What’s Hot, What’s Not: Harris Chain & Lake Toho Fishing Report

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What’s Hot, What’s Not: Harris Chain & Lake Toho Fishing Report

It’s mid-September and the bass on both the Harris Chain and Lake Toho are still holding onto their late-summer patterns, but change is right around the corner. Here’s what’s working right now so you can make the most of your next trip.

Harris Chain of Lakes

What’s Hot:

  • Fish are still keyed in on matted grass, especially on Lake Harris — flipping docks with grass edges nearby has been paying off.
  • Texas rigs (both worming and pitch/flip presentations) are the top producers right now, with bladed jigs also getting bites.
  • Shad-imitating soft plastics in and around thick vegetation are drawing strikes as bass key in on baitfish.
  • Early morning and late afternoon are still your best windows before the heat shuts things down midday.

What’s Not:

  • Open water / suspended presentations are slow — the fish are locked into cover, not roaming.
  • Midday fishing in direct sun has been tough; the bite window is shrinking as the heat holds on.

Lake Toho

What’s Hot:

  • West Lake Toho has been lighting up — wild shiners, soft plastic worms, and topwater baits are all producing, with bass pushing further offshore into deeper grass.
  • The classic summer pattern is still in play: bass moved out of the shallows in June and are holding on outside grass edges — hydrilla, Kissimmee grass, and eel grass flats are all holding fish.
  • Morning charters are averaging solid numbers on the cooler bite, with some quality fish mixed in.
  • Flukes, jerkbaits, senkos, and speedworms worked around any schooling activity are still worth a cast, especially early.

What’s Not:

  • The thick, shallow matted cover that produced during spring has slowed — most of that shallow bite has pushed out to deeper grass lines.
  • Bites have been getting fussy on shiners at times — fish grabbing and dropping bait rather than committing, so patience on the hookset matters.

Bottom Line

Both lakes are still in their late-summer grass patterns — get out early, focus on the edges of thick vegetation, and don’t be afraid to go a little deeper than you would in spring. As we move deeper into fall over the next several weeks, expect the bite to keep improving as temps cool and bass push shallow again to feed up.

Stop by Get Hooked Bait and Tackle before you head out — we’ll get you rigged up with what’s working right now on both lakes.