Thread: Florida Cracker Will Survive

Been wanting your opinion Jeff and others on the validity of Jesup's past reputation and now updated(experienced) status on "heavily infested" Gator lake. We saw a small one last week probably 3 foot hanging curiously around us staying mostly 150' away. The dozen or so times I've fished it, I haven't seen more than a tolerable few. Other Florida lakes and past experience on St. John's and Santee Cooper measurably surpass this one!??
Also, last week while doing the trotline tango and Rubik's cube rumba, I mentioned a commercial fisherman in small jon boat that confronted us. He informed us that just lifting the line, even to untangle our lures, would be subject to "significant" wallet down-sizing if witnessed by FWC!! I did mention that I would arrange my calendar to introduce myself to the judge! He wasn't hostile at all even telling us that they use soap, marshmallows, hot dogs, chunks of cheese, small pieces of 1/2" square aluminum foil(that was what we saw) thankfully no cookies Ed (w/whiskers) Didn't see or hear any fish during our unscheduled, unwanted "line dance"! He was cast-netting Tilapia this day with marginal results @best. No doubt in our mind that he was trying the retirement check "twist" with us! Don wanted to know if they catch any crappie on the foil baits. It was unnerving later on as I caught Don watching me unwrap my sandwich, LOL!!

Doug