Chris King is one of my oldest fishing buddies. He and I were members of Central Connecticut Bassmasters together back in the 70s, when it was the only BASS Chapter in the state. We kind of lost touch for a while after we both dropped out of the bass club scene, and Chris actually stopped fishing for a while, and concentrated on street rodding.
A few years back, we reconnected, and had been fishing together quite a bit each season since then. Chris quickly became a drop shot junkie once he started fishing with me again.
Chris and his wife spent a month or so every winter on Lake June, in Florida. This year, they returned from their usual Florida stay, and I guess our northeastern weather dished out one snowstorm too many. So they put their Connecticut home on the market, and headed right back down to the Sunshine State.
Connecticut’s environment isn’t conducive to the concept of transplanting Florida strain largemouths here, so Chris did the logical thing, and transplanted his Connecticut ass to Florida. But he took the drop shot mentality he had picked up here down there with him. And practically the first thing he did once he got settled in, was to walk out the 60 foot dock of his new home on Lake June with his dropshot rod in hand, and catch his first ever, double-digit Florida bass. On a drop shot rigged 4″ Producto Springworm, with 8# Fluoro.
Recent Florida transplant from CT, Chris King, with a 10-7 taken from the end of his dock on a drop shot rig.
I don’t know. I always said I’d never move to Florida. But between my wife pushing in that direction, and pictures like this from Chris, who knows what next year might bring?
I hear you Rich. I’ve been thinking the same thing. But I just turned 50 and need to get my savings a bit higher never mind get my daughter into and out of college! In the mean time I guess Champlain will just have to do! Life’s tuff don’t ya know!
Steve.
I remember Chris from when I was the Cental Connecticut Bassmasters “club Teenager” – introduced by you !
By the way Georgia’s fishing aint half bad either – This weekend I caught Largemouth , Smallmouth , Spotted bass and Stripers – all within 2 hrs of Atlanta !