Fishing on Lake Stella

We have been doing a lot of fishing lately. Some days good, some not so good. Been fishing from the dock and the new boat. Both of us are getting really tan too. Here are some pics of our recent fishing expeditions:

First here are some of the beautiful sunsets we are treated to almost daily

And we have spoiled the area birds from feeding them hot dogs...They flock to the dock whenever we arrive for their daily rations LOL

And here is our new boat and some pics of us fishing from it:

And then there's MY fish that I caught LOL!!!!!!!

He was much bigger than he looks here because he had his tail flopped up in this pic! What fun he was to catch!

So we have been having lots of fun snaggin fish down here in Florida!!!! Will have more to post about soon I'm sure!

Fishing is back on!!!!!!!!

Fishing has been pretty slow for the last month or so. The water got cold and all the fish went deep so, without a boat...no fishing :-(

But the last week has been gorgeous and warm here so last week we took a ride on the scooter over to the lake and noticed all the small bait fish are back by the docks. Bait fish in the area means BIG fish are too. So we have been fishing again this week...yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....and have been catching some monster bluegills!!!!

Believe it or not we have been using cheap Save-A-Lot hotdogs for bait and the bluegill and catfish LOVE them. Bobby and I have been catching BIG bluegill and I caught a really nice catfish a couple nights ago. I keep forgetting to take the camera but will try and remember it so I can get ya'll some pics.

Honeymoon Fishing Trip - Day 7

Sadly this is our last day at the fishing resort. We have had such a good time here and would like to send out a big thank you to our hosts Clint and Billie Jo as well as the park mascots Tater Tot and LuLu who have kept us in doggie kisses this week!

I am finally feeling quite a bit better tonight (man this cold kicked my butt for a couple of days there). Gonna hit the docks once more this evening and then get packed up to head back to Daytona Beach in the morning. We are planning to go early enough to dip a toe in the ocean before returning our rental car and checking in for the flights back home.

Located a great little 2 bedroom apartment here in Crescent City and hope it will still be available in a couple weeks so we can hold it until we move down here. We both love it here and the move is inevitable. Have a LOT of downsizing to do and so much to accomplish when we get back home but we can't wait to get back here!!!!!

Next post will be from home and we will add a few more pics and videos when we have a better internet connection.

Love from Florida!

Honeymoon Fishing Trip - Day 6

Not much to post about again today. I got up and fished for about an hour this morning. We caught a couple of catfish and I got to feeling lousy so I came back to our room and Bobby stayed fishing for a bit alone. He came back to the room and said it wasn't the same fishing without me (isn't he soooooo sweet?) so he made a trip over to the realtors office to check on rentals in the area. Found a cute little 2 bedroom apartment really cheap that we are hoping we can hold until we can get ready to move here. Then he came back to hang with his sickly wife and wait on me hand and foot. Sent him to the store for some chicken noodle soup and it seems to be doing the trick. Starting to feel a little better. Hopefully I will feel like a full day of fishing tomorrow since it's our last fishing day. Can't believe how fast a week can go by. Wow!

Sunday we plan to head back to Daytona Beach early so we can run down to the beach and dip a toe in the ocean before our flight home. Looking forward to that! I will post again tomorrow night before we wrap things up here. Night all!

Honeymoon Fishing Trip - Day 5

Sorry for the late post but I came down with a nasty cold and cough and have been under the weather. Not a lot to post about anyway. We are still having a wonderful time. Still catching big bluegills and some catfish. The weather has been wonderful (nice in the morning, warming up in the afternoon bringing a nice short little thunderstorm followed by a lovely evening). Today's thunderstorm produced a really cool sky. Here's a couple of pics.


Also thought I would show you the Florida version of nightcrawlers LOL. Hard to believe these big ole fish hit like crazy on these things. Makes me wonder what they would do on some huge nightcrawlers like we use back home.

These things are extremely tough though and so squirmy it's not funny! So we did a little more fishing, ate some supper and bedtime once again. Boy is this time going fast!

Honeymoon Fishing Trip - Day 4

Not much happened today. We kind of slept in (until 7:30) and didn't hit the fishing hole until like 8:30. Nothing much biting today. Caught a couple medium sized catfish and a couple bluegills but smaller ones.

Went on a Churches chicken and boiled peanuts run again. Yum. Came back and took a nap. Tried a little more fishing but it was pretty hot and still not much biting although we did get to see an otter pop his head up and look at us for a minute. The wildlife around this lake is nothing short of AMAZING! We headed back for the air conditioning, shower and supper. Took another short nap and tried again around 8 tonight. Bobby caught another little bluegill but we were really fishing for bass and none were hitting anything we threw at them and a storm was coming up so we called it a night. We are really having a wonderful time!

Sorry no new pics today! Hopefully tomorrow will be another good fishing day. See ya then!

Honeymoon Fishing Trip - Day 3

Wow, one hell of a day today!

Started out at 6:30 this morning heading for the dock and were treated to this beautiful sunrise:

We proceeded to catch quite a few more bluegill (or brim as they are called here). Took a few more pics.

After a couple of hours we got hungry so back to the cabin for some taters, eggs and toast. Then we took a drive up to Palatka (a bigger town about 25 miles north of here) to look around a bit and go to Walmart to restock our fishing supplies.....We lost a few bobbers to the rushes!

Came back to Cresent City and stopped in the local newspaper office to check out the archives of when Bobby's Dad owned the paper. They have archives of all the papers waaaaaaay back. Got to read some editorials written by his Dad and got copies of a few including a photo of his parents he had never seen. Pretty cool stuff.

Time for a beer run and more fishing. This is where it gets good.

Fish on???? Hell no.....Gator on!!!!!!!!!!!

Here we are fishing nice and peacefully when along comes Garth (yes we named him) the Gator! It soon became clear that this gator was stalking our bobbers. It also soon became clear that he wasn't too bright! So Bobby, in his usual goofy manner, began taunting Garth with erratic bobber movements. In the video above I said no to reeling in a gator, but on the second bobber chomp Bobby talked me into it. MAN, a 175 pound gator on the end of a pole is um, indescribable!!!!

It was obvious after he bit on our bobbers for the third (yes I said third) time that Garth must have ridden the short bus into the lake and then probably ATE IT! We're certain his motto is "Bobbers...the other white meat!"

Everyone should be pleased to know he has been fitted with special gator glasses and is doing well in the everglades!

Soooooooo.......back to fishing and guess what? Along comes Garth's little brother, Barf...LOL...who also must think bobbers are a delicacy. When I say "little brother" here, we are still talking about a 4 to 5 foot long gator. Bobby actually hooked this one, wrestled with him for about 10 minutes or so, got him all the way to the dock, but he lost his balance for a second and Barf darted around a pylon and snapped the line. (All that just so i could get a better shot of him with the camera)...At least all arms and legs are still intact!

So ends the gator sightings for today. Got to actually fish for a few more hours, caught some more bluegills and called it a day.