N Florida Mike

What kind of phone do you have?

I have an app called Resize that downsizes the pic and then I post em.

That’s really hard to hear . My best friend died of covid in 2021 and I just cried a little this morning thinking about him. Prayers sent for you and his family…

When I was a young man I was fishing in sight of the house I now live in. An Osprey dove in and came up with a 5-6 pound bass. He was flying with all his might , but couldn’t get more than a few feet out of the water with it. He started trying to disengage his claws and finally did. When we saw what was happening, we rowed over asap in case the fish was too injured to swim off. Not to see if the fish would live, but making sure if he died or was about to it would be another fish for the next fry…😬

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The song he did that always made me smile was “ I wanna talk about me”.

I had an aunt that lived with us that never went on my parents trips so… That kept me out of a lot of trouble…

Welcome Josh !

@WRB I get what your saying but much of what is at wal mart is from there. Probably the exact same scenario. I try to stay away from walmart as much as possible but when you don’t have much money, it draws you in…

I caught a couple dinks with it so it’s hard to tell how well it fishes, but I think I like it. It has a 5:2:1 gear ratio, which I like for worm fishing. The outer parts are not plastic, which I like. I like the appearance of it too. It has a slight rough sound when reeling in. Like it sounds on a reel when the gears are about worn out, but not as bad. It’s hard to believe something could be much good from you know where. But I would say it’s worth it for the price…

Yes. I grew up calling them swamp rats. Had never heard them called nutrias until I was in my 30s…

This joker was eating a foot or two of grass a night down by my boat ramp…the key word is WAS. Also got a little one too. Unfortunately for the little one, our pit bull got aholt of it through the trap somehow before I could get it out. Apparently the big one and our dog bit each other’s snouts through the cage too, because both were bleeding…

Ive got a little mini bluegill cb , but haven’t caught anything on it yet…

Congrats @whitwolf.!! I will live vicariously through your retirement,( since it’s unlikely I’ll retire until I have to ) so you best post some fishing pics soon !!

Will do Ken and Eric.

My Son got this reel for me. Anyone have one? I’ve never heard of them. Seems to be well made. I haven’t fished it yet…

I have a nasci and really like it.

Slow, soft plastics, shallow.

I’ve told this one in other threads in the past . When we were still teens , I took a friend bass fishing for the first time. On either the first or second cast he said he thought he had one. I told him to go ahead and set the hook, which he did. The rod doubled over and he was so excited. After a brief fight he brought it up to the boat . I reached over to lip it for him, and lipped a …… cowboy boot !!!😂 Somehow the hook and bait had gone right between the pull up strap! He had such a look of disappointment. I told him to cast back over there quick, and maybe he’d get the other one!😀😀 I nearly fell out of the boat laughing! He still gets a little aggravated when I bring that up to this day… By the way, that’s the same friend in my earlier post that pulled the big worm across his brothers neck when we were seeing a lot of cotton mouths along the river !!

I reckon I’m a peasant then… I bank fish as much as I boat fish. Caught my runner up pb while bank fishing. My area has hundreds of fishable ponds to choose from.

Probably my favorite Skynyrd song….

Sounds like fun. If I were you ? Id go fishing in that lake where the tie for the world record was caught!

I met a woman once who used to fish tournaments and had lived at Clewiston on the Okeechobee. She said she was friends with Roland, and had a couple big mounts on her wall. She still had her boat in the garage. Wish I could remember her name , very interesting conversation!

There are several women that have u tube channels that are based in florida. They are good at fishing but I suspect they have more viewership from sex appeal than fishing…

The Ocklawaha is a great choice. Can’t believe I didn’t think of it. Shiners on the outside edge of pads are killer in there! Wish I could go.