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Reply With QuoteHey yer doin better than me. I am swinging hammers and runnin saws every weekend. Ya done good fer this heat. Come fall yer gonna sink yer boat with fish.
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Fishing report Lakeland Fl
Managed to get 8 keepers, threw back 6 small ones. Been tough ( for me ) last 3 weeks, Hot and humid, bluebird skies and no wind to speak of.
Today water temp was 84, about 9am had a little chop on the water, some clouds rolled in, started getting a little action.
Still hangin' in there for an old timer.
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Hey yer doin better than me. I am swinging hammers and runnin saws every weekend. Ya done good fer this heat. Come fall yer gonna sink yer boat with fish.
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Nice Specks.
Hope I can get back on the water this weekend....
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Nice specks, thanks for sharing.
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I also had a bit of excitement for about 10 minutes. I thought I had a snag, as there was brush in the area I was fishing.So instead of breaking my 12' rod, I shut off the trolling motor and started to pull on the 6# test line with my hands. Well! to my surprise, it started pulling back!
So I wound up the slack, figured I had a big largemouth, or ?? Man, this thing put quite a bend in my rod, I would gain on the line , then back out it would go! Finally got to see what I had, wasn't a fish at all, was a good sized soft shell turtle ( estimate 16' in diameter). I had caught him or her in the neck and it was NOT happy. Ended up cutting the line right next to the jig, as I'm pretty sure it wanted a bite out of me!
I was quite surprised my rod and line, held up to the fight.
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Shoulda ate em! Them long limber rods can wear down the best of em.
