Fly Fishing Lakeland | Saddle Creek
This may be the easiest place to Fly Fish for Bass from the bank in Florida. Fishing is the prime activity at this large park, though hiking trails, boating, bird watching, canoeing & kayaking, and camping are available. The park is easy to find and extensive shore line calls out for fly fishing. View full article →Fly Fishing Lakeland | Lake Parker at Sertoma Park
FLY FISHING FOR BASS is a great activity in Lakeland, Florida. Surrounded by a highway and a power plant, Sertoma Park offers fly fishers a surprisingly good outing. This fishery is easy to get to.
At the south end of Lake Parker, hard by highway 92, near Taco Bell and Mojo’s Restaurant, nature co-exists with urban development nicely. Heron work the shore, diving Ospreys point the way to fish, and our Big Swimming Lizards are ever present. Wading is not recommended here.
- Sertoma Park has approximately seventy yards of shoreline, with clear water, welcoming the fly caster.
- The shallow water on the shore is fronted by reeds.
- In addition, the dock of the concrete boat ramp provides access to deeper, tannic water.
- Kayak fishing is a good way to reach the other side of the reeds.
TO FLY FISH FOR BASS at Sertoma Park; a thirty to forty foot cast is all that is required. A 4 weight fly rod with a floating line will do well here. Try a small bass popper, or a slidder. From the dock, the water becomes cloudier and deeper. Tie on a flashy, sinking fly like a Clouser or a EP Minnow.
LAKE PARKER offers several other opportunities to fish. Check out our web site for future articles.
Photos and Articles By Chris O'Byrne, Director of Fly Fishing Schools