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Belated Valentines Day Orlando Saltwater Fishing Report

February 16, 2015 by · Leave a Comment

Valentines Day Orlando Saltwater Fishing Report

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I only got out two days this week. Monday I took the kayak back to the Indian River Lagoon spot that gave me such an incredible day last week. It was way more subdued this time. I had a couple dozen shots at redfish. All but one spooked off the various flies. I brought a camera this time and did something I’ve never done before to hold the fish for the picture (it certainly can’t be called a photograph)- I used my feet.

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Holding the fish with my feet was not that easy to do.

 

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The fish took a Trout Bite.

If you have any unusual ways of holding fish for photos we all would love to hear them.

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Not exactly the fish of the trip, but a fun catch due to its novelty.

I got about a dozen trout too, the best one maybe three pounds. Synthetic streamers were used. I also got what for me was quite an unusual catch- a spotted gar that took a seaducer. It photographed well. All fish were, as per usual, released. I got nice and wet on the back end, caught in the rain by an incoming cold front.

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This modest specimen was the best trout of the day.

 

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It ate a synthetic minnow and splashed water all over the lens.

Tuesday and Wednesday there were small craft advisories. All the boats stayed in the yard. I watched the trees rock back and forth, releasing mass amounts of pollen.

Thursday Matt Ohley and his son Noah joined me for a half day on the Mosquito Lagoon. We left the dock with high hopes. The lagoon proceeded to crush them.

There were no fish at the first spot, where last time there were hundreds of black drum and some redfish. No fish. None. Not even mullets.

The second spot had some fish, mostly trout, pretty nice ones. They were very spooky and would not bite. I staked out the boat and tried soaking bait. No, that did not work either. So we left and tried door number three.

There were quite a few fish there, mostly nice-sized trout but a few redfish too. Again, they refused all our offerings, including some soaked pork chops. They left lovely wakes as they sped away from us, though.

I’m going to have to go to six pound braid with twelve pound leaders and simply cast a mile to where I think they are from now on. By the time I can see them they just won’t bite because they already know we’re there.

Friday I drove up to Ocala and set up my booth at the Ocala Sportsmen’s Exposition, where I spent Saturday and Sunday (explaining why this report is delayed). Met some good people, saw some old friends, yes, the Gatorman!, got some flies tied, it was a good trip. Maybe some bookings will come from it, one can only hope.

Looking at the weather forecast for this week was not very encouraging. We’ll see what reality brings.

And that is this week’s Orlando Saltwater fishing report from Spotted Tail.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
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Two Day Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report

January 31, 2015 by · Leave a Comment
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Who is that masked man, and what is he doing with that fish?

Two Day Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report

Monday morning I climbed in the chariot, hit I-95, and drove to Pinehurst to visit Steve and Bonnie Baker. It had been years. Steve walks with a cane now, but seems fine otherwise. Bonnie looks great. It was fantastic seeing them both again. I’d like to thank them both for their hospitality.

Wednesday I had errands-uh.

Thursday I strapped the kayak to the roof and went to River Breeze. I stopped to use the bathroom. Afterwards the car wouldn’t start, and then the alarm started firing. O meu Deus. Next thing the van is on a tow truck. We went to Myron’s Auto Repair in Edgewater. The problem was minor, a $50 repair.

I got the boat in the water about noon, paddled to the first spot. Ran over a few fish, so I got out and started wading, blind-casting. Got a redfish the first cast, and another on the third, using a brown sparkle crab. Ended up getting a dozen or so, all short but one 24 incher. Checked a couple other spots but did not see anything else. All in all, even with the car problem, a lovely day.

Friday George Allen joined me for some skiff fishing on Mosquito Lagoon. There were schools of fish in the first place we went. They were not very bitey, but George got a black drum on a mullet head?! What’s that about? We were in fish most of the day, had two bites on a DOA Shrimp, hooked and lost one nice trout and caught another. It’s the most fish I’ve seen in one day for a while, but they were not eating very well.

And that is this week’s Mosquito Lagoon fishing report from Spotted Tail.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski

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Saltwater Orlando Fishing Report from Spotted Tail

January 24, 2015 by · Leave a Comment

Saltwater Orlando Fishing Report from Spotted Tail

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Can’t get enough of this sticker…

Things seem to be looking up in the fishing world. We didn’t catch a lot of fish this week, but finding them became a lot easier.

On Monday Rob Boman and David Cline joined me for a day’s fishing on Mosquito Lagoon. We saw two schools of redfish right away. They were spooky enough that we could not get a cast to either. We continued on our way.

Spot number two yielded nothing. We did not see a fish there.

At the third spot we kept blowing out fish. Dave got a redfish on a RipTide Weedless Shrimp. Went through again. No bites. Staked out the boat and tossed a couple mullet chunks out. Rob got a 16 inch trout, released it.

Tried another spot. There were a lot of fish there, both trout and reds. They did not want to eat our offerings, and we did not get a bite. Yes, we were changing lures. No, it did not seem to matter. On the way out I spotted a school of reds lying at the edge of the flat. We had several good casts to them and Dave had one nail the weedless shrimp. It was a n-n-n-nice fish, 28 inches of glorious copper-colored Scianops. We released it.

Have you ever heard that saying, “Don’t leave fish to find fish”? These fish weren’t biting so I went to another spot where I had seen fish last week. There were hardly any there. Given time to think about it, and getting close to the end of the day, I went back to the previous spot. They still weren’t biting very well, but Rob got a 20 inch red on a four inch DOA CAL jerkbait. So, it had been a slow, tough day, but we saw quite a few fish. I thought things were finally looking better as I loaded the boat.

Dave was kind enough to send me this email- “Thank you for the great day fishing.  You put us on all kinds of fish and that is all a person can ever ask for.  I like that you bypass all the latest doo dads and fishing gadgets/gimmicks and concentrate on hardcore fishing.   I think we did pretty well considering the lockjaw that seemed to be so prevalent.  Robbie and I learned a lot too.”

Thank you Dave, for the kind words.

 

Tuesday Patrick Phillips joined me for some fly fishing, also on Mosquito Lagoon. We brought waders with us. I parked the boat and we got out and waded for a while. I can’t say fishing was hot but we got three trout and a red between us, on a gurgler and a streamer.

The wading was not fun because the bottom was gooshy. We got back in the boat and fished from it the rest of the day. Patrick had a lot of shots from both trout and reds. They sneered at everything we tried. The last fly he tried was a crab pattern. The final cast of the day was into a school of reds. They blew out.

So once again, the fish were there, but getting a bite was a tough proposition. But we were in fish the entire time.

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A gratuitous black drum photo.

Wednesday I went kayaking on the Banana River Lagoon, all by my lonesome. I do some of my best work when I’m alone. Not this day. I found several schools of huge black drum. I only tried two flies, the wool crab and the black bunny leech. I easily had 100 great shots, but got only one bite, on a brown and olive green wool crab.

I hooked the fish solidly. I could not break it out of the school. My line went slack and I pulled the now fly-less leader in. It was broken cleanly, not at a knot, a mystery break. I speculate another fish swam into it, but really don’t know what happened.

All I know is I only saw a few trout, a couple dink reds, and excepting two puffers did not get another bite. The day was magnificent, the water clean. The fish caused some frustration, but it was an awesome paddle.

Should have gone fishing Thursday, didn’t.

Friday and Saturday I had no work and the weather wasn’t nice, didn’t fish.

The St. Johns River is still very high. Saturday’s rain won’t help it drop. Reports of scattered shad catches are coming in, but I’ve heard this year we have a shad walk, not a shad run.

And that is this week’s Saltwater Orlando fishing report from Spotted Tail.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
www.spottedtail.com
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Is Spring Here? Orlando Fishing Report

January 17, 2015 by · Leave a Comment

Is Spring Here? Orlando Fishing Report

It’s only the middle of January, so asking if Spring is here may seem silly. But the red maples have already flowered and gone to seed. They are starting to leaf out. I saw some orange blossoms yesterday. The water levels in the lagoons have not dropped to usual winter levels. I am beginning to doubt that they will. We had heavy rain this week that raised the level of the Econlockhatchee River four feet. That does not bode well for the shad run. Going up the St. Johns I cannot negotiate the Econ. The channel is indistinguishable from the surrounding pasture.

I published a new ebook this week- Orlando- A Great Fishing Destination! Please check it out!

Sunday and Monday I gave fly casting instruction. Tuesday Mr. Michael Depple joined me for a half-day of fly fishing on the Indian River Lagoon. As seems to be the trend, in those spots where we found fish there were not very many, and some spots had no signs of life. Was it the wind, the clouds, or us? We went fishless.

Thursday I took the kayak out on Mosquito Lagoon, to a spot I hadn’t visited in several years. It looked awesome. The birds were incredible- ducks, and coots, and egrets. I saw four bald eagles. In spite of the cold wind, the heavy overcast, and the spitting rain I enjoyed the paddle tremendously. But I did not see a single fish and blind casting yielded nothing.

I postponed Friday’s trip because of the weather, although it turned into a beautiful day. I ended up taking a hike on the Florida Trail.

The water temperature at Port Canaveral is 64 degrees. Is it too early to be thinking about cobia??

And as bad as it is, that is this week’s Orlando Fishing Report.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

 

John Kumiski
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Another Tough Week Orlando Fishing Report

January 11, 2015 by · Leave a Comment

Another Tough Week Orlando Fishing Report

Did some blogging this week!

-The Modern Savage- A Review http://www.spottedtail.com/blog/modern-savage-review/

-The House at the End of the Earth http://www.spottedtail.com/blog/house-end-earth/

-ZOINX Sunglasses Review http://www.spottedtail.com/blog/zoinx-sunglasses-review/

 

In spite of the blogging I got to spend some pleasurable if unproductive time in the boat, too.

Monday was cool and a little breezy but seeing the blue sky I needed some boat time. I launched the Bang-O-Craft at CS Lee Park and went shad/crappie/blue marlin fishing. I had equal success with all three, fishing between the mouth of the Econlockhatchee and Lake Harney. The St. Johns River is still quite high. Seminole County will be closing the ramp at CS Lee Park for about a month starting February 2. They will be doing “renovations,” whatever that means. Shad fishermen won’t be happy, at least until the beautiful new ramp is unveiled.

Tuesday George Yarko and I went to Mosquito Lagoon. I had not been to the south end in a while, so that’s where we started. We could not find any clean water and did not see any fish, although I can’t say we hit it hard down there. We ran back north to where there is clean water. We saw perhaps six redfish and maybe twice that number of big trout, but none of them bit our offerings. We got numerous trout on the Deadly Combo. All but one were undersized.

Wednesday I went running along the Econ, from Snow Hill Road. The water level, while not yet low, is dropping. I’m thinking about bass fishing after the shad run ends, not too far off now.

Thursday I had to take Sue to the doctor. Considering the temperature and the wind, that was a good thing. Yes, she is fine.

The cold temperatures and high winds certainly made the water level drop. The water temperature has dropped ten degrees in three days and has yet to bottom out!

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Went out of River Breeze in the Bang-O-Craft of Friday. It was cold, windy, overcast, began raining. The weather reminded me of Alaska. Two different guys in skiffs almost ran me over, as rude as they could be. Saw very little, got three undersized reds. Very concerned about the loss of seagrasses up around Oak Hill. The prop dredge marks are appalling.

Saturday Dr. Edward Perez, fly fisher from Austin, joined me for a cold, windy day on Mosquito Lagoon. The water has cleared up nicely from the cold weather. Fishing was not good, as we got one bite all day. I saw at least some fish in most places I looked, which an improvement over the past couple weeks. They were not very bitey, or interested in doing anything to meet us.

That, my friends, is another tough week Orlando Fishing Report.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
www.spottedtail.com
http://www.spottedtail.com/blog
www.johnkumiski.com
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The Happy New Year Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report

January 3, 2015 by · Leave a Comment

The Happy New Year Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report

The New Year has arrived. Once again, I hope it is a wonderful year for all of you.

I have not yet heard of a shad being caught from the St. Johns River this winter. The river remains very high.

On Monday Englishman Anton Faith joined me for a day’s fishing on the Mosquito Lagoon. We used a canoe. The weather was awesome- enjoy it while it lasts! Anton had never been redfishing before. He’d only been fishing anywhere once before, and I wanted him to have a good day.

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Anton’s first redfish.

We found a hole full of redfish. Fishing was pretty solid, using dead shrimp and DOA Shrimp as bait. How solid? Probably the best day in the last five years solid. Good work, Anton!

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This beautiful redfish had lots of spots!

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The DOA Shrimp worked well.

Tuesday Jared and Natbug Cook from Whale Pass, Alaska joined me for a day on Mosquito Lagoon in the Mitzi. They brought Alaska-like weather with them. The day started off cloudy and windy and got worse, as a cold front passed over us. It got significantly windier, the temperature dropped five or six degrees, and it started raining. We got a couple small trout, a couple small redfish, and a beautiful, fat puffer, all on DOA CAL Shad. Not great, but it beat getting skunked.

Sheets of rain on Wednesday kept me from going out.

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Water temperatures at the Haulover Canal, New year’s week 2015.

New Year’s Day Sam Evans and his grandson Marco joined me for a half day of redfishing, again on Mosquito Lagoon. The sky was covered with clouds, and the water temperature had been dropping for three days. We caught a number of short trout (DOA Shrimp), but in six different spots we did not see a single redfish. The boat was on the trailer at 1230.

That, my friends, is the Happy New Year Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski

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Skipped a Week Orlando Fishing Report

December 20, 2014 by · Leave a Comment

Skipped a Week Orlando Fishing Report

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my readers. Thank you all for your support this year!

Last week’s skip was not intentional. I fished Thursday and Friday, had a yard sale Saturday, and fished Sunday. The report just didn’t happen.

Thursday’s fishing was a solo scouting trip to Mosquito Lagoon. Starting late, the Mitzi didn’t hit the water until after 11. I checked six spots and found fish in four of them, catching two slot reds and a flounder, all on a DOA Shrimp.

Friday I went with Tom Van Horn. We checked some different spots and didn’t find much until we went to one of my fishy spots from the previous day. Tom got a couple reds and a beautiful 25 inch trout, again all on a DOA Shrimp.

The yard sale was a success. I sold $100 worth of stuff I didn’t use any more, met some of the neighbors, and tied a couple dozen flies.

Sunday Michael Edwards and his friend Mitch joined me for a day’s fly fishing on Mosquito Lagoon. It was cold on that first boat ride but generally the weather was spectacular. Those fish I found Thursday? Mostly MIA. Michael got a low-end slot red in the first spot we tried. Mitch had a bite late in the afternoon that he unfortunately popped off on the strike. In between we either saw very spooky big trout (LOTS of them) that would not bite, or hardly anything at all. I for one was very disappointed.

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Here’s my water chariot, complete with surrounding litter.

Tuesday the weather looked awesome, as did the water level and the water temperature. Although it’s still got a ways to go, the water level is finally starting to get to get near normal winter levels!

The water levels at the Hauler Canal this week.

The water levels at the Haulover Canal this week.

I took a solo kayak trip to the Banana River Lagoon. It took me quite a while to find some fish. Once I did it was pretty hot with the nice trout and the slot reds for a couple of hours, mostly on a black redfish worm.

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One of several nice trout that took the redfish worm.

 

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Forgot to mention I got this little feller. There were lots of them around.

Thursday I made another trip, intending to look for big fish. Again there was a lengthy search mission, but I found a school of black drum and released five between fifteen and thirty pounds. They were eating pretty good. All of the took a black bunny leech. On the way back to the car I got four slot reds, too. Awesome day. The sunset was arguably the most spectacular of the year, but hard to photograph while driving at 70 MPH.

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It’s hard to photograph these when you’re by yourself.

That, my friends, is the Skipped a Week Orlando Fishing Report.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
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Thanksgiving Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report

November 30, 2014 by · Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report

I hope everyone had a magnificent Thanksgiving holiday.

Monday Scott Radloff and I went to Mosquito Lagoon with a simple, straightforward mission- to catch a redfish for Thanksgiving dinner. We failed, catching one seatrout each. At least they were in the slot.

Tuesday and Wednesday were monsoons, heavy rain and wind. Did not fish.

Thursday the Kumiskis hosted about 35 friends and family, no fishing.

Friday morning I met Bret Felberg, his brother Keith, and his father Stuart for some Mosquito Lagoon fishing. The air temperature was in the high 40s and it was blowing pretty good. I was not optimistic. But we got a half dozen rat reds and four or five seatrout to about five pounds, on DOA Shrimp and pieces of mullet, much bett er than I thought we’d do.

Here’s what the water levels and water temperature did this week:

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You can see where fishing might be tough.

That, my friends, is a Thanksgiving Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report.

Next week’s report will be late because I’ll be travelling.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
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Orlando Area Fishing Report

May 30, 2014 by · Leave a Comment

Orlando Area Fishing Report

Blogs This Week:

Fishing Streamsong- A Photo Essay

I expanded the Orlando area fishing report this week all the way down into Polk County. It’s not a bad drive…

Monday morning found me out on the Mosquito Lagoon with fly fisher Gerry Dizinno, from Texas. I thought it odd that when I pulled into the Haulover parking lot on a holiday there was no line at the boat ramp and plenty of parking spaces. Then the fish explained it.

It was a little breezy and there were lots of clouds, not the best fly fishing weather. But the fish I had been working were mostly gone and a search mission did not turn up many more. Ominously, I saw quite a few dead ones. We did not get a bite.

Gerry emailed, “I had a good time, especially if the guide is as hard a worker as you, regardless of fish caught! When back in Orlando, if time allows, I’ll definitely arrange another trip.” Thank you, sir, very gracious.

Tuesday son Alex and I drove to Polk County to fish in the phosphate pits at Streamsong Resort (see the blog here). Tuesday evening guide Bill Read led us to about ten bass in a couple hours, including the biggest one I have ever seen caught, boated by Alex. That’s my boy!!

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Alex with his prize.

Wednesday morning we got a couple dozen fish to about five pounds. All fish but one were caught on Texas-rigged soft plastics. The accommodations are beyond outstanding. If you like big bass, a plush room in which to sleep, and outstanding cuisine, then this is a place you must visit. And Bill the Guide was first-rate, too!

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Bill with a nice, chunky fish. Most of our fish came on soft plastic baits Texas-rigged.

Early Friday morning long-time friend Rodney Smith joined me for some scouting on the Indian River Lagoon. It was good to see him- I hadn’t since the paddle trip ended. We quickly got three species of fish in the shallows (redfish, seatrout, and ladyfish) on jerkbaits, and then went searching for tarpon. Sadly, we did not find any, even though we found a big school of menhaden.

IRL redfish

These fish pull harder than bass do.

The boat was on the trailer at ten o’clock.

And that is this week’s Orlando Area Fishing Report.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short. Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
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Orlando Area Fishing Report

May 24, 2014 by · Leave a Comment

Orlando Area Fishing Report

It was a weird week. And even though I do not like to fish on weekends, especially Memorial Day weekend, fishing Saturday made up for almost all of the other weirdness.

Monday was a no fishing day and at this point I can’t even remember why not. On Tuesday morning I met Tammy and we paddled to a Mosquito Lagoon fishing spot. Fishing was not hot. I did get a seatrout of five pounds of so on an Electric Sushi streamer. I missed the three larger fish that bit prior to the one I caught. There were also blown shots and fish that weren’t spotted in time, etc.  I was not on top of my game.

Wednesday morning I went to the Econ. I had a new fly, a sexyfly tied in a fire tiger color, I was sure would kick bass butt. I got one bite, a bass that, if I were being generous, I would say was a foot long. Two others followed the fly but did not bite. The experiment did not work, although to my credit I stuck with it until I left at about noon.

Lighten Up for Black bass

These are some of the flies I throw for bass. The fire tiger one that failed is on the lower right.

Wednesday evening, Thursday, and Friday I had the pleasure of sitting in Florida Hospital with my mom and her husband, only to be told in the end that they couldn’t find anything wrong. She’s home again doing what she was doing before the hospital stint. If you should find yourself in this situation bring LOTS of stuff to do. And a sweater. You could hang meat in there.

Scott Radloff and I got to Port Canaveral at about 7 AM Saturday morning. The parking lots were already almost at capacity and it was a zoo at the boat ramp. Anything less would have been disappointing.

We got the Mitzi in the water and the car parked and went looking for bait. From a half-mile south of the Cocoa Beach pier south to Patrick AFB the menhaden are solid all along the beach. The first toss of the net came up empty but the second had more fishies than I could lift. We let most of them go.

I would have been happy with anything but I was looking for tarpon. We put six in the air and leadered four, along with bites from several moderate to large sized sharks of various types. The weather was warm and sunny. The best part was, all those hundreds of boats that had been launched were nowhere near us. I don’t know where they went but no one bothered us.

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There goes one hospital day!

 

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There goes another hospital day!

Catching four tarpon will make up for a lot of strangeness, that’s what I know.

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What hospital???

And that, gentle reader, is this week’s Orlando area fishing report.

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short. Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
http://www.spottedtail.com

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