Not Much Going On Report

Hi everyone, thanks for reading the not much going on report. The weather this week was, shall we say, marginal at best. The fishing lately has been such that it’s certainly not worth the risk of getting hit by lightning, of which there was plenty. That and wind. The fishing isn’t worth the cost of the gas it takes to get there, either. So, I only got out twice, and that quite locally.

A couple weeks ago I shared the link of my newest book, 13 Summers in Alaska. I got a nice review-

“I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Took me back to AK, both the good times and bad. You did a great job of assembling a set of memories that tell the story of a summer in Alaska.” -Bill Embacher

And, I have a newer new book! This one is called Living the Van Life and it, too, is available through Amazon…

The interior is all in living color, a first for me. Please, check it out!

The Fishing!

In Oviedo there’s a park called Long Lake Park. In the park there’s a large retention pond. The public can’t access Long Lake proper, because the entire shoreline is privately owned. So, anyone who wants to fish there has to fish the retention pond in the park.

Tired of looking at the screen of my computer, I went to LLP one afternoon this week. When I got there, I was the only one fishing. I caught a bass on my friend the plastic shad, and the fish was pushing two pounds. Surprised me! More people came, though. When I left (after an hour and a half) there were six other people fishing there. Poor fish. Poor fishermen.

Nearby is a natural pond called Round Lake. The shoreline is public (Round Lake Park) but overgrown. I used my spiffy new kayak cart to drag my boat to the water’s edge, then I hopped in and went fishing for a couple hours. The water is clean (unlike the retention pond) and seems quite deep. Perhaps it’s an old sinkhole?

Anyway, I worked it hard with the shad and plastic worms, weighted to get them down. In two hours I had one bite on a red shad worm, a whopping seven-inch bass. Then the thunder started and I got out of there.

I tied up a few of these…

That was my fishing this week. I did tie up a few golden shiner flies for an upcoming trip, and did some writing for profit. And surfed the ‘net, a major time sink. And visited Bitter’s Bait and Tackle, whose inventory is mind-boggling!

That’s the Not Much Going On report. Thanks for reading!

Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Take a walk! Stay active!

John Kumiski
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