The calendar says spring but the past month or even more it sure has felt more like summer! This has been my first winter of chasing specs here in Florida and it’s been quite the learning curve especially when I ventured out and explored many different lakes such as Garcias , stickmarsh , headwaters , Lake Okeechobee , blue cypress , lake Marian , and lake Kissimmee. All beautiful places to fish and some good days but also a lot skunked days not knowing the lakes hot spots all to well.I probably should have stuck to 1 or 2 lakes and really honed in on learning the fish habits in select lakes but wanting to see all these cool lakes and knowing there all spectacular lakes for specs lead me to explore every weekend. None the less it’s been awesome exploring. To add to the new lakes I got a new boat specifically for crappie fishing ! I plan to keep chasing the crappie through the summer changing tactics and fishing deeper holes but in the meantime I am eager to get on some bluegills and even more so the infamous shellcrackers! Anyone ever fish for them in lake Marian area or anywheres besides lake Kissimmee as I see they haven’t already started slaying them there in the north cove pads. Any insight on any of the panfish would be great! Kind of a vague post just lookin to interact with the community and get out and do some fishing with everyone! God speed everyone and have a great Easter weekend!

Jake