N Florida Mike

In my area , it’s Azaleas…and dogwoods…

Same…

I use 10 with the lighter combo and 15 with the heavier…

I wouldn’t just be in it for the money but… it helps !! I would try to save it alive of course, but a bass of that size wouldn’t have long to live anyway…

The Largemouth. Your life would change. For me, it would mean I could pay everything off, help my family and help others in need. It would be the pinnacle of the sport. I assume you would get lots of speaking opportunities, endorsements, etc. that would enable you to fish all those places you never could before, not to mention meeting all the legends of bass fishing.

Who cares what people think as long as you’re still alive…?

So what was the result of that ? I assume he was arrested?

I’ve had the privilege to teach a good number of kids to fish, and taught one of my best friends to bass fish when we were young men. Now he has a bass boat , and we still go a few times a year. He often beats me with numbers, especially when we fish his best lake. As far as helping on the water, I don’t remember ever encountering anyone broke down, but would of course help if it happened. There was an older couple visiting my home lake once, fishing with cane poles for bream. They just weren’t catching any on the bank where they were. They sounded so disappointed when I went by them. I had some good bream spots, so I went and caught them some. They were so happy and thankful when they got those fish. I also give away a lot of fish I catch now, and believe I catch more because of it. Give and it shall be given to you…

Now I’ve been to 3 different wal marts and they are out of that battery. I’m going to keep trying…

Dern Son. Did you get weights?

I should say the neighbor on the other side ( who is from Virginia), has been a great neighbor. He knocked on my door and told us when my truck tail light was stuck on, helped me fixed our fence, and worked with us when our dogs got into his backyard and another time when his dogs got into our backyard. He even pressure washed the front of our house for free !! All it took was a knock on the door , willingness to help, and a positive attitude…. It’s not rocket science !??‍♂️

Got after them again today after 5 . Temps in low 70s, light wind, partly cloudy. Managed 6. 5 were on watermelon seed shimmy sticks and dingers . Went back to the exact spot I lost the big fish last time and got the first pictured fish. Got one after dark fishing a zoom ol monster… I’m seeing beds also but no fish on them…

nice fish !

I do commission sales all over N. Florida. Since I’m not on the clock, I often fish between stops. I am discreet though with the work vehicle and all, so I fish only where I can park and walk a short distance away. Caught a 8.6 in a work route pond once !

I’m here for the fishing…?

As a side note, my daughter thinks they don’t like us because our pool is like the black lagoon- everything broke on it and we just can’t afford to fix it. I could do some of it, but have lots of other “fish to fry “ at this time. I told her they can’t see our pool because it’s higher than they can see. I will admit that I put a couple bass in there to keep the bullfrogs out, and a few bream to feed the bass also. Maybe they saw me catch one of the bass out of it…??‍♂️

I was thinking more along the lines of a fish fry. ?

I’ve been thinking about it but financially don’t see a way right now. I suspect that nearly anywhere you go this will be a reality- except maybe a situation like yours. And at the end of the day, I still live on a lake that has good fishing…?

A couple of months ago a neighbor cussed out my grandson about our 2 dogs barking for a few minutes at 10:30 at night, largely because he was shining them with a Q beam, and yelling at them. I got involved at the tail end of it, and it’s been quiet with him since . We have tried to keep the dogs in as much as possible since then, so that issue seems to have died down. The niegbor across the road gets upset if we park our vehicles on the road, or even in our strip of yard by the road. He’ll come over and tell us to move them! of course, I’m never home when he does it .But he’ll have people over and they park in the road in front of our house … So yesterday the niegbor across the canal cussed at my son in law because he was working on his motorcycle around 6 pm and didn’t like the noise I guess. This nieghbor is the one that owns the “ bumpus dogs”, as I call them. It seemed like any time I would walk out back to fish , they would open the door and the 5 dogs would come pouring out barking at me. I’m frankly shocked that , of all people, they would get upset over a few minutes of motorcycle noise, and we’ve put up with their dogs now for years. We were here first , and “ their rambling don’t rattle me”, but what is the problem? What’s also strange is that they know I’m the owner , but they won’t just come ask me nicely. I haven’t ever threatened anyone , and have tried to be a good nieghbor. Now there’s a tension that we don’t want. I have tried to maintain the peace and love my nieghbors, but this is getting out of hand…We aren’t “ that nieghbor”, but are getting treated that way. I don’t care what they think of us, but I don’t need or want the drama. Maybe we’re too red-neckish for what they want things to look like ? We had a family discussion about it and can’t understand it. Thanks for letting me vent. I suspect many of you have similar issues.

I took the battery back to the store it was bought at , and they didn’t have any of the same kind ?. They didn’t even ask for a receipt though, and said I could return it at any wal mart in exchange for a new one of the same kind.

Thanks , but I feel a little behind on my fishing this year. Hopefully I’ll have a good spring.

I had one just like it before that was fine but only lasted a couple years. It seems like batteries used to last longer… I still haven’t had a chance to take it back yet…

I thought of a couple more. One is Kingsley lake. Almost perfectly round, and is , I think, the deepest natural lake in Florida. Christal Clear water. Half of the lake is owned by private homeowners, and the other half by the national guard. Back in the day, Strickland’s landing was a beach with water slides and a dock around it. . Old man strickland was the son of a Baptist preacher, and maintained a family atmosphere. Right next door was Kingsley beach, that had separate management, and was the party spot . As young men, We usually went to stricklands because the slides were better. Anyway, Both were sold to private ownership, now a subdivision. So we lost the ramp access . A 15 pounder was caught in there fairly recently. Another spot lost was at St George Island at Government cut, near Apalachicola . Back in the day there was a dirt road that went west on the Island all the way to the cut. We would park and clamber out through the rocks to the tip. The first day I ever went, we caught over 70 fish there, including redfish, drum, whiting. Even snagged some big mullet swimming by. The last time we went , they were almost finished with a new , high end subdivision. The guard at the new gate let us in , but said not to come back again , as it was private from then on. We didn’t.? In one way, it is very sad what has happened to old Florida . But at least it’s been good for businesses…

And they don’t tear up as easily or cost as much as senkos!

This is always mine. Specifically, it’s a toss up between flukes ,yum dingers, UV Speed worms, and culprit worms… Dingers probably accounted for the most last year…