Fishing a la Mike Chell

[SKsCrappie]

With all y'all having all this Go Pro fun think I'ma check into getting one....side note...mine gonna be on a 20'pole
Any advice on the best camera would be appreciated.....not to hijack Mike's board.....LOL
Mike some of those BIG gills sure would be tasty fried up whole......
You making me wanna get out to Sheldon to test my fly skills on some of the gills in there.......

[SKsCrappie]

It's that ST John's all fresh water or brackish?

[mikechell]

As the river flows, I am more than 150 miles from the ocean, so we only have fresh water here. But we do have the occasional Snook or Redfish caught in the area, and Skates aren't unusual. We also get the spawners, Striped Bass and American Shad.

You don't need to watch this if you're not interested, but it's a 7 minute run down the St. Johns River (down = north on this river). Couple of fish at the end.

[dan_wrider]

What a desolate ride. Man, you run a boat 7 mins in a place like that here I bet you pass a few other boats on the water.

[SKsCrappie]

Thanks fer tha boat ride Mike.....
DW you ain't kidding.....we woulda had to come off plane sixty times to run that far &passanother fifty boats running....
Mike what are ya tha only fisherman in those parts or what.....
Looks like a very peaceful place to down spend time....and catch a few feesh...

[Gentleben]

that was so cool i fell asleep!!

[mikechell]

There are parts of the River that have much more boat traffic, but that run was on a stretch that is fairly "out-of-way".

[vett0111]

Man those lilie pad fields is an area i'd like to chunk a top water front in.

[mikechell]

On another site, the question was posed, "What part of fishing do you like best?" My answer was, "The hook set". Almost every hook set feels solid for a fraction of a second. So, anything could be on there, for that short amount of time.
So, I put together a video of hook sets and pictures of fish from 2016.

[vett0111]

Cool video. Love the hook set as well.