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There Are Lake Fishermen...
AND THERE ARE RIVER FISHERMEN
A largemouth bass from Florida's Ocklawaha River
A largemouth bass from Florida's Ocklawaha River
Trout stream in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Georgia
A river-caught Florida largemouth bass
And Seldom Do The Twain Agree!
- Original Author Unknown
Florida's Ocklawaha River
A largemouth bass from Florida's Ocklawaha River
A largemouth bass from Florida's Ocklawaha River
A largemouth bass from Florida's Ocklawaha River
A largemouth bass from Florida's Ocklawaha River
An Information, Opinion, & Photo Gallery Website
Compiled by Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca
Created: 27 January 2016
Last Revised: 18 September 2020
Ocklawahaman Doesn't Always Have a Camera Available -- But Sometimes...
NOTE -- IF NEEDED: Right-click-on individual photos then "Open image in new tab" to ENLARGE them!
Florida's Aucilla River
Florida's Ochlockonee River
A trout stream in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western Virginia
Oklahoma's Blue River
Florida - Georgia - Virginia - Oklahoma
Four of the Thirteen Great States of the American South
VISIT THESE PHOTO GALLERY WEBPAGES:
(1.) River-Caught LARGEMOUTH BASS
https://sites.google.com/site/andthereareriverfishermen/largemouth-bass
(2.) River-Caught STRIPED BASS & WHITE BASS & Their HYBRIDS
https://sites.google.com/site/andthereareriverfishermen/striped-bass
(3.) River-Caught SMALLMOUTH BASS
https://sites.google.com/site/andthereareriverfishermen/smallmouth-bass
(4.) River-Caught SHOAL BASS, SPOTTED BASS, & SUWANNEE BASS
https://sites.google.com/site/andthereareriverfishermen/shoal-bass-spotted-bass-suwannee-bass
(5.) River-Caught PANFISH & CATFISH
https://sites.google.com/site/andthereareriverfishermen/panfish-catfish
(6.) Stream-Caught BROOK TROUT, BROWN TROUT, & RAINBOW TROUT
https://sites.google.com/site/andthereareriverfishermen/brook-trout-brown-trout-rainbow-trout
(7.) OPINION: Bass Fishing, Rodman Dam & Reservoir, & Ocklawaha River Restoration
Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca's Bass Angling Began in Florida Some 55 Years Ago (1965)!
Fishing Man-Made Ponds & Lakes -- Later I Discovered the Aesthetic Beauty of By-God Flowing Rivers & Streams
Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca is an accomplished stream angler who has caught nine different varieties of bass plus three different species of cold-water trout along with many other fishes from the flowing freshwaters of several Southern states. Although he has fished many of the still-water canals, lakes, & ponds plus salty tidewaters that almost all other Florida fishermen are accustomed-to & greatly prefer; river bass angling in current is undeniably Paul's preferred pursuit. Paddling a canoe (or bank-walking & wading when advantageous), Ocklawahaman skillfully uses buzz-bait & spinner-bait lures almost exclusively while bass fishing moving freshwater. Motorized watercraft for "run & gun" fishing or other aquatic tomfoolery & plastic worms or live shiners for bait are not part of his personal angling ethic. Ocklawahaman practices a style of bass fishing on natural segments of streams that is ideally an aesthetically pleasing & "un-crowded" solemn quest for some of Nature's most game fishes; the great majority of bass caught to be released unharmed for future benefit. North-central Florida's swift-flowing Ocklawaha River is the home water of Ocklawahaman; it is where Paul Nosca first learned freshwater stream angling techniques & where he continues to employ them as often as possible -- from his man-powered canoe.
"There are lake fishermen, and there are river fishermen, and seldom do the twain agree!"
- Original author unknown.
THE SONG "Ocklawaha, Set Her Free" videos at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIUn5Hg5ePE
Ocklawahaman sings "Crooked River, Big Old Trees, Ocklawaha, Set Her Free"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LHfXQR7Cpg
Ocklawahaman sings "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues and North Georgia Pines Trout Fishing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZC4ApVVnRw
"Bass Fishing the Ocklawaha River"
A video with Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca and Captain Erika Ritter by Matt Keene
"FREE THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER BY THE BREACHING OF RODMAN DAM" sign FOR-FREE $$$ online petition at https://www.change.org/p/st-johns-river-water-management-district-free-the-ocklawaha-river-by-the-breaching-of-rodman-dam.
