Thread: It's Official

The 2015-16 season is open on Lake Harney. Been playing around in the salt back-waters with mild success waiting for some cooler weather before dropping a few lines to speck fish. Couple weeks back bought (2) 10ft. rods so.....I thought I'd try my luck & see how my set-up would perform dragging 8 poles staggered by 2ft. per pole. The weather was great, slight ripple to no wind & the water a little higher than normal for this time of year, 82F water temp at day break. Didn't matter on the presentation double 1/16" jigs, beetle-spin, 1/8" road-runners they slammed them all no minnows, bite good til' 10:30am. Can't remember seeing bigger fish this early in the season 1/2 dozen 13"-14" fatties. Took home some table-fare = freezer was empty. Had so much fun, didn't even care about losing the biggest 1 of the morning, note to self, bring the net Monday.............maybe see a few of ya's O-T-W

Originally Posted by Speckanator

I found this on Wikipedia.....Some pretty interesting reading....

A large amount of Lake Harney's history can be accredited to General William Selby Harney and the wars he took part in throughout Florida. Author of “Naming of Lake Harney”, Mal Martin, stated “William Selby Harney was born in Haysboro, Tennessee on August 22, 1800”. When he entered the military, he enlisted as a Second Lieutenant in the First United States Infantry on February 12, 1818 and remained at that rank throughout the first Seminole War which was sparked by Andrew Jackson's attack on a fort held by the Seminole people. After the first Seminole War had subsided Harney was recognized for his military abilities and was raised to the rank of First Lieutenant on January 7, 1819. Harney continued in his military career and, after the end of the Second Seminole war, Harney served in the War with Mexico(1846-1848) and the Civil War until his retirement on August 1, 1863 as a General. After retirement, he married a nurse and lived in Pass Christian, Mississippi for some time. He died on May 9, 1889 in Orlando, Florida and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. There are several landmarks that are named after him in his honor; such as Harney Peak in South Dakota as well as Camp Harney in Zapata, Texas.

Interesting indeed, that guy sure got around for being on horse.....Texas, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington D.C. & of course Florida, even Mexico.