N Florida Mike

Welcome !

Patriots, jags ( beat the Steelers 30-9 up there already, ) Vikings, falcons.

Use a live red breast bream ?

Today was the nicest weather day we've had since the end of the year. Had 1/2 hour to fish between stops , at a familiar lake 6 miles or so from home. Same result as pond fisher. 1 bite and I swung and missed. Really peaceful little break anyway. Thankful for it!

Welcome !

Looks like a yellow bullhead. Around here we call them butter cats. My favorite catfish to eat ! Delicious! That one is very big for that specie.

This^^ I actually get slightly stressed over all the ponds I see on a daily basis , driving around working , trying to decide which ones I will try someday. I am commission only, so I'm never really " on the clock ". So I will occasionally try a pond or two between stops.But I'm still careful about fishing in high visibility areas due to the company name on the work truck !! I don't scout physically very much because most of the places I fish I often pass by while working. I check the weather a lot. If I'm going somewhere kind of far away that I haven't been to lately , I check every source I can find in advance about it.

Supper!! ?

I was rooting against Bama but have to say they are incredibly resilient. How many games have we seen them win like that. Hopefully Saban will retire soon.? Not a dog fan either , but they have no reason to be ashamed. I was rooting for them in this game for all my Georgia friends.

I agree with all the above except that this winter has been a colder one so there may still be a good number of bedding fish in central fl. In march.

I taught myself to swim as a teen , by staying in shallow water and treading water , dogpaddling etc. Then I would go out over deep holes. Once I lost my fear of the water it was was easy.Then you couldn't keep me out of the water. I still nearly drowned in a rip current at the beach , and trying to swim across a pond with my friends. ( although they never knew ! ) I had a class later on and to pass you had to swim 1/4 mile , but I'm pretty sure I couldn't do that now. My wife almost drowned in a rip current last year with my g- daughter. She miraculously swam out of it after going Under 2-3 times. My G-daughter ( who swims like a otter ) was nearby ,but wasn't caught in it. I remember seeing them way down the beach right before it happened and breathing a prayer for their safety as it was rough. They were not far from shore but still there was danger. A young man drowned that day just out of sight from where they were. I guess the moral of the story is be prepared . Don't take risks.

The only thing I've got lately is a pack of yum dingers.

Man, those are some tanks. You're motivating me to get back on the water tomorrow afternoon. Our temps here will finally get above 50 for the first time in a week or so . These Florida strain fish seem to just shut down when it gets this cold here. But they gotta eat sometime!!!

It was high twenties here this morning , high 40s for the high. Coldest week here in a lonnnnng time!

You too ! Yeah - high 20s for lows - 40s for highs this week . The last several years we've had fish bedding up here in late dec.and Jan. Not this year!!

Grumpy old men. lol ?

We hit a series of ocean- like waves going across lake George once that actually cracked my boat badly on one side. I thought the crack would continue on under the boat , but thankfully, it didn't. Otherwise ,we'd have been in serious trouble. If I remember correctly the owner of Culprit baits drowned after his boat capsized . I remember how Bad I felt when that happened.

Terrible news Lets hope and pray the co-angler is ok. Came fairly close to this myself a couple times so this really hits home.

Really nice fish ! Good job sir .

Hey , thanks for reporting. I have fished the river a lot , but not recently. Fished Lochloosa once or twice. I have fished many of the N.east And N. central Fl. lakes. Just not much recently.( no bass boat anymore ) Downsized to a 12 ft Jon and bass hunter . My little lake in southern duval is always pretty good.Hit me up sometime and we'll go. Mike

Hope you do well. Seminole is a little out of my range. Haven't fished it but heard some good things about it. Hopefully it won't be too cold that week to hinder them from bedding , or feeding. If you can just get 3 good days in a row of warmer weather that week they should get fired up.

Fried ! But I'm not sure 4 would be enough !!

Sorry for your loss.Prayers to You and family. Lost my dad about 10 years ago. One comfort is that I have nothing but good memories...

Hmmmmmmm. Who to root for as a Gator ? It's hard to root for GA. because their our biggest rival ( besides state ) I refuse to root for Bama because theyve won so many championships already. Their fans are pretty cocky ( which would happen to any fan base with as many wins as them.) I like Kirby Smart. I do not care for Nick Saban. That freshman Ga. QB is really good for his age. I have quite a few friends that are Georgia fans, and they are all good folks. I don't think I have 1 Alabama fan friend. Edge : Georgia.

PLASTICS !?