Our Personal Recommendations:

Best Western Admiral's Inn & Conference Center -  The Best Western Admiral's Inn & Conference Center, overlooking LEGOLAND Florida opening fall 2011, offers every amenity to make both business and leisure travelers feel right at home.  Guests will be close to a variety of local attractions including Lake Eloise, Historic Bok Sanctuary, Golf, Fishing, Polk Museum of Art and Fantasy of Flight.  Southern Outdoorsman Guide Service customers receive a special discount, so don't forget to mention it.

Grape Hammock Fish Camp - A great place to get back to nature.  They offer lodging in either cabins or trailers of various sizes, all with air conditioning, cable TV, and dock access; RV sites both off and on the water, and tent sites.  All with campfires allowed.

Hampton Inn/Holiday Inn - You can't go wrong with either of these locations because they are owned by the same person.  Both hotels are excellent and conveniently located in Winter Haven near dining, shopping, etc.

Hillcrest Lodge - An historical bed and breakfast nestled on a hillside facing the lake.  Perfect for a nostalgic, romantic getaway offering lodging in the main lodge bedrooms, motel rooms, or lakeside cottages.  Amenities include an on-site ramp, sandy lakefront beach, private dock, lakeside dining, breakfast in the main lodge, pool table, piano.  Southern Outdoorsman Guide Service customers receive a 15% discount.

Westgate River Ranch - The largest dude ranch east of the Mississippi with rooms in the lodge, efficiency motel rooms, suites, and cabins.  Amenities include golf cart rental, nine-hole golf course, skeet range, airstrip, restaurant, pool, petting zoo, hayrides, horseback trail rides, airboat rides, swamp buggy rides, campfires, friday night rodeos, saloon, arcade.  It is reachable by either car, boat, or plane.


If you choose any one of these locations and make your reservations directly, please let them know that you were referred by The Southern Outdoorsman Guide Service. We know that Best Western Admiral's Inn, Westgate River Ranch, Hillcrest Lodge, or Grape Hammock Fish Camp will take real good care of you ... and maybe, if you ask nice, even give you a break on the price!

Contact us for further details at either 888-692-2208 or captdick@bassfishingguide.com.