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Medard Reservoir – Restocked 477,000 Bluegill, Shellcracker and Bass

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Fishery biologists are in the process of restocking Medard Reservoir at Turkey Creek.

The public-access impoundment was drained to repair the dam in the fall of 2009, but it has been fixed and the water level is rising.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports a total of 477,000 juvenile sport fish will be stocked during the winter and spring. The fish will come from the FWC’s Largemouth Bass Research Center near Webster.

The FWC released 130,000 juvenile bluegills to start the restocking process last week. Another 170,000 bluegills and 77,000 shellcrackers will be added in the next few weeks. (more…)

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Central Florida Panfish on Fire for the 4th

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Thanks to almost 8″ of rain or more during the month of June, freshwater fishing around Polk County is surprisingly good for panfishing anglers. July Fourth weekend, brought 50-fish limits of combined shellcracker and bluegill were common on area lakes this weekend.

Many families were out fishing for the holiday, fishing was better for everything including bass. Some families went no farther than their area lake, except for the city’s fireworks show on Friday night of coarse. But for those who plan to hit the lake for this weekend, there’s a solid bite going on for shellcracker and bluegill.

Limits of the tasty panfish are being reported at six different lakes -Eloise, Kissimmee, Marion, Pierce, Rochelle and Saddle Creek Park. Anglers at Crooked Lake and Lake Arbuckle are icing down 15 to 20 before the daily thundershowers force them off the water.

Polk County received 7.65 inches of rain in June, and much of that fell on the Kissimmee Chain also.

With the influence of the new moon on last Friday pulling the bream up shallow to spawn this week, action should continue into this weekend.

From Staff and Wire Reports
BassOnline.com

Tags: bluegill, central florida, florida fishing, forth of July, Kissimmee, panfish, Polk County, shellcraker
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