03-27-2006, 08:46 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I have worked for two companies based in the Fort Lauderdale area of Florida. I know all about the canals and ponds down there. They really are a grabbag of species. Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some of those fish are really great sport when they outgrow aquarium size. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the problems down there though, is other things that bite, besides fish. The huge skeeters are only the beginning. Then there are the water moccassins and then the 'gators...and in some areas there are great big eastern diamondback rattlesnakes that get to be 8 feet long.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are actually guides down there that specialize in jump fishing different canals for different species. One guy specializes in fly fishing for the big grass carp that live in many of the canals. Wierd place.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some of those fish are really great sport when they outgrow aquarium size. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the problems down there though, is other things that bite, besides fish. The huge skeeters are only the beginning. Then there are the water moccassins and then the 'gators...and in some areas there are great big eastern diamondback rattlesnakes that get to be 8 feet long.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are actually guides down there that specialize in jump fishing different canals for different species. One guy specializes in fly fishing for the big grass carp that live in many of the canals. Wierd place.[/#0000ff]
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