On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:34:08 -0500, Rodney Long
backed into a tree whilst ridin inna park then wrote:

What me worry? wrote:
On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:21:01 -0700 (PDT), Ronnie
backed into a tree whilst ridin inna park
then wrote:

I was fine the next day - other than being tired and sore. Found out
at my club tournament today at least six other club members have had
the same bug in the last week or so, lasting 24 to 48 hours. It is
nasty.

That one or two day stuff can be a killer.

Spots do fight harder than largemouth - more like a smallmouth.

There are supposed to be spots around here.

When hooked, most of the time the spots will run deep (not jump, or even
surface head shake, I can always tell the difference between a spot
and LM, before even seeing the fish, spots do indeed pull out more line,
lb for lb than a Bucket mouth does. 90+ percent of the bass I catch are
spots, mainly due to me fishing in or near fast water most of the time.
Spots love moving water :-)

With the water in nearby lakes as low as it is, the only moving water
is in the rivers. The Tsala Apopka lakes are about 7 feet low. There
are areas, cause the lakes are so shallow, that have 100+ feet of
bottom exposed. Many connecting channels are impassible so current is
at a minimum or non existent. The lake doesn't have much in the way
of structure either, it's like a large shallow silt bottomed bowl.
Hopefully with the warmer weather the Bass and Crappies will be moving
in to spawn soon. Evidently the "cold" fronts moving in every 3/4
days have kept spawning at bay.

Dan