Westpalmdude (Jason) and I went to Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge for a little relaxation. This was Jason's first time fishing the Refuge.  The day started out by me catching this Oscar.

We then headed down the canal

and did some exploring deep into the refuge.  No telling where this would have taken us but we weren't going to risk the T/M battery finding out.  

Then we thought we saw Doug Hannon but it was only one of his snakes out for a swim.

This guy was much more fun to play with than the snake.  I was smacking my lure against the water trying to get some weed off when his attention was drawn to us.  He swam towards us from about 50yds away.  I think he has been fed by people in the past because he wasn't shy at all and at one point just floated inches from the side of the boat looking at us.  

I caught this little dude on a worm and a couple others on a spinnerbait.

And what about Jason?  Well, he spent most of the day hunting for a trophy using a 10" worm but came up empty. It wasn't until after we loaded the boat up and snuck over to the NO FISHING zone did he finally catch one.  It was about 1/4 pound and sucked down that 10"er  like a monster. Too bad the rest of the fish weren't that aggressive.

Yes, a fun day nonetheless. But I'm due for a change.

Ok Jas,

I'm officially removing the fishing hex that seems to have been sent your way........ (no I didn't send it to you)

You are now forever free to go CATCH some fishes.........

Love ya......mom ;D

What the heck? Where are the pictures you posted? Did someone remove them?

I cant see the pics... maybe the site he uploaded them to origionally is down...

No pics are my fault.  My dumb bass did not know that if I delete the pics from photobucket after I post them on here then these too will be deleted.  Duhhhhhhh.

Ug. Me Doug. Me like technology.

While we are on the subject of Oscars check out this albino one I caught this past summer.

Yea, I looked at it when you posted a while back.  You catch all kinds of exotic fish.

Do oscars fight good or are they similar to a crappie.(in fighting)

Like most native South American fish, Oscars fight much harder than our native panfish, especially crappie.

WOW thats some awsome looking water! Im jelous >