Fishing in and around Disney

Lake Toho. There is a fishing pier at Brinson Park. Supposedly there is one in Kissimmee at Lakefront Park also.

If you want to drive a little out of the city you can hit up Chain of Lakes. Tons of places to fish, but much better with a boat.

Bill Frederick Park used to rent row boats in the morning. They are relatively cheap (like $50). Not sure if they still do that or not.

Starke Lake is another good one to check out.

Doubt this guy is bringing his fishing pole on his business trip. Sounds like he is looking for some sort of Disney guide.

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even some peacocks

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That would be really cool.

I fished out of the Wilderness Lodge a few years ago. Rented a pontoon with a “guide.” Basically, he just tied the boat to the docks at the Polynesian and Grand Floridian docks. Like the poster above stated, we just free lined shiners the whole time. Was a pretty neat experience with the family though. Between me, my wife and daughter, we probably caught around 30 bass. 1 was about 5 lbs, almost all others were between 12-16 inches. This was more the family excursion, but they do have bass boat trips for 1 or 2 people I believe.

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Peacock bass aren't any further north then west palm on the east and Fort myers on the west

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I lived in Miami for the last 2.5 years.

I was catching them as far north as Palm Bay, but yes, much more dense further south.

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Some of the biggest bass I’ve ever seen were around the docks at Port Orleans. Kids were throw fish food from the dispenser and the bass were in the shade under the docks and were just giants… of course this was many years ago, and I didn’t think they allowed fishing by the boat shuttles

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We go to Disney quite regularly. Have for years. I've never thought about fishing there.

I feel like I've wasted so many opportunities.

I will correct that in the future

They only allow cane pole fishing at Port Orleans. I’ve seen some huge bass hanging around the Epcot lake by the Mexico pavilion too. One was guaranteed double digits.

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But, honestly, you can catch good fish, even some peacocks, in almost any canal or body of water from Orlando south to homestead.

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Bunches of places to fish and they’re loaded with aggressive 1-3 pound largemouth. Loads of guides in the area. Pretty cheap compared to most guided trips.

In 1974 my dad surprised the family with a trip to Disney. I was 8. The first day we took the boat from the parking lot and, being infatuated with boats and fishing I stayed on the deck of the ferry watching for fish. When we got to the dock there were big old titty bream EVERYWHERE. They had to drag me away. The next day my dad and I fished that lake instead of going in the park. We caught hundreds of bream and yearling bass. Every once in a while someone told us we weren’t supposed to fish but they’d also ask if we were catching any and then leave us alone. The only fun I ever had at Disney.

Cool picture and nice catch, but that’s not the GF. That’s the Dolphin and Yacht/Beach Club resorts in the background.