FL Knifemaker

Nice Mudder! Years ago, I had a BIG one hit a spinnerbait on one of the very firsts casts during a tournament. I was SURE I had "big bass" of the day and I let my partner know that as I fought him to the boat.................... What a shocker when I finally got him in where I could see him >

Around Lakeland, where I've been fishing, I haven't noticed an unusual amount of dead tilapia. I've seen more dead Plecos than in years past though.

They were out in full force yesterday at Saddle Creak. They're great to eat but you gotta be good with a cast net. I've had them hit trickworms but usually they take off the other way

Ya.......while they were active, I didn't see the first big female bedding or swimming around. Maybe another week of 80's temps will bring the gals out.

My son swears by the bright trick worms, pink, yellow and white. He claims he can fish them better because he can see them better. I use the more natural colors, usually with some blue or red specs in it. We both fish them with no weight or sometimes a flippin hook if it's windy. He usually out fishes me with the bright colored ones I'm pretty sure he caught the fish in my avitar on a bright trickworm.

Everything was raisin HELL! When the tilapia and gars are jumping, it's ON!! I'm going to try and hit the pit again tomorrow, then Camp Mack or Walk in Water later in the week.

This is being discussed on two other forums I frequent.........and it's getting heated I'm going to get the 64GB, WiFi version. I have an iPhone and love the features, I just find it too small for any serious web browsing or overall functionality. I have a laptop but I hate trying to use it when I fly. IMHO, the iPad will do everything I need when I'm travelling or laying around the livingroom. I don't need a CD drive or an onboard keyboard. I would probably get the keyboard docking station to use in a hotel room. If the iPad will allow me to do Email, store photos while I travel and other simple, day to day tasks, it will work out perfectly for me.

Finally!! A few days in the low 80's is all it took. Everthing was bashing and crashing around, bass, tilapia, gars. It was crazy. I actually had a BIG tilapa jump and SLAM into the side of the boat! Fishing was like............look for the commotion on on the water and pitch a smoke colored craw in the middle of it and BAM!!! I caught about 20 fish, nothing big, the best being just under 3 lbs. After the cold winter and being skunked on several early outings, it was a good start.

Arrrrrrrrrgh!!!!! Those FRIGGIN Winterhaven streets > It's like a **** maze. I need to look on my map Maybe one day next week we can hook up over at Saddle Creek?? I'm self employed so any day the weather is right, I can go. It HAS to turn on over there sooner or later.

Where is Deer Lake? I fished Walk in Water yesterday and got skunked. The wind was blowing hard and forcing everyone to fish the east side of the lake. Then I got soaked putting the boat on the trailer as the wind was blowing RIGHT on the boat ramp. I should have gone on the Poker Run with my biker buddies, would have had lot more fun

I'm not sure where that ramp is. Coming in from 92 you'll go over the tunnel, just past that, there's a very shallow channel on the right. That channel, I believe is the only way to access the water beyond it. There's a long finger where people drive their cars out on and fish......Just past that is where the good areas are. If there's a ramp that allows access to that area, I don't know of it, I'll need to drive around and look. I haven't seen any bassboats out there though.

YES!! Put the canoe in the back area where no one can get to from the boat ramps. If you drive in from 92 the area is on the right, towards the back of the park. Once you're there you'll see that no one with a regular boat can get into that area becuase the water is still too low. I'd pitch and flip around the cover and look for beds.

Not exactly in Winterhaven but I fished Saddle Creek over the weekend. It was DEAD Hopefully things will be better this weekend.

Very nice!!

Dale's death marked the end of the sport for me. That's exactly how my wife feels and we used to go to 3-4 races every year. Now, she won't even watch it on TV anymore. It will be interesting to see the attendance at the Bristol night race. Most of my friends that are race fans are feeling the economic pinch and staying home. I put 90% of the blame on the ecomony and 10% on NASCAR's rule changes and BS.