Alex from GA

When I lived in S CA and had a saltwater boat the cost was many times more than now. I'm in GA and have use of 1/2 of my neighbor's dock so towing isn't a cost unless I'm not in FL where I have to tow. 5 gallons of gas a week plus oil is about what I use. For river fishing in a kayak I go all over GA and spend a lot more on gas but it's worth it. In FL I we live within 35 minutes of 5 lakes, 2 rivers and the gulf so, even with fishing 4 times a week it's not bad. I spend more $ in gas going to Drs appointments than fishing; you'll see.

Fishing a point and they row between you and the point. Happened several times to me.

Never fished from a canoe but fish from a kayak, in rivers, always downstream. Otherwise I have a small, 16', tin bassboat that I use all the time. With a bow trolling motor it can be placed anywhere and kept there. Fairly shallow draft to get to places a larger boat can't, can stand up, has comfortable seats, room for tackle and rods and is easy to tow. What ever you choose, a lithium battery will make it better.

30 miles out in the ocean and lose your prop. Had another with hardware to install it.

You're much more versatile than most of the fishermen I fish with including me.

It's a panga style boat they use in Baja. I have a couple of friends in central FL that have them and they like them. It takes very little HP to push them.

Lake Rousseau isn't too far from Panasoffkee and there are some big fish there also. I winter between the 2 lakes and fish them both several times during the winter.

I've caught many 4+ lb bass plus a 24lb 12oz striper with the same setup. If you're fishing in heavy vegetation/weeds that's a different story.

Thanks for the inspiring story.

With your thumb try and line up the guides, the frame just might be bent.

Friend of mine has an Avid 20XB with a 200 that he really likes.

Another upland species.

I'm also a fan of you. Anyone that can drag/carry a canoe through a swamp in the dark to catch a lousy fish is my hero.

I've kayaked many miles and gone statewide searching for different bass. The Bartram, to me, is the prettiest. I did the Bass Slam from the first year and every year since except for covid. Didn't catch all 10 some of those years but if you catch 5 you have a slam.

I've caught all the GA species and FL species, Florida Bass and Suwanees. Having never fished in AL I haven't caught those or TX or AR.

Alabama, No I didn't go with him. BTW he's the best and the most knowledgeable fisherman I've ever fished with, fresh or salt. Pat, Personally an Alabama bass is the hardest fighting of the bass I've caught and it's several. If I'm fishing I'm always having a good time.

A friend took me to catch a couple of species of black bass for the GA Bass Slam yesterday. I can't kayak so he took me to walk-in spots that weren't too far a walk. The big one is a Shoal Bass and the little one is a Chattahoochee Bass.

Was downstairs wrapping a rod and came back to this post and wow. You'll beat the weather.

An eastern Canada fishing trip was on my bucket list. Thanks to you I don't have to go now. Way to go.

It's amazing how your health can go downhill so fast. Thanks Katy I was. A friend is taking me to catch some different species of black bass next week for the GA Bass Slam. He knows walk-in places.

I was kayak fishing all summer up to last year. I'll be 84 in Oct.

Thanks for the laugh Gary.

Started off with a good bite on a worm and, due to my shoulder, I didn't set the hook hard enough and it came unbuttoned. After a long while with no bites my trolling motor quit working and after trying to troubleshoot that, the prop, nut and pin were missing, I went back to my dock and put my spare prop on. In the mean time I took the switch out of the pedal because it's usually the reason the trolling motor doesn't work. After a while I got it back and went out trying to get rid of the skunk, which I haven't had for several years. I got another bite and it jumped off and after going around my cove I finally landed a fish which turned out to be a small channel catfish. It was afternoon by then and I said to myself, self I'm going home. After all that exercise trying to put the pedal together I could hardly get out of bed this morning. After 80 even easy things are harder to do.

Look for bridges and boat ramps on a map. Almost all the bridges in GA have a way down to the river or lake.

A few years ago my wife and I took a trip from GA to Maine. We had a camping trailer and kayak. It was around the 4th of July and very hot and most of the rivers were too high to fish but we camped and fished where we could and had a good trip. Since there are not a lot of smallmouth in GA I mostly targeted them. Mostly small lakes were where we camped and fished. I caught my first northern pike in a smallish lake in Maine along with LM and SM. If you're going near Frankfort, KY there is a place called Elkhorn Creek that had the best smallmouth fishing I've had. There is a canoe and kayak launch that I went from. canoeky.com. A couple years before that I got there too late to rent a kayak and waded for about an hour and caught several small mouth. I fished several places in NY and PA and wasn't disappointed. BTW I mostly used a T/R finesse worm.