A Good Day On The Water

Dad and I went out crappie fishing this morning and had a great day. We left about 6:30 am and was on the water at day light. The fish started cooperating right away. Dad was in the back of the boat and having a riot. He was fishing with 3 poles at first, but before long he couldn't keep up and put one away. This went on for quite a while. When they slowed down we went to the other side of the canal and started all over again.

The only thing that interrupted us was a little rain. (Well maybe it was a lot of rain.) Started out as a sprinkle, then dad said it was getting foggy or really raining cause he could hardly see the bridge that was about 1/4 mile away. We found out it was NOT fog a few minutes later. And boy did it RAIN. We both had rain jackets on but they weren't enough. Should of had the whole suit on that way maybe we wouldn't have been like a wick and soak up the water clear to our arm pits. LOL

That didn't stop us as the rain only lasted a few minutes and the fish were still biting. Kept on fishing till they slowed down. Good thing the fish can count, because we were getting real close to are limit and we probably would of went over if they hadn't known enough to stop biting when they did.

That's One Big Gator

Denise and I went out fishing the other day and she took pics of this big gator. The gator had to be at least 12 feet long. Maybe longer. I know it wouldn't fit in the boat with us. Maybe that is why it was licking it's lips every time we went by. LOL That day there was 22 gators layin on the bank. That is in about a 1/4 mile of canal bank. They like the sunny days to sun them selves.

Had a good birthday. Didn't win at bingo that night. Ooh well you can't win every time and we have won a lot this year.

Our friends Scott and Cheryl called today and they are in Florida. Going to the Keys before they come here. Guess we will have to go see them in the Keys. It is a nice trip down thru the Everglades, about 4 1/2 hour drive.

Crappies Are Bitting

Well we are getting a few crappie, not setting the world on fire but getting some. The ones we are getting are nice ones, in the 11 to 14 inch range. Of course they have to be 10 inches to keep them down here.

We had a nice Christmas and New Years. The pics of Denise, Me and the one of Mom and Dad were taken New Years Eve at our park Christmas Party. It's a good time. They have finger food and Drawings. We won 40 dollars on the 50/50 drawing.

Ooh yea the pic of the water, if you look close it has ice on it. Just took it to show you it's not always 80 degrees down here. (We have to put up with Mother Nature at her worse.) LOL. After all it was 28 degrees that morning at day light. Had to get up early to get the pic of ice, as it went away fast when the sun came up. But still we had ice. Made me want to go ice fishing. (NOT)

Eating a lot of Oranges, as they are delicious fresh from the orchard. The tomatoes are good too. ways enjoy the fresh friuts and veggies when we get down here.