Florida Don Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Funny, I had an ice auger when I lived in MI. Used it a couple times for ice fishing, moved off of the lake and used it for fence posts as well. Worked great. Sold it to a friend and he still has it. That was like almost 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimsbane Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 yea Lively the specs are great up here/ aucilla and the st marks inlets have always been my favorite places for specs Bass Assassin electric chicken is the goto fished under a thunder rig or if you really want some gator trout get you a chartreuse chug bug and walk the dog. Reds are good too right now in the oyster bars at the creek entrances:yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livelybaits Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Don, Cool. We'll have to meet up sometime. You ever fish Ozello? Let me know if you'd like to meet me there sometime and you can use my extra kayak to go catch those redfish. Grims, Ah yes, St Marks I know. Aucilla just have read about. I've done a lot of fishing further west at Port St Joe and Cape San Blas. I have some lures for you to try up that way. Send me an email at livelybaits@aol.com so I can find out what colors other than "the chicken" for me to put in the mail to you. In this area the other forum member I know is VARick, who told me about this site. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Don Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I really haven't fished much in FL. I have a Kayak - actually, it is for sale because I use my Jon Boat now for fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Neil .. that St Joe Bay is great as long as the Sharks are not in ... seems that is a big nursery for them. For Fall Specs and Reds hard to beat the mouth of the Appalchicola ... Course we have some pretty good Spec & Red fishing here on the Choctawhatchee but you gotta go by a lot of good places to get here and there are some to my west that are as good .... Electric Chicken is what has stuck in some areas go a mile further and it is something else .... As far as the "Walk The Dog" baits for big trout there are several good ones and if I can catch them on top I will stay with them till they shift gears. Have Fun JSC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Grimsbane .. I meant to mention earlier when you made the commit on "Nudist Colony" .... It was in one of those first good warm days .. the river was down and I put in at the Ebro bridge on Hwy. 20 ... Place was loaded with trucks & trailers ... well to make a long story short I went some distance up river and started working my way back down ... about noon I headed back to the landing and passed rubber boat full of people I though at first in bathing suits ... well wrong .. Not a stitch did they have on ... men & women ... laughing & waving at everyone .. I all most ran up on the hill ... went down a little further and there sits a guy on a stump in the raw ... and a couple more in the water on a sandbar ... When I go into the landing one of my old tournament fishing buddies was there ... I told him about what I had seen (he had gone down river and not seen them) He told me that there was a Nudist Colony up the river .. lived here all these years and never heard about it ... there was some more things went on that day with that many people out ... better not say any more .... You never can tell what's around the next bend in the river. JSC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Welcome, and yes, there are several more "Florida Boys" around here on TU...I know of several others, I'm just east of Tampa, in Dover. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livelybaits Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Craig, Nice to hear from you. What kind of lures are you making? JSC, I've been there when the sharks are thick. I think that August or early September is when I've seen them in there thick. Love that spot where the ICW canal meets the Bay just north of the bridge heading toward Mexico Beach. I love that area. Usually stay at the Dixie Belle. Very fisherman friendly. Great rates. Don, If you sell your kayak, you can still use mine if we meet up at Ozello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Livleybaits This past year with all the low water in the area they had a little different fishing over that way .. the ICW is all ways great for trout and reds in the fall and winter,but this past year they had more of them in Lake Wimico due to the lack of freshwater ... a fishing partner was fishing a tournament out of White City and checked out the entrance of the ICW to Wimico and hung into a big Tarpon ... he had to break it off as it was taking so long to wear him down. There are some real big Trout in St. Joe Bay ... JSC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimsbane Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) JSC I hope the guy on the stump didn't turn you away from making your own softbaits Think thats why i'm glad i've never seen any on the wacissa:eek: Edited May 3, 2008 by Grimsbane cant spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Welcome aboard, Grimsbane. A Florida get together sounds great! especially in Central Florida Sorry, but I just couldn't pass up the opportunity! GO GATORS:wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Grims The guy on the stump was not an insperation to me except to get the H..l Outa There !!! Really it was a "Spooky" incident. JSC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Livelybaits, I pretty much dabble in everything, mostly cranks and soft plastics I guess... 152nd: I LOVE the "Gator Bait"! Go Gators! (also go Bulls, I guess, as I'm alum 2x over...) Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimsbane Posted May 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 152ndstreet, that has got to be the ugliest pattern I've seen in a bait lol what do you flavor it with so a bass will actually hold on to it? I would think you'd have a problem with weigh ins with the bass regurgitating whatever it had eaten before. jk go noles!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 A central Florida get together sounds great. I am in Apopka, just north of Orlando. I am definitely willing to help out. Rob Mallard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livelybaits Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 A central Florida get together sounds great. I am in Apopka, just north of Orlando. I am definitely willing to help out.Rob Mallard Mallard, You ever hear the one where the duck walks in to the bar and asks "got any duck food?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flabasspond Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Hello all....a Central Florida get together sounds fantastic...possibilities for where are endless, so many great places!!....Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimsbane Posted May 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Lively got any nails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livelybaits Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Lively got any nails? "No." "Got any duck food?" :lol:I love that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 florida rocks for this snowbird. i never get used to the critters. fire ants and those big gaters i see in lakeland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
