N Florida Mike

Its the least favorite part of my job other than the politics. Ive been doing that for 5 years now and honestly havent seen much that could potentially hurt me. A dead possum was the nastiest. My biggest fear is getting bit by a spider, getting stuck, or touching a live wire. At the Dr right now. Hoping they at least give me a note saying I cant crawl under houses for awhile.

Im set up to see the Dr today. I'll let yall know what he says. I think its either a pulled muscle or pinched nerve maybe. Symptons have slacked off a little today.

Yeah . Tell me about it ! I have done so much physical stuff in my life but never been seriously injured. Im just one that wont go to the doctor for every little thing.

Thanks. I plan to file an accident report today, and check into the other stuff. I really did not feel a sudden pop or immediate pain. I have done a lot of crawls in the last 6 weeks and at some point I started noticing a little pain and it has got worse. But if I dont do a crawl for a few days the pain usually eases off. I am starting to think it isnt a cuff injury but something in the upper chest. I do feel what I can best describe as a " grinding " sound when Im crawling in both shoulders but theres no pain with it.

Thanks. We have had such a mild winter. Only 5 freezes, and they just barely made it. I didnt fish much in january, because it rained nearly every weekend. But the fishing only slowed down a little this year due to all the warm weather. For some reason , they went on the beds later than usual this year though. Hang in there, spring cant be too far off for yall . Or take a trip to Florida !?

Congrats !

I wanted to add that this fish didnt seem to be carrying any eggs , and was slightly lean, but had a big frame. She would easily have been over 8 with a full tank of eggs. The fight was a little less than I would have expected, even though I Caught her on one of my lighter combos. I was able to hold her to 1 jump and a couple head shakes before lipping her.

Ive got complete range and a lot of motion doesnt bother it. It seems to be kind of connected to head movement, esp. looking up or down, or the motion of raising a cup to my mouth. Tried to find some exercises that would help, but what Ive tried hasnt worked. Think I may try some Blue Emu or whatever that is. It does seem to help if I rest it as long as possible.

Thanks, I guess Ive probably thrown a million balls in my lifetime, not to mention all the casting. Guess its catching up with me.

Thanks. I feel fine. It just sometimes seems to run from the pain area near my shoulder down my arm. Had my heart checked twice - full tests and they said it was fine . But I appreciate the concern.

Yeah I'll check n see what my insurance covers tomorrow.

Got a problem . I sometimes have to crawl under houses with my job. About a month ago after a crawl I began to get a pain that feels like a pulled muscle in my upper right chest up near the shoulder. My shoulder has occasionally given me problems too. It has not gone away, if anything its gotten worse. Yesterday I noticed my right arm was a little numb and felt kind of tingly. It feels connected to whatevers wrong near the shoulder. In my life I always heal well from these kind of things, but not this time. The pain is down deep, and more than a little bit annoying. At least casting and fighting fish dont seem to bother me any!? But I am getting concerned. Any thoughts ?

Thanks for the write up. Hoping yall tear em up on ky. lake.

Got out today with my G- daughter. About 30 minutes later, I got this 7 pound , 6 oz fish on a golden bream zoom super fluke. She was 25 inch long. Got her in my lake in a spot I had never caught a fish over 3 pounds before, but it was along side of an eel grass bed in about 3 f.o.w. Caught some other fish too. They were all over the zoom speed craws, baby brush hogs, and 5 inch yum dingers.Just a beautiful afternoon . Perfect weather.

One of my top 5 biggest fish was caught on a bubble gum fluke, out of a somewhat murky lake. When I ran out of them , I never bought any more for some reason. They dont seem to like that color as much on my home lake, but maybe it's because I havent fished them as much. They do love the orange sparkle senkos out there though.

Yeah , not somewhere I will probably ever go. Cant afford it anyway. I seriosly would rather deal with a snake or be around a gator than I would a big spider. I know most of you would think Im crazy, but its true.

Welcome, and good fish there.

Nice one , Dwight !

I do a lot of trips that are 2-4 hours. For these trips I only take water or Sweet tea. For the all day trips, A breakfast biscuit, usually bacon , egg , and cheese . For lunch A ham or turkey samwich or 2 , A snicker bar, some kind of chips or nabs. All the major food groups there ? ,And I relish a cold coke zero for the trip home.