June 2009
1 post
March 2009
5 posts
March 6th With Dr. B.
We had a fairly slow day, putting from spot to spot in the skiff. There was something wrong with the fuel pump so we cold not cover a lot of terrain. We eventually ended up drifting along (voluntarily) fishing sand holes. Dr. B told me to hold up as he spotted two big ones holding in a spot. We both cast at them and I bagged this one after a lot of patient presentation. It’s the first slot...
Kennedy Space Center
Being at the space center for a shuttle launch is something I have attempted to do since 1981. Discovery, STS-119, lauched at 7:43 PM, 3/15/2009 (Sunday) right on schedule. The twilight lauch was so colorful, and definitely the best I have ever seen. March is the best month to view a lauch; the mosquitos are gone after the winter freeze. Even tying the canoe onto the truck was pleasant just...
January 2009
4 posts
Dr. D's take on the day
madtumble:
Ron was generous enough to invite t-dogg and me out for a day fishing on his honkin’ flats boat. Totally the shizzle—this thing ran fast in six inches of water, and for the first time, I fished off a platform. What.A.Fuckin’.Blast.
Ron taught us some tricks for free-lining live Oak Hill Reds, and we dug some serious red fish between shore and the Clinkers. Just dropped the bait...
On the Creek
Dr. D convinced me to go kayaking on the second day of 2009 at Callalisa. Putting in at the park was quite easy, and getting into the thick mangroves with no sight of civilization took little time. On the second big bend in the creek, as we drifted casting into a meander pool, two dolphins surfaced, as if from nowhere, about ten feet from MAD, giving us both quite a start. It proved to be the...
December 2008
16 posts
Fishing Oak Hill, August 19, 2008
Why write my own blog when my buddy does it better and faster! I’ll just drive the boat.
madtumble:
T-dogg and I got a late start after discovering that the trailer taillights had burned out. (Walmart’s pretty empty at 6:45am!) The dogg was in a foul mood after losing at poker the night before, and coaxing out corroded bolts before dawn didn’t help. But we sill managed to get the boat...
Sunset at Sunglow
I had to be in Daytona this afternoon, so I grabbed my new baitcasting rig (okay, it’s actually a salvaged Ambassadeur 5600 CA strapped to a ten-dollar ebay rod) and a cooler with a block of ice for the ride. My appointment went well and ended right on time, so I slipped over to Sunglow Pier at about 4:30 in the afternoon. I had a half-pound of mealy bait shrimp from the Bait Shack off Dunlawton...
Skiffing the Lee Goon
I pulled out the skiff on Sunday and picked up Dr. H before dawn to get to Mosquito Lagoon at 6:45. The water was so shallow that I could not get the boat into the water at Beach 5, even with the front tire of the truck in the water! Instead we drove back north and put in at the county boat ramp, waiving off my plan to fish George’s Bar. Just south of the ramp we found a spot in the lee of the...
Scavenging
I have been collecting fishing gear on the cheap. One friend suggested I go to pawn shops, but I find few bargains. Yards sales have been more productive. Not every stop yields a good buy, but the occasional weekend brings a great value. Two of my last four yard sale expeditions were especially great.
Most recently I met an old basser that could no longer get into a boat. He had obviously...
September 2008
1 post
