N Florida Mike

A bull gator?

Especially an Armadillo!

Got this snapper today. He wasnt happy. I dont think my nieghbor across the canal liked it much when I dumped the turtle across the road into the creek. She said WHY ? When I told her I was taking it to the creek… She would have really been upset had I chose to eat it. ? I didnt say anything when they cut down a tree that had been there all my life and shaded my property from the pm sun. ? and that they seem to put their barking dogs out every time I go out to fish and try to get some peace and quiet! So they are just going to have to get over the fact that there’s one less turtle in the lake…

I finally got a nice one on a little bream.

Z hogs worked great for me too, in addition to those already mentioned. They haven’t been in any stores lately for some reason…

I once had a 8 pounder eat a shiner as skiers went by closer to me than they should have. I used to fish with an old man in our intracoastal and all we did was troll grubs on a jighead. He didnt have a trolling motor. He just had the motor idling along at a low speed . You would think that the motor noise would have spooked the fish, but we tore up the seatrout and other fish nearly every time. I think boat wakes help the fishing in general because it stirs up baitfish and other critters fish eat… What I want to know is how you catch bass in the intracoastal. My part of it is way too salty to support any freshwater fish. I

That drum may have been a saltwater black drum. I dont think they have freshwater drum in South Georgia. When they get that big they look very much the same. Of course , he could have caught it further north.

I agree. It’s my least favorite seafood- I would much rather have fried fish. My wife’s favorite seafood is lobster. We are polar opposites about nearly everything.

Crawdads may be in The deep south. I honestly would rather eat them than real lobster.

Got out for a couple hours this evening. First hour I caught 5 on the june bug magnum zoom lizard. Last hour= nothing. Nice evening on the water … Still nothing big. It’s like they’ve totally disappeared the last 8 months.

I caught a 6 pounder once by casting a mann’s Jelly worm into a deep hole and letting it sit for 10-15 minutes. The fish finally picked it up after all that time…

My grandson just got his and my daughter is letting him drive her around. She said he’s doing well. I figured he would.He has a very calm personality so it bodes well for him with today’s crazy drivers. Not so sure about one of his friends though. He bought a new croch rocket motor cycle and ran it into our telephone pole ground cable and took out a few feet of my hedge , and walked away.That was tuesday, I think. Everything is still laying there as it was after he wrecked. Im expecting him to fix it, but wondering if he even knows he should…??‍♂️ . He’s avoiding me for some reason !

That’s how I catch most of my fish! , ( (deadsticking , not backlashing )?

Same dog bit me… I dont carry much cash. ( Dont have much to carry, honestly…) I usually dont have more than a twenty, for small purchases. I write one check every other week, and everything else I pay on the bank card. I dont want to tempt fate. I have thought about it a lot and I dont know that I would give up my money if someone pulled a gun and tried to rob me. I just work too hard for it. I think I could surrender 20 bucks, but 500.00? That’d be tough for me…

I never did. I never skipped school once for anything , except 1/2 day the last day of high school. I was in good shape in those days, so I would run almost all the way home, sometimes taking the shortcut through the swamp if we hadnt had much rain. When I got home, Id grab a snack and my rod , and was at the lake in a few minutes… In college at UF, that was different. Id skip fairly often and head out to one of the many lakes nearby. I always kept up somehow, and passed every class but one.

Where are you fishing? mexico?

Ive had the lowest numbers and big fish in the last 14 years. The fish have not been biting . I honestly have tried nearly everything in my bag of tools and nothing is paying off. Whats strange is that last year was one of my best numbers years. I think the best numbers day I had this year was 20, and I had a friend along. But most days we caught no more than 10 or so. Fishing alone more this year. Didnt have many days when I caught more than 10. Big fish have been nearly non existent. Last year’s biggest was 4.15, which is way off normal. I dont think Ive caught but one that was just over 4 this year. I think Ive been spoiled a little because the fishing around here had been SO good up until this year… It just doesn’t make sense… Hoping fall will perk things up - it usually does.

What would you call it? If it aint fishing what the heck is it?

What’s strange to me on this subject is that I have to always initiate the trip. None of my friends that fish ever say “ Let’s plan a trip soon.” It’s rare that they do anyway… That makes me really ponder why? Is it my personality? Is it that I often catch more fish than them? Is it that Ive offended them somehow? If I want someone to come fish with me ( it’s really more for them than me ) , I have to keep asking and they finally will go. Then, we nearly always catch good numbers and occasionally a big fish. I am careful to give them good opportunities and casting angles, basically I treat them like Im their guide- without harping on their weaknesses …But they are in no hurry to go again. Maybe I just love fishing more than them ? Maybe they are just busy… or maybe I’m the flake ? ? I can’t figure it out…

If she’ll go. Mine wont go anymore…?

How do you get into a locked cemetery at night? Use a skeleton key…?

I was never much of a thief . When I was 4 years old , my mom and me were at the grocery store. There was a giant bin of peanuts, and little bags to put them in and the weight determined the cost. I grabbed a handful and put in my pocket. I figured it was ok because I’d seen Andy Griffith take an apple and start eating it without paying for it, and other shows had people not paying for stuff. So I was happily munching on a peanut and mom said ” WHERE DID YOU GET THAT ? I said “ out of the peanut bin” She drug me to it, and made me dump the rest of them. And slapped my hand. HARD. Then I had to apologize to the cashier, then the store owner. I’m pretty sure I got a whooping when I got home. My excuse about Andy Griffith didnt work. I decided not to persue a life of crime. Ive seen my mon go back in a store even if it was a few pennies in her favor. Im very thankful she was like that…

I remember those days. You didn’t want to miss a chance at a deer or hog on the way to or from school. We had numerous bad fistfights but don’t remember anyone pulling a knife. Police were never called. We did have a stranger walking around one day in our high school. Our dean of students, Dr McCall, ( who was a descendant of Osceola the seminole cheif) confronted the stranger. He was in his late 50s, and the stranger in his 30s.The man told him he could go anywhere he wanted in the school because as a taxpayer he paid Dr McCall’s salary. Dr McCall invited him off school property for a fistfight ( he loved his students and was trying to get him off school property ) The man agreed and they went across the road, jumped the barbwire fence , and it was on. Many of the students heard about it and went out to watch, including teachers. In a little while the man was seen limping away with his head down at an angle taking him as far from the school as possible . Dr McCall came in without a scratch, smiled at us , and went back to work. Police were not called. Problem taken care of…

I broke my right thumb once and learned to cast left handed. I could reel righty with my fingers sticking out of the plaster cast. As soon as my thumb healed, I went back to casting and fighting with my right and reeling lefty. I remember when I learned to cast with my left I kept casting with a 2 oz weight on and after awhile it was easy.

Yeah, that’s the only bait I have by them. I tried to coax another strike with it for a little while this morning with no success..