An Ode to Redfish Photo Essay, and a Merry Christmas to All
Thanks for reading this week’s post, Ode to Redfish. I only went fishing one day this week. Weather was fine when I left home, started pouring as soon as I put the boat in the water. I waited in the car for an hour, hoping it would stop. Then the boat resumed its place on my car’s roof, and we went home. No fishing.
And a Merry Christmas to all! And the Winter solstice 2022 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 4:47 PM on Wednesday, December 21!
Wanting to post this week because I won’t again until 2023, the Ode to Redfish idea struck. Here it is!
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The Copper Coated Crab Cruncher
By John Kumiski
The copper coated crab cruncher
just crunches crabs all day.
He’ll also eat some shrimp and fish
to while his time away.
You’ll find him sometimes tailing.
Sometimes he just sits still.
Sometimes he keeps a-cruising,
hoping his gut to fill.
He’ll sometimes be all by himself.
Other times he’ll be with friends.
No one can say why he does what.
On him it all depends.
They come sometimes as little rats.
They come as big bull reds.
I’d rather see them live and swimming
than in someone’s cooler, dead.
I catch them while I’m wading.
I catch them from my boat.
Some days I catch none at all.
But always I have hope.
I catch them with my spinning rod.
I catch them with my flies.
No matter how I catch them,
It almost gets me high.
I really love that redfish,
though he’s a simple beast.
Spending a day where redfish live
is a wonderful sensory feast.
I know this is a silly poem,
but I’m a silly boy.
One thing you can be sure of though,
redfish make me jump with joy!
I don’t know if Santa likes to fish. Rodney Smith, Banana River Lagoon. Merry Christmas!!!
Scott Radloff, off Cape Canaveral.
The late Joe Mulson casts, Tom Mitzlaff poles, Mosquito Lagoon.
The late Lefty Kreh, Indian River Lagoon.
River and Mike Conneen, St. George Sound.
Mark Marsh with a fatty, Indian River Lagoon.
Mosquito Lagoon tailers.
Son Maxx, first redfish on fly, Indian River Lagoon.
Patrick Phillips, Banana River Lagoon. I still use the kayak, 20 years later!
The inimitable Tamazon, Mosquito Lagoon.
George Allen, early morning Mosquito Lagoon.
My brother-in-law Richie Surprise, Indian River Lagoon. This image was a Florida Sportsman cover.
Laurel Boylen, Mosquito Lagoon.
Maxx and Alex, Indian River Lagoon.
Redfish portrait, Banana River Lagoon.
Bryan Carter, Ken Shannon, Plaqueman’s Parrish, Louisiana.
Austin Warmus, Mosquito Lagoon.
Bob Duport and Terri, Mosquito Lagoon.
Tom Van Horn, Mosquito Lagoon.
Alex and Maxx, Banana River Lagoon.
I forget this guy’s name, unfortunately. He got this big red and it squirted milt all over his legs. Indian River Lagoon.
Kevin is holding what looks like a redfish but is actually a trip to the Haunted House with Dad at Disney World.
Susan, Little Talbot Island.
Redfish school, Mosquito Lagoon.
Valentine redfish, East Bay.
The late Steve Baker, Mosquito Lagoon.
A deformed redfish, Mosquito Lagoon.
Charlie Chapman, Banana River Lagoon.
Marcia Foosaner, Indian River Lagoon. The Space Shuttle, carrying John Glenn, goes up behind her.
Redfish portrait, Mosquito Lagoon.
Redfish portrait, Indian River Lagoon.
That’s the Ode to Redfish. Thanks for reading! And a Merry Christmas to all!!!
Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Take a walk! Stay active!
John Kumiski
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