Dave, a buddy of mine and I had been fishing on one of the many lakes in central Florida.
The fishing was incredible. We had been using big shiners and it seemed that those largemouth bass were almost eager to be caught.
We had caught several fish in the eight pound category, releasing them no worse for [...]

“Men are incapable of rational thought and it is a well known fact that due to what is known among medical experts as the ‘lard’ gene, an amorphous and somewhat mushy blob located in the center of the brain cavity and taking up approximately eighteen square inches of space in the average man’s cerebrum, men, [...]

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA’S LAKE APOPKA
For a very long time, people have inhabited the area around Lake Apopka. These people were what civilized man referred to as, “primitive”. Those primitive men called the lake, “Oomic gagagic ga goomba”, or in the white man’s tongue, “The beautiful lake that will last forever or until [...]

My occupation as a small boy and eventually a zoo director and my more recent relationship with bears has given opportunity for many encounters with interesting denizens, both animal, human and otherwise.
Recently I had the opportunity to provide the black bear footage for a T.V. series featuring the wild places of central Florida. While questioning [...]

The years pass and little boys are slowly transformed into big boys. As the saying goes, “Only the toys change.”
In my case the toys didn’t change they just became louder.
I feel sorry for kids today. No excitement.
When I was a kid we had cherry bombs and M-80,s oh how sweet the sound.
(Perhaps that is one [...]