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Here you go!!  ~gf ~gf

Hey guys, I'm reaching out to all current and former FLBR participants for your help. Very soon I will be posting a survey and your participation is critical to me.... before you ignore the rest of this post... its an anonymous survey. I will have 0 ways of finding out who you are. But.. the information you all provide me will be instrumental in the refinement of our Club. 

Thank you for taking the time in reading this post and your participation of this survey will be greatly appreciated.  ~beer~ 

Does  ~beer~ mean we get a free beer for participating?

Quote from: cport on September 01, 2017, 01:17:57 PM
Does  ~beer~ mean we get a free beer for participating?

Hmmmm.... maybe..  lo

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 01, 2017, 01:22:08 PM
Hmmmm.... maybe..  lo

I'm placing my order in early

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Quote from: cport on September 01, 2017, 01:27:23 PM
I'm placing my order in early

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~roflmao ... anything else?  lo

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 01, 2017, 01:32:10 PM
~roflmao ... anything else?  lo

This serving it?


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 lo lo.... ~b~

Quote from: cport on September 01, 2017, 01:37:17 PM
This serving it?


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I'm in!!!


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Quote from: cport on September 01, 2017, 01:37:17 PM
This serving it?


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Can I have one please? lo

Quote from: cport on September 01, 2017, 01:27:23 PM
I'm placing my order in early

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CPort, we have the same taste in beer lol.

Quote from: cport on September 01, 2017, 01:37:17 PM
This serving it?


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and the waitress bringing the beer lol.

Can't say I have any problem requiring viagra...

Out here fishing, and I've discovered I apparently hurt my shoulder, AND my elbow, a bit worse than I thought.

I did splurge a bit and got myself a new cast net. Holy cow! $30? So I've got a baby bluegill dangling below a bobber. Not a whole lot of cast and retrieve going on here. After tossing that cast net the first time, I considered just saying hang it all and heading in. But my lady caught a fighting little dink, so she immediately started enjoying herself.

Already Tress? Jeez  :P

Quote from: cport on September 02, 2017, 08:31:15 AM
Already Tress? Jeez  :P

Y'all going to have to break all his fingers on his casting hand.  lo lo

I'm calling my cousin Vinny...

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Quote from: cport on September 02, 2017, 09:41:55 AM
I'm calling my cousin Vinny...

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Tres, how do you like the Grass Pig? I had heard that the tail doesn't have as much action as others. I've never tried it and usually fish the Bitters version.

Flats,
I like it just fine. The last few weeks, most of my bites have been on these or similar baits - whatever's on sale! I've caught fish on Bitter's, Charlies, and Grass Pigs. The plastic used in the Pig is different, more supple. I feel like the action on all of them is pretty similar. I've been buzzing them across vegetation for the most part, but have also gotten a few fishing them just under the surface in more open water.
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Is white your go to color? My go to color is bluegill or watermelon if I'm fishing clear water. I've never tried buzzing them on top. I fish them on a weighted swim bait hook. I will have to try buzzing them.

Wow, nice trip Rick and Lou!


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Hey guys what's up?


This job sure keeps me hopping and worn out when I get home! At least it only lasts for about 4 months or so. I am hoping to get out and fish tomorrow morning for a few hours.

Next week I'm heading out to Mobile AL on Monday then building 4 stores in 4 days and coming home from somewhere in LA on Saturday.

Talk about throwing this old man into the fire! After being retired and not working for 5 years to busting it 45-55 hours a week or more is quite a change. Depending on how things pan out I might consider doing it again next year or just find a PT Job working 3 days a week all year long. Both have their advantages.

Heck of a Job on winning last month Tress, and a great start to this month.

After things get back to normal we need to get together, we're not that far apart.

Quote from: SteelHorseCowboy on September 01, 2017, 07:38:59 PM
Can't say I have any problem requiring viagra...

Out here fishing, and I've discovered I apparently hurt my shoulder, AND my elbow, a bit worse than I thought.

I did splurge a bit and got myself a new cast net. Holy cow! $30? So I've got a baby bluegill dangling below a bobber. Not a whole lot of cast and retrieve going on here. After tossing that cast net the first time, I considered just saying hang it all and heading in. But my lady caught a fighting little dink, so she immediately started enjoying herself.

Hope your shoulder and elbow aren't hurt too badly so you can get back to fishing soon.

Quote from: FlatsNBay on September 02, 2017, 11:48:10 AM
Tres, how do you like the Grass Pig? I had heard that the tail doesn't have as much action as others. I've never tried it and usually fish the Bitters version.

Flats I have the grass pig and it's a decent swimbait but I find it lacks action. Also because of its round shape I think it tends to wobble more than other swimbaits.
But they are the cheapest swimbait out there.

I personally prefer the Gambler Swimmers, the Bitters or the Reaction Innovation swimbaits.
That's just personal preference though. With the grass pig being under 3 bucks a pack I suggest you try a pack of them and see if you like them.

Quote from: Deadeye on September 02, 2017, 08:24:05 PM
Hey guys what's up?


This job sure keeps me hopping and worn out when I get home! At least it only lasts for about 4 months or so. I am hoping to get out and fish tomorrow morning for a few hours.

Next week I'm heading out to Mobile AL on Monday then building 4 stores in 4 days and coming home from somewhere in LA on Saturday.

Talk about throwing this old man into the fire! After being retired and not working for 5 years to busting it 45-55 hours a week or more is quite a change. Depending on how things pan out I might consider doing it again next year or just find a PT Job working 3 days a week all year long. Both have their advantages.

Heck of a Job on winning last month Tress, and a great start to this month.

After things get back to normal we need to get together, we're not that far apart.

Sounds like a busy schedule! How's your back doing???

Deadeye you have been and are going to be real busy  ~sweat Like Rick said hows your back holding up? Rick and Lou good job out there fishing yesterday. ~c~ ~c~

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 03, 2017, 07:05:33 AM
Flats I have the grass pig and it's a decent swimbait but I find it lacks action. Also because of its round shape I think it tends to wobble more than other swimbaits.
But they are the cheapest swimbait out there.

I personally prefer the Gambler Swimmers, the Bitters or the Reaction Innovation swimbaits.
That's just personal preference though. With the grass pig being under 3 bucks a pack I suggest you try a pack of them and see if you like them.

Gambler EZ Swimmer are currently on sale for $3.28 at Tacklewarehouse and you get an additional 15% off at checkout for Labor Day making them only $2.79 per pack. Incredible deal!

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gambler_EZ_Swimmer_7pk/descpage-GTEZ.html

Damn that is really cheap compared to their usual price.

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 03, 2017, 11:09:30 AM
Gambler EZ Swimmer are currently on sale for $3.28 at Tacklewarehouse and you get an additional 15% off at checkout for Labor Day making them only $2.79 per pack. Incredible deal!

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gambler_EZ_Swimmer_7pk/descpage-GTEZ.html

Dang!! That's pretty cool!! I just ordered new trailer tires so I will have to pass on this...  :'( :'(

Quote from: FlatsNBay on September 02, 2017, 06:59:55 PM
Is white your go to color? My go to color is bluegill or watermelon if I'm fishing clear water. I've never tried buzzing them on top. I fish them on a weighted swim bait hook. I will have to try buzzing them.

I do like the white/pearl colors, especially when the sun is out. When buzzing them, I'm not sure how much color makes a difference though. It's a reaction strike (except when they come from across the pond - those are obviously feeding fish). The reason I like these type baits for buzzing, especially in super thick pads, is how easily they come through vegetation. Typically, I throw a horny toad for this presentation, but they don't stay on the hook as well as a swimmer. I also like speed worms for this, too. But, with the way the legs on a toad, and the tail on a speedworm face forward, they are more apt to grab the edges and hearts of pads. The boot tail on a swimmer is more streamlined. It doesn't kick up quite the ruckus of a toad, but sometimes a slightly more subtle buzz works better. Plus, when you do hit an open spot and let the bait sink, it looks very natural.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 03, 2017, 12:29:36 PM
Dang!! That's pretty cool!! I just ordered new trailer tires so I will have to pass on this...  :'( :'(

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lo lo That will put a hurting on the bait monkey.

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lo lo That will put a hurting on the bait monkey.

Yeah... I'm not in the $$ position right now so I don't have a problem closing the door on the bait monkey's face. Now when it comes to safety... I had to spend the $$ on those tires.

Great outing Lou and Rick, glad you guys had success. Lou, that was quite a haul you had, and great limit to start with. Hope you can keep adding to it this month.

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 03, 2017, 01:04:24 PM
Great outing Lou and Rick, glad you guys had success. Lou, that was quite a haul you had, and great limit to start with. Hope you can keep adding to it this month.

Thanks bud, its been a while since I have done that. I still have one more Lake O  trip planned before the October Kissimmee Classic hopefully I can find a couple more nice fish til then.

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 03, 2017, 06:58:43 AM
Hope your shoulder and elbow aren't hurt too badly so you can get back to fishing soon.

Get back to it? Lol, all it did was slow me down!
Caught a dink yesterday morning and this morning, my lady caught a few dinks and two pretty nice little bass.

We did have a scare last night. Took the crew out to a nearby boat ramp for some night fishing with lightup bobbers. Round midnight my daughter mentions, "it sure is getting foggy out here..."
I pulled out my Mini-Mag LED to see just how foggy it was.
Our bobbers were only about 15-10 feet from the bank. And directly on the other side of our bobbers?
"Where'd that log come from? THOSE ARE EYES!"

I bet y'all'd never seen four folks set such a record grabbing their crap and getting the hell out of dodge. The kids were GONE before I got my bobber out the water.

Quote from: SteelHorseCowboy on September 03, 2017, 01:41:44 PM
Get back to it? Lol, all it did was slow me down!
Caught a dink yesterday morning and this morning, my lady caught a few dinks and two pretty nice little bass.

We did have a scare last night. Took the crew out to a nearby boat ramp for some night fishing with lightup bobbers. Round midnight my daughter mentions, "it sure is getting foggy out here..."
I pulled out my Mini-Mag LED to see just how foggy it was.
Our bobbers were only about 15-10 feet from the bank. And directly on the other side of our bobbers?
"Where'd that log come from? THOSE ARE EYES!"

I bet y'all'd never seen four folks set such a record grabbing their crap and getting the hell out of dodge. The kids were GONE before I got my bobber out the water.

~roflmao ~roflmao You mean you took the time to pick up your stuff before you took off running .  ;D

Quote from: SteelHorseCowboy on September 03, 2017, 01:41:44 PM
Get back to it? Lol, all it did was slow me down!
Caught a dink yesterday morning and this morning, my lady caught a few dinks and two pretty nice little bass.

We did have a scare last night. Took the crew out to a nearby boat ramp for some night fishing with lightup bobbers. Round midnight my daughter mentions, "it sure is getting foggy out here..."
I pulled out my Mini-Mag LED to see just how foggy it was.
Our bobbers were only about 15-10 feet from the bank. And directly on the other side of our bobbers?
"Where'd that log come from? THOSE ARE EYES!"

I bet y'all'd never seen four folks set such a record grabbing their crap and getting the hell out of dodge. The kids were GONE before I got my bobber out the water.

Gators sure have a way to sneak up on you. Fortunately you signed your mag light when you did.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 03, 2017, 12:40:50 PM
Yeah... I'm not in the $$ position right now so I don't have a problem closing the door on the bait monkey's face. Now when it comes to safety... I had to spend the $$ on those tires.

Yelp your safety comes before the monkey. He don't mind cause he knows that he will get you sooner or later. lo lo

Quote from: Lipripper on September 03, 2017, 01:57:48 PM
Yelp your safety comes before the monkey. He don't mind cause he knows that he will get you sooner or later. lo lo

Lol... That he will Lip. No doubt.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 03, 2017, 02:01:00 PM
Lol... That he will Lip. No doubt.

He get me for a whole $10.55 the other day on Monster Fishing Tackle. ~shade I get my $40 gift card number in my email and spent $10.55 on some more stuff so I wouldn't have to pay for shipping.  ;D

Been busy installing solar and stuff on the RV. Day 3 was today of 5 in a row off work. But I'm working at the house.. lol

Quote from: Lipripper on September 03, 2017, 01:49:17 PM
~roflmao ~roflmao You mean you took the time to pick up your stuff before you took off running .  ;D

Well when you put it that way... may not have been my brightest moment.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 03, 2017, 01:54:04 PM
Gators sure have a way to sneak up on you. Fortunately you signed your mag light when you did.

They sure do. Last close encounter I had with one was a small one that'd gotten curious. He was sitting just a few feet away in the water, about my 8 o'clock position, when I got ready to paddle my pirogue back to the bank after fishing a dead spot for about an hour. I didn't notice him until I almost smacked him in the head with the paddle. Scared the hell outta both of us. Only about 3' long, but I swear in those moments of splashing and cussing, he was every bit of 30 feet.

They are curious critters. That's probably all there was to it the other night, just wanted to see what the flashy thingies were.

The youngest asked me "is there ANY place we can fish around here that ain't got gators?"
I told him, "Boy, around here if you spit on the ground and come back the next day you'll find a gator trying to swim in it."

Some days I swear they're almost as thick as skeeters. Going to get a hunting license soon and may get a couple tags for gator sometime.

When I was a kid my grandparents lived on the Little Manatee river. Every year there there were a couple that would get a little too comfortable around people and would get a sudden case of lead poisoning followed by a crisco bath.   The     big lizards don't seem to hang around my house very long either. I don't know why.....


Sent from the end of the paved road.....

She finally made it (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170904/f23d3d9dd1be2a82a06662e2efb391f5.jpg)


Sent from the end of the paved road.....

Quote from: West6550 on September 03, 2017, 09:30:14 PM
Been busy installing solar and stuff on the RV. Day 3 was today of 5 in a row off work. But I'm working at the house.. lol

You mean Stacy was busy washing the top of the RV and you was hiding under it to ge tout of work and she sprayed you with the water hose.  lo lo

Quote from: Fishindaddy on September 04, 2017, 07:20:29 AM
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Looks great rod FD  ~c~

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Looks sweet Lee! Where the heck are the pics of the rest of it??? Don't hold out on us man!
Looks like you're going to have to do more frog fishing now.  ~bb

Looks very nice Lee, hope you enjoy the heck out of it.

Quote from: SteelHorseCowboy on September 03, 2017, 01:41:44 PM
Get back to it? Lol, all it did was slow me down!
Caught a dink yesterday morning and this morning, my lady caught a few dinks and two pretty nice little bass.

We did have a scare last night. Took the crew out to a nearby boat ramp for some night fishing with lightup bobbers. Round midnight my daughter mentions, "it sure is getting foggy out here..."
I pulled out my Mini-Mag LED to see just how foggy it was.
Our bobbers were only about 15-10 feet from the bank. And directly on the other side of our bobbers?
"Where'd that log come from? THOSE ARE EYES!"

I bet y'all'd never seen four folks set such a record grabbing their crap and getting the hell out of dodge. The kids were GONE before I got my bobber out the water.

I've had a lot of respect for those creatures, but after my last confrontation with one of them, respect has turned to fear. When you are on your jon boat deck and a gator comes up from the bottom of the canal right next to the gunwale, nice and slow with its mouth wide open, and chomps at you...you learn to fear those things lol.

She looks nice Lee! I hope you like it!!

Lip why did you have to tell my secrets lol.

About the gator, I bet it was the light up bobbers, I was fishing with them years ago off a dock. The bobber started moving slowly away.. then went less bright but wasn't under the water. We had a 3 footer that was attacking them lol

Once, years ago, my buddy and I pulled his Gheenoe up to a nest with about an 8' momma and her hatchlings. You'd think the mom would have been aggressive with us and defended the nest, but she just swam off, leaving us to play with the 6" babies. It was fun, they're kinda cute when they're that small.

Having been scared often enough by them lately, my feelings have turned to a guarded indifference. I still don't like surprises. Except for the one that tried to chase me down on dry land this past mother's day, they haven't paid me much mind beyond coming by just to see what kind of shenanigans I'm up to.
But, their teeth are bigger than mine, they're faster than me in the water, dang near faster on land, so I still give them as wide a berth as practical and keep a wary eye on them whenever I see one.

Quote from: Deadeye on September 02, 2017, 08:24:05 PM
Hey guys what's up?


This job sure keeps me hopping and worn out when I get home! At least it only lasts for about 4 months or so. I am hoping to get out and fish tomorrow morning for a few hours.

Next week I'm heading out to Mobile AL on Monday then building 4 stores in 4 days and coming home from somewhere in LA on Saturday.

Talk about throwing this old man into the fire! After being retired and not working for 5 years to busting it 45-55 hours a week or more is quite a change. Depending on how things pan out I might consider doing it again next year or just find a PT Job working 3 days a week all year long. Both have their advantages.

Heck of a Job on winning last month Tress, and a great start to this month.

After things get back to normal we need to get together, we're not that far apart.

Hey, Fred. Sorry I didn't reply right away. Yes, let's definitely get together soon.

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Fished tamiami trail today for a couple of hours. Keeping an eye on some thunderstorm to the west. Couldn't get to the area I like with more vegetation because of it. All I could manage today was this little fella

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Rick that better than not catching anything. ;D

Quote from: Lipripper on September 04, 2017, 06:15:15 PM
Rick that better than not catching anything. ;D

Very true

Besides I don't want to have to make out another one of them Skunk Diplomas with your name on it.  ;D

Quote from: Lipripper on September 04, 2017, 06:22:52 PM
Besides I don't want to have to make out another one of them Skunk Diplomas with your name on it.  ;D

Yeah I've had enough of those for one summer. Thanks Lip lol

Just want to wish every stay safe because it looks like the hurricane is on a collision course with us


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Quote from: rchiuz on September 05, 2017, 12:42:51 PM
Just want to wish every stay safe because it looks like the hurricane is on a collision course with us


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I've been watching this and pray that it don't hit y'all head on. A Cat 5 is nothing to joke about so if they say to get out just do it . If not do everything you can to survive after it has passed.

Quote from: Lipripper on September 05, 2017, 01:34:31 PM
I've been watching this and pray that it don't hit y'all head on. A Cat 5 is nothing to joke about so if they say to get out just do it . If not do everything you can to survive after it has passed.

I will be watching the advisories today, tomorrow's advisories are going to really tell us the what's really going to happen. Nonetheless we are going to be impacted somehow. How bad? We will see soon enough.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 05, 2017, 02:26:47 PM
I will be watching the advisories today, tomorrow's advisories are going to really tell us the what's really going to happen. Nonetheless we are going to be impacted somehow. How bad? We will see soon enough.

I hear you Lou just keep your eye on the advisories and prepare ahead of time and leave if they tell you too and you should be OK.

Quote from: Lipripper on September 05, 2017, 04:23:36 PM
I hear you Lou just keep your eye on the advisories and prepare ahead of time and leave if they tell you too and you should be OK.

I'm inland Lip. The Keys have been told to evacuate, and Miami Bch may be ordered to do the same by tomorrow. Schools are closed after tomorrow. Next few days are going to be intense and no one is taking this storm lightly. The entire state FL is going to be effected.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 05, 2017, 04:27:53 PM
I'm inland Lip. The Keys have been told to evacuate, and Miami Bch may be ordered to do the same by tomorrow. Schools are closed after tomorrow. Next few days are going to be intense and no one is taking this storm lightly. The entire state FL is going to be effected.

Good to know your inland but like you said the whole state is going to be effected somehow. Will just have to keep an eye on it to see which way it goes before y'all will know just how much of an effect it will have on you.

Hey gang... I just wanted to wish all of you spread across the state, much luck. We are all going to be effected by this storm in some way or another. Be safe through out this  process.

We did a little prepping. Picked up lawn items and such. Got some water, food, filled the truck up. Gonna fill the RV water tank and bath tubs and washing machine for potable water like flushing the toilets and such. We are on city water so hopefully we won't have to worry like Charlie when the family well was useless without power. We also have a generator that runs on propane tied into our house. So we will have power, at least for a little while. The stove and hot water heater run off gas also so we can cook.

Now two days of work and more prepping on Friday.

Oh and grab some cash guys. So you can buy gas and stuff if the debit machines are down.

Stay safe everyone!

Bought gas and water, also looking to book a room somewhere in Georgia that is refundable. Good idea on the cash thing too. Also, part of my prep is to fish Thursday. You know how the bite picks up before a big storm!

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All of you in south Florida be safe. Looking now like just a little wind and rain for Tampa. I'm going to try and fish Saturday and/or Sunday and see if the approaching weather turns them on. I bought water, charcoal, batteries, propane and camping food (viennas, saltines, spam, chips, etc...) last Saturday ahead of the rush so I'm good to go should it get nasty.

If any of you end up in Tampa area, let me know. I can offer you shelter, food and beer.

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 06, 2017, 06:24:31 PM
All of you in south Florida be safe. Looking now like just a little wind and rain for Tampa. I'm going to try and fish Saturday and/or Sunday and see if the approaching weather turns them on. I bought water, charcoal, batteries, propane and camping food (viennas, saltines, spam, chips, etc...) last Saturday ahead of the rush so I'm good to go should it get nasty.

If any of you end up in Tampa area, let me know. I can offer you shelter, food and beer.

Thanks Barry!! Mighty kind of you. Best of luck fishing. I'm jealous!! I have always wanted to fish before a big storm, but this storm requires all hands on deck.  ~bb ~bb

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Well out work trip we cut short. We were in Baton Rouge LA when they wanted us to stay another day and do the 3rd store before heading the 11+ hr drive home, oh and home we get there in time to take care of our homes.

The Boss told them he wasn't happy about that so they told us to finish this store and head home. We made it to Tallahassee when we pulled in for the night at 1:30 am. Got up ready to leave at 9 and they called while we were leaving and wanted to know where we were. They had decided to have us bring some plywood back to Orlando in case it was needed.

4 hours later we had a rented trailer and 44 sheets of plywood loaded and were on our way.

Got in kind of late last night and had some trouble getting gas on the way home but made it. I got my boards up today and everything else we needed to hold us over should we loose power, which we have before with these.  One of them we were out of power for a week.

Not sure if we are working to prep stores tomorrow or not.

Right now the UPdate says the center will hit us just east of Key West as a Cat 5, then again below Tampa as a Cat 4. Then will cross the state west of Orlando sort of following I-75. However the strongest winds and rains are on the Right Side of the storm and that is where we will be. supposed to hit 75-100 mph wind gusts.

Hope all you are ready, stay safe.

Fred glad y'all made it home in time ot get all the work y'all had to do to get ready for Irma and will keep all of y'all down there in my thoughts and prayers. Check in when you can and let us know your still hanging on.

Hope everyone is safe and prepared. Tampa is not the place to come as of the latest forecast. Was going to fish this morning but winds are too high (15mph). Going to spend the day boarding up the house. Going to be a long next 48 hours!

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 09, 2017, 06:05:31 AM
Hope everyone is safe and prepared. Tampa is not the place to come as of the latest forecast. Was going to fish this morning but winds are too high (15mph). Going to spend the day boarding up the house. Going to be a long next 48 hours!

You and the family be safe Barry.

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 09, 2017, 06:05:31 AM
Hope everyone is safe and prepared. Tampa is not the place to come as of the latest forecast. Was going to fish this morning but winds are too high (15mph). Going to spend the day boarding up the house. Going to be a long next 48 hours!

Yeah it sure is. We went through it down here already, now we just sit and wait. You guys now need to get your prepping done. Hope you all stay safe.

All of y'all be safe down there and Rick I saw on the weather map where that band of the storm was going through your area down they just keep being safe and will keep all of y'all in my thoughts and prayers.

Quote from: Lipripper on September 09, 2017, 08:42:12 AM
All of y'all be safe down there and Rick I saw on the weather map where that band of the storm was going through your area down they just keep being safe and will keep all of y'all in my thoughts and prayers.

Yeah the band came by, we got some rain and wind. It's calm now though. We are going to get some more of those bands as it gets closer.

Lou, Rick, the rest of Miami crew. It's looking like you guys are getting slightly spared...not to downplay it, and I'm sure you will be getting some serious conditions, but at least not the full brunt. If you have time, we'd love to hear any updates as the storm passes by.
Barry, and the rest of the SW crew, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 09, 2017, 10:03:32 AM
Lou, Rick, the rest of Miami crew. It's looking like you guys are getting slightly spared...not to downplay it, and I'm sure you will be getting some serious conditions, but at least not the full brunt. If you have time, we'd love to hear any updates as the storm passes by.
Barry, and the rest of the SW crew, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

So far it looks like the Miami area was spared from a direct hit compared to 24 hours ago. We are staying vigilant but the majority of the models have the storm going through the Gulf side. Anyway you dice it, many FL UB members are going to be severely effected by this storm in the next 12 to 24 hours. I will stay in touch as long as I can. Thanks for following up Tress.

Thanks for the updates Lou and like Tress I will be watch to see how y'all are doing.

Hey guys. Just wanted wish everyone the best through this whole ordeal. I hope you all have made the proper arrangements whether evacuating or not. Stay safe!

Thanks bud, you too!!

House is all boarded up. Watching football and waiting on the inevitable. Greatly appreciate the well wishes and I'll check back in tomorrow.

-Barry-

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 09, 2017, 08:57:44 PM
House is all boarded up. Watching football and waiting on the inevitable. Greatly appreciate the well wishes and I'll check back in tomorrow.

-Barry-

Barry.. my thoughts are with you and our FL  West coast UB brothers. May all of you and your families be safe.

Leave it to me to book something in the path of the hurricane. We reserved a condo (not rich, got a Groupon deal lol) in Panama City Beach on Weds based on the projected path at the time, which of course all the experts said a West coast track was unlikely. Doh!

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Quote from: cport on September 10, 2017, 12:32:38 AM
Leave it to me to book something in the path of the hurricane. We reserved a condo (not rich, got a Groupon deal lol) in Panama City Beach on Weds based on the projected path at the time, which of course all the experts said a West coast track was unlikely. Doh!

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Don't feel bad, A lot of people did. A few coworkers went to Tampa and Orlando.



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This is torture! Beautiful lake at the resort, I can look down from my room and see bass, and since I converted to one piece rods in my arsenal, I couldn't fit them in our vehicles when we evacuated! Even during a hurricane, the stupid monkey is tapping my shoulder whispering, "Travel rods, cport, travel rods."

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I hope it keep going west. Right now we are projected to be just outside the worst winds, but we will see. We are bunkered in and waiting.

Quote from: cport on September 10, 2017, 08:18:09 AM
This is torture! Beautiful lake at the resort, I can look down from my room and see bass, and since I converted to one piece rods in my arsenal, I couldn't fit them in our vehicles when we evacuated! Even during a hurricane, the stupid monkey is tapping my shoulder whispering, "Travel rods, cport, travel rods."

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You mean you don't have one of them Ronco-Pocket-Fisherman  lo lo Glad your OK West and Rick and cport. We just need to hear from the rest of y'all down there with an update as soon as you can.

Cport, Head to Walmart for some "emergency supplies"

Quote from: FlatsNBay on September 10, 2017, 10:13:59 AM
Cport, Head to Walmart for some "emergency supplies"

Lol I'm there now, as I read this. We're getting plenty of the essentials: Guinness, Sierra Nevada, and some grapefruit shandy and sangria for the ladies

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Hi gang!! Has anyone heard from Barry or Adam?

No damage never lost electricity all is good slept through most of it I guess boarding up muffled the wind wasn't too bad

-Barry-

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 11, 2017, 08:26:16 AM
No damage never lost electricity all is good slept through most of it I guess boarding up muffled the wind wasn't too bad

-Barry-

Barry glad you dogged the bullet on this one  ~sweat

Hope everyone stays safe and a speedy recovery on clean up.


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Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 11, 2017, 08:26:16 AM
No damage never lost electricity all is good slept through most of it I guess boarding up muffled the wind wasn't too bad

-Barry-

Barry, glad to hear you are ok.

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Lost power around 3 am, no telling when we'll get it back

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Best wishes Tress. We got lucky and Irma stayed to the east of us. Jacksonville got that Northeast quadrant.

-Barry-

Thanks Barry

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Sorry to hear Jax got hit hard Tress. Glad you are ok.

Barry, Roberto, Tress and everyone else I hadn't heard from it's good to see you guys are ok.

Glad to see all of y'all made it through the storm without any major damage or injuries.  ~c~ ~c~  Hope the cleanup goes smooth and everyone get the power back on. How long you think it will take before the fishing gets back to normal down there?

Quote from: Lipripper on September 12, 2017, 08:24:40 AM
Glad to see all of y'all made it through the storm without any major damage or injuries.  ~c~ ~c~  Hope the cleanup goes smooth and everyone get the power back on. How long you think it will take before the fishing gets back to normal down there?

As bad as "nomal" has been, hopefully  never...

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Quote from: Tressbasser on September 12, 2017, 01:06:25 PM
As bad as "nomal" has been, hopefully  never...

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I know the fishing has been tuff down there lately but was just wondering how much this storm was going to mess it up even more.

Fished Hillsborough from 9 till noon just to unwind from the storm. Caught 3, measured 1. Water has been pulled down for Irma. Which is good for fishing, and bad for launching. In the attached picture of me loading, normal pool is bottom of the rail board on the dock. Anyway, going back early tomorrow since work is essential personnel only and I'm not.

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-Barry-

At least one of us is out there fishing. Good luck tomorrow Barry. Enjoy the outing!!

That is a little low Berry and glad you caught some fish and good luck out there tomorrow. They don't think your essential personnel ~shade

Quote from: Lipripper on September 12, 2017, 04:53:13 PM
That is a little low Berry and glad you caught some fish and good luck out there tomorrow. They don't think your essential personnel ~shade

Definitely not essential. I'm retired Navy and work as a contractor at US Special  Operations Command. Only the guys still in uniform are essential.

-Barry-

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 12, 2017, 05:59:45 PM
Definitely not essential. I'm retired Navy and work as a contractor at US Special  Operations Command. Only the guys still in uniform are essential.

-Barry-

My older brother retired from the Navy also.

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 12, 2017, 05:59:45 PM
Definitely not essential. I'm retired Navy and work as a contractor at US Special  Operations Command. Only the guys still in uniform are essential.

-Barry-

I spent 4 years in building 1066 behind the BX and was never essential, I was mostly tolerated...


Sent from the end of the paved road.....

Quote from: Fishindaddy on September 12, 2017, 08:45:31 PM
I spent 4 years in building 1066 behind the BX and was never essential, I was mostly tolerated...


Sent from the end of the paved road.....

LOL. I hear ya.

I have such bad cabin fever. Are all the parks pretty much closed?


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Quote from: rchiuz on September 13, 2017, 04:21:22 AM
I have such bad cabin fever. Are all the parks pretty much closed?


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Is tropical closed? I haven't noticed the gates. I'll have to check on my way back home today if anything.

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 13, 2017, 06:52:19 AM
Is tropical closed? I haven't noticed the gates. I'll have to check on my way back home today if anything.

Cool, let me know. Haven't been wanting to waste gas on going and seeing them being closed


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Okay fished the river this morning only caught one.  Water came up a foot-and-a-half overnight. I'm sure the fish are confused.

-Barry-

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 13, 2017, 01:42:24 PM
Okay fished the river this morning only caught one.  Water came up a foot-and-a-half overnight. I'm sure the fish are confused.

-Barry-

At least you caught one and didn't get skunked. I bet them fish are confused with what's going on right now.

Fished Weston tonight for about an hour.  Caught five bass in the 12 to 14 inch size.  The one good thing about the storm is it tore up and blew all the the thick surface weeds and the lakes are back to a normal surface look.  Water is up about a foot from normal pool.  It was good to cast a bait after almost a week off.  I almost felt back to normal, at least for a little while. ???

Quote from: big g on September 13, 2017, 06:38:51 PM
Fished Weston tonight for about an hour.  Caught five bass in the 12 to 14 inch size.  The one good thing about the storm is it tore up and blew all the the thick surface weeds and the lakes are back to a normal surface look.  Water is up about a foot from normal pool.  It was good to cast a bait after almost a week off.  I almost felt back to normal, at least for a little while. ???

Thanks for the report and glad you caught some fish. ~c~ ~c~

I fished the dock a few times in the past few days, before and after the storm. No luck.

Most the vegetation was ripped out and blown onto shore. Our dock had a piece broke off. The neighbors new dock and some others on the lake are all destroyed so I am definitely grateful. Or house has roof damage and we tarpped it. Might need some new drywall in the ceiling in a few rooms and some matting and shingles.

RV and vehicles had no issue. Small part of the fence broke and hit the RV, just a small dent. I already fixed the fence.


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The plywood was showing behind the tree, sorry no good picture.
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The last pic is the new dock missing the screen. To the left of it had a walled room on the end of the dock.. as you can see it is missing, the roof was on the shore.

Hey West, glad to hear you guys are ok.

Quote from: j102 on September 13, 2017, 08:51:31 PM
Hey West, glad to hear you guys are ok.

Me too, we are very happy it isn't worse. The worst part is the $ and that it will delay our RV travels. It is just stuff, we are fine and lots more who are way worse.

Finally got home last night, when to check on my boat, and was happy that it suffered no damage. But I was floored by how high the water level was in previously low low Orange Lake.  My pontoon boat almost hit the roof of the dock! I took some pics the next day. Now, if only those infamous Orange Lake floating islands weren't blocking me in, I could see if the water level has helped the bass fishing. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170914/d659c3906590f9b01551d148f30fb7f6.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170914/7eaf04b756d390ca4bc2cdb8a8b7d713.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170914/bd4ecdc45a53b896a9bbc77555f4c7e3.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170914/b79318c3fc6eeebae30ff0f3ded47cd9.jpg)

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Omg Cport!! I would be frogging the heck out of that!! Lol

Especially the brush on the left side of that dock!! Not that I'm giving you hints or anything.

Shut it Lou! Stop helping other people! You're supposed to only tell me what brush on what side of the dock to throw a frog lol.  ~roflmao

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 15, 2017, 07:07:37 AM
Shut it Lou! Stop helping other people! You're supposed to only tell me what brush on what side of the dock to throw a frog lol.  ~roflmao

Lol... what? I only mentioned that one area, looking at the pics there are few more locations but I kept quiet... you my friend have been spoiled frog fishing with me....  ~roflmao

lol that's ok you don't tell me anything anyways anymore ever since I started making casts you would make before you make them  ~shade

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 14, 2017, 07:14:35 PM
Omg Cport!! I would be frogging the heck out of that!! Lol

My thought also and I see spots all over the place. ~c~ ~c~

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 15, 2017, 09:04:47 AM
lol that's ok you don't tell me anything anyways anymore ever since I started making casts you would make before you make them  ~shade

Yeah... at this stage of the game with you I just observe. If we can get those fish to stay on the hook however you will be set!!  ~b~

I need sharper hooks. lol

Nice! Our water level is way up as well around the dock again, we needed it!

Quote from: West6550 on September 15, 2017, 10:56:48 AM
Nice! Our water level is way up as well around the dock again, we needed it!

From the pictures you posted you did need some more water in there. Oh and what's the story on the roof you going to be able to just replace the bad spots?

Still waiting on the roofer to take a look.

Quote from: West6550 on September 15, 2017, 12:27:01 PM
Still waiting on the roofer to take a look.

I could see where the roofers would be very busy now.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 14, 2017, 07:15:26 PM
Especially the brush on the left side of that dock!! Not that I'm giving you hints or anything.

Went out and threw the frog, quite a few hits, all gar, even lost the legs again. Then a couple young gators showed up and it was keep away after that

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Quote from: cport on September 15, 2017, 03:46:31 PM
Went out and threw the frog, quite a few hits, all gar, even lost the legs again. Then a couple young gators showed up and it was keep away after that

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So you saying you got skunked.  ~shade

Quote from: Lipripper on September 15, 2017, 03:48:10 PM
So you saying you got skunked.  ~shade

Dude, thats harsh!  :'( I was only there 30 minutes.  :P

Quote from: cport on September 15, 2017, 03:52:54 PM
Dude, thats harsh!  :'( I was only there 30 minutes.  :P

Well you had a fishing pole in your hand and was casting baits into the water but didn't catch anything so this is yours.  ;D
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Next time I'm gonna be a true fisherman, LIE LIE LIE

Quote from: cport on September 15, 2017, 04:09:57 PM
Next time I'm gonna be a true fisherman, LIE LIE LIE

lo lo Take some night crawlers with you and catch a Bluegill and that would count as catching a fish and no skunk. lo lo

Quote from: cport on September 15, 2017, 04:09:57 PM
Next time I'm gonna be a true fisherman, LIE LIE LIE

Lol!! Busted.
Two things are going to happen now. We are going to lie or not report when we go fishing and get skunked to avoid the "skunk" diploma... lmao... Besides I got all you guys beat with those diplomas I just don't report when I get skunked.... rotfl!

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Quote from: Bassinlou on September 15, 2017, 04:28:30 PM
Lol!! Busted.
Two things are going to happen now. We are going to lie or not report when we go fishing and get skunked to avoid the "skunk" diploma... lmao... Besides I got all you guys beat with those diplomas I just don't report when I get skunked.... rotfl!

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lo lo That's awesome! ~roflmao

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 15, 2017, 04:28:30 PM
Lol!! Busted.
Two things are going to happen now. We are going to lie or not report when we go fishing and get skunked to avoid the "skunk" diploma... lmao... Besides I got all you guys beat with those diplomas I just don't report when I get skunked.... rotfl!

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I wouldn't want y'all to not report your day of fishing either good or bad so I will pull the plug on my printing press.  ~shade


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Quote from: Lipripper on September 15, 2017, 05:35:53 PM
I wouldn't want y'all to not report your day of fishing either good or bad so I will pull the plug on my printing press.  ~shade


Not

LOLOL

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Quote from: Lipripper on September 15, 2017, 05:35:53 PM
I wouldn't want y'all to not report your day of fishing either good or bad so I will pull the plug on my printing press.  ~shade


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The Master of Skunks certificate is what keeps people motivated. It's an accomplishment!

Quote from: j102 on September 15, 2017, 06:09:53 PM
The Master of Skunks certificate is what keeps people motivated. It's an accomplishment!

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Your Skunk award is what keeps me from coming home after 2 or 3 hours of no fish. Then I start targeting the baby bass that are hanging out by my feet just to get rid of the skunk.

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 15, 2017, 07:21:45 PM
Your Skunk award is what keeps me from coming home after 2 or 3 hours of no fish. Then I start targeting the baby bass that are hanging out by my feet just to get rid of the skunk.

lo lo Thanks Rick

yea you owe me a couple dozen

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Quote from: Captsteve on September 16, 2017, 01:56:46 AM
yea you owe me a couple dozen

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Steve that was before I became a Professor of Skunkoilogy and get my degree which made them legal.  lo lo

Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 07:38:10 AM
Steve that was before I became a Professor of Skunkoilogy and get my degree which made them legal.  lo lo

We provided Lip with an accelerated Ph D. track with an Internship program this summer and his education payed off....  ~roflmao ~roflmao

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 16, 2017, 07:47:35 AM
We provided Lip with an accelerated Ph D. track with an Internship program this summer and his education payed off....  ~roflmao ~roflmao

I can speed read too.  lo lo Heck I needed something to do when I couldn't be out fishing.  :)

Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 07:57:03 AM
I can speed read too.  lo lo Heck I needed something to do when I couldn't be out fishing.  :)

You took advantage of our skunkology on-line courses.  lo lo

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 16, 2017, 08:22:49 AM
You took advantage of our skunkology on-line courses.  lo lo

Yelp I took the accelerated classes  ;D I also took the course on (https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2Fxq90%2F922%2FCMIKl3.jpg&hash=27a8197e0666889cf0bed309141d89e16f77163e) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmCMIKl3j) violations and also the one on (https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2Fxq90%2F923%2FIkQVKK.jpg&hash=8a0b70bef830e1f84cc855672c30b2e6182e4b37) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnIkQVKKj) heck remember I was laid up for a long time.  lo lo

Everyone gets skunked from time to time. I just keep my mouth shut. ~shhh

Related, I still can't bring myself to measure dinks (less than 12in). I know I should because, like MLF, every fish counts.

Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 08:45:35 AM
Yelp I took the accelerated classes  ;D I also took the course on (https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2Fxq90%2F922%2FCMIKl3.jpg&hash=27a8197e0666889cf0bed309141d89e16f77163e) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmCMIKl3j) violations and also the one on (https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2Fxq90%2F923%2FIkQVKK.jpg&hash=8a0b70bef830e1f84cc855672c30b2e6182e4b37) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnIkQVKKj) heck remember I was laid up for a long time.  lo lo

Wow Lip... you also took advantage of the Electives program... lol!!

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Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 16, 2017, 08:48:24 AM
Everyone gets skunked from time to time. I just keep my mouth shut. ~shhh

Related, I still can't bring myself to measure dinks (less than 12in). I know I should because, like MLF, every fish counts.

Over time Barry my standards changed...lol before my minimum was 15" and then I got into a bad rut and 15" became a decent catch... Lol!! So now, if it's 12", I will take a pic of it. Times have changed... :(

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Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 16, 2017, 08:48:24 AM
Everyone gets skunked from time to time. I just keep my mouth shut. ~shhh

Related, I still can't bring myself to measure dinks (less than 12in). I know I should because, like MLF, every fish counts.

Berry you can post your skunks now I cut the cord on my printer, ;D

Quote from: Lipripper on September 15, 2017, 05:35:53 PM
I wouldn't want y'all to not report your day of fishing either good or bad so I will pull the plug on my printing press.  ~shade


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Quote from: Bassinlou on September 16, 2017, 08:51:22 AM
Wow Lip... you also took advantage of the Electives program... lol!!

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Yelp and I forgot to mention I'm also in charge of hading out (https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2Fxq90%2F923%2FELdDsk.jpg&hash=c848b07ff216a45e67d437e07783cba7f5eea669) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnELdDskj)

Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 09:39:36 AM
Yelp and I forgot to mention I'm also in charge of hading out (https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2Fxq90%2F923%2FELdDsk.jpg&hash=c848b07ff216a45e67d437e07783cba7f5eea669) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnELdDskj)

~roflmao....

I love that pic. We can hand those out when a thread gets out of hand.  :-* :-*

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 16, 2017, 09:44:39 AM
~roflmao....

I love that pic. We can hand those out when a thread gets out of hand.  :-* :-*

We can even customize them and make them personal  lo lo
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Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 09:48:30 AM
We can even customize them and make them personal  lo lo
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I like that!!

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You can trade tips Rick. Show Lou which tree is best to cast your lure to lol


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I truly LOL'd.

Lip, you can make me one of those diplomas. I get skunked all the time, but don't report on it. lol

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 16, 2017, 03:05:16 PM
Lip, you can make me one of those diplomas. I get skunked all the time, but don't report on it. lol

What month do you want it for.  lo lo

All of them

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Quote from: Tressbasser on September 16, 2017, 04:00:23 PM
All of them

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That might take a spell so let me fire up the press and get started.  ;D

It took me a while and several days of  skunkings ( if that's even a word... Lol) but I finally caught a fish. It was the only fish in my last 4 bank fishing outings. She slammed a spinnerbait right along the bank less than 6ft from where I was standing.
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Quote from: Bassinlou on September 16, 2017, 06:13:56 PM
It took me a while and several days of  skunkings ( if that's even a word... Lol) but I finally caught a fish. It was the only fish in my last 4 bank fishing outings. She slammed a spinnerbait right along the bank less than 6ft from where I was standing.
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That's a nice looking Bass Lou  ~c~ ~c~ So were them Skunkings from this month or last or both.  ~shade  lo lo
OK tress I got you all skunked up  lo lo

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 16, 2017, 03:05:16 PM
Lip, you can make me one of those diplomas. I get skunked all the time, but don't report on it. lol

Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 03:53:29 PM
What month do you want it for.  lo lo

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 16, 2017, 04:00:23 PM
All of them

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Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 06:22:55 PM
That's a nice looking Bass Lou  ~c~ ~c~ So were them Skunkings from this month or last or both.  ~shade  lo lo
OK tress I got you all skunked up  lo lo

Lets just say I had perfect skunk attendance all summer!!  ~roflmao

And last but not least  lo lo
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Quote from: Bassinlou on September 16, 2017, 06:43:33 PM
Lets just say I had perfect skunk attendance all summer!!  ~roflmao

What month did summer start. lo lo

Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 06:46:18 PM
What month did summer start. lo lo

Everything went down hill a little after June started... lol!! After Matt and I caught the 100 fish, the fish Gods punished me all summer....  :( ... why?!?!  :'(

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 16, 2017, 06:50:59 PM
Everything went down hill a little after June started... lol!! After Matt and I caught the 100 fish, the fish Gods punished me all summer....  :( ... why?!?!  :'(

Why did they punish you we will never know but you caught a nice one to day to get started back up again. ~c~ ~c~

Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 06:55:03 PM
Why did they punish you we will never know but you caught a nice one to day to get started back up again. ~c~ ~c~

Thanks Lip, I did pretty good earlier this month on Okeechobee, let's see what the fall brings.

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Nice catch Lou!

I have been seeing this all over you tube so I thought I would ask.

What are your top 5 lures for the fall?



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Quote from: rchiuz on September 16, 2017, 08:34:51 PM
Nice catch Lou!

I have been seeing this all over you tube so I thought I would ask.

What are your top 5 lures for the fall?



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My lures do not change too much  through out the year. I will say, in the winter months I focus on jig fishing a little more.

We have a fall season?

I thought we had Summer, Summer, Summer, Mostly Summer with 4 days of winter sprinkled in.

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 16, 2017, 09:02:34 PM
We have a fall season?

I thought we had Summer, Summer, Summer, Mostly Summer with 4 days of winter sprinkled in.

Lol... well, on those 4 days of winter I throw the jig. Lmao!!

Lol


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Quote from: Lipripper on September 16, 2017, 07:38:10 AM
Steve that was before I became a Professor of Skunkoilogy and get my degree which made them legal.  lo lo

lmao

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Lip put away the skunk award I caught one lol

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Quote from: rickdelprado on September 17, 2017, 12:28:46 PM
Lip put away the skunk award I caught one lol

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I saw that Rick  lo lo

Beside I unplugged my printing press. Didn't you see the memo? ;D

Quote from: Lipripper on September 15, 2017, 05:35:53 PM
I wouldn't want y'all to not report your day of fishing either good or bad so I will pull the plug on my printing press.  ~shade


Not

I went fishing today at the same area I went to yesterday and the water dropped at least a foot. Unfortunately I skunked on catching a bass, but I was fortunate enough to catch myself a big Jag that was just shy of the state record.

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Quote from: Bassinlou on September 17, 2017, 05:42:24 PM
I went fishing today at the same area I went to yesterday and the water dropped at least a foot. Unfortunately I skunked on catching a bass, but I was fortunate enough to catch myself a big Jag that was just shy of the state record.

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WOW Lou that's a big Jag for sure  :shocking: ~c~ Does that count as not getting skunked.  lo lo

Quote from: Lipripper on September 17, 2017, 05:45:35 PM
WOW Lou that's a big Jag for sure  :shocking: ~c~ Does that count as not getting skunked.  lo lo

You are the judge of that Lip!! Lol!!

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 17, 2017, 05:51:57 PM
You are the judge of that Lip!! Lol!!

Well since I missed all them other skunks and my printing press is still warm from the one I just printed for
topdsm0138 here ya go  lo lo

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Oh and before anyone says anything I didn't break my word to not print anymore skunk diplomas read the fine print down at the bottom  ;D

Quote from: Lipripper on September 15, 2017, 05:35:53 PM
I wouldn't want y'all to not report your day of fishing either good or bad so I will pull the plug on my printing press.  ~shade


Not

Quote from: Lipripper on September 17, 2017, 06:19:55 PM
Oh and before anyone says anything I didn't break my word to not print anymore skunk diplomas read the fine print down at the bottom  ;D

Don't sweat that Lip... I think guys would purposely skunk just to get a diploma from you Lip!!  ~c~

Awesome Jag Lou!!

Pssh I haven't caught a fish since the last one I posted lol

I haven't been fishing much though with the channel and OT at work.

Roof said best to replace but it could be patched. They put mat over a few spots till they fix it for free. Great guys. I tipped them for the honesty and free help.

We have dry wall that needs replaced on the ceiling and mold in the pantry.

Looks like.it might be over our deductible.. not sure yet. Ugh..

Quote from: West6550 on September 17, 2017, 08:32:56 PM
Awesome Jag Lou!!

Pssh I haven't caught a fish since the last one I posted lol

I haven't been fishing much though with the channel and OT at work.

Roof said best to replace but it could be patched. They put mat over a few spots till they fix it for free. Great guys. I tipped them for the honesty and free help.

We have dry wall that needs replaced on the ceiling and mold in the pantry.

Looks like.it might be over our deductible.. not sure yet. Ugh..

Thanks West. Sorry to hear the hurricane set you guys back a bit. You will be fishing for a couple of days soon enough... ;)

3 days of fishing, post Irma. 0 fish. Diploma please.

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Say it ain't so Tress! Try some night time bassin. Went out tonite (now it is this morning) and caught 6, posted 4 that were more than 12 inches. Caught them all on a weightless black/blue laminate Yum! dinger t-rigged and weightless except the first two I caught were on a dark blue creature-craw fished the same way, but I lost my last bait on the second one and switched to the dinger. They were hungry, hooked two of them deeper in the mouth than usual, none on the lips. The biggest was a little more than 16 inches. Solid fish, good fight. In fact, all were really good battlers except for a 14 that was real sick looking.

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Well I did something yesterday that must have resulted in my back having a fit. It's decided to spasm since late last night after tightening up earlier in the evening. This morning I woke up with knife stabbing pain in my lower back. Time to ibprofen , apply some anti inflammatory cream and rest.
Haven't had these in a while.  I guess that's my body reminding me I've got 3 herniated disks.




Lou nice jag! I think that counts even though it isn't a bass. You technically didn't skunk lol

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 18, 2017, 07:12:07 AM
Well I did something yesterday that must have resulted in my back having a fit. It's decided to spasm since late last night after tightening up earlier in the evening. This morning I woke up with knife stabbing pain in my lower back. Time to ibprofen , apply some anti inflammatory cream and rest.
Haven't had these in a while.  I guess that's my body reminding me I've got 3 herniated disks.




Lou nice jag! I think that counts even though it isn't a bass. You technically didn't skunk lol

Thanks Rick, sucks to hear about your back, hopefully your back will recuperate soon, the classic is right around the corner.  ;)

Rick sorry to hear about the back.  When the back acts up everything seems to go to hell.  Good luck, and plenty of rest. :-\

My lake looks like chocolate milk with a layer of scum on top. Not even going to try until this weekend.


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West sorry to hear about sorry to hear of all the damage and mold and bad dry wall and hope it don't go over your deductible very much.

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 17, 2017, 09:49:38 PM
3 days of fishing, post Irma. 0 fish. Diploma please.

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What dates do you want on them. I already gave you one for the month of September  lo lo but if you want  one for 3 different day no problem just let me know what days you want on them.  ;D

Posted on the BR Classic page. Anyone coming in Friday?

Quote from: West6550 on September 18, 2017, 11:39:10 PM
Posted on the BR Classic page. Anyone coming in Friday?

Rick and I are.

Quote from: West6550 on September 18, 2017, 11:39:10 PM
Posted on the BR Classic page. Anyone coming in Friday?

Also, Barry will be there on Thurs if I'm not mistaken

Okay good deal

Don't you hate it when rain runs you out and the fish are active... smh...

Fished the Swamp tonight from 5:30 till after dark. First cast, caught a dink on a Storm Arashi square bill. This stoked me, because I hadn't caught one on a crank in quite awhile. Kept throwing it, and added 6 more, including one that culled. Flipped one out of some bushes, then, moved back to the south end of the lake where I caught a bunch earlier this month. Same pattern, just before dark the bite turned on, and I was able to get 7 more throwing a tx rigged worm. Culled the previous fish, and got one more that culled as well. The debris line around the lake showed how high the water had been after Irma, but levels have returned to normal, and so has the fishing. Overall, it's been a slow month, and without this lake I'd have a terrible stringer. Still gonna be hard to get 100 this month, as I will be out of town from Friday till probably around Thursday next week.

Thanks for the report Tress and looks like I can unplug my printing press for now.  lo lo

Hit my pond today where I caught the six lber. Hot and sunny, water level was high but not as high as I expected. Irma blew away all the pond scum, yaay. Tossing a t rigged yum dinger in bream color, it's a pumpkin and blue laminate.
Tossed it into some weeds parallel to the bank, worked it over the top letting it drop into holes when pow a nice 14 incher crushed it, barely has to hook it myself, but of course I gave it a good second set. About ten casts later threw it out into the middle of the pond and let it fall. After an eight count line started tightening. Counted to three and crossed the eyes of a fighting 16 inch bassie. Hooked right in the top of the mouth, textbook. Had to go and pick up the yungins.
Culled one, added one, good trip.

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Details man details!

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Quote from: cport on September 20, 2017, 07:17:52 PM
Details man details!

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Details.... hmmm.... I caught it on Centipede. Lol!!

Wow you and tress are battling it out

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Quote from: cport on September 20, 2017, 07:17:52 PM
Details man details!

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Cport... the details aren't to technical. I'm fishing a finesse presentation. The bite happen to be hot today.

Looks like Tress and Lou are in a head to head battle for this month's lead. Close close close. Just returned from Minnesota. Saw my folks, sister/brother-in-law and kids, and a couple aunts and uncles. Also ventured to Grand Casino Mille Lacs on Sunday for the final weigh in for Bassmaster AOL. Exciting time for Keith Combs (he won the tourney), Dustin Connell (he took home ROY), and Brandon Palaniuk (he took home AOY). Got to meet and take pictures with Brandon and Keith before they weighed in. Fun times. Looks like I need to go catch a couple of keepers this weekend to get on the board here. What are your top producing baits this month??

Swede glad you had a good time up there and made it home safe too. ~c~ cport not a bad outing for a short trip.  ~c~ ~c~ Lou nice fish. ~c~ Don't slow down now and maybe you can get some Bigger ones this weekend on Lake O.

My playground has been nice to me these last few days, today I just wrapped up with 10 fish caught but no culls.

Welcome back Swede, spending time with the family is always fun.
As far as answering your question in regards to what has been my most productive baits this month I will have to say the frog and the centipede.

Lou hope you can find some good frog action on Lake O this weekend.

Hi Swede, sounds like you had an amazing trip. Glad you're back.
For me, all the fish in my stringer have come on a good ole' Tx rigged worm, 1/4 oz weight. Speed worms and Culprit ribbontails. Doesn't really matter what kind of worm, or color. Deadstick presentation. Also, caught a few buzzing a skinny dipper type swimbait, various mfrs. Frog and squarebill have caught a few as well.

@ Cport, I want to apologize to you and everyone else that follows this thread. I realize that I leave out a lot of details when I post individual catches versus my boating reports. I have taken for granted my bank fishing outings and assume what I do everyone else does. But like you said Cport, details!! Although my fishing techniques are second nature to me, my details could be of great benefit for someone else just starting out.

With that being said, over the last several days I have been fishing a neighborhood park close to my house. The particular lake I have been fishing on is a traditional FL lake, that's basically bowl shape. The types of vegetation varies here, from sparse spatter dock, sprouting hydrilla pockets, to other types of grasses.

Lately, finesse presentations have been working for me. I use a 7ft St. Croix Premiere Spinning rod, Medium action with a fast tip and a Shimano Saros reel with 8lb copoly or mono I can't remember exactly. A light lead and EWG hooks that vary 2/0-3/0. As far as how I'm working this bait, I don't over work the bait. I work it gently over and through the grass. You have to be in tune with a grass tap and a fish tap, or else you will be setting on everything...  lo  I enjoy fishing this way from time to time because any bass will make that M rod bend. Yesterdays 20.75" hit like a freight train and made 3 long runs making the drag zing!!

When handling and fighting bigger fish, you have to keep in mind that 8lb line is very thin. Horsing a fish around will result in the line breaking very easily. You need to let your equipment work for you. Allow the reel and rod to work for you in tandem. Finesse outfits can handle big fish very easily in open water if you let them.

I think I covered the basics. If anyone has specific questions you can just ask.

Again, sorry for keeping my techniques so close to the vest.

Lou

Lou, you're having a great month. I don't want to jynx you (well, maybe just a little, lol), but it would take a miracle for me to catch you at this point. Going out of town till late next week, and when I get back, if I have time to fish, I frankly can't think of anywhere I have confidence in culling up. Good work, and thanks for the info on your techniques.

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 21, 2017, 08:44:58 PM
Lou, you're having a great month. I don't want to jynx you (well, maybe just a little, lol), but it would take a miracle for me to catch you at this point. Going out of town till late next week, and when I get back, if I have time to fish, I frankly can't think of anywhere I have confidence in culling up. Good work, and thanks for the info on your techniques.

Thank you Tress. I have been around this game long enough to know that if there is time left on the board it's still anyone's ballgame. Especially knowing you still have 2 full days to make something happen when you return. All I can do is keep plugging away til the end of the month.

Thanks Lou for that great report. I personally have really s-l-o-w-e-d down my retrieve, working my stickbait by letting it fall/sit 20 to 30 secs on the cast (it's amazing
how many bass will hit a stupid piece of rubber sitting still), then twitch a couple of times and let it sit for a five to ten count. It seems that I have had a few less but better fish doing this.

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Quote from: Tressbasser on September 21, 2017, 06:16:00 PM
Hi Swede, sounds like you had an amazing trip. Glad you're back.
For me, all the fish in my stringer have come on a good ole' Tx rigged worm, 1/4 oz weight. Speed worms and Culprit ribbontails. Doesn't really matter what kind of worm, or color. Deadstick presentation. Also, caught a few buzzing a skinny dipper type swimbait, various mfrs. Frog and squarebill have caught a few as well.

Quite a variety of baits between our top two, but plastics and slow presentation looks to be the way to go. Thanks guys!!

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 21, 2017, 08:59:41 PM
Thank you Tress. I have been around this game long enough to know that if there is time left on the board it's still anyone's ballgame. Especially knowing you still have 2 full days to make something happen when you return. All I can do is keep plugging away til the end of the month.

And I've watch it happen several time too right at the last posting.  ~sweat

It was a good day of fishing today. Caught 11 total from 7:30am to 11:30am. Most were in the 13-14 inch range. A few smaller ones and one bigger.
Caught them all on Uvibes. A few hit on top burning the uvibe, some hit swimming at a decent pace, and others hit swimming at a slower pace. The 22.25" fish hit it at a slow crawl.

Been a while since I caught that many fish and a couple months since I put a 4+ lber on the bank.

Quote from: cport on September 21, 2017, 11:46:29 PM
Thanks Lou for that great report. I personally have really s-l-o-w-e-d down my retrieve, working my stickbait by letting it fall/sit 20 to 30 secs on the cast (it's amazing
how many bass will hit a stupid piece of rubber sitting still), then twitch a couple of times and let it sit for a five to ten count. It seems that I have had a few less but better fish doing this.

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You may not like fishing with me. I power fish.  I cover lots of water and only slow down or stop when I know there's a bunch of fish holding in an area or if I have to start pitcing and punching mats

-Barry-

Quote from: cport on September 21, 2017, 11:46:29 PM
Thanks Lou for that great report. I personally have really s-l-o-w-e-d down my retrieve, working my stickbait by letting it fall/sit 20 to 30 secs on the cast (it's amazing
how many bass will hit a stupid piece of rubber sitting still), then twitch a couple of times and let it sit for a five to ten count. It seems that I have had a few less but better fish doing this.

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Slowing down to a certain extent can yield bigger fish. Smaller fish love a twitchy, bouncing fast moving bait. The bigger ones I have caught with soft plastics have generally been dragging a worm, or a slow crawling retrieve.

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 22, 2017, 01:12:39 PM

You may not like fishing with me. I power fish.  I cover lots of water and only slow down or stop when I know there's a bunch of fish holding in an area or if I have to start pitcing and punching mats

-Barry-

You gotta remember, I fish small ponds from the bank, so I can still cover lots of water and fish slow at the same time . I'm looking forward to learning how to cover water efficiently; I have a boat on Orange Lake I will be taking out more, and that lake is huge! I will need to eliminate unproductive water on a grand scale, so I will be paying close attention. Any bait recommendations for this? I am mostly loaded with plastics in my tackle bag, a few cranks, some swimbaits, and one lonely spinnerbait.

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That was a nice fish Rick. ~c~ ~c~
cport you might want to add a few more spinner baits in there to keep that one company. ;D

Quote from: cport on September 22, 2017, 01:57:10 PM
You gotta remember, I fish small ponds from the bank, so I can still cover lots of water and fish slow at the same time . I'm looking forward to learning how to cover water efficiently; I have a boat on Orange Lake I will be taking out more, and that lake is huge! I will need to eliminate unproductive water on a grand scale, so I will be paying close attention. Any bait recommendations for this? I am mostly loaded with plastics in my tackle bag, a few cranks, some swimbaits, and one lonely spinnerbait.

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I throw a swimbait 75% of the time. If they're biting, you'll know fast. I'll frog early or if it is overcast. Bluebird skys, I find hydrilla in deep water or mats and start punching. Moving water fish, like we talked about above, I'll throw rattle trap, chatter bait or jerk bait. Schoolies, nothing beats a fluke. And if I have to, I'll talon down and drown worms. :)

Lee or anyone, how's fishing at Agnes. With Teneroc shutdown, and not enough time to run to Toho or Kissimmee, thought I might try Agnes tomorrow.

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 22, 2017, 04:36:09 PM
Lee or anyone, how's fishing at Agnes. With Teneroc shutdown, and not enough time to run to Toho or Kissimmee, thought I might try Agnes tomorrow.

The water is way up. It used to be a strictly offshore lake for me but with the water up in the weeds it should be good.


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Headed to Kissimmee tomorrow with Josh. I'll post a report tomorrow....or maybe not.


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Quote from: Fishindaddy on September 23, 2017, 08:54:57 PM
The water is way up. It used to be a strictly offshore lake for me but with the water up in the weeds it should be good.


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Thanks. I found some fish by the ramp behind the Air Museum. Lots of damaged docks and many submerged due to water being so high. Must be a good lake for specks because that's what all the other boats were after.

Glad to see that some of you are getting out.

I spent yesterday getting things done around the house that I needed to get caught up on. Fixed some loose shingles and things like that.

Today we are having the Twins Birthday Party, it was weeks ago but this is the first time we could get it done.

The Century mark eludes me today again!!
But.... I wasn't skunked completely. This guy decided to play.
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I never get tired of seeing those guys.  Just the most beautiful fish, and vicious fighters. ~c~

Quote from: big g on September 24, 2017, 06:23:40 PM
I never get tired of seeing those guys.  Just the most beautiful fish, and vicious fighters. ~c~

Thanks George. This one is the first peacock I catch using a spinnerbait. Caught it on the other side of the canal. It was a fun fight. Messed up my spinnerbait to the point that it won't swim right again... lol!!

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 24, 2017, 06:30:12 PM
Thanks George. This one is the first peacock I catch using a spinnerbait. Caught it on the other side of the canal. It was a fun fight. Messed up my spinnerbait to the point that it won't swim right again... lol!!

Great Peacock Lou!

Quote from: FlatsNBay on September 24, 2017, 08:02:14 PM
Great Peacock Lou!

Thanks Flats

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I wish I could just get my old boat out of the gate and down the back driveway just to go fishing. Until I get a bigger chain saw or the insurance company approves the damage caused by this tree my boat is stuck.

Thanks hurricane Irma for putting a hold on my fishing!

But hey, one thing good to come out of this... one of my parking spots just outside this gate for my Toyota 4runner is now under this fallen tree. I am thankful my 4runner was not sitting there during hurricane Irma! And you can't see it too well, but just outside the gate on the right is a small trailer crushed under that old tree. Hopefully insurance will pay for that and the new roof on the old barn in the background...

For those who can fish... tight lines!

Quote from: Fishindaddy on September 23, 2017, 08:55:56 PM
Headed to Kissimmee tomorrow with Josh. I'll post a report tomorrow....or maybe not.


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Well?

Josh and I hit Grape Hammock around 9.  The place looks great considering.  They have moved the office shack to the east side of the ramp because they're building a new office in the old location.

The water is still up 3 ft from normal. The river is running at at least 5 mph. My 36 volt TM would not hold position in the current. There is so much vegetation gone the south end does not look the same.

We started outside of Jacks and picked up a couple small ones and moved north to 27 palms. Most of my land marks are gone. 75% of Big Grassy is gone. Tried fishing around the channel marker but the weather had picked up and it was rough. Went down the west wall and the outside 100 yards of grass is missing. Ducked in behind Brahma island to get out of the wind and picked 10 small ones on the outside edges in about an hour.

Fished from 9 to 1 and caught 12. All in quiet water, all on a slow presentation of the vibe worm. Not at all what I expected. These fish are messed up and not likely to be better anytime soon. The classic may be a challenge.

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Thank you for the report Lee. Every Classic so far brings with it a challenge... lol Oh well, we'll  do what we can.

Quote from: Fishindaddy on September 25, 2017, 04:38:41 AM
Josh and I hit Grape Hammock around 9.  The place looks great considering.  They have moved the office shack to the east side of the ramp because they're building a new office in the old location.

The water is still up 3 ft from normal. The river is running at at least 5 mph. My 36 volt TM would not hold position in the current. There is so much vegetation gone the south end does not look the same.

We started outside of Jacks and picked up a couple small ones and moved north to 27 palms. Most of my land marks are gone. 75% of Big Grassy is gone. Tried fishing around the channel marker but the weather had picked up and it was rough. Went down the west wall and the outside 100 yards of grass is missing. Ducked in behind Brahma island to get out of the wind and picked 10 small ones on the outside edges in about an hour.

Fished from 9 to 1 and caught 12. All in quiet water, all on a slow presentation of the vibe worm. Not at all what I expected. These fish are messed up and not likely to be better anytime soon. The classic may be a challenge.

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Maybe the flow will be down to 2-3 MPH by the classic.

Hey at least you caught some fish! 12 fish in 4 hours ain't all that bad. Good to hear Grape Hammocks is ok and it looks like we may be hurricane free for this classic lol. Hopefully we will have good weather throughout, and can concentrate on just catching fish, eating good food, and having a few drinks!

Thanks for the report Lee and glad y'all caught some fish. Sounds like Irma made some changes to the area and made it a challenge for y'all to figure out and you found some.  ~c~ ~c~

Sounds Good Lee, thanks for the report.

Kissimmee is down almost a foot since Sunday but Toho is still a foot above control. As fast as they are pulling Kissimmee down, the current should be manageable by next weekend. The only problem is the heavy rain forecast starting Saturday and continuing all week.


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The bass were on fire yesterday at my canal spot at SeaWorld Orlando. They hit on almost everything I threw at them. I did not get any hits on a rattle trap.

I targeted the bass 3 ways bank fishing the canal.

The first way was in watching schools of baitfish swim in both directions up and down the canal. They created a unique wake on the surface that was easily identifiable and every once in a while a bass would hit on them picking some off. So I would then target that actively feeding bass and caught a couple that way.

The second way I targeted some bass was across the canal was a spillover concrete water shoot with a small amount of water flowing across it into the canal.

So I used a rubber worm and a swimming fluke and would cast it across the canal and land it on the concrete and work it into the canal slowly as if it were food coming in with the incoming water. I caught two bass back to back that were sitting there waiting for food to come into the canal at that location. But after catching those two bass in that same spot I did not catch another bass there the rest of the evening.

So the third way I targeted feeding bass in the canal was to work lures parallel to the bank and close to the bank. I used a spinner, a swimbait, and rubber worm and fluke. One nice bass came off the bank and nailed the spinner zipping by. He was a fun one who put up the best fight of the day.

The rest of them came from working weedless rubber across the lily pads slowly. It was lots of fun and I got to watch screaming tourists ride the roller coaster at SeaWorld while fishing surrounded by woods in my own private little world. I hope they never develop this place next to SeaWorld.

Quote from: FloridaFishinFool on September 27, 2017, 11:57:57 AM
The bass were on fire yesterday at my canal spot at SeaWorld Orlando. They hit on almost everything I threw at them. I did not get any hits on a rattle trap.

I targeted the bass 3 ways bank fishing the canal.

The first way was in watching schools of baitfish swim in both directions up and down the canal. They created a unique wake on the surface that was easily identifiable and every once in a while a bass would hit on them picking some off. So I would then target that actively feeding bass and caught a couple that way.

The second way I targeted some bass was across the canal was a spillover concrete water shoot with a small amount of water flowing across it into the canal.

So I used a rubber worm and a swimming fluke and would cast it across the canal and land it on the concrete and work it into the canal slowly as if it were food coming in with the incoming water. I caught two bass back to back that were sitting there waiting for food to come into the canal at that location. But after catching those two bass in that same spot I did not catch another bass there the rest of the evening.

So the third way I targeted feeding bass in the canal was to work lures parallel to the bank and close to the bank. I used a spinner, a swimbait, and rubber worm and fluke. One nice bass came off the bank and nailed the spinner zipping by. He was a fun one who put up the best fight of the day.

The rest of them came from working weedless rubber across the lily pads slowly. It was lots of fun and I got to watch screaming tourists ride the roller coaster at SeaWorld while fishing surrounded by woods in my own private little world. I hope they never develop this place next to SeaWorld.

Is that the canal that runs parallel to International Drive? I fished that with a frog and got nothing but gar. I fished at this spot (marker):
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The canal runs right along the fence line of the park.

Chris I fish South of that location. Across Central Florida Parkway. I access it off I-Drive easily seen from google satellite. Same water though...

I have fished it for years and never caught any gar. It is an enjoyable location near the crazy tourist world. A site surrounded by woods in the middle of lala land! I love it there when working in the area. A nice, peaceful getaway surrounded by tourists... on the other side of the woods.

Quote from: FloridaFishinFool on September 27, 2017, 01:06:13 PM
Chris I fish South of that location. Across Central Florida Parkway. I access it off I-Drive easily seen from google satellite. Same water though...

I have fished it for years and never caught any gar. It is an enjoyable location near the crazy tourist world. A site surrounded by woods in the middle of lala land! I love it there when working in the area. A nice, peaceful getaway surrounded by tourists... on the other side of the woods.

OK I think I see what you are talking about. Do you park at the Taco Bell?

I see one thing for sure you shouldn't go hungry there with all them eating spots so close together.  lo lo

Whew.... I had to work my butt off for this one, but I just culled 18.5 with a 20" fish to hit 100"!! Woohoo!!
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Quote from: Bassinlou on September 27, 2017, 05:56:34 PM
Whew.... I had to work my butt off for this one, but I just culled 18.5 with a 20" fish to hit 100"!! Woohoo!!
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Congrats on 100!

I went fishing at my playground today at around 430pm. I went to a bigger lake at first, and there were hundreds of bait fish around. Behind the bait fish were bass hunting them. I couldn't coax these fish to bite, so with a lot of time left on the clock I moved to the smaller lake. I began to notice a lot of activity along the shore line until I figured out the bass were staging along the grass line pointing towards the bank, ambushing bait.
I began casting my centipede between the grass line and the bank and the fishing was none stop for close to 45 min. Then the bite slowed down. As time started to wind down I starting heading to my car until I decided to make one more cast out towards the middle of the lake. As soon as the rings settled, the line started moving outwards. I set the hook, and the fight began. She gave me 4 strong runs with drag peeling on each run, until I was able to turn her towards the bank and finally land her. I was using  my M, Fast, rod again with freshly spooled 10lb mono.

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Quote from: rickdelprado on September 27, 2017, 07:04:30 PM
Congrats on 100!

Thanks bud!!

Quote from: cport on September 27, 2017, 01:19:51 PM
OK I think I see what you are talking about. Do you park at the Taco Bell?

No, but I have seen others fish the canal from that parking lot. Get back out on I-Drive, head South and just past Moe's SW Grill are some woods, and then a small utility building, probably a lift station or water pump facility. I pull in there and drive around the little building around behind it and park there or just drive down along the canal.

It is a great place to bass fish in the middle of crazy tourist area. And while fishing you can look right up the canal towards SeaWorld and watch the tourists ride the roller coaster for added entertainment while fishing.

It is kind of strange sometimes having Disney's Epcot and SeaWorld roller coasters for fishing background visuals.

Quote from: Lipripper on September 27, 2017, 04:13:29 PM
I see one thing for sure you shouldn't go hungry there with all them eating spots so close together.  lo lo

Lip you are right. There are a ton of restaurants in that area. The best one's are on SandLake Road on the west side of I-4. Big money over there and one high end restaurant after another over there. And the crazy crowds and traffic to go along with it.

Congrats on the 100 Lou!

Quote from: FloridaFishinFool on September 27, 2017, 11:30:51 PM
No, but I have seen others fish the canal from that parking lot. Get back out on I-Drive, head South and just past Moe's SW Grill are some woods, and then a small utility building, probably a lift station or water pump facility. I pull in there and drive around the little building around behind it and park there or just drive down along the canal.

Got it, I know exactly where you are talking about! I stopped there and fished at night last time we were visiting Disney, I was staying about 12 minutes away. Didn't catch any, but it was night and you know how that can go. Lots of pads, especially where the two canals meet, looks real fishy. I'd like to fish it early morning some time, maybe next time we are down there hangin with Mickey.

Congrads on the Century Club Lou!

Lou,
Congrats! Niceeeee!

Quote from: Deadeye on September 28, 2017, 06:00:55 AM
Congrads on the Century Club Lou!

Quote from: j102 on September 28, 2017, 06:44:24 AM
Lou,
Congrats! Niceeeee!

Thanks guys!! I don't hit the CC often, but when I do, its special. All my culls came from bank fishing, which is why hitting the CC this time around was special. Culling from the bank can be pretty challenging, I have/had a gameplan in mind, and staying mentally focused to cull 17.5" and 18.5" fish was not easy. I still have a couple days left, and hopefully I can capitalize on this momentum.  ~sweat ~sweat

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 28, 2017, 06:59:24 AM
Thanks guys!! I don't hit the CC often, but when I do, its special. All my culls came from bank fishing, which is why hitting the CC this time around was special. Culling from the bank can be pretty challenging, I have/had a gameplan in mind, and staying mentally focused to cull 17.5" and 18.5" fish was not easy. I still have a couple days left, and hopefully I can capitalize on this momentum.  ~sweat ~sweat

How is it challenging to you? I find that the most challenging aspect is being mindful of your backcast area and the, for lack of a better term, "rod zone" to keep the bait and/or my rod from hitting brush, grass, maiden cane, etc during my cast. I've got a lot more mindful of it since snapping a few rods, but sometimes when I am trying to chase a boil or rethrow quickly to a missed take, I forget to check.

And congrats on the CC  ~c~ ~c~ ~c~ . Its what I strive for. I have to fish better waters, my larger fish are few and far between.

Quote from: cport on September 28, 2017, 07:40:17 AM
How is it challenging to you? I find that the most challenging aspect is being mindful of your backcast area and the, for lack of a better term, "rod zone" to keep the bait and/or my rod from hitting brush, grass, maiden cane, etc during my cast. I've got a lot more mindful of it since snapping a few rods, but sometimes when I am trying to chase a boil or rethrow quickly to a missed take, I forget to check.

And congrats on the CC  ~c~ ~c~ ~c~ . Its what I strive for. I have to fish better waters, my larger fish are few and far between.

Great question Cport. The challenging aspect for me, was in targeting bigger fish from the bank.   You hear often, big bait bigger fish, and I believe that. In this case however, I had to stick with my game plan that a small thin 4" piece of plastic was going to accomplish this for me. I usually try to catch my big fish from my boat, and this time around the situation changed and had to change strategies. Cport, when your CC day arrives, and it will, you will quickly understand what I'm trying to say. Culling fish from the bank with bigger fish can be quite challenging when your fishing locations are limited.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 28, 2017, 08:16:35 AM
  Culling fish from the bank with bigger fish can be quite challenging when your fishing locations are limited.

That part I definitely agree with. Limited time is an issue for me as well, coupled with the limited amount of rods. This translates into time consuming reties if you want to try different baits and limited techniques; with a boat, you have a readily available arsenal that can be simply picked up and deployed.

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Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 24, 2017, 04:34:32 AM
Thanks. I found some fish by the ramp behind the Air Museum. Lots of damaged docks and many submerged due to water being so high. Must be a good lake for specks because that's what all the other boats were after.

I have heard it is. I live just a few miles from it and have caught a few fish in the pocket in the NW corner and some off the point on the SW (depending if wind isn't terrible on it)

I have fished those docks you are talking about and have yet to find many. I have picked up one at the unused ramp behind the air field.

The NW corner has always been better to me.

Also Lake Tennessee just south of it gets a lot less pressure and holds a ton of fish. You have to back in off the road though. Nice ramp once backed in.

Sorry I am late to the party but awesome Peacock Lou and Congrats on the century club!!

I have been slammed with the channel and work due to the Hurricane and I am very much looking forward to slowing down for a weekend at Kissimmee! We hit 1000 subscribers last weekend actually and are doing pretty well.

A little advice for the new Kissimmee people, don't throw anything blue. The water is just about clear and dark baits are useless. Frogs just don't work neither do uvibes, flipping, or spinnerbaits. The best bait is a bumble gum wacky rig on 2lb mono.. lolol Don't bring any rod over ultra light or braid at all.. I hope this "helps". Fred ignore everything I said you know what works there!

Quote from: West6550 on September 28, 2017, 09:37:01 AM
Sorry I am late to the party but awesome Peacock Lou and Congrats on the century club!!

I have been slammed with the channel and work due to the Hurricane and I am very much looking forward to slowing down for a weekend at Kissimmee! We hit 1000 subscribers last weekend actually and are doing pretty well.

A little advice for the new Kissimmee people, don't throw anything blue. The water is just about clear and dark baits are useless. Frogs just don't work neither do uvibes, flipping, or spinnerbaits. The best bait is a bumble gum wacky rig on 2lb mono.. lolol Don't bring any rod over ultra light or braid at all.. I hope this "helps". Fred ignore everything I said you know what works there!

Lmao!!
Thanks Thomas. Congrats on the channel

Quote from: West6550 on September 28, 2017, 09:37:01 AM
Sorry I am late to the party but awesome Peacock Lou and Congrats on the century club!!

I have been slammed with the channel and work due to the Hurricane and I am very much looking forward to slowing down for a weekend at Kissimmee! We hit 1000 subscribers last weekend actually and are doing pretty well.

A little advice for the new Kissimmee people, don't throw anything blue. The water is just about clear and dark baits are useless. Frogs just don't work neither do uvibes, flipping, or spinnerbaits. The best bait is a bumble gum wacky rig on 2lb mono.. lolol Don't bring any rod over ultra light or braid at all.. I hope this "helps". Fred ignore everything I said you know what works there!

I always keep my bubble gum finesse worms with me. They catch fish real good, especially in that super clear water.

Lou congratulation on reaching the 100" mark this month.  ~c~ ~c~ Hope you can find a few bigger ones in the next couple of days.

Quote from: Lipripper on September 28, 2017, 01:24:29 PM
Lou congratulation on reaching the 100" mark this month.  ~c~ ~c~ Hope you can find a few bigger ones in the next couple of days.

Thanks Lip. Hopefully I still have a fish or two to catch... lol

Great job Lou during a very difficult month. ~c~ ~c~ ~c~

Quote from: big g on September 28, 2017, 03:29:09 PM
Great job Lou during a very difficult month. ~c~ ~c~ ~c~

Thank you George!! The playground has been a life saver this month.  ~sweat ~sweat

West there is a Ramp on the Deltona side of lake Monroe that is like that. You have to park across the road to get ready then back straight across the road to get to the ramp. Got to watch for traffic as it is pretty good in that area.

Dumbest part is the re-did the ramp after 2004 hurricanes when the water was way up. So they didn't dredge the water way out. Now the high dollar Floating Ramps they put in set on the bottom most of the time and there is a small trail bored out by motors that lets you get in and out.

I don't use it much and have never with the new boat. Doubt I ever will.

Fred, this one is a little lake with only a few houses on it. Water is very clear, holds a ton of fish as nobody backs in lol. That and it is small and away from population. Great little lake though.

Quote from: West6550 on September 29, 2017, 09:46:27 PM
Fred, this one is a little lake with only a few houses on it. Water is very clear, holds a ton of fish as nobody backs in lol. That and it is small and away from population. Great little lake though.

Those are the Gold Mine lakes to find. No one outside of the residents fish them and not many of them do.

BTW, Your advise for the New Guys at Kissimmee is spot on. 2 lb test and that Bubblegum Worm is killer there. I wouldn't even think of throwing a Black/Blue Swimjig or a Gambler EZ Swimmer in Watermelon there. Never throw a UVibe worm Or Flip with anything. Waste of time.

And with the water running don't throw anything shiny or that rattles.
And never, under any circumstances, swim this just under the pads in 6 feet of water t-rigged on a 5/0 ewg with a pegged 3/8 oz weight.   You will go minutes between bites.

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And never ever throw a zoom fluke to the edge of grass with little current running through. You might run out of baits in a few minutes. LOL!

I love the gambler burner worms!

Thanks guys, now off to Wally world to get some pink senkos and stren!

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By the end of today someone is going to win by only a very small margin. Rick just caught and released another beauty, bigger than his previous Big Fish...  ~rant .....  lo I know Tress is probably going to fish til 11:59pm , and if the weather cooperates this afternoon, I'm heading out again to try to make something happen at the buzzer. Crazy month!!  ~sweat ~sweat

October thread is up!! Click below!!

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Rick has surged into second place with another great catch!! Crazy!!

Thanks for the hype Lou lol.

Critters...
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I went out to the park today to see if I could get lucky and put a few fish on the bank. Mostly was to test out the new frog rod. It took a while to get my first fish. There was NO topwater activity at all. But I decided I was going to force feed them a frog, like it or not. From 7 am to 9 am nothing. At 9:05am I cast near some pads into somewhat open water. There was a mix of eel grass and hydrilla submerged. The Booyah frog in Aqua color or psychedelic as I call it, hit the water and instantly this fish blew up on it with an intent to massacre the frog. Drag was almost tighten down all the way and it surged a few times and pulled some line but I was able to power it and keep it hooked.
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Then I went on another lul. It was obvious they did not want the frog, and they weren't going distances to get it. If it happened to land on top of them then maybe they would hit. Some time later I cast my Booyah in Cricket color on a transition area where I've had some success. Pad field stops because of a drop off and then the deeper water has eel grass. Casting along that transition seems to be a good way to catch fish. Another very nice fish came out of the water 2-3 feet in the air and just plowed the frog. I set the hook and got the fish up bringing it in through pads, eventually it surged hard, pulled just enough drag even though it was locked down, to get it into a weave of pads and stems. At this point I tried to change my angle and get it unwedged but man its hard to get a bucketmouth out of pad stems. I loosened the drag enough to see if the fish would back track and get itself unstuck but instead it managed to wiggle free and get the frog unhooked.
That fish would have put me over 100" for sure

But on I went. Eventually I switched to a Rage Tail Cut R worm, caught a 17 inch bass near the bank.

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Then I hooked into an 18.5" which felt much bigger. Between eel grass and pads I brought in at least 15lbs. This time I wasn't going to give it any slack. I forced this fish out of the bottom through all vegetation.

In the end it was a great day of fishing. I got to put the rod to work, and was very happy with it, and I hit 99" for the month. I would have kept going but my back was letting me know it was time to go.

Thanks for the park report Rick, happy you broke in the new frog rod, hopefully it catches you fish on Kissimmee next wknd.
Lastly, great fish!! That fishery holds nice fish, and at least two of them showed themselves today.

Quote from: Bassinlou on September 30, 2017, 01:19:24 PM
Thanks for the park report Rick, happy you broke in the new frog rod, hopefully it catches you fish on Kissimmee next wknd.
Lastly, great fish!! That fishery holds nice fish, and at least two of them showed themselves today.

Thanks Lou! Yeah I hope it catches me some on Kissimmee as well.

It certainly does hold some nice fish. They don't show themselves very often but I think there is a decent population 4-5lbers in there. I've caught several this year. There is so much water we can't even get to from the bank. Who knows whats living in those areas.

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 30, 2017, 01:30:53 PM
Thanks Lou! Yeah I hope it catches me some on Kissimmee as well.

It certainly does hold some nice fish. They don't show themselves very often but I think there is a decent population 4-5lbers in there. I've caught several this year. There is so much water we can't even get to from the bank. Who knows whats living in those areas.

I agree with your assessment. Based on what I saw the time we fished your location, there are so many areas big girls can be hiding in that no one can ever get close enough to threaten them.

Nice outing Rick! Wish I was there to see the blow up. Hope this trend continues



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Quote from: rchiuz on September 30, 2017, 03:06:55 PM
Nice outing Rick! Wish I was there to see the blow up. Hope this trend continues

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Thanks! Yeah it would have been cool to hang out again. Maybe you could have had your own blow up lol.

Rick,
Great outing and report!
If I were you, I would take some pain killers and hit the park again. You still have an hour of sunlight and that 100 mark is so close...

Hillsborough river mini report. Overcast. Water temp 81f. Level 2ft high. 5mph current in main channel. Found a slough with little current and fish bunched up eating baby tilapia.
Caught 19 and left with them still biting to take of some stuff before the classic. Missed/lost twice as many as I caught. All caught on Zoom super fluke. Color didn't seem to matter. All fish 12-16in and fat. Pattern will be repeatable at Kissimmee if there is still some flow.  (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170930/87a5be749a4656fd0042652ced166ab2.jpg)
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May go back in the morning to get Oct started. Maybe some bigger ones will move in to feed.

-Barry-

Quote from: j102 on September 30, 2017, 04:22:38 PM
Rick,
Great outing and report!
If I were you, I would take some pain killers and hit the park again. You still have an hour of sunlight and that 100 mark is so close...

Trust me I thought about it. I almost did but I don't want to force it. I've got a 2 day Tournament to win in a week. I'll need to be able to fish lol.

Quote from: TR21PDCTampa on September 30, 2017, 04:48:37 PM
Hillsborough river mini report. Overcast. Water temp 81f. Level 2ft high. 5mph current in main channel. Found a slough with little current and fish bunched up eating baby tilapia.
Caught 19 and left with them still biting to take of some stuff before the classic. Missed/lost twice as many as I caught. All caught on Zoom super fluke. Color didn't seem to matter. All fish 12-16in and fat. Pattern will be repeatable at Kissimmee if there is still some flow.  (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170930/87a5be749a4656fd0042652ced166ab2.jpg)
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May go back in the morning to get Oct started. Maybe some bigger ones will move in to feed.

-Barry-

Good day out there!

Thanks for posting pics for me Lou!! I should be able to do tomorrows after I get home. Great month by the way!!! You sacked up some good ones!!

Awesome catches this month, Rick. That last one was a stud. Lou, if Rick is serious about not going back out, congratulations on the win. You deserve it, and had a great month.
Can't say I didn't go down swinging. Hit Lake "C" around 8:15 this morning. My goal was to get to 100, and if the win came with that, I'd take it, although I would feel a little bad because Lou had such an awesome month. Threw the Charlies Super Dipper almost exclusively - made a few casts with the chatterbait, and flipped a little as well, but to no avail. Started kinda slow, but the bite picked up when it started to rain. Caught a few small ones on the Dipper, then, after catching a decent 2lber, on the next cast, what would have been the winning fish blew it up. I was planted in the big pad field, and the fish was over 30 away. I couldn't troll toward it, and I couldn't move it because it was so entangled. I was finally able to put my rod down and lift the motor to go toward the fish. Right as I got there, I felt that dreaded double pop - you know the one - one pop of the hook coming out, the other as it snags a pad stem. Then it started raining hard. Pressed on, soaked to the bone, but determined to get a cull or two. Moved out of the pad field, throwing to dead hydrilla with open water in between mats. Right as my lure got to an opening about 8' from the boat, a good one loaded on, and I yanked it into the boat. Now, how to take the pic? It was dumping, and everything, including my phone, was soaked. Somehow, I finally managed pics, but they are blurry. The fish was 20.5, and it put me at 99". I needed one more at 20.25 to get me to 100. The bite stayed good for about 30 more minutes, and I caught several more decent fish, including a slab speck, but none that would help. Finally packed it in and loaded the boat. Oh, in addition to the big fish I lost, there were other misses/wakes/blowups that could have also been helpful fish. I was getting a little bummed.
Went to the middle lake in the chain and cast a few off the bank - nothing. Then I tried the North lake for one last shot. On the third cast, once again, far away in heavy pads, a good one sucked down the Spro hb frog. Horsed it to the bank, and I knew it was the one I needed. 20.25, put me at 100" on the nose. Fished hard for over 7 hours, and was able to go home satisfied.
It was a weird month. I didn't fish as much, due to being out of town and dealing with Irma.  Had numerous skunks, but the days they did bite, I caught quite a few fish. Just not as many biguns.
I've never been so happy to get second place (assuming Rick doesn't read this and go back out, lol). In fact, I was almost relieved that the fish didn't measure 20.75 for a buzzer beater. I'm happy for Lou, and it was lots of fun being part of the closest 3 man finish I've seen in the FLBR.
Congrats again to everyone .

It was a heck of a month I'm officially done. I gave it my all. Upon Rick seeing Tress hit 100 he picked up his stuff and went fishing again so we're going to have to wait and see what happens tonight. Lol!!

I knew it!

These last minute heroics are better than watching Bassmaster Live! Congrats Rick on an awesome fish and month. Congrats to Lou as well for the win. It looks like Barry and Tres had a nice charge at the end! Nice work!

Fall bite appears to be on. Really looking to Kissimmee.

-Barry-

Thanks Tress and Flats.
Unfortunately heroics did not pay off. Same lake 0 bites. Had one blow up on my line half way from me an the frog and ran with my line. Never seen that happen. Frog went untouched though. Switched to a black vibe whe the sun set and not a bite.


Congrats on the win Lou!

Congrats on the comeback Tress to pass me and jump into second. Well done.

It was a good month. Looks like the fishing is getting back to normal down here. Too bad we have a limited playing field with the glades water being so overly high. But as long as my local playgrounds cooperate like they did towards the end of this month it should be competitive moving forward.

Quote from: Swede on September 30, 2017, 05:41:23 PM
Thanks for posting pics for me Lou!! I should be able to do tomorrows after I get home. Great month by the way!!! You sacked up some good ones!!

Thank you SWEDE, and your welcome. Anytime. Fortunately you had my number..  :-*

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 30, 2017, 07:28:23 PM
Thanks Tress and Flats.
Unfortunately heroics did not pay off. Same lake 0 bites. Had one blow up on my line half way from me an the frog and ran with my line. Never seen that happen. Frog went untouched though. Switched to a black vibe whe the sun set and not a bite.


Congrats on the win Lou!

Congrats on the comeback Tress to pass me and jump into second. Well done.

It was a good month. Looks like the fishing is getting back to normal down here. Too bad we have a limited playing field with the glades water being so overly high. But as long as my local playgrounds cooperate like they did towards the end of this month it should be competitive moving forward.

Rick... you had an unbelievable month.  ~c~ You caught the two biggest fish of the month which resulted in 2 HAWG Wall entries!!  That being said, you no longer are a Padawan. You have become a Jedi.  ~c~ Well done!!  :)

Woohoo!

I'm a jedi!

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Quote from: rickdelprado on September 30, 2017, 07:56:15 PM
Woohoo!

I'm a jedi!

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The force is strong with this one!

Official congratulations, Lou. Glad to see that finesse technique working for you.

Quote from: Tressbasser on September 30, 2017, 08:04:40 PM
Official congratulations, Lou. Glad to see that finesse technique working for you.

Thank you Tress.

Lou this is for your spectacular win, and come back from the difficult months you've had this year catching big fish. Not to mention you've dethroned Tress after over a year of him winning. So until the end of next month you are the champion!
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This will be all of us next month
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Quote from: rickdelprado on September 30, 2017, 08:44:33 PM
Lou this is for your spectacular win, and come back from the difficult months you've had this year catching big fish. Not to mention you've dethroned Tress after over a year of him winning. So until the end of next month you are the champion!
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Thank you Rick.

This was an unbelievable month!! We have had close finishes in the past, and this month ranks as one of the top best finishes we have seen here in quite some time. Between first and third place there was only 1.25" difference, and .25" between first and second. That's crazy!! Fortunately once the smoke settled I managed to squeak by for the win. It's been a while that I haven't experienced a win on here, and I will be lying to all of you if I said I wasn't excited for this one. I fished my butt off this month especially with the great start Okeechobee provided me earlier in the month. After that, I had to hustle bank fishing for the close. Knowing I was going head to head against Tress and his 11 month streak, made me fish harder. I knew Tress was not going to back down. Rick's surge over the last couple of days also was a concern, especially after the fish he caught today. You guys made this month very... very... challenging, but extremely fun and competitive.  Thank you!! Looking forward to October and the classic. Thanks again, and good luck to everyone next month... :)

Quote from: rickdelprado on September 30, 2017, 08:47:17 PM
This will be all of us next month
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So is that pissed off guy that throws out senko dude LMG?

Good job all around guys. Congrats Lou, awesome job. I'm hoping that Kissimmee will be a nice level playing field for everyone.

Congratulations Lou on the win!!
Rick, Tress, everyone, you guys did awesome.
You are all proof of the talent on this forum.

Quote from: cport on September 30, 2017, 10:59:43 PM
So is that pissed off guy that throws out senko dude LMG?

We have several senko haters here who aren't as vocal about it as LMG lol.
So any of them will do.

Thanks again guys!!