On the lake bank in Florida

[Illinoisgiller]

With a little mention of dock fishing in Florida, a discription of fishing from the lake bank down there was explained to me. Now keep in mind that he was speaking of Lake Okeechobee. (sp) . He said that they don't have a shore bank as we would think of it up here. He said that with the exception of the canal it goes like this. -- Normally you can stand 50' from the water and the soles of your shoes might get wet. walk up 1/2 way to the water and you MIGHT have the soles covered. He said this gradual incline continues out into the lake till the water might reach 4 or 5 ' and run that way for a mile or so.
I found this interesting and was curious if there are lots of lakes with the edges that shallow? I realize of course that the mines would be steep . Mike

[Pegleg]

Yep thats the way most of the natural lakes are down here Mike. There are some places you can bank fish but those places are heavily pressured. A boat is the best way to fish here. If you make it down here my boat is always ready to go.

[Sharon]

Yes thats true, how ever with gators down here, I would not be walking out in the lakes to fish... also in my area are a lot of old phosphate mines such as Saddle Creek that I posted.. you could all of a sudden find your self drowning in a 14' hole that came up out of nowhere.... lots of people thinking its ok to swim in those either drown when they panicked at the depth, or were eaten by a gator.... stay in the boat or stay on the dock and fish safe.

[big country]

ohhh! quit being a sissy sharon, the gators down here don't eat much...lol
besides all you got do when wade fishing freshwater is stay away from the gator beds and the mocosin balls....well now that i think about it......hey ya'll if your down here in fla. just stay outta the water it's safer...lol

[Sharon]

ohhh! quit being a sissy sharon, the gators down here don't eat much...lol
besides all you got do when wade fishing freshwater is stay away from the gator beds and the mocosin balls....well now that i think about it......hey ya'll if your down here in fla. just stay outta the water it's safer...lol


Next time we go to Turkey Creek, Ill let you show me how its done HA HA HA!! :icon_razz:
and youre right, much safer outta the water. :icon_cool: