N Florida Mike

Nice hefty fish!! Congrats!

I’m sure Disney and UCF are fine. They are well away from the coast. I haven’t heard of any tornadoes either. It looks like my family in NC are going to get hit again. My cousin that lives in Ogden just got her roof fixed from the last one a few months ago.

The local news has now found an area that has minor flooding. The buzzards are congregating there as we speak. Another urgent report just in: Kids Are now SWIMMING in the flooded area of their neighborhood! News station is not recommending this because the water could be contaminated! Also this just in: An armadillo has been spotted swimming in the same area. My word, plenty of news people out there with lots of valuable info. So we will survive this.?

I understand what you’re going through @Catt . I have had several plumbing issues through the years . I have what we call a gate valve - it’s outside up against the house. It’s supposed to completely shut off the water but it’s old and only shuts off about 75%. Which isn’t going to work when I do an indoor plumbing project. So I have to turn it off out near the road which is the cities valve. It is very hard without the specific tool for it. ( and that’s after finding it again and getting the top off, then digging the dirt out enough to get down to it.) But it can be turned off with a vise grip . And sometimes a hammer and chisel to get it loosened up enough to turn it. (And water running from the leak or broke pipe all this time. )And then closing it after the job is done. My son is a plumber among other things so he does a lot of it for me now and just charges for parts. He has not fixed the gate valve yet tho...

Me too. looks like bass would love em but I have not caught one fish on one.

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks this way....

Well, the turtle is almost here. This one appears that it will be further offshore than Matthew. I don’t think we’ll have much wind damage, unless we get a tornado, which is my biggest concern. There will likely be some coastal flooding . I am somewhat aggravated by all the news hype. They want you to stay tuned in because they are selling viewership. Every weather event, big or small , is like the end of the world. I totally get leaving SE Florida in the face of a 185 mph storm. I don’t get how the hype continues. And the news stations “ preaching “ - I was watching local news just now, the young lady doing the report just told an older man she was interviewing that hopefully he would get indoors soon.( but it’s ok for her to be out there ). I hear this with every little thunderstorm. They think we have no common sense apparently. They have a lot of time to fill, so the preaching accomplishes the filling. In our area, they have put out mandatory evacuations for certain lower zones. I can understand it may be advisable but mandatory? They act like they can’t believe you would stay. Well, some people just can’t leave because they have no money for gas or no vehicle or no relatives or friends to stay with or money for a motel somewhere. The problem with this hype is that when a real emergency occurs people will remember all the “ Crying wolf “ events of the past and take it lightly. On the other hand, I guess all the gov. Agencies and news stations are scared of Being too unconcerned and it leading to deaths and lawsuits. But the Bahamas? Folks, they need everything we can do for them. I wish I had the means to drop everything and go there to help.

I thought it was ole miss. , not Miss. state. Still a good win for Memphis.

They were biting good as the hurricane looms... It was warm and windy . Ended up with 21 , caught all of them on various color zoom flukes. If the sun popped out, I used those with gold sparkle. They really liked the gold sided ones with sparkle and red top. If the sun was in I switched to watermelon seed, or watermelon red. I fished the middle of the day , which I rarely do in summer. These were the two best.

I’m planning to go shortly. Waiting for a little storm to go by. Should have the lake to myself as usual. went yesterday evening for about 45 minutes( storm drove me in ) and it was dead- no runs, no hits, no errors. You might wonder why I’m going fishing and a hurricane is coming. I don’t have much storm prep left, I’m off, and caught up with other responsibilities. Prayed up too. My heart goes out to those in the Bahamas.

Yeah, I get it Sam. I’m not saying he’s great but he’s pretty good .He had enough grit to get that last TD for the win. I think he’ll go on to have a good season. LSU looked dominant by the way, which is more than I can say for many SEC teams.

Well now it looks like it may go up the east coast of Florida in a similar track to Matthew. It is predicted to be a slow mover which would potentially devastate the coastline again. The hopeful scenario would be that it misses land completely ( including the Carolinas) . My cousin in coastal NC just got her roof fixed from last years direct hit there, so hopefully she won’t have this one to deal with. For me, it’s looking like a very slow work week. ( Very few people are wanting to buy what Im selling until the hurricane is past?) But with loss of life and property for Floridians looming I can’t focus too much on my next check. The experts are saying that maybe if it slows down enough it will have a window to escape open up and thus miss FL. ?.( and hopefully miss the Carolinas as well) @Fishing_FF I like your Turtle analogy. That pretty much sums up our situation, doesn’t it?

In that case I would pull out the 4 inch senko T-rigged and weightless and fish under docks, lay downs and shade . Flukes rigged the same way would be a close second.

Seeing some negativity on question #3. I wouldn’t advise you to break the law but wondering why that would be against the law? Its legal in Florida, as long as you obey other laws , such as not keeping sportfish caught in a cast net, or snagging them, etc. I’m talking freshwater here. We can use live bream for bait also as long as they are caught with hook and line. Chum the bream and the bass will come. Can’t see how that hurts anything.

I don’t think these questions are silly at all. Especially compared to some that people post?. 1. I think bass are somewhat line shy, especially the clearer the water. The murkier it gets the less it matters 2. I don’t use snap swivels. 3. I keep fish chummed at my dock. When I had more time I did it at various spots all over the lake. I mostly use stale bread. It gets the bream concentrated , then the bass come for the bream. It doesn’t work as good just to go to a random spot and chum that way , and expect fish to immediately show up.Sometimes it takes days and even a couple weeks to get a good concentration of fish. But it does draw in bass that can be caught in a variety of ways, including using live bream ! 4. Just get the local fish and game dept. number and a back up number for them. But they may not answer on the weekend or after hours, so it’s good to know a local warden you can call just in case.

The 2 most accurate models I’m told are a few hundred miles apart as to where it will make landfall. One takes it north toward where We live and the other to south Fl.One prediction gives us 15+ inches of rain. Much of the North Florida area is very low, and this would cause real bad flooding, maybe even worse than Irma that was the worst in my lifetime in my area. I also went through Dora as a small child with 90-100 mph winds and had no damage to my childhood home. We are 21 feet above sea level where I live, but live on a small lake. One side of my house is only 30 feet from the lake but we’re kind of on a hill. With all the storms we’ve had recently, the lake has never gotten anywhere close to level with the house and then we have a crawl space too. But the lake is only a few inches lower than full pool at this time. Our lake was actually a foot and a half higher with Matthew than Irma, but still didn’t breach the top of our bulkhead , although Irma had unprecedented flooding in the St Johns river system that is only 1/2 of a mile away from us. Sorry to ramble , but hurricanes are very interesting to me , although very tedious and scary. Us in Florida covet your thoughts and prayers.

I was one of many Gator fans that didn’t like Franks at first. Other than the stupid interception in a the 4th Qtr , and the fumble during the exchange with the running back, he played fairly well last night. He actually had decent passing numbers and ran for a a TD, and threw 2. He is actually the best statiscally since Tebow , although that ain’t saying much compared to the competition. That would have to rank as one of the worst played games I’ve ever seen. There was a game last year we played ( against another SEC team in the east )that was probably the worst game played by another team against the gators I ever remember seeing. We may not be championship material yet but I don’t think one game defines a whole season. And we did win ya know!?

Any time we beat Miami it’s a good night, regardless of all the mistakes. Mullen now knows what they need to work on , that’s for sure.

Well, it wasn’t pretty but... We get a W.

Probably is a carp. They do that consistently.

I have problems with mine when using heavier casting gear( Like my frog rod ). It hurts less with lighter casting gear, and doesn’t hurt at all with spinning.

Oldeagle, you are 2 weeks younger than me, and I missed being born in NC by 2 months. Welcome to the forums. I have a lot of family in S.Eastern NC.

They are great. Them and The Stanley brothers are my favorite. My favorite newer group is blue highway. I used to love it when Roland Martin had bluegrass instrumentals as his back up music on his shows...