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Lake Toho Bass Fishing & Boating Guide: Charters, Ramps, Fish Camps & Gear for Kissimmee Anglers
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items Lake Tohopekaliga is one of the best trophy largemouth bass lakes in America, and it's right in Kissimmee's backyard. This guide covers the boat ramps, fish camps and marinas, bass fishing guides, and the gear I actually use on Toho, East Lake and th...
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The heart of Toho fishing, right at Kissimmee Lakefront Park: live shiners, bait and tackle, boat rentals, guide bookings and a dockside bar for after. If you only know one place on the lake, know this one.
Big Toho Marina
Old Florida fish camp on East Lake Toho with a ramp, bait shop, RV sites and cabins, and a restaurant with a big wraparound view. East Lake is calmer than Big Toho on windy days, and the bass fishing is nearly as good.
East Lake Fish Camp
The Poinciana-side access to Toho: an Osceola County park on Southport Road with a good ramp, campsites and the Southport canal that leads down to Cypress Lake. Way less crowded than the Lakefront ramp on tournament mornings.
Southport Park & Campground (South Lake Toho Boat Ramp)
At the south end of the Kissimmee Chain where Lake Kissimmee meets the river, this is the classic bass lodge: ramp, marina, bait shop, lodge rooms and RV sites, plus airboat rides. About 40 minutes south of Poinciana and worth a weekend.
Camp Mack, a Guy Harvey Lodge (Kissimmee Chain)
The easiest way to book a licensed Toho guide if you're visiting: they run half and full-day trips out of the Kissimmee lakefront with everything provided, including the shiners. Good option for families and first-timers who want a shot at a 8-pounde...
Bass Online: Lake Toho Guided Fishing Trips
If Toho had an official bait, it'd be a Junebug Trick Worm. Texas-rig it weightless and work it through the Kissimmee grass and hydrilla edges. Cheap, deadly, and every local guide has a bag of them.
Zoom Trick Worm
Made by a Florida company for Florida grass lakes. Rig it weedless on a heavy hook and swim it over the eelgrass and pads when the shad are up. This is my big-fish bait on Toho in spring.
Gambler Big EZ Swimbait (5-Pack)
Best value baitcaster for flipping heavy cover, which is most of what you do on Toho. Smooth, tough, and it doesn't cost what a Curado does. Spool it with 50 lb braid and you can winch bass out of the hydrilla.
Shimano SLX Baitcasting Reel
Sticky sharp out of the pack and strong enough for Toho's big girls. I keep 4/0 for Trick Worms and 5/0 for the Big EZ. Don't cheap out on hooks; it's the one thing between you and the fish.
Gamakatsu EWG Worm Hooks
Eight hours on an open lake in Florida sun will wreck you. A long-sleeve UPF shirt is cooler than bare arms once you're used to it, and it saves the sunscreen for your face and hands. I own four.
Huk Long Sleeve UPF Fishing Shirt
Summer on Toho means a 3 pm thunderstorm you can set your watch by. A twenty-dollar Frogg Toggs suit lives in my boat's storage box and has saved more afternoons than I can count. Light, packable, and good enough.
Frogg Toggs Rain Suit
The standard tray that fits every bass boat's storage box and every tackle bag. One for worms, one for swimbaits and hooks, one for hard baits. Buy the waterproof version if your boat lives in the Florida rain like mine does.
Plano 3700 StowAway Tackle Box
My flipping bait for the Kissimmee grass mats and reed lines. Pair it with a 1 oz tungsten weight, punch through the cover, and hold on. Black-blue is the color that works on Toho's stained water.
Strike King Rage Craw
Polarized lenses let you actually see the grass lines, bedding bass and stumps under Toho's surface glare. Costas are the Florida standard for a reason; get the green mirror lens for our tannic water.
Costa Del Mar Polarized Fishing Sunglasses
Tiny, old-school fish camp on Scotty's Road on the east side of Toho: cheap ramp, bait, a few cabins and RV spots, and zero pretense. Great put-in when the Lakefront ramp is a zoo, and closer for St. Cloud folks.
Richardson's Fish Camp