The last 3 weeks here in what we believed to be “South Central Florida”, felt more like the bunghole of the Arctic. The temperatures dipped way down into the 20’s and it wreaked havoc on the local marine life, not to mention made wearing flip flops pretty fucking lame. December started off really, really, nice Aaron Seymour (AKA-Yosemity Seems, Dr. Seymour, Michigan Bitch) arrived on Dec 14th and we crushed fish all week in mild 80 degree temperatures. For Mid December…this is AWESOME!

And then comes January and hell literally freezes over. Temps drop 50-60 degrees and we go into a catatonic state of fishing hibernation. Let me give you a taste of this pain…I am now paying a heating bill, and there are palm trees in my backyard…REALLY? REALLY? My pool has a thin coating of ice on it but I’m still paying the pool guys to come skim out the dead frozen frogs. My avocado tree in the backyard is totally dead and I’m fresh out of guacamole for my fresh fish tacos. Those annoying Quaker parrots are gone, the lizards have completely disappeared and I haven’t seen a roach in weeks .

The biggest tragedy is the latest fish kill throughout Tampa bay. The good news is those annoying fucking catfish are littering the shores, but the cold snap devastated the Snook population.

The good news is the Florida Division of Wildlife has closed the Snook harvesting season until September. Anyway, the weather is on a warming trend and I am all out of time for this post. Adios Amigos!

P.S.-Butters, Tits, Gracie, Seems, and all the other Hooligans-I really miss you guys. Even your lame jokes, bad fishing skills, and extremely small appendages.

Tags: fishkill, Florida, snook, Tampa

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