Fishing Report For Lake Harris

By Rick Seaman

March 25, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Harris, FL

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Popular Fish Species Lake Harris, FL

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

Bass are currently in various stages of the spawn, some feeding heavily, others nesting, and some guarding fry. The good news is most bass are shallow and the fishing is great. The bass grow big here thanks to a long growing season. The lake record largemouth bass weighed over 12 1/2 pounds. Numerous lures are catching nice largemouth now, but many local tournament anglers report throwing spinnerbaits, and stick worms rigged wacky style, to trigger bites.

Black Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Black crappie have been biting quite regularly for over a month now. Early Spring is here, and it's the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallows. Docks, brush, wood and vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Locals report good success using fish finders to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.

Bluegill

Current Report:Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

Bluegill are are growing big and fat here, and get very little attention here, due to the great bass and crappie fishing. These bluegill are a primary food source for bass and catfish so they are always hiding in the weeds to avoid getting eaten. Local anglers report good size bluegill being caught on crappie jigs, and small pieces of nightcrawlers on a small hook.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, white catfish, black crappie, bluegill, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, spotted sunfish, warmouth, striped bass and chain pickerel at Lake Harris in Florida.

Lake Harris is a 13,800-acre lake with over 40 miles of shoreline for fishing. Largemouth bass, striped bass, crappie, sunfish and chain pickerel reside here. Bank fishing is available from several locations around the lake. Canoes and kayaks are popular here, as are powered fishing boats.

Primary fish species residing in Lake Harris

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".