Central Florida Inland – November Fishing Report

My forest fishing friends, after watching loads of big bass launch through the air and snatch high-speed dragonflies, over and over again last month, we knew that it would help them grow more quickly.  However, no one could have predicted just how dramatically bigger, thicker, and more aggressive these brutes ended up getting.

Every year, around the beginning of fall, fish in our area quickly become muscular acrobats, and go through a growth spurt, by gorging themselves on loads of mating insects.  Anglers who’ve experienced the stellar quality of fishing during this event, know how chaotic it gets.  This year, our area was flooded with a record number of huge dragonflies. A lot of them had migrated here from northern states, and some swarms were so thick that Doppler radar ended up reporting them as storm clouds.

When the dragonfly bonanza began to slow down a few days before I wrote this report, I decided to give the sunfish a try.  I was curious if they had grown larger than usual this year, as well.  A cold front had just moved in that morning, and I couldn’t get a bite for hours, but when that sun reached directly overhead, they turned on like a light switch.  My first fish was quality eating size, and usual to see in that area.  The next five fish however, were the biggest, fattest sunfish I have ever seen!  From the results of that lake, it looks like we’ve just become a trophy panfish (sunfish) area as well, and now I can’t wait to see how the crappie end up looking this winter.

I can hardly believe what a dramatic change our fishery has gone through in the last few years.  The past month doesn’t even seem real.  If someone told me everything I just mentioned, I honestly wouldn’t believe them.  Lucky for me, I brought my Go-Pro along, and was able to get loads of great footage.  Don’t take my word for it though, get your butts out there and see for yourself; you won’t be disappointed.