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Dec 18, 2021 16:47:12 #

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New here. (Harris chain in central Florida)

True enough--specs are Speckled Trout, a salt water fish. However, here in Florida, Speckled Perch are also referred to as "specks," and are what will be found in the fresh-water Harris Chain of Lakes. Speckled Perch are also called "Crappies," "Croppies," "Calico Bass," and probably lots of other names in other parts of the country!

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Mar 31, 2021 16:14:03 #

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My first Walleye

Walleye in Lake Hopatcong? I grew up there, left many years ago. I don't remember Walleyes. Yours are nice fish. When did stocking of these begin?

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Jan 11, 2021 17:06:25 #

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Fishing with my wife

My wife accompanies me occasionally. Are you fishing Lake Hopatcong? I grew up there. It was a long time ago, but it always seemed good for a yellow perch, or 2,
and an occasional largemouth in the '50's

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Sep 20, 2020 16:33:29 #

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Sturgeon

Sturgeon are catch and release only here in Florida. I had no idea they could be eaten. What do they taste like?

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Aug 28, 2019 10:23:14 #

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Alligator gar help

FS Digest wrote:

Today I was fishing a small inlet connected to the little manatee river I normally catch ladyfish mangrove snapper and the occasional small catfish I was fishing 10 lb mono with gulp shrimp on a jig head and felt a big tug I set the hook and started reeling and what looked to be a decent sized gator gar jumped out of the water long story short he got off and I know I was out gunned I am wondering what gear/ bait I would need to reel this guy in thanks

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by williamhubbart

I doubt that you are seeing Alligator Gar this far south--last I knew their habitat did not extend south of the Suwannee. You may be seeing large Florida Long-Nosed Gar. Having grown up on the Caloosahatchee, I recall many of them there. They would bite on any meat or fish wrapped in screen and floated behind a popping cork--

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Jun 1, 2019 09:15:05 #

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Hooks for Longnose Gar

This goes back many years, but while in school in South Carolina, we used to wrap a piece of liver in aluminum screen and tie it on. Gar in rivers in that area were top-feeders, so it was rather simple to reel them in while their teeth were meshed in the screen---

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