N Florida Mike

I finally heard from my cousin near Wrightsville beach where the eye of Hurricane florence passed right over her house. They were without power for 8 days. A tree came down on their house, which didnt destroy it but caused severe roof and then indoor damage from all the rain. She said a tornado went down their road as well, but her house is well above sea level so there was no flooding. But her and another cousin who lives in the wilmington area are ok so thats the main thing.I havent got ahold of another set of cousins out in brunswick county but no news is probably good news.

That's still my favorite top water lure . Need a new one.

He's a fishing machine ! one of the best !

That loss to ky. though. oh man .? It was bound to happen someday. The last time Florida lost to them at the swamp was the year before I started school there .1979 !?

Well, here we go. Have to give it to ky. this year. They were the better team. They would have won even without the bad calls by the refs.That running back is a beast. This week should be interesting.On paper, Tenn. is better, and theyre at home. I think Florida is a little further along in the rebuilding though. I could be wrong.If franks and the O-line plays well, The gators should win.Thats a big "if" though. Its fixing to get real now for both teams.

Sorry for your trouble. I am always torn with carrying my gun in the truck or not, because I am very forgetful with things that I dont routinely do every day. I drive my work truck all day, and drive it home, and arent allowed to have it in there, so I dont drive my personal truck except after hours and weekends. My daughter takes my grandaughter to school in it, and she forgets to lock it sometimes. It is a recipe for disaster so I usually dont take it.But what if I need it? We have had tons of car burglaries the last few years so I know it would eventually happen. Its the thiefs fault, not your intention. Dont beat yourself up over it.

I still havent heard from any of them. I called my cousin near wrightsville beach and the phone justs cuts off every time. Others live in wilmington, supply, Winnabow, Clarkton.No response from any of them. No response from them at Fayetteville/Hope mills either. They arent real close to the cape fear or lumber rivers though so I expect them to be o.k. Did your family at Burgaw get any flooding or damage ?

I listened to a few of their songs on you-tube. Liked all of them.

This choked me up as it reminded me of my dad - The Best man I ever knew. He was almost 90 when he passed. Taught me to fish , play baseball , and the important things of life. Nothing but good memories. Thanks for sharing memories of your dad with us So sorry for your loss.

Love those healthy river system fish. Whatd yall catch em on?

I had that happen on my home lake ( that I had been fishing for 35 years or so at the time ) I had taken a friends teenage son fishing and we had found a dock holding some nice bream. We had caught several nice bream when the owner came out and told us to leave. He said with an attitude that his grandkids fish there and he had a problem with us fishing there. At first I was completely shocked, then it turned to intense anger. I knew that if I said what I was thinking and feeling It would get much, much worse. Having my friends son there and being a man of faith I just left. If that had happenned when I was younger it would not have ended well. I was not sure I could handle much more of it, so I left , and him still running his mouth. I had every right to be there, had been on the lake much longer than him, was not touching his dock or otherwise acting the fool and still got his mouth and attitude. I thought, I have grandkids fishing at my dock too, and it wouldnt bother me if someone came up and fished as long as they werent out there. Grevious words stir up anger. Knowing myself, and how I can be , I just left before it got worse.

Im concerned about my cousins in S.E N. Carolina. One of them lives around 2 miles from Wrightsville beach. She was there when fran hit and only had one tree down on her very wooded property. Im calling her and some of the others to see what their plans are. Some of my cousins in the fayetteville area were stranded at their homes for several days after Matthew. Hurricane Matthew was only a cat.1 or 2 when it hit that area a couple years ago. My mom had passed away that week and we were trying to get everyone together near Wilmington for the funeral and it took 3 weeks for us to have it due to all the trees down, bridges washed out, flooding, etc. Cant imagine what a cat. 4-5 could do. Much of coastal carolina is low and swampy. Praying for safety for everyone in the storms path.

Gator was my favorite movie of his, and Smokey and the bandit of course.

The worst non boater I had weighed 500 pounds.He nearly sank my boat when I saw a cottonmouth by the boat and made the mistake of telling him. He yelled SNAAAKE ! at the top of his lungs and began literly running toward me in the boat! Water began pouring in with the huge ( no pun intended ) weight shift. I yelled at him to go back and sit down, which he did. He was sitting on a pedestal seat, and after a while he said " somethings wrong with my seat " He had been moving around and eventually the pedestal hole cracked and wallowed out ! Never even said he was sorry or offer to pay for it to be fixed. I told a friend that if I ever drawed him again , I would put him on a pontoon and tow him around to keep him out of my boat. Not against big folks ( Im pretty hefty myself ) but that could have been avoided with a little common sense !

Our weatherman showed the map of historical hurricanes at the same time of year and in the same area where it is now. According to him and the map ,EVERY historical recorded hurricane like this one has curved out before hitting the U.S. Hope and pray that will continue with this one.

I was 6 years old when Camille hit mississippi. My aunt and me listened on an old a.m radio as the storm approached the coast. I can still remember the fear and awe in the weathermans voice , who was somewhere in that vicinity. Until recently, I had not been too familiar with audrey but it was truly horrible.

I read a very interesting story about a family that survived Audrey.They were on Little Chenier and got washed and blown in a boat 12 miles inland to the intracoastal canal before getting on board a tugboat. Thier whole family survived but tragically lost some friends.

I have many more non boater stories. The only boater story I can think of is when we had fished for a couple hours with little results and we saw a school of shiners. He immediately whipped out a cast net and threw on them, catching a 5 pound bass in the process. Then wanting me to count him in the totals. Which I didnt.

Walked down to the lake, made 1 cast with a ribbon tailed worm, and caught this one. Then it started pouring down rain so I went back in the house !

Son ! Nice fish. Who needs to come to Florida when youve got fish like that around ! ?

Sorry to hear that. I have trouble with my right wrist sometimes,esp. with casting gear. You might try spinning, it doesnt hurt as much.