Thread: Dart bored is what

I'm using to account for yesterday's visit to a lake I haven't fished for 8 years! I always enjoyed a decent level of success @Lake Woodruff gaining access from the Dexter/St. John's end of the lake. Yesterday, I chose to use the opposite end(Highland Park Fish camp) to add yet more intel to my portfolio. What a pleasant, rustic, scenic Old Florida flavored, first time experience I thoroughly enjoyed. Even though having to pay a $5 launch fee, an angler can literally start fishing within site of the Fish camp/cottages. The basic amenities remind me of a place that would be written up by Homer Circle back in the 50/60's with some beautifully mounted bucketmouths that may have easily been caught from the area. Regretfully, I had a late start(1030), that only allowed for six(2 keepers) long-lined fish before the stiff SE wind pushed me into the protection of Norris river. Because of the pollen/hyacinth surface clutter, I was "luckily" forced into my favored single-pole techniques. Didn't take but 5 minutes to connect with a fat 11" male associating to hyacinth/pad edges that helped yield to a 14 fish(11-13") ice bath that only needed 1 more additional spot to account for a busy day of single-poling. Large gators and manatees apparently love the area as well as the other 30ish rigs I witnessed on the Lake/river. Highly recommend the area for its laid-back ambiance and it's 10 out of 10 rating for single-pole purists(couldn't imagine, even with all the travel mileage I've amassed, to concoct a more fishable waterway!) Definitely more trips to follow! Bream fishing should be "off the charts" in a month or so... Enjoy the pics- not monsters but good eaters...Still love my saltwater but thankfully was "dart bored"!



Doug