Just when you thought the cold weather was over, here we are with another cold snap! I really don’t mind the cold weather too much though, because I sure do get tired of all those hot days of summer. The fishin’ is still goin’ strong, and the specks and the bass are still bitin’.
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Hello Folks, I hope everyone is doin' okay and, hopefully, you’re gettin' some time to go fishin’. The fishin' has been really good for a couple of weeks, and folks ’re catchin' plenty of specks as well as some very nice bass.
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If you recall, Let’s Read OCPS is the reading challenge that started here in Apopka with Read Around the City. I began that program several years ago, in…
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Lake Woodruff and the St. Johns River have been on fire for the past week. There were a couple of days when the specks slowed down with the cold weather, but once it…
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