N Florida Mike

The song he did that always made me smile was “ I wanna talk about me”.

I had an aunt that lived with us that never went on my parents trips so… That kept me out of a lot of trouble…

Welcome Josh !

@WRB I get what your saying but much of what is at wal mart is from there. Probably the exact same scenario. I try to stay away from walmart as much as possible but when you don’t have much money, it draws you in…

I caught a couple dinks with it so it’s hard to tell how well it fishes, but I think I like it. It has a 5:2:1 gear ratio, which I like for worm fishing. The outer parts are not plastic, which I like. I like the appearance of it too. It has a slight rough sound when reeling in. Like it sounds on a reel when the gears are about worn out, but not as bad. It’s hard to believe something could be much good from you know where. But I would say it’s worth it for the price…

Yes. I grew up calling them swamp rats. Had never heard them called nutrias until I was in my 30s…

This joker was eating a foot or two of grass a night down by my boat ramp…the key word is WAS. Also got a little one too. Unfortunately for the little one, our pit bull got aholt of it through the trap somehow before I could get it out. Apparently the big one and our dog bit each other’s snouts through the cage too, because both were bleeding…

Ive got a little mini bluegill cb , but haven’t caught anything on it yet…

Congrats @whitwolf.!! I will live vicariously through your retirement,( since it’s unlikely I’ll retire until I have to ) so you best post some fishing pics soon !!

Will do Ken and Eric.

My Son got this reel for me. Anyone have one? I’ve never heard of them. Seems to be well made. I haven’t fished it yet…

I have a nasci and really like it.

Slow, soft plastics, shallow.

I’ve told this one in other threads in the past . When we were still teens , I took a friend bass fishing for the first time. On either the first or second cast he said he thought he had one. I told him to go ahead and set the hook, which he did. The rod doubled over and he was so excited. After a brief fight he brought it up to the boat . I reached over to lip it for him, and lipped a …… cowboy boot !!!😂 Somehow the hook and bait had gone right between the pull up strap! He had such a look of disappointment. I told him to cast back over there quick, and maybe he’d get the other one!😀😀 I nearly fell out of the boat laughing! He still gets a little aggravated when I bring that up to this day… By the way, that’s the same friend in my earlier post that pulled the big worm across his brothers neck when we were seeing a lot of cotton mouths along the river !!

I reckon I’m a peasant then… I bank fish as much as I boat fish. Caught my runner up pb while bank fishing. My area has hundreds of fishable ponds to choose from.

Probably my favorite Skynyrd song….

Sounds like fun. If I were you ? Id go fishing in that lake where the tie for the world record was caught!

I met a woman once who used to fish tournaments and had lived at Clewiston on the Okeechobee. She said she was friends with Roland, and had a couple big mounts on her wall. She still had her boat in the garage. Wish I could remember her name , very interesting conversation!

There are several women that have u tube channels that are based in florida. They are good at fishing but I suspect they have more viewership from sex appeal than fishing…

The Ocklawaha is a great choice. Can’t believe I didn’t think of it. Shiners on the outside edge of pads are killer in there! Wish I could go.

I’d agree with all of this. Id fish spring runs this time of year. There are several of them that connect to lake George. Fish soft plastics SLOW. Or shiners…😉

@N Florida Mike, the last game each of them played in neyland , not their last games all together

Got a couple hours in before dark. Cloudy , windy, cool conditions. It was sprinkling rain off and on, so I stayed close to home. Worked hard for 3 bites on the speed worm. Caught 2 of them…Got this one up in a laydown.

I’m not counting ponds, but I’d like to add a few good ones this year. Florida is full of water bodies. I’m somewhat burned out on many of the lakes in N Florida. The idea of going to one of them and having great success is limited in my mind. I’ve fished many of them back when the state had hslf as many people in it and was fairly successful then. I’ll continue to fish my favorite on the road lake, which is an hour or so away. I would love to make it down to head waters lake, but it is out of my range distance wise. Thinking of fishing Orange lake , Rodman, and Sante Fe this year. I’m searching for info on other spots. I would LOVE to also get back down to some of the Ocala Forest lakes…

I forgot to mention that I helped a friend land his PB in the same spot as the laydown in the story 35 years later. His bass got tangled in there and he thought he’d lost it. I told him to keep the line tight as I reached over and grabbed the line . I felt a little surge of the fish, leaned over, and followed the line down to the fish through the sticks, as he pulled up. I had just enough arm to lip the fish !! Im hunting the picture…Found it !