Fishing With Family and Friends in Cape Canaveral
September 14, 2011 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
Written by CollegiateCamo Pro-Staff Donny “Gatorman” Bartow
Summer times almost gone! Woohooo! Bring on Old Man Winter because the only thing I will miss is fishing, but I’m sure my mind will be too busy focusing on big game animals across the states! Well, I won’t really be missing out on fishing all that much because I live in the south and Old Man Winter rests here before and after tormenting the northern states but as long as he cools us off I’m good with that!
Fishing down here is always good! Too many species to target to not have good fishing! This summer I did a lot of fishing with my family, and friends! I mainly fished salt water and have realized what an addiction it is, because there is also the one fact of too many species to not commit to it! Where ya say was I fishing? The main salt water destination I chose was around Cape Canaveral Fl., in the Indian River and my targeted fish was…yep you figured right…Gator Trout!
I was lucky enough to be guided by my Uncle Travis who put me on more fish than we could keep! Nearly every time we went out, which was every Thursday afternoon, we limited out! It was a blast that will get and keep you addicted!! We also caught some red fish, ladyfish, salt water cats and saw a wide variety of other animals but the best treat was a Manatee! Man that’s one funky looking water beast!! Very cool to watch though! This type of fishing is one of the easiest there is; as a matter of fact it’s so easy even a caveman can do it! Please note this was not taken from the popular insurance commercial!! HAHA seriously though if you wanna take a kid fishing for the first time, you gotta take ‘em gator trout fishing! nMy youngest son went a few times and unfortunately I don’t have the pics of him with his catch but trust me when I say my 10 year old out fished me!!! Ya know I love the outdoors but when I get to spend it with my family that’s what makes the memories last! Good fishing and good Hunting and always remember to take a kid and always stress and teach safety!
God Bless… Gatorman OUT!
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Young Deer Cozies Up to Fishermen
June 28, 2010 by CollegiateCamo · 1 Comment
Sometimes mother nature and humanity really seem to be as one. Look at this fawn that comes up to the human and trusts him to play and feed him. The natural instinct of the animal is to run from humans, that they are bad, but this little fawn seems to be completely comfortable with his new friend and playmate. (Thanks to the folks who sent out this crazy cute forward e-mail.)
Scary Statistics: Fewer Youths Hunting and Fishing
February 18, 2010 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
We recently read some disturbing numbers in the article from the Wall Street Journal, “The Outfitters’ Lament: Too Few Kids With Guns.” I was shaking my head with concern over the statistics about the youth of America and what they’re missing out on in the great outdoors.
What a shame that video games have taken away young people’s enjoyment of the outdoors and spending time in the outdoors, hunting, shooting and fishing. We see overweight children and are disgusted by their sedentary lifestyles. Many rural families for generation after generation have migrated to the cities leaving no one on the farm to foster these sports. If we’re not careful, there will not be enough generations left to even pass on the memories and life values learned in the field.
So many youth will grow into adults and never know the joy of sitting in a tree stand watching a squirrel approach within inches, or watching a river otter along a bank as you check out the “just right” fishing hole. I could go on and on with breathtaking memories spent hunting and fishing as a youth that I feel all young people should be encouraged to experience and enjoy.
Besides the valuable lifetime experience hunting provides, we are all aware of how massively outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen support conservation with the revenue from our hunting and fishing licenses. For those who don’t hunt and fish but enjoy the outdoors in other areas, conservation programs are in trouble without the support of this revenue!
This particular article speaks of the outdoor industry and how we’re all trying to curb this decline, but it’s going to take a “fad” of sorts to make it fun, acceptable and cool again. We need to fight for the cause and embrace what promotes these outdoor activities with pride.
CollegiateCamo is doing our part by combining the collegiate-loyal with the outdoors-proud. We show our passion for the outdoors, hunting and fishing by offering the community camouflage college decals and apparel. Maybe what it takes is “hanging on to the coat tails of successful endeavors and combining the two to excite our youth about the outdoor sports.”
What are you doing to keeping hunting and fishing alive?
