Fishing @ Lake Okeechobee

O wow, 0400 came early.  Tom was chomping at the bit to fish Lake O, so off we went, aiming to drown some crickets.  Got there b4 daylight, so stopped off at Roland Martin's store to kill some time.  Over $100 later, we were on our way again.  Got to the ramp and found many had launched in the dark.  Fishing was soooooooooo very slow at first, so much so that Tom's thoughts turned to food.  That seems to be the answer when things aren't going as expected.  Soon we were back at Roland Martin's.  We tied the boat to the docks and slid in for a quick bite.  After lunch Tom let me drop a hook in the harbor and that went so well that soon we were both drowning crickets.  Then it was back out to the canals surrounding the lake for more.  The weather started deteriorating, so Tom suggested we head back to the ramp and just in time too.

Working our way out to the Lake

There were twice as many boat trailers as in the morning and it was starting to sprinkle.  We pulled, headed for the cleaning house and it started pouring.  Boats were backing up at the ramp and it looked like it would be a free-4-all soon.  What timing!  We drove at least half the way back to the campground in pouring rain.  It let up just enuff for us to check out another Corps Campground located out in the middle of the boonies that Diane was venturing to in the near future.