New BOC

[capt.kirk]

ATTN:
When are you florida BOC members going to make the change?Your going
to like it.Its not hard to do and your going to have access to a lot of new
things. :)

[Catfish_Commando]

Hopefully they show up soon, If I remember correctly, there were quite a few Florida members in the ranks.

[fishcat]

any one know good places tyo fish in central florida new to the area

[Capt. Catfish]

I made the change! Another Florida member here now.

Hello FishCat,
Welcome to central fL. I would suggest any of the lakes in Osceola county. My favorite is lake jackson in the prairie lakes managment area in south east Osceola county. There are a couple of small spill over dams that produce real well. But the central florida area has a thousand places to fish. if you like river fishing take a drive over to the St. Johns river, Off of state road 520 there are some places you can bank fish from and in the same area there is a boat ramp also. But if you use a boat keep an eye open for AirBoats, there are a lot in use in this area and they don't always see people in a regular boat when they come out of the tall grass, so it's better for you to know where they are. Which is easy because they are pretty loud. most wal-marts here carries maps of all the lake chains in the area, they are a good investment cause of the number of lakes we have and some aren't easy to find and those are the best ones for fishing.

Good luck, hope this help you get started

Chris

[capt.kirk]

the post to florida boc members had an error .the post was submitted by
capt.kirk not by capt.catfish. sorry for any confusion. :)

[capt.kirk]

BOY is my face RED.We have another capt. with us.Welcome capt.catfish
I will have my glasses on next time. :o

[Capt. Catfish]

Thank you. There's enough room for two capt's here I'm sure. :cool:

[fourwglenn]

Hey fishcat, Have you tryed fishin at the Kirkpatrick dam on Rodman pool? there are two fishin piers there and the channels are bitein good at night on cut bait and musscles. I've had good luck with cured chicken livers too. Check for the recipe for curein livers in the forum here.

[98custom]

im here too. Im from NW Florida in case any of you know some good holes over here.

[98custom]

im here too. Im from NW Florida in case any of you know some good holes over here.

[capt.kirk]

:D Welcome
To all who have made the change to the new BOC.With that,I now have
a question.How many of you be attending,The Florida Catfish Classic?
I live in New Port Richey,born and raised in indiana,Now retired and now
can fish every day.We are getting ready to head north on the 28th,got
a new grandbaby to see #17.After spending a week visiting the kids we,
are heading to barkley lake in kentucky for a week,then on the way back,
we are going to stop in wewahitchka for 2 days to prefish the river,to get
some idea on how to fish the tournament.In all my years of tournament
fishing,I have never fished a river tournament.I understand that their are
a lot of die hard river runners up there with a ton of experience.I did not
mean to write a book here so I better finish this and eat my GRITS.
p.s.if you intend to go start looking for a place to stay,I called about a
month ago and got the last room at magnolia lodge.
GOOD LUCK& GOOD HEALTH
CAPT. KIRK

[Swampy]

I now have
a question.How many of you be attending,The Florida Catfish Classic?
CAPT. KIRK

I was going to try to make it,but NO one will reply with info. about it. I've tried both e-mail addy's with no replies. I need info on the area never been there. Now I guess I won't be able to get a room. You would think they would be willing to help with info.but I guess not,that's a poor way to run things.

[Stump Bumper]

Hey guys, I just made the move from the old B.O.C. site to this new site. My name is Ray Manus and I'm from the Tampa Bay area. I've been fishing the different tournaments up in the panhandle for the past three years and I can show you some short-cuts to Wewahitchka that can help you concentrate on important stuff like catching bait and Flatheads instead of going around in circles trying to find who to talk to and where to stay. Step #1: Call Wewahitchka City Hall and ask for Don Minchew. He is the #1 go-to person for info on all the Apalachicola River Flathead tournaments. He is responsable for the Florida Catfish Classic and knows more about Flathead fishing on the Apalachicola and Chipola Rivers that anybody I know. He is more than willing to help answer all of your questions and will bend over backwards to make you feel welcome.
Step #2: Plan on going up a couple of days before tournament time to bait fish and scout out some holes. I realize that's not always possible so if you plan on arriving on tournament day then try to bring your live bream with you. It sure is nice to be able to have 2 or 3 dozen lively river bream to start the tournament with.
Without writing a book, I'll close. P.M. me with your phone number and I'll try to go more into detail and answer any specific questions I can about where to stay, places to catch bait ect....ect....Ray

[capt.kirk]

STUMP BUMPER
You are 100% correct with your information,Don is the go to man for info
the last e.mail reply i had from them said they are getting the entry packets
ready to send,that was about a month ago have not received anything yet.
i will be leaveing here on the 28th headed to indiana for a short visit then to
barkley lake i intend to stop in wewa on the way home,will try to find out
WHATS UP with the delay.
CAPT.KIRK
NEW PORT RICHEY :confused:

[Pferox69]

Hey everybody, especially that Pegleg guy. :)
Finally made the big move, nice place here.

If we get the rain they are talkin about with this Katrina, Kississimmee river down by the gates on Highway 60 will be a good spot for sure.

[98custom]

You guys seem to know alot about the Apalchicola River. How much weight would it take to hold some bait down in that river because it has so much current.

[onionhead1112]

any good places near ocala to do some bank fishing? other than rodman dam and ocklawaha river(which is usually flooded)?need room for 2 to 3 people each with up to 3 rods but would go down to 1each if needed. been here nearly 5 years don't even go out much for lack of places to go that have any fish.lake roussou is practickly dead where you can bank fish it that is.anyone have any new places to recomend? thanks. dennis.

[Stump Bumper]

Hey 98Custom, I normally use 8 ounce egg sinkers on a sliding sinker rig. That will work in most situations for live bream (4 to 8 inches). If the river is up near flood stage and the current is really kicking you might want to go to 10 ounce sinkers. Do you plan on fishing the up-coming Catfish Classic?....Ray

[Schoe]

You bet the people at Wewa are hard to get in touch with. I tried the E-mail addresses and phone#s on their web site with no luck and finally thru the Police dept did I get someone to put me thru to Don Minchew who like they said helped me out greatly. If anyone don't have reservations I would get on it as there aren't a lot of places to stay. Today I was lucky to get a cabin at the Dead lakes resort right on the river. Schoe

[Swampy]

Thanks guy's I'll try to catch Don for some info.

[Stump Bumper]

Swampy, I talked to Don the other night and he gave me permission to post his phone number. You can reach him at (850)639-3474 (home) or (850)814-3180 (cell). Also if you enjoy camping, the Dead Lakes Park campground is an outstanding place to consider. It also has a convient boat launch where you can launch then work around the shallow water stumps and cypress trees to catch bait for the tournament. It's full of stump knockers, warmouth and river bream. Hope this helps....Ray

[capt.kirk]

STUMP BUMPER
thank you for your info,on the catfish classic.this should awnser all the
questions every one had.it is not to late to start calling to check on a
place to stay,there is bound to be some motels in that area.i got to go
eat my grits. :) :D

[fourwglenn]

any good places near ocala to do some bank fishing? other than rodman dam and ocklawaha river(which is usually flooded)?need room for 2 to 3 people each with up to 3 rods but would go down to 1each if needed. been here nearly 5 years don't even go out much for lack of places to go that have any fish.lake roussou is practickly dead where you can bank fish it that is.anyone have any new places to recomend? thanks. dennis.
Onoinhead, Try the public pier at the Hagey-Beary ramp at Orange Lake. They've been catchin some good eatin size channels there at night and on overcast days. Catch some of the small bream in the weeds around the pier then use em for cut bait. Chicken livers are good too. If you fish at night take plenty of Deep-woods OFF, the skeeters are big and fierce. If ya'll try fishin from the grassy bank on the south side of the ramp whatch for the over freindly gators that hang out there.
Glenn

[dudly2252000]

Hi everyone, i'm new to Fl, been here 1 month now. Man, finding decent catfish waters is like pulling teeth here, when u ask someone about rivers holding good cats they look at you like you have a 3rd eye, i'm from lake charles, louisiana and the catfishing was pretty good most of the time, but it is killing me here in florida not to at least have a shot at catching a nice flat or blue cat. I live in dade city about 30 miles from tampa if anyone is in or near this area and can point me in the right direction plzzzzzz help. man i wish i could afford to go to that tourny in wewa!..can someone plzz post some pics of some fish caught if its not to much trouble. thanks a lot and gl to all!!!.

[wewasr]

Sorry it has taken too long to hear from me about the Florida Catfish Classic. We have had all kinds of server problems. We have tried to respond to the email we recieved, if I have not responded please email me @ citywewa@gtcom.net. We have mailed out over 400 applicitions to fishermen that have fished the Florida Catfish Classic before and have about 200 more ready to mail Monday.

Don Minchew :wub:

[DeerHunter01]

Glad to see you made it here Don, if there is anything you need let us Know.


D.H.

[Hootowlc3]

Dudly, try middle lake, they have a fishing pier and they feed the fish. They stock channels there also. Turn left there at the old juice plant and go out that way. I don't rember the road. If you need help I can look it up for you.

[crmule]

Well I got here ,I kinda like the new BOC it's a lot easer to get around in .
thanks to the folks that did all the work.
I will get a picture of my purty self on line as soon as I figure out how to get it smaller
be well mule

[Dwednuts]

I hope I can make it down for the tournament,Wewasr! Hope to meet you there :) :)

[wewasr]

Look foward to meeting you and any other BOC member that can make it to the Florida Catfish Classic.

Don

[Swampy]

that is a big help.

[Stump Bumper]

Swampy, sure will be good to see everybody in October. Should be quiet a few B.O.C. members there....Ray

[dudly2252000]

hoot, thank you for the middle lake info i my neighbor told me exactly how to get there, i am going to try it tonight. i'll post my results here 2morrow!!. gl 2 all!!!

[dudly2252000]

well i made it to middle lake results are wednesday night..2 channels in the 2-3lb range and a strange looking cat, kinda looked like a blue cat but with a very very wide and flat head, no pics yet, thursday night i got skunked, but the gar were out lol, 2nite skunked again but at least the mosquitoes were biting lol. not gonna give up tho i'll try again 2morrow night. gl all

[Stump Bumper]

Think it might have been a white cat. They have a body shape and color kinda like a blue but with a big mouth like a bullhead. They are pretty common in Florida....Ray

[dudly2252000]

you are right stump the head was very flat..the mouth was wide and big.. it looked like a blue cat, but it was very long and skinny it looked undernourished i was kinda shakey about eating it..my neighbor took him and cleaned him up next day he said the fish tasted very good and he will take all of the ones i catch like that lol.. it just kinda didn't look right to me, not like all the other cats i am used to catching back home in louisiana, oh well next time i'll keep one myself and give it a try. ty and gl to all!!!

[fourwglenn]

Dudly, Sounds like a walkin catfish. Their ok to eat . Don't throw them back they are an introduced spieces and the fish commision is tryin to get rid of em.

[Big Country01]

another tampa member has switched over to the new site!!!!!!!!
i haven't browsed through it yet but plan to.
at least theres more locals from the state replying on this one..

[Stump Bumper]

Good to see another local brother on the site....Ray

[Pferox69]

Welcome to the site Jfinch, hopefully we can keep the momentum going, I have learned alot more about the state in just this short time.

Thanks everybody for the information.

[Tee]

Well I'm a Georgia boy, whose folks are from around Chattahoochee, that got transplanted to Mississippi coming to "out catch" DH at the catfish classic. And I am looking for a partner to fish it with if any of you are interested, send me a message.

And I know DH's fish man's truck won't make it that far.

T

[Stump Bumper]

Tee, call Don Minchew, he might be able to hook you up with one of the local boys to fish the tournament with you. That would sure give you an edge..hee...hee....Ray

[capt.kirk]

ATTN:
I will be unable to attend the classic at WEWA just cancelled reservation at
MAGNOLIA LODGE less than 1 hour ago,hope this may help some one that
needs a place to stay.GOOD LUCK to all who are attending.
CAPT.KIRK :D

[Stump Bumper]

Kirk, sorry to hear you won't be able to attend, we will miss meeting you. Hope everyone is in good health and everything is going O.K. out your way....Ray

[Tee]

I got a motel room @ Dead Lakes Fish Camp today, $35.00 per night and they have more. Now all I need is a partner and I'm good to go! :cool:

[Pferox69]

Sorry to hear you can't go Capt.
I know you were lookin foward to the trip.
Hope all is well.

[DeerHunter01]

The winners of the FCC have been sent there entry forms for the tournament please follow the information on my E-Mail to get your entry's in.

Schoe and myself will be staying in a cabin at Dead Lakes Sportmens Lodge Monday thru Sunday. I would like to see all the BOC members that will be attending meet up Thursday night for a Official BS session some where either at our cabin or someplace else if you are all in for that.

Stump bumper: I have sent you two e-mails and have not heard anything back from you Sir. Please send me a E-Mail to boc-pro-staff@lightpower.net. I will also have my cell phone with me while we are down there. so if any of you want to get in touch with me while we are there please E-Mail me for the Cell phone number.

Thanks
Deerhunter01
BOC Staff

[Stump Bumper]

Matthew, I just sent you an email with my home and cell phone numbers. Sounds like Tee is gunning for you in the tournament....LOL....Ray

[Stump Bumper]

Tee, I would fish with you but I entered with my grandson Tyler. He's in the Kid's Classic. Don went out with us August two years ago and showed us a few good channel cat holes. Brother I was never so happy to run out of bait in my life! Tyler liked to of killed me! Over a period of about 3 hours we caught 36 (a mixture of channels and blues) all between 1 to 3 pounds and probable threw back as many that were too small to keep. As I took fish off and rebaited hooks all I heard was "Papa I got another one!". Of coarse Don was laughing his hind end off the whole time....Ray

[Big Country01]

anotherone has switched, although i joined in tennessee but now i am back home in brandon...

[Catbird]

Tee, I would be honored to fish with you, but as of now, my brother (Fatkat) is going to be coming with me. Sorry. I hope someone rings in here for ya before to long.

[Stump Bumper]

JFinch, welcome back home brother. Have you done any good over at Dover lately?....Ray

[jim]

Ray,I thought you might not have made the switch.Are you coming up for the 24th-25th?How is Butch doing I hope all is well.Jon comes in tomorrow and will be fishing along with his new girlfriend.Things are fine here,lots of Marines over in New Orleans,and the MEUs are exchanging so we be busy as usual.Sounds like your Grandson is going to be a good fisherman

[Stump Bumper]

We won't be up to Santee this month. Butch is doing fine, his situation is about the same. I will see him this Wednesday, I'll let him know you were asking about him. Glad to hear that John will be able to join you. Tell everyone we said hello, we will definately make it back "one of these days". Right now everyone down in this neck of the woods is getting ready for the Classic in Wewa. Sure wish you could make it down for that one. Anyway, good luck this month, I've got a feeling you and John will do well....Ray

[Tee]

Stump.
I will be there sometime wednesday(it may be late). If you can get a "heads up" on bait that will be a BIG help. That way I can scout the river thursday. I have an extra bait tank if anyone needs it, just add battery.
I'll send you a pm with my cell number in a minute too.
and will Tyler be around to give us "foreigners" fishing secrets????????? lol I might need to bribe him to fish with me..... :cool:

As of this minute, I still do not have a partner. I have several "I'll let you know in a day or twos" out there. If I don't get a definate commitment by the 25th. I will be sending in my application to fish solo.
So: I WILL BE THERE READY TO FISH!
DH be afraid.....VERY AFRAID! :thumbdown

Now..let's fish!

T

[DeerHunter01]

Tee: I am shaking in me boots, just don't say it, just bring it buddy !! lol

:eek: :grin-big:

[Big Country01]

hey stump i ain't had to chance to wet a line since i been back from ten. been to busy working o.t. and geering up for hunting season...

[Stump Bumper]

John, as of 1 October they will start with a new Fiscal Year issue night pass for Menard Park. I think they run $35.00 but are good til 30 September the following year. Night fishing at Turkey Creek is definately worth it....Ray

[Tee]

There is a rumor going around that DH has a special "load" of stink bait coming for the tournament. Teasvalley is feeding his baby "special catfish concoctions"...........and had to get a haz-mat permit to send the results to DH.
Some people will do anything to TRY to win...
But like I said, it is just a rumor. :evil-big:

[Stump Bumper]

Hummm....smells fishy to me....Ray

[Tee]

Well I'm sending my tournament registration off in the morning (monday). Looks like I will be fishing by myself.
Can't figure out what's up..... I have the registration covered, shower regularly, have the place to stay, can provide transportation there and back from Walnut, and bringing the boat. Still can't find anyone to fish with me......I must be a REALLY man :confused:

See you all in a couple of weeks.

Tee

[Stump Bumper]

Hey Tee, hang in there brother. The best thing about fishing solo is you don't have any distractions and you don't have to share any of the prize money!..LOL....Ray

[Tee]

lol I figure what is "suppose to be" will happen. ANd incase you forgot, Sethsmommakat will get her 99% of whatever I bring back......"yes dear I'll be right there"......... :cool:

[DeerHunter01]

Tee I got you a partner but me and schoe get half of what ever you guys win..lmao

Get ahold of me.. so now we have 8 Members from the BOC that won in the contest.

[Big Country01]

hey stump sorry for the late reply sound good, i would normally sneek in or go with my wifes friends husband swo is a ranger there. sergeant park on 301 has those passes too and you can get one for 1 month for 5$ i've caught alot cats out of there.............we'll have to hook up at one these places one nite.....john...

[Stump Bumper]

I didn't know that they gave out passes at Sgt's Park. When the weather starts cooling off a little the Channel Cats should start turning on. I'm gonna try Dover for a while Saturday morning. If you are over that way give me a yell....Ray

[Big Country01]

good luck i'd like to get out there but gotta work that o.t.......john

[Pferox69]

Man, I never thought it would get cold enough in Florida to freeze this thread. :grin-big:

[rlpip43]

Just signed up to BOC from Lake City. Born and raised in Tampa and now retired from the military. I fish cats every year in Kansas (Glen Elder) and will again this July with my brother.
Looking for some knowledge of any decent catfish lakes in the Lake City area. I'll be catfishing Ocean Pond next week but I don't know if it's any good or not.

[Pferox69]

Welcome to the BOC, rlpip43.
Sorry I can't help ya tho....I'm still havin problems with gettin to know the lakes in Polk County. :rolleyes:

[rlpip43]

Thanks Pferox69.
Even though my Dad was born and raised in Polk County (Lake Wales), I'm not very familiar with the lakes except for Henry and Alfred, which I bass fished. I have catfished some lakes near Clermont and done very well.

[Big Country01]

welcome to the boc robert,
it is good to see new members from the tampa areaeven though you're in lake city..lol
i don't know much about lake city lakes but if you are intrested in some nice cat holes i can tell you about some in the tampa area....