East Lake Tohopekaliga, Oct 7,8

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A classmate of mine decided to take his wife down to universal studios in Orlando, and I mentioned how I liked fishing down there. Somehow, we hatched a plan where they would drop me off at a fish camp, and I would fish for 2 days while they went to the amusement parks, then drive back ...some 1000 miles or so for a day and a half of fishing..

Well, it worked. In these days of gas prices being so high, I feel like I had a darn nice weekend. Here are the pictures.














Had never fished east toho before, and it was a treat to knock it off the list. The glorified pool toy that I was fishing out of actually became a strength and not a liability as we were able to pack it in the sleeping bag you see in pic one, and throw it all in the trunk of the car with no problem. As long as there is no wind, it is very fishable as you can turn on a dime. It helped that for the most part, the wind never really got bad save the few storms that rolled through saturday evening. I was able to dodge some pretty wicked looking thunderstorms. As for my catch, it was decent average quality of fish being right at 3 pounds. All in all, it was just surreal to be thinking about staying and fishing within 15 miles of home all week, and then have a choice destination just fall in the lap. That doens't happen often.