11.87 lbs on Lake Placid Florida

The Guide
Dave Miller is a native Floridian, with over 30 yrs fishing expierience. He specializes in Big Bass fishing on Lake Istokpoga, Lake Walk-In-Water, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Placid and Lake June. He also has over 20 yrs of Tournament bass fishing in Fla. By fishing several days a week, Dave has a great feel for the conditions and will always take you to the best producing lake.

The Boat
Dave has recently joined Team Triton Boats and has a brand new Tr-21X Tribon Bass Boat. Completely loaded with an Evinrude E-TEC 225hp motor. This is as good as it gets! The second weekend in Febuary of 2006, he was a featured speaker on Bass Fishing at the Sarasota Herald Tribune Annual Boatshow at Robarts arena in Sarasota. He had his new boat there for his booth, along with a lot of his tackle for demonstrations. His seminar was a big success! See photo gallery for photos of show.

The Tackle
All rods and reels will be provided by the Bass Tamer , who uses exclusivley Shimano products.

The Lakes
David charters on several lakes in Central Florida including Lake Walk-In-Water, Lake Istokpoga, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Placid and Lake June.

LAKE ISTOKPOGA is located in Highlands County, Florida and is the fifth largest lake with a surface area of 27, 692 acres. It has a 15-24" slot limit which keeps the lake loaded with big bass. Lake Istokpoga also offers excellent crappie and bluegill fishing.

LAKE WEOHYAKAPKA (AKA Lake Walk-in-Water) is located in Polk County, Florida between Yee Haw Junction and Lake Wales. This lake is 7500 acres and is covered with Hydrilla, which makes it a Bass Factory!! A great lake for big bass and also high numbers of bass!

LAKE OKEECHOBEE is located in South Central Florida. Okeechobee, which is Seminole for "Big Water" cover 730 quare miles and is the second largest lake in the United States.The lake is shallow and provides ideal forage and habitat for bass. Anglers do well fishing in bulrush near Eagle Bay Island, Little Grassy Island and King’s Bar at the north end of the lake. At the south end, anglers are effective fishing in eelgrass in the South Bay area.

Lake Okeechobee has a 13- to 18-inch slot limit on bass, meaning all bass between 13 and 18 inches must be re-leased unharmed. Sixteen boat ramps and numerous fish camps surround the lake.

LAKE PLACID is located in Highlands County 100 miles south of Orlando. Lake Placid covers 3320 acres and has an average depth of 22.7 feet. Lake Placid is a large, deep, sandy bottomed 'ridge' type lake. Because of the deeper water depths, this lake offers excellent summertime fishing.

LAKE JUNE is located in Highlands County 100 miles south of Orlando. Lake June is a large, deep, sandy-bottomed, clear freshwater lake. It is the second largest lake in Highlands County at over 3,500 acres and is the county's largest ridge lake. Just as with Lake Placid, Lake June offers excellent summertime fishing because of the deeper water depths.