Wekiwa fishing Part 2

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Well we had a meet awhile ago and went fishing at wekiwa but only one fish and no pictures.... so this time we got fish and pictures :)

There were 4 of us out there this time and 2 canoes!!
Chompers, Camshaft, Ash and TeChris (Chris)

There is a little story to one of the bowfin, it should be the second bowfin you see Chris with - it's the darker big one. Well we were fishing, getting ready to find another spot but I saw a gar so I made a cast out and he took it.. so I waited and waited and waited and finally he got the hook in his mouth so I hooked him. Well I am pulling him in when I see a big shadow stalking him, well I wanted the gar so I pull him in really fast to keep him from being eaten. I get the gar next to the canoe and then the bowfin goes for the gar, so I ripped him out of the water and just hang him over. When the bowfin turned around, I dropped him back in and my bf stood up so I thought he was going to grab the gar when I lift him up out of the water. well I was wrong. I pull the gar up and instead of grabbing him, he throws his pole out to catch the bowfin and in the seconds it took for him to cast out, the gar's teeth snapped my line - but I so had that sucker. He was a 20inch gar. On the up side for Chris... he caught the bowfin thats in the picture. Just thought I would share.

Chompers and Camshaft had to leave early so Chris and I went up to the spring and went swimming for awhile. There is an 18ft deep hole/crack thing that we went diving in and got a few really small shark's teeth :) There are some pictures from that also.

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Looks fun. I always liked that place as it's close to Orlando and very pretty.

I wish I was still around Florida...too much good fishing there.
 
That looks like a ton of fun. I have never gone fishing for anything like that, I bet those fish are fun to bring in. I need to move somewhere that doesnt get cold!
 
Here are some of the pictures from my camera. We didn't take as many though.

This first one is what Camshaft saw when I pushed his end up into the weeds. Some girls said they saw a baby alligator go in there.

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The big one Chris caught was way bigger than my big one, but still it was a good fighter. Cameron's bowfin that he is holding in the third pic isn't the biggest he caught but that one is the only picture I took of him that wasn't super fuzzy. (I have a crappy camera). Anyway, it was a good size for the aquarium.

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So whose house am I staying at while the wife and kids are at Disney world?:naughty: For real....
 
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