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Bass Fishing => Bass Fishing Tips, Techniques & General Discussion => Topic started by: REEL_MAN on October 22, 2012, 06:57:27 PM

Title: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: REEL_MAN on October 22, 2012, 06:57:27 PM
Well it now comes down to moving to Florida the first of November. It will be different learning to fish salt water but thank goodness I will still have the BFL gator division. I want to thank Dan for the great web site he created and maintains. It is a lot of work to keep all safe that use it, THANKS Dan for all the good work!!!! If any of you know of any sites like GLB I would appreciate the pass along info.
I will be thinking of everyone on GLB when I'm on the water and your here watch the snow (dirty 4 letter word) and ICE .

Good luck to all and again a special thanks to Dan!!

Dave Valentine
REEL_MAN
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Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: Dan on October 22, 2012, 11:25:49 PM
Say it ain't so. Who is going to repair my reels? Congrats Dave and enjoy. Remember sun screen.
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: djkimmel on October 23, 2012, 12:50:06 AM
Thanks for the kind words. Good luck with the retired people in Florida!

I will think of sunburns and hurricanes every time I catch a BIG Michigan smallmouth!! ;D
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: BIGSHOW on October 23, 2012, 05:15:00 AM
Dumb question,but are there smallmouth in florida?
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: Redbone on October 23, 2012, 06:24:18 AM
Enjoy your time in the south.

Hit us up when you move back. :P Everyone I know that tried to move to FL always ended up back in MI.
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: YpsiBass on October 23, 2012, 10:49:43 AM
Quote from: BIGSHOW on October 23, 2012, 05:15:00 AM
Dumb question,but are there smallmouth in florida?

Bah, he can fish for peacock in the canals.  I think he'll cope.
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: dartag on October 23, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
Enjoy it.   Plus you won't have to pay state tax on retirement thanks to our Gov.
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: fiker on October 23, 2012, 01:10:25 PM
Seriously.  Do we still send you reels to be serviced, or are you really really retiring?
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: Mike S. on October 23, 2012, 01:48:10 PM
You can get GLB on Florida's internet. I'm sure you will have pics and stories to share. Isn't there a fishing reports section for everywhere else on here?
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: LAPORTE on October 23, 2012, 02:46:39 PM
Dave you can't go. I still owe you some drop shot weights from the BFL tourney I fished a few years back ..
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: djkimmel on October 23, 2012, 08:39:23 PM
Yeah. GreatLakesBass.com is still available in Florida...

No smallmouth bass in Florida that I'm aware of.
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: REEL_MAN on October 24, 2012, 12:59:24 AM
Thanksfor the kind thoughts. I'm looking into setting up shop in Florida, I'll keep you posted. I will need something to do on the "cold winter nights" . Laport you can pay Seth back instead of me.

Dave
REEL_MAN
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Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: djkimmel on October 24, 2012, 01:11:49 AM
You mean when it gets below 60?!? ;D

If you're sick of fixing reels, just read about the big smallmouth we are catching on GreatLakesBass.com! Sorry. I'm partly jealous and partly thinking I couldn't handle being gone that long from the Great Lakes!
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: LAPORTE on October 24, 2012, 06:48:24 AM
Quote from: REEL_MAN on October 24, 2012, 12:59:24 AM
. Laport you can pay Seth back instead of me.

Not a problem, enjoy yourself Dave..

Dave
REEL_MAN
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Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: BIGSHOW on October 25, 2012, 02:29:12 AM
Then he can post pics of his 10+ lb. largemouth he's catching down there.
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: djkimmel on October 25, 2012, 11:56:17 AM
That will help with the missing smallies! :)
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: TheFishinPollock on October 25, 2012, 08:08:31 PM
I have to admit . I do miss them giant bucketmouths down there. Plus fishing on christmas day really made me smile cause I knew everyone up here was freezing their baits off.

The first 11+ pounder ya get makes ya think ya hooked a gator.  Using live shiners down there is weird. Nothing like bait you can carve up and eat its so big. But they love them things . Like fishing in a 55 gal drum if ya use um now and then.
Title: Re: Retirement means moving to Florida
Post by: djkimmel on October 26, 2012, 01:10:45 AM
Haven't tried that yet. I've used shiners up here on river and lake bass. I would catch my own shiners when I was a young 'un and use those to catch bass and pike. Sometimes, I spent almost as much time fishing ultralight for shiners as I spent using the shiners (chubs too) for the bigger fish. I guess I just like fishin' period!