Fishing Cowgirl

Kevin and I just got married and are hauling our boat that way for our honeymoon, trying to see some family, get some fishing in and we would love to get some tips on the lake. We will be up there this weekend and most of next week. Any info would be greatly appreciated and we will take plenty of photos of what we manage to catch. Thanks!

Try flipping a 1 oz weighted otter into a "dark spot" past some thick grass and land it on top of a large gator's head! Husband did that during a team tournament. When the gator let out a roar less than 4' away, splashing water everywhere.. both of us were running in place, holding our rods and looking at each other. That gator was about 1' shorter than our Stratos boat! He swam away from us, not bothering to swim underwater. he knew he was the baddest gator in those parts.

speedy recovery to you!

The burglar knew his gun was fake, but used it as a threat towards the family, bluffing that they would believe it was real and cooperate. They called his bluff. I examined many of those types of guns and it is very hard to tell the difference, even when you are setting in a lab examining it. That is much, more time and far less stressful than having someone waving it in your face, making threats to shoot you with it and trying to see if its real or not. He's acting like its real, making threats, ... well looks like a duck, talks like a duck.. probably is a duck.. his bad that it wasn't real. It's in the news all over these days, with home invasions. These criminals, for what ever reasons are looking for homes with people in them. They do this so they can force, threaten, intimidate the homeowners into giving them the money,jewelry etc. instead of a burglar waiting for no one to be home, and looking for it themselves. Home invaders can get in and out much quicker, get their thrills out of having control and power over other people, and often if there is a female occupant, take the time to assault them. With Juries and the CSI effect going on, I get tired of testifying in robbery cases, where the female/male victim are beat up, threatened, robbed, do a composite, identify the guy from a lineup, testifies herself in trial putting up with defense attn innuendo's, only to have a jury say "she could have been mistaken", there's no DNA.."What???"(You don't get DNA or Fingerprints on many of these type cases.. the bad guys watch CSI too!!) And let the guy loose with a not guilty, because there was an unrealistic reasonable doubt, with no evidence to support that doubt..BTW he had a rap sheet 3 pages long of robberies.. Economy is tough on a lot of people, when that guy made the choice to go as far as he did, to get easy money, I don't see him trying to rehabilitate himself and be an upstanding citizen. The news media and law enforcement down here have let the criminals know, that they just might be robbing someone that is a better/faster shot than they are and the "would be victims" have thier support.

Soooooooooooo when can I get some??

As a former Deputy and CSI for many years, if someone breaks into my house, they will be shot several times, real gun, fake gun, knife, stick or whatever. I'll deal with FDLE CSI's in my house mapping the trajectory and blood spatter and see the dead guy on Dr. G's table. Better him than me. If some recall the Deltona massacre, those guys beat 5 people and a dog to death using baseball bats and knives. They were beaten so badly,it took DNA testing to figure out who was who. Bust into my house, you're not there to borrow a cup of sugar. .dsaavedra is correct, that the others were charged with his death since their involvment in the crime, resulted in his death. I wouldn't rejoice in his death, but I'm not going to feel sorry for him either. He choose the path he took. Just one less predator on society off the street.

alrighty then! Thats the one I want to try.

My thoughts exactly! x3

Shoot, I'll try a "wingding"..looks weird enough and I'll try whatever to land a nice LMB

Now that looks very nice!! I'm not into tattoos myself (needle phobia), but that makes a statement, a very good change from the tribal/celtic armbands seen everywhere. Nice job!! " All those cute Dolphins on girls lower backs are going to turn into Beluga whales when they get to be old women" ~~Jeff Foxworthy

Nice video!! I'm glad I made it in there

Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths. ~Author Unknown giggle..

This is a great topic!!

Hey Big Mike, if you were fishing a watermelon seed c-rigged lizard, that broke off at Shingle creek...I caught it on my c-rigged Junebug ribbon tail worm ..LOL. I was fishing there on the 19th too, just having fun. We caught a nice 5lber flipping grass lines on one of the grass flats and one bent the hook not 5 minutes later, that made the 5lber look like a dink. Junebug colored otter. My Hubby was trying out the flipping stick I bought him for father's day (thanks megastrike) and had her right at the boat. I was reaching down to lip her and my fist would have easily fit inside her mouth. ( not touching the sides.) She gave one last head shake and got off. The hook had bent just enough for her to get free. Of course if it was a tournament day we would have A..been skunked with no bites B..we both would have thrown ourselves down, kicked our feet and cried when she came off. or C. I am the extreme "net girl" and the bass would have been in the net long before or I would have slid over the side to her, net first. Of course Hubby loves the new rod, says it hasn't caught one less than 5lbs yet.. LOL.

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Gone fishing w/ Danny Glover and Joe Peschi Captains Courageous w/ Spencer Tracy The Quiet Man w/ John Wayne

Whoo hooo!!! NICE fish, good for her!

Find one with good current, use a fluke or minnow, toss it towards a point of vegetation, pop it a couple times at the surface, let it sink, then twitch it. We were pulling in Bass with every cast for the first 20 minutes with the majority being keepers at 14", during our last tournament. We filled our limit with 14" to 18" keepers by 9am and were culling the rest of the day. I then went with a lizard that was weighted at the head, hooked tail up and flipping it in the lily pads and got some bigger fish that just mauled it. Kevin kept getting keepers hooked up with the fluke and a couple of small "mighty" bass that thought they were bigger, but were "mighty small" , going after flukes almost as big as them.

Believe it or not, you can slide out right into the river outside the ox bow of Camp Mack and fish either end of the river, all the little cuts and both entrances. Hang to the side after the big boats leave and just start working the river either way, from Lake Kissimmee to Lake Hatchineha. Many, Many big bass have been caught right in those stretches. You might not be the first one to a spot, but you might be the one that gets the big bass's attention. We've fished behind many people and landed decent keeper bass. Last tournament, the Big Bass of the day was caught w/in 100yds of the entrance to the Marina. 8lber and with only 20 minutes left before weighin. People fish with all size boats, from small bass tracker types to the big boats. You can also get further up the creeks and cuts where the big girls hang out, than the heavier big boats. That is a great advantage! There is also a benefit tournament on the 25th out of Camp Mack, we are probably going to it. Its usually smaller amount of boats, goes for a good cause, lots of fun. There are flyers for it at Camp Mack, and probably a phone # for you to contact. **Plus wouldn't be great if you placed above alot of others who went blasting right past you?** Fishing is mostly mental, not the ride that got you there.

AHHHHHH NO WAY JOSE'..I will kiss my hubbie though!

http://www.accentmarine.com/tournament.html here you go. Maybe we will see you there. We have up to 70 boats. We are boat #23, first flight out /first weight in time 2:30.

Thanks! I am so going to try that wacky wacky rig on friday!!

3 times this year. I mostly see the game and Fish biologists out and about on the lake, asking what luck we had, size, condition and where. ( These guys are also good for tips as to where the bass are hitting good). We have a Game Warden at the ramps every tournament, but usually busting on the airboaters for violations.

I went out both days this weekend at West Lake Toho, practically wilted, but found Bass under the grass matts. The step son (9 yrs old) was pretty miserable till he got to reel a fish in, that was hooked for him. He was using a little Zebco with small chartruse spinner, and I just kept waiting to see if it would fly out of his hands when a fish busted on it. I just went with heavy enough weights, T-rigged flukes / Skinny Dippers/ and Ugly Otters to get through the thick stuff. I also ran a Frog / Cane Toad across the top of the green veg and then let the frog "fall" off the edge and sink a little. I let it wait then twitched it a couple times before reeling it to me. The Bass would pound it on the twitch or the fall. I have a Tournament Sunday, and just pray for a bit of a breeze, besides when I run to a diff spot. I can sympathize some w/ the northern fishermen..lived in Wyoming 6 yrs, and tournament fished that coldest day of the year in Feb at Lk Kissimmee. Glad I had a save face mask, but still froze fingers on the reel. I love fishing!