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  1. Man I heard that about the boat stopping dead in its tracks, one thing is he never knew what hit him. If it can get any weirder I heard he was driving the friends boat which he rarely did, so the passenger/boat owner should have been driving.
  2. Did you see Bobs? He got it last week. Its sweet. No one deserves one better. He's a great guy. And I cant wait to see yours.
  3. Nailed it!!! They all do that to you, Kissimmee, Toho, thats why we love the sport if you stroked them every time it would be boring. You have to change up when they aren't hitting moving baits its a waist of time to keep fishing them. The most important thing for newcomers to the lake from South Florida is to forget about how they fished in the canals.
  4. I fished WIW once in the mid 80s a friend of mines dad has a place on the lake and we drug our boats up from S Florida. I pulled out of the north end and went west up into a cove and started throwing top water, we started nailing nice fish, a couple of guys were fishing a tournament came by and i told them I'm catching fish and to try it, we had to leave by then. We went to the weigh in later on and the guy came running up to me asking me If I was guide on the lake because he went in there and won the tournament. I told him nope first time on the lake. Blind Luck. I ran about 3 minutes before shutting down, if you want to try and attach any knowledge to it the fact that I did notice the current moving into some over hanging trees on the edge of the cove. I caught them on a Puppy Spook, I used to catch a lot of fish on the tiny little bait, now that i think of it I dont know why i dont throw it anymore. In fact I dont know if i still have any. I rather be lucky then good.
  5. Their pumping like mad, they got to keep the water low for these storms. Supposed to be a busy year.
  6. He probably had one at one time but he mostly guided out of the north end. I think he fished out of a Lake and Bay for a long time which is the same hull as a Big O. But Im sure he had a trip down there a time or two.
  7. Many of the areas younger guys may not have heard of Richard because he has been out of the game for awhile but trusts me back in the day he was one of the best on the lake. Heres a few older articles about him, but not much being before the Cyber Generation. Dont go by FLW results because by the time that came along he was up in age, that being said theres still a win on there at close to 70 years old. In his later years while he was guiding I would see him at the ramp he would tell you some little tidbit about the lake that no one would ever have thought of. Just thought he deserved a mention on here, he was truly a local Bass Fishing Legend. RIP Richard January 29th, 1940-----May 22nd, 2013 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19860201&id=pCQjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QM8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3902,367552 http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-05-02/sports/8801270504_1_lake-okeechobee-okee-tantie-richard-nix
  8. That fish weighed 9 3/4 but was only about 20 inches long, he was like a pumpkin.
  9. Dont worry about areas being pounded, the fish have a brain the size of a BB. They'll bite again.
  10. Man I would be Tarpon, Trout, and Red fishing living over there.
  11. An exciting way to catch fish, the fish in my photo hit a Horny toad, it was like someone dropped a bowling ball from a helicopter, one of the most explosive hits Iv ever had.
  12. Traps if their chasing, flip the center with a 1 ounce weight.
  13. Im always alone and get lazy with photos plus I cant see me phone for nothing in the sunlight so I look like Stevie Wonder trying to set it for a photo.
  14. Theres web sites to identify Florida aquatic grass i used to have a great one but cant find it, thats very important. When in Florida you look at small differences within the vegetation, for example take that photo behind you the Kissimee grass field, when you stick a fish lots of times unbeknownst to you there may be a small difference. You have to look and see if its a clump of hydrilla or pepper grass mixed in thats not clearly visible, then you can look and target those areas once you see other clumps. Sometimes it will be a hole like the ones right behind you in the photo. Sometimes the fish will position themselves in a certain area of the grass, try not to to look at the whole two miles of grass and be overwhelmed, look at the details. Same with any vegetation a 5 mile row of cattails looks daunting but look at the base for other small clumps of vegetation when you stick a fish look it may be by a point. Points: Points in other states are large pieces of land or underwater structure the people target and fish, in Florida a point can be a small area were the Cattails or Kissimme grass or even isolated clumps of hydrilla in open water protrude away from the rest. Look down a reed line and youll see small areas coming out into the lake those are points even if it may just be a foot or two farther from the rest. Isolated grass: When you see a large row of reeds and notice a few isolated reeds out by themselves even one stick of the reed, hit it. Thats were the big mamma's love to hang. If you see an isolated patch of pepper grass try it. It all looks the same but it isn't you have yo pay attention to details. Hope this helps.
  15. Nice Cowgirl!!!! looking forward to seeing you guys again. Bob ordered a Phoenix as well and sold his Big O. It was time his Big O was older then the hills. We had some laughs on that boat.
  16. What Topwater said. Especially with it dropping. East side J&S area lock through and fish north is pretty simple.
  17. Kip Grunlo On Toho 407 491 2251. IMO Best on Toho, I fished with him for years, tell him Rob from Okeechobee sent you.
  18. I'm joined. June 17 & 18. Its fathers day you can do what YOU want.
  19. Cypress has monsters roaming the middle but you have to find them, its hard to find them but if you do its the winning sack. Thats how BFL was won and my buddy won the Extreme with 28lbs there, he came in 2nd yesterday at the seniors classic with 20 but I think he stayed in Toho for that.
  20. I heard Bass Pro Shop is already changing the name of their boats to Gorilla Tracker.
  21. I for one am glad, you were starting to catch some nice sacks and theres enough competition around here. Good luck and have a nice life, check in on us after you switch to the western Forum.
  22. d**n I just gave an old mower away. Im retired and I dont cut my own lawn, how sorry is that?
  23. Their excellent eating, much better then store bought that are farm raised.
  24. Ill bet you golf better then any of us Keep yrrr head down laddy!!!!!
  25. I heard like mentioned above its low, that lake is a bear when it drops, especially now with no hydrila. Assuming all the hydrillas gone, thats what I was told. Havent been there. Thanks Lee i found and watched it, your right, thats the kind of fishing show I will watch.
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