A unique website dedicated to fishing information from Florida's Northern Big Bend. This includes the area from the Econfina River west to the Apalachicola River
JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE ON THE FORUM A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT REPORTS YOU HAVE SENT IN THIS PAST YEAR. GET OUT THERE AND CATCH A MESS OF FISH. PA
HEY LIT, WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO LAUNCH DOWN AT SPRING CREEK, HAVE A 18' ALUM. DOESNT TAKE BUT 12" TO FLOAT BUT NEED AT LEAST 3' TO LAUNCH. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR THE GIT BACK.
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YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE PULLING THE BOAT, BE SURE YOU HAVE BRAKES ON THE TRAILER. I PULLED A 32' STAMAS UP FROM TAMPA TO CBELLE WITH A DODGE DAKOTA, THIS BOAT AND TRAILER WEIGHED IN AT 7,800#, JUST USE A LITTLE COMM0N SENSE WHEN STARTING OUT, DON'T FLOORBOARD THE GAS AND IT WILL DO THE JOB. BE ...
YESTERDAY MORNING THE TWO OLD MEN OF THE SEA LAUNCHED THE BOAT AT ECONFINA AT 7:30 A.M. STARTED OUT THE RIVER VERY SLOWLY, WATER EXTREMLY LOW. WE FOUND ABOUT 10 NEW ROCKS THAT SPRUNG UP OVERNIGHT. FINALLY MADE IT OUT TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER AND STARTED CASTING TOP WATER AND DOA JIGS. NODA.! WE ...
SEA GURL, IF YOU WILL BACK YOUR BOAT DOWN INTO THE FRESH WATER POND JUST NORTH OF THE LIGHTHOUSE POOL , AND RUN THE GAS OUT OF THE CARBS, THIS WILL PRESERVE YOUR KICKER AS WELL AS THE ALUM. BOAT. I HAVE A ALUM. TRAILER THAT WE HAVE USED SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK FOR THE LAST 15 YRS, EACH TIME WE HIT SALT ...
CONGRATULATIONS THERE GURL, GLAD YA WERE ABLE TO FINE THEM TROUTS, IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR EM TO START FILLING UP THEIR BELLIES. THANKS FOR THE REPORT. PA
HEY JOHN, YOU DID GOOD SON, AT LEAST YA FINISHED IN THE MONEY, WHEN I USE TO FISH THE TOURNAMENTS I WAS LUCKY TO CATCH ANY FISH LET ALONE WIN ANY MONEY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, ONE DAY YA WILL GET LUCKY AND GRAB THE TOP PRIZE. PA
HEY BONES, WHERE DID YOU LAUNCH OVER AT SHELL POINT, I THOUGHT THE MARINA RAMP WAS CLOSED. SOUNDS LIKE THE TROUT ARE GETTING IN CLOSER TO SHORE FROM YOUR REPORT. THANKS FOR AN ANSWER ON THE LAUNCHING SITE.
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DANG JOHN, YA ALREADY BANGING UP YA NEW MOTOR, HOPE THE DAMAGE IS NOT TOO SERIOUS, GLAD YA CAUGHT SOME FISH. IT HAS BEEN SLOW DOWN ON THE FLATS SINCE THE MOON IS OUT SO BRIGHT AT NIGHT. IT WILL GET BETTER FOR DAYTIME FISHING AS SOON AS THE NIGHTS ARE DARK. WE ARE GOING TO TRY NEXT THURS. PA & CARL ...
HI SW4M THANKS FOR THE TIP ON ST.JOE, THE LAST TIME WE WENT THERE WE LIMITED OUT IN ABOUT 2 HOURS OF NICE GOOD QUALITY TROUT AND REDS. I LOVE TO FISH THE FLATS WHEN THERE ARE SPITS OF WHITE SAND IN THE GRASS, NEARLY EVERY TIME YOU CAST TO THESE SAND SPITS YOU WILL GET A STRIKE OF SOME KIND. THANKS ...
MAN I KNOW THAT TRAVIS HAD A BALL. I TOOK ALL OF OUR CHILDREN FISHIN BY THE TIME THEY WERE 2, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT ALL OF THEM CAUGHT A BUNCH OF FISH ON THE FIRST TRIP. THEY ALL STILL LOVE TO GO FISHING. SEEMS TO ME I HAVE BEEN ON THAT BOAT YOU HAVE. DID YOU GET IT FROM TIN-CAN, I ASSUME THAT ...
WE WERE USING ABU GARCIA CASTING REELS LOADED WITH 10# TEST ANDE LINE, PLUGS TIED DIRECT TO THE LINE. WE ALSO USED SHIMANO SPINNER REELS WITH 6# TEST ANDE LINE. THE PLUGS WE USED WERE ANY LOUD PLUG, POPPERS, BLADED SPLASHING PLUGS, AND JUST ABOUT ANY THING WE HAD IN THE BOX. WHEN THOSE TROUT ARE ON ...