[JSC]

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.
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[clemmy]

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

[livelybaits]

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.

[JSC]

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 ...
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[Grimsbane]

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

[152nd Street Baits]

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

[JSC]

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.
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[clemmy]

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

[Grimsbane]

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!!!

[Mallard]

A central Florida get together sounds great. I am in Apopka, just north of Orlando. I am definitely willing to help out.

Rob Mallard