Awhile back a member posted here from Italy explaining that he dreamed of coming to American and fishing Okeechobee and Toho.

 

This sparked my interest and I was curious as how much bass fishing goes on in Italy.

 

I offered him a spot on my boat if he makes it over here and low and behold I found out he was serious.

 

I have a good friend that retired and lives off Lake Toho in Kissimmee and I live off of Okeechobee so I told him where to travel to and where to stay and picked him up for 2 days on Toho, then I brought him to Okeechobee where he stayed at my place and we fished Okeechobee for 4 days.

 

He spoke limited English and I less Italian, but we communicated fine. I learned more Italian and him English. His fishing skills and mechanics were very impressive and heres the results. While I couldnt find him his trophy he did lose a 5 to 6 on Toho and caught a few 5s on Okeechobee. And we caught tons of nice keeper fish in the 3 to 4lb range.

 

 

Im the old fart,  couldnt give him all the glory.

 

Thanks BR!!!

Dude that is awesome, you really are a good friend

Man that is awesome!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing

That's awesome

That is awesome. Nice fish!

I love reading stuff like this

Good for you. I've taken a couple of American guys out when they've been over here with work and I've been lucky enough to fish with them back in the US as well as fishing with JFrancho and Jim Sr and Jr on Onieda. The internet can be a fantastic thing for putting people in touch around the world and can lead to good friendships. If you ever get the chance to go over to Italy I'm sure you will find plenty of offers to fish.

 

 

 

 

 The internet can be a fantastic thing for putting people in touch around the world and can lead to good friendships. If you ever get the chance to go over to Italy I'm sure you will find plenty of offers to fish.

 

You know its funny you mentioned this, 20 years ago I doubt I would have done this, in its infancy along with my being a little older upon its introduction I thought the Internet was just full of a bunch of weirdos, but as time went on I wound up meeting some lifelong friends through the web. All it takes is a little common sense.

 

The world is a big place, getting to know people from all sides sometimes helps put some understanding into things we may not fully grasp.

Such a nice gesture. He will never forget the experience.

Awesome story, and great photo's!

You know its funny you mentioned this, 20 years ago I doubt I would have done this, in its infancy along with my being a little older upon its introduction I thought the Internet was just full of a bunch of weirdos, but as time went on I wound up meeting some lifelong friends through the web. All it takes is a little common sense.

The world is a big place, getting to know people from all sides sometimes helps put some understanding into things we may not fully grasp.

Then you realize that they are your best friends, but still weirdos. ;-)

That's super cool. Glad to know the good guys are still kicking ass.

You are a good man!

You are a good man!

I got a couple of ex wives that would disagree with that.

haha