Blue Cypress is a 6,555-acre lake located in Indian River
County between Fellsmere and Yeehaw Junction. The
headwaters of the St. Johns River, this lake is remote, almost
completely undeveloped and a haven for wildlife. Bass, panfish
and catfish fisheries are good, with black crappie (speckled
perch) being the best known species.
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Lake Blue Cypress - Dec 16, 2006

  Wind has been hindering most anlgers from getting out onto the lake,
however, the die-hards are finding some cooperative crappie, bass and
bluegill. One of the best areas for the crappie recently has been the Big
M Canal, which also offers some protection from winds. The most
successful anglers were trolling or drifting with live minnows or small jigs
tipped with minnows in fairly deep water. Try to get your baits down as
close to the bottom as possible and work up to find where the fish are
holding in the water column.
 Surprisingly, bluegill are fairly active around docks, trees and anywhere
you can find at least 3 feet of clean water out of major winds. Standard
fare is working for the bluegills, such as live crickets and red wigglers,
however, anglers can also get good numbers of them on small popping
bugs, Beetle Spins and small crappie jigs.
  Those interested in finding bass need to look outside lines of cypress
trees. The lake is dropping and anglers will need to be careful when
venturing back into the marsh. Plenty of anglers are using live wild
shiners, however artificials are working fairly well also. Pumpkin seed-
colored plastic worms, craws and jigs and black and gold Rapala plugs
are excellent choices for the bass.

Lake Blue Cypress - Nov 25, 2006

Anglers trolling and drifting open water along the lake are finding good
catches of crappie during the middle of the day. Most anglers are trolling
with live minnows in about 8 feet of water and are getting as many as 20
good-sized panfish a trip. Other anglers are using jigs inside the Big M
and Zig Zag canals with good results. Work the jigs in and around the
vegetation for the panfish.
Bass are hitting top-water baits early at Blue Cypress, especially frogs
and popping bugs, however, the better numbers of fish are coming from
mid-morning through the afternoon along the east side of the lake. Try
using plastic craws, worms or frogs in some sort of watermelon or
pumpkin seed color.

Lake Blue Cypress - Nov 2, 2006

Bass and crappie catches have slowed some, however, far fewer
anglers have been fishing this past week due to weather fronts, which
has limited reports. Those that are going out are finding good numbers
of bluegill, especially around areas of water flow such as points, mouths
of canals, sloughs and trees. Lily pads are generally the best location to
target the bluegill, and live crickets and small popping bugs have been
the choice baits.

Lake Blue Cypress - Oct 26, 2006

Anglers fly fishing around Mudfish Slough and Big M Canal are picking up good
numbers of bluegill. MIss Prissy flies are especially popular. Live crickets
should work just as well, though most panfish anglers are targeting the bluegill
with flies.
Bass are active along outside edges of grass lines, especially in the Padgent's
Branch area. Soft plastic baits such as worms and frogs, are working well, with
red being the hot color. Redshad, watermellon red and other simliar colors are
best.
Crappie catches were good last week for anglers drifting and slow trolling
throughout the lake, though the activity seems to have almost come to a stop.
Most anglers were using small jigs and live minnow combinations.
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