Once again we extended our tradition of fishing on New Year’s Day. 2019 found us on Shell Creek east of Punta Gorda searching for speckled perch in our kayaks. This was a completely different start to the year than last January 1 at Big Pass in Sarasota. That was a cold windy salt water trip and this year was a warm freshwater adventure. Kim caught numerous small bass and bream but ended the day with a nice channel catfish for dinner

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