Having
fished the “Rodman Pool” (a Bagly Gold Bangolure with
Black Stripes worked good) on the Ocklawaha River in Florida, which
is known as the Cross Florida Canal, cutting the distance from the
Gulf waters to Baltamore and the East Coast by many miles, I was
flabergasted by reading in a book while I was in the hospital, that
the prior canal was surveyed and planned many years ago.
This
canal was to begin at Cumberland Sound, up the St. Mary’s River
into the Okeefenokee Swamp to Billy’s Lake, then across the
swamp into north Florida and enter the Gulf down the Aucilla River
saving hundreds of miles from Apalacheecola, a strong cotton, turpentine
and honey export town. Flabergasted I was.
Perch
fishin has been the Fish of the week. Limit catches of Speckled
Perch was made on Jigs, then some were made by taken a Jig tipped
with a Minnow. One man sed he took 3 Perch on the last Minnow
he had. He then picked up the broken Minnows or pieces laying
in the boat and fished with them. The very best catch we had
this week was made late evening on Minnows, 25 feet deep. Each
fish was from 1 ½ to 2 lbs. That is big Perch in any
ones lake.
Very
few Bass Fishermen hit the lake. One did report he had a 7
and a 4 lbs. Bass on Worms, 7 foot
deep, but he also sed the week before he had 5 fish at 27 lbs. using
the same Worm and tactic.
Our
water temperature is sort of confusing to some folks. Spring
Creek is holding at 55°, the River is at 58° and
here in the basin it is 60°. Since the recent rain of 1
to 2 inches, our Lake at our gauge is only 7 inches down.
Duck
hunters are doing real well on Bustin’ Shell. How many
they are killin I jist don’t know but they sure are a shootin
a lot.
This
just in, Pam and Steven Wells, our local duck guides, took John Ridley,
Jr. and Sr. out huntin’ on Monday and they got 11 Ringnecks. Good
bunch of ducks.
Correction: Chris
Neely was the 6th member of “The Swarm”, the Hydrilla Gnats
tournament team. He’s a local and a heck of a good fisherman.
