Fishing

**Sharla** · 10-24-2008 09:37 AM

Beginners luck - I had the same as a kid with my little hand reel fishing line with my bros.

They wouldn't believe I had a fish at all - just assumed I had it caught under the jetty until some other random stranger saw me struggling to hold the line and pulled it in for me.

It was a decent size and my bros damn were jealous which I really enjoyed!

The few times I've fished since I haven't had much luck though!

**Ghost** · 10-24-2008 10:26 AM

In between Christmas and New Years in Florida, you have to try and get out to Lake Okeechobee around Clewiston during the full moon. The Specks are just starting to bed for the breeding season and when it is really cold out on the water, they bite like crazy after sun down.

**CGM** · 10-24-2008 05:58 PM

If you ever manage to snag hook a fish near its tail, it makes the fish seem much larger than if it is hooked by the mouth. I did that a few times. Once fishing from the shore of a lake I hooked into what I figured was the catch of a lifetime. On light spinning tackle I manage to snag a carp of about 3-4 lbs near the tail. What a battle! Took me damn near half an hour to land the thing, what a disappointment when I saw what it was.