Saturday, July 13, 2024. We were up at 9:00 and off to the main level/floor of the Explorer Hotel for a buffet breakfast. I had breakfast potatoes, which were small, bite-sized potatoes and quite tasty; a few eggs; fruit; and orange juice. Mark had a bunch of good stuff, including a pastry that looked like a waffle with […]
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We also had other prep to do, including getting our two dogs, Winston and Snickers, set up with the food, meds and treats they would need for a 12-day visit to their favorite day spa/hotel. The photo to the right shows a plastic container packed with food, medicine and instructions for our pups. Thursday, July
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February 27, 2024. Last night, I was sitting outside the Hontoon Resort and Marina when a man–perhaps 65–walked up with a drink in his hand. He said hello, introduced himself by telling me his name and that he was is from Dexter, Michigan, a small town in southeast Michigan. We chatted for a bit and
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February 26, 2024. Captain Jim Pruitt gave us the option of fishing at Lake Yale, another lake, or returning to the St. John’s River again. Since we’d started getting into bass yesterday at Lake Yale–and St. John’s hadn’t produced many fish–we opted for a third day at Lake Yale. It was quite chilly again this
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February 25, 2024. We met Captain Jim Pruitt at Marsh Park to fish Lake Yale again. The moon was hanging around, and I shot this with my cell phone. It looks a lot better on my cell phone. The day started out very promising, because by 7:36 I’d nabbed my first bass (to the left).
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February 24, 2024. While we hadn’t had much luck fishing the St. John’s River with Captain Jim Pruitt, on our one day off from guided fishing Mark and I rented a boat and, yes, went fishing on the St. John’s River. The boat came with the most quiet of motors ever–a little Honda that purred
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February 23, 2024. High winds were forecasted for the day, so Captain Jim Pruitt suggested we fish another stretch of the St. John’s River, which would offer more protection than an inland lake. We met Captain Jim at Lemon Bluff Park. There are two parking areas here, one affording perhaps a dozen parking spots, and
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February 22, 2023. We met Captain Jim Pruitt at the Marsh Park Boat Ramp on an inland lake we’d never heard of called Lake Yale. It was a 45-minute drive from the Hontoon Resort on Florida back roads and mostly in the dark. I was excited to fish a new lake. The lake was foggy.
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February 21, 2024. One of the things I love about bass fishing is getting up early to see the sun rise, and one of the things I love about Florida is how many awesome sun rises one gets to see when one does get up early. The photos above are of our first sunrise in
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Saturday, August 5, 2023. Fort McMurray, Alberta to Cree Lake Lodge, Saskatchewan. We were up early and at the Fort McMurray Aviation hangar by 7:30 a.m. as instructed. Nobody else was there, though, so we hung out and took photos. Shortly after 7:30, a guy named Wade appeared and asked us to bring our luggage
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