which trailer is it you’re looking for? Both the Zoom Shimmer Shad and Hog Farmer Shad are linked in the description
@TilsonsGuideService thanks
What brand of fluorocarbon are you using?
@@bradluettchau3517 I use all Seaguar. Mostly InvisX and Tatsu
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What color is that Last Ace?
@@MikeMcCormick1325 Neon Morocco
Coffee tastes better in a cup like that
@@CPFJason it sure seems that way
I don't have FFS because I am just a weekend angler and can't justify the cost but, I consider it just another technologic entity like trolling motor, Power Poles, lithium batteries etc.
I am very careful with how I handle my catches and don't take my hand to punch out hooks, keep them out of the water etc. I release them all to limit my impact on the bass population...
@@Kendrix1 that’s awesome thanks for watching!
I'm struggling on Lake Yale old part of Harris Chain. I can't figure them out. Lake full of giants but nothings eating.
@@ohhkota7454 that’s tough!
@TilsonsGuideService do you have any recommendations for that lake and conditions were in?
@ personally I’ve never fished the lake but if it has any hydrilla in it, I’d definitely be looking at some deeper hydrilla edges and if not then I’d go looking for heavy junk mats and get out the big weights and start punching. Punching mats and fishing deeper grass edges are my go-to for this time of year
The spawn is always huge on toho how are they gonna spawn in all that hydrilla with no sand
@@davecfishing7907 that’s a good question. Seems they find a way each year
@@TilsonsGuideService yes I see most of them in the pad fields where the hydrilla doesnt grow as nuts, but I think its limited compared to the past when they had sand all over to sit on
@@davecfishing7907 last time I saw a truly good spawn on Toho was back when North and South Steer beach was still open and not choked out with hydrilla. Each year they’ve moved further out into the lake but with that comes fewer successful spawns. I think what has been keeping Toho really productive is the constant restocking of tournament release fish.