An Information, Opinion, Photos, & Sources Report
Compiled by Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca
With the assistance of A Cruising Down the River Captain Erika Ritter
Created: 23 November 2014
Last Revised: 07 October 2020
NOTE -- IF NEEDED: Right-click-on individual photos then "Open image in new tab" to ENLARGE them!
This website's web-pages report about my past outdoors expeditions
(camping, exploring, fishing, hiking, wildlife viewing, etc.) in the great state of OKLAHOMA.
(1.) BLUE RIVER, OKLAHOMA:
Memories Of This Free-Flowing, Spring-Fed Treasure...And More!
(2.) OK Memories Of My Quest For The Wichita Spotted Bass
YES, "Ocklawahaman" was a proud "OKIE" with an Oklahoma resident fishing license for a couple of years "back then" (even though I had a Florida driver license) all thanks to the "Be All That You Can Be" United States Army.
"OKLAHOMA Outdoors: A Slide Show by Paul Nosca"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0KZrzAGyU&spfreload=5
My two favorite songs about the Great State of Oklahoma:
Sung by David Frizzell & Shelly West
Sung by Merle Haggard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFD2-_Xng8
Also visit these other Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca websites:
Information about FLORIDA (Mostly)
https://sites.google.com/site/ocklawahaman/home
https://sites.google.com/site/paulnoscasbassfishingphotos/
https://sites.google.com/site/ocklawahamanpaulnoscareports/home
Information about the BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS (GA, TN, NC, VA)
https://sites.google.com/site/blueridgemountainsandpaulnosca/
Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca's Bass Fishing Began in Florida Some 55 Years Ago (1965)!
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, and ponds plus salty tidewaters that almost all other Florida fishermen are accustomed-to and greatly prefer; river bass angling in current is undeniably Paul's preferred pursuit. Paddling a canoe (or bank-walking and wading when advantageous),Ocklawahaman skillfully uses buzzbait and spinnerbait lures almost exclusively while bass fishing moving freshwater. Motorized watercraft for run and gun fishing or other aquatic tomfoolery and 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 and 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 and 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.
Email: ocklawahaman1@gmail.com
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