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September 18th, 2016
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Bluegill and Shellcrackers are still jumping on the hook for those crickets. Our Wednesday regulars are still catching Bluegill with crickets they caught over 60, Wednesday morning out of the Stick Marsh. They also caught a few small Catfish and a couple of Specks.
Specks are slowly coming on! Hearing more and more starting to be caught with minnows as their choice of bite.
Bass have been hitting on shiners and the domestic shiners we carry are doing the job. Several 3 pounders were caught Thursday morning along with a total count of 18 in 2 hours with the biggest one weighing in at 4 & 3/4 pounds.
JUNE 13th, 2016
Well we are back up and running on this site. We have had a few problems and have kept up our Facebook page. Look to it for everything since this has been down. We will be syncing the two.
OCTOBER 3rd, 2013
SPECS ARE COMING IN!!! Niles & Claude caught 40 Speck Thursday and 23 Yesterday!!! They also caught a good mess of Shell Crackers (Redear Sunfish) and Bluegill. The cooler weather in the mornings is helping the fish move around. Niles & Claude were fishing with minnows and crickets. Bait Bucket is open from 6am to 6pm. We have Minnows, Crickets, Red Worms, Wigglers, Night Crawlers, Domestic Shiners to catch whatever you are fishing for! Evencio-772-453-5706 or Sara 772-413-1784
SEPTEMBER 30th, 2013
Fishing is picking up everywhere!!! Niles & Company caught 40 Specks and too many Bluegill & Shell Crackers to count in the Stick Marsh this past Thursday, fishing with minnow!!! A few reports coming in of Specks being caught off the bank by the boat ramp also. Bass still going strong in Garcia's and Stick Marsh!!
July 10, 2013
The weather has slowed things down a little, the heat is upon us by 9 am and then the rain showers in the afternoon. Those brave fisherman who are taking a chance in the morning are coming in with a mess of Bluegill. The catch in Stick Marsh have been smaller than most like but good numbers caught on crickets.
Bass are holding their own with several 5 & 6 pounders being caught. Of course they are all catch & release in the Stick Marsh.
Catfish are biting on worms, minnows & chicken livers around the dock area .
We have started a blast from the past!! Each week we will post a picture from the past & if you are in it you will have 7 days to buy any of our live bait at half price. This is limited to one item of bait. This is our first picture of the week.
May 6th, 2013
Sorry it seems so long between but I've been doing them on our Facebook page -Stick Marsh Bait Bucket and thinking they were loaded on to the also. Please like our Facebook page.
We have seen a big number of Bluegill & Shell Crackers (Redear Sunfish) being caught at the Stick Marsh. Quite a few from the bank and more out in the center canal between Farm 13 & Stick Marsh. They are being caught on crickets & worms. Garcia's is giving a good amount of Bluegill also.
Still finding a few Specks but they are few & far between.
Bass are still hitting strong on Shiners, Domestic or wild.
October 29th, 2012
Specks are hitting good at East Marsh. Most are fishing off the bank across from the boat ramp. Ricky W. has caught his limit everyday for the last 4 days. Most are 10 -12 inches a few have more size. Speck fishing at the Stick Marsh is picking up with Andy & friend finding a few pockets in the deep center ditch between Farm 13 & Stick Marsh. No big slabs yet, constancy not there yet. Lorna reports catching a few specks around the boat ramp at Stick Marsh but not many and usually too small for her to keep.
October 17th, 2012
Fishing (catching) is picking up a little in Garcia's with Bluegill being caught on crickets & worms. Most are catching a few Speck and depending on who you ask most are eating size, not many slabs yet but good pan size, some too small. Bass have been hitting the shiners in Garcia's in the early morning. Stickmarsh reports good activity with the specks when they are biting and size is all over the place, no consistancy yet.
July 7th, 2012
Speck's are being caught in the Stickmarsh & Garcia's!
YES, I said Specks!!! Many are catching their limit or pretty close to it. It's 100 degrees and catching specks, amazing!!
Most are being caught near the , and running culverts.
Bluegill & Shell Crackers are still gobbling up the crickets & worms both in the Stickmarsh & Garcia's.
The east end of C-54 is seeing a lot of action from Snook as they go after the smaller domestic shiners.
If you can stand the heat now is a great time to go fishing.
Stop by and pick up your bait & get an up date .
PAN FISHING has BEEN GOOD
Lots of Bluegill, Shellcrackers (Redear Sunfish) hitting crickets & worms. Stickmarsh, Garcia's, C-54, East Marsh have all been giving up plenty of good to decent size fish for a summer fish fry.
Water levels are going down a little but no navagation problems.
Some of the fisherman are having a little luck and others (few) are having good luck with some decent size Speck. There is no consistancy, one day is good the rest of the week you can't find any.
Bass fishing is overall steady, some great catches this past week. Lots of 3-5 pounders in Garcia's hitting shiners and worms. Jim L. and Ryan caught a nice 8 pounder in Garcia's Wednesday on Domestic Shiners and in a 4 hour trip caught over 20 bass.
Fishing is still good, but the weather is hot, best to get out early A.M. or late afternoon.
February 27th, 2012
Bass are hitting the Wild Shiners. A lot of 3-5 pound bass and some 6 & 8's are hookin' up. A couple of 10's reported, so they are still there! A lot of numbers this past week.
Karen Benka shown with her 7 lb Bass caught in the Stickmarsh.
Speck (Black Crappie) catch has been hit & miss. One day's good the next is a no go! A few Bluegill and Catfish but nothing to brag about.
January 5th 2012
Bass fishing has been great in the Stickmarsh/Farm 13 area. A lot of 7 to 9+ lunkers and a lot of action. Haven't heard much about C-54 yet. Garcia's has been steady, a lot of 3-5's and good numbers.
Speck fishing has picked up in the last few days at Stickmarsh/Farm 13 out by the pump station and in the SE corner. Night fishing has been better the past few weeks. Early morning and early evening has also been fruitful.
November 11th 2011
Speck's are HOT!!! HOT!!! HOT!!!!! The S.E. corner of the Stickmarsh has the numbers but not size consistancy. Sizes range from 12 inches to 4 inches. The pit at Garcia's is still giving up nice Speck but the numbers are down this week. The back canal and going into Zig-Zag has been the better place for catching numbers.
Bass fishing has been great in the Stickmarsh and C-54 this past week. Wild Shiners are the preferred bait.
We are running a Wild Shiner Special this weekend--1 Dozen Wild Shiners for $16.00. Mention you saw this on our website to receive the special price.
November 4th 2011
Fishing has been great!!!! Bass are hitting the shiners as fast as you can cast them out there. Specks are still a little deep but most of the guys are catching their limit or darn close to it depending on how you cull.
Farm 13 and the back of Garcia's are the two HOT SPOTS for Bass and Speck. Minnows are the favorited choice for the Speck and size doesn't seem to matter. We have the medium/large and the good old small minnows. For Bass fishing we have the domestic shiners and Wild Shiners available. Please call us if you want wild shiners to confirm availability.
October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!!!
Fishing has been great, Speck's are biting, a few Shell Crackers & Bluegill are still hitting the crickets. Bass are being caught in big numbers but not a lot of size.
Garcia's in the back corner and the Stickmarsh corner of the Zig Zag Canal are the most profitable area's the Speck's are being caught.
Good Bass fishing in the nursery area of the Stickmarsh and C-54 this past week. Most are in the 3 pound range but a lot of action.
We have plenty of minnows, domestic shiners, and WILD SHINERS, crickets and worms to fill all your fishing needs.
September 23rd, 2011
As a new fishing season gets underway we would like to look back at a friend and fellow fishing enthusiast Sam Nixon. Sam was always ready to go fishing, which he did usually 2-4 days a week. He was a great and trusted friend of ours, he would run our shop for us if we needed to attend to other business. Sam was a man of many talents.
We will miss him terribly.
The fishing report has remained fairly consistant for the past few months. Lot of Bluegill & Shellcrackers (Redear Sunfish) being caught in Garcia's & Stickmarsh. A few Specks have started showing up in the past 2 weeks. The numbers aren't there yet but it's good to know they are showing up little by little.
Bass fishing has been good for the past month. A lot of top water action and good afternoon bite in the Stickmarsh.
Dust off those poles and go fishing!!!!
Fishing has been good at Stick Marsh and Garcia's. Bluegill and Shellcrackers are plentiful in both areas. In Garcia's most have been caught around the pump station in the back canal. Stick Marsh has been all over, with the best catches in the south east corner and the canal north of the boat ramp. Sam fished three days in Garcia's at the beginning of the week and caught his limit 2 of the 3 days. The other day he caught over 30. The best time to go is first thing in the morning, before the heat comes on.
Bass fishing was great in the Stick Marsh at the beginning of the week according to Capt. Dean of onecastaway.com, he caught over 30 bass on Monday, 45 on Tuesday and 49 on Wednesday. He said most were in the 4-6 pound range.
The east end of C-54 has been steady with catches of Red Fish and and few Snook.
April 17th 2011
Things have been off kilter with the website but hopefully we are back in business. Here are some pictures that have been taken over the past several months the web site has been down. I will be updating the site at least once a week. Thank you for your patience and loyality. Nest week I'll have some great pictures of bass caught in C-54 a few months ago. Still having problems with the Fishin' Pics page. Hopefully it will be fixed by next week.
NOVEMBER 19th, 2010
Speck fishing has been good!! The picture above is of a Bobcat that Sam saw while fishing at Garcia's. Below are some pictures that have been taken since September. Check out the Fishin' Pics page to see all of them. I apoligize for all the problems we have had with the website and keeping you up to date. Hopefully they are all cured and we are ready for a great fishing season. Specks have been doing good in Garcia's mostly in the pit area. Lake Marion has been giving up a good number with size. All are doing better with a minnow or some reports have success with a jig tipped with a minnow doing better than just a plain jig. Stick Marsh Speck fishing is about average for this time of year. The fish are still out in the deeper waters and haven't started in to the shallower parts. Fishing in Farm 13 is more productive than fishing from the bank. So if you got Boat you got Fish!!
November 16th 2010
Specks are doing great!! They are hitting big in garcia's
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Sorry about the problems with the Internet and the effect it has had on the website. I see I am missing the last 2 reports.
This past week has seen an increase in the size of the Specks being caught. With the weather warming back up they seem to be going down again. Minnows are working well and most are catching their limit. The biggest problem this week has been the wind if you are in the Stick Marsh. Best times seem to be first thing in the morning, or later in the afternoon /early evening.
Bass have picked up the bite in the South East corner of the Stick Marsh and others are showing action around the pump station. Captain Dean of One Castaway, had a few successful trips this week and the bass were hitting the Wild Shiners, and coming back for more. C-54 has slowed up as far as the Bass go. Some good catches but nothing consistent. A few of the local young men do a lot of fishing at the East end of C-54 using Domestic Shiners and fishing for Tarpon and Snook. The Domestics are the ticket for catching Snook and Tarpon and a few other Salt water fish that come up in the locks. Every one has a good time with some good clean fun in the great out doors.
There are a few Bluegill and Shellcrackers are still being caught on Worms and for the most part are decent size.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Specks are doing great!! Many fisherman catching their limit!! I will down load more pictures tomorrow of the recent catches. Most are being caught on minnows in the canal between the Stick Marsh and Farm 13. Most reports have them about 6 foot down and drifting through the canal.
Still plenty of Bluegill being caught on minnows and crickets. The Bluegill are bigger than they have been and a dark blue to purple in color.
Until tomorrow, this is a quick update.
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Sorry we haven't kept up with the fishing report. Our Internet is down and it is hard to get to the library. Please call us for the latest report,
772-571-9966. Specks are doing great, they are coming on good with this cooler weather. Most fisherman are coming in with at least 15 - 20 depending on how they cull them. We have reports from several of the bank fisherman of good catches around the palm trees at the boat ramp for the past 2 afternoons. The fisherman at night are doing good also. We have some pictures at the shop that I haven't developed yet of the latest. Hopefully the Internet will be up and running next week so we can keep you updated in a more timely fashion.
are in and ready for this weekend, it promises to be a great bass season. Please call and let us know if you need shiners so we can make sure they are available when you need them.
Monday, September 27th, 2010
These guys are great and we were so happy to see them and the nice Crappie they caught.
It was great to see so many familiar faces this past weekend. We have missed ya'll this summer! Great news the specks you see here and on the home page are from Saturday. We have had many reports the past 2 weeks of Specks and now here they are. The temperature has been cooler in the morning and the few rain showers in the late afternoon and early evening have helped to make it bearable.
Friday, September 17th, 2010
We have plenty of Domestic Shiners for the Snook that have been showing up at the C-54 East Spillway. The past 2 weeks have seen an increase in the snook coming into the East Spillway Area. Stop by and pick up a few dozen shiners and your Snook License. This Snook season has seen an increase in the cost of the license from $5.50 to $10.50.
Bass are still bitting in the Stick Marsh / Farm 13 area. Lots of reports of the smaller 2-5 pounders and a few of the 6-8 pounders. Only a couple of reports of bass being caught in C-54. Not many people fishing the canal this Summer due to the heat.
Specks ( Black Crappie) are on the move and though size consistancy has been a problem they are showing up with this slight change in temperature. Abraham and his fishing buddy caught their limit after culling the smaller ones. They were fishing at night at a depth of 6 feet. John and Paula only saw a little success at the beginning of the week but they caught a few of every thing. Mr. Gaines was successful in catching his limit on Tuesday. Johnny from Ft. Pierce also caught his limit and was very happy. Johnny has fished several times this summer and hasn't had the luck Mr. Gaines has but persistance finally paid off.
Bluegill are still jumping on the hook after the crickets. Their size seems to have dwindled but most in the Stick Marsh area are pan frying size. Bluegill fishing in the East Marsh is better for an over all larger size of Bluegill.
Just a note to the Wild Shiner Bass Fisherman we will have the Wild Shiners in the first weekend in October. Please call a head for availability.
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Well, we are up and running again, we are still sorting and rearranging things but we are open for business!! The tanks are stocked and we are awaiting your arrival.
The bass have turned on in the Stick Marsh with an 8 pounder reported caught Wednesday in the Nursery area of Farm 13. A lot of 2-5 pounders being caught in the same area. C-54 has been active for the bass also. Nothing to brag about pound wise but good numbers. Jim told us he caught 18 bass Thursday, on the Domestic Shiners he picked up here that morning. Most were the 3-5 pound size. A lot of fun, and plenty of fight.
Blue gill are still hitting the crickets and worms in Stick Marsh/Farm 13, size is all over the place. Some too small others just right.
AUGUST 27th 2010
Bluegill fishing is still going strong. Most reports have a lot of fish being caught but still only taking home about 25 due to the size. A lot of little ones for next year are being thrown back and keeper size taken home for dinner.
Bass are hitting the domestic shiners pretty good in C-54 and Farm 13. No reports of any thing over 6 pounds but a lot of fight in those 3-6 pounders.
The elusive Speck have not shown up much lately. Some fisherman are catching 2-3 while they are fishing for other fish but other wise Mr. Gaines is the only one who has had any success this year.
August 11th 2010
The fishing has been good for the few who have braved the heat and showers this past week.
The Bluegill are still hitting the crickets and most are catching a good mess, usually 1/2 the limit is the take home number after culling out the smaller ones.
Bass have been showing up for the party and the domestic shiners are working pretty good at getting their attention. C-54 has been a little better this week especially near the East Spillway. Stick Marsh has reported a few 8 pounders but mostly 3 pounders. Haven't heard much of anything from Garcia's this week. Haven't noticed many boats going that way.
Here is a picture of Evencio with 2 of the 50+ Tilapia he caught at a private pond . He only threw the cast net once and had to have help pulling it in. The fish almost pulled him into the water. He had a good time.
July 30th 2010
Fishing has been great this week!!
Bass, Bluegill, and Specks have been active this week. Bass reports have been good in C-54, Stick Marsh/Farm 13 and Garcia's. Shiners are doing the trick for the most part but plenty of success is being had with plastics & spinner baits in a variety of colors. Most are in the chartreuse & white to silver combinations. Bass Anglers from Georgia report many bass caught though the times vary.
Bluegill have been hitting crickets hard & heavy. Biggest problem has been the heat. Several fisherman tell us about the time they start biting good it's too darn hot to stay long. Most are getting a good mess of fish when culling out the smaller ones. Most are caught in the Stick Marsh, Farm 13 area. Success has been good for the bank fisherman along 512, be it Garcia's or the East Marsh. Worms have been working also but not as well as the cricket.
Most of you who are regular readers know of Mr. Gaines and his passion for Spec fishing. As usual he has had good catches the 3 days he has fished this week. After culling out the small ones he has went home with 18-15-20 for the 3 days. Others haven't had quite the success but they have caught a few. Mr. Gaines uses minnows.
July 25th 2010
The fishing reports have been slow this week. Not many people fishing. I guess the weather is the biggest factor, it's been too darn hot!!!
Evencio & Ricardo went fishing in the East Marsh Thursday and caught 10 Bluegill and Evencio caught a nice Talipa on a hook with a cricket. They fished for about an hour from the bank across from Garcia's.
Sam reported several Bluegill and Catfish caught Friday morning out of the Stick Marsh / Farm 13 area. Several guys report catching many Bluegill earlier in the week around the Stick Marsh parking lot in the area around the Palm Trees.
Everyones catching fish but the HEAT is sending them home early. The ones going out in the late afternoon are having success also.
July 16th, 2010
Last weeks report is lost in cyberspace again!!
Fishing has been good this week. Plenty of Bluegill being caught in the Stick Marsh / Farm 13. John & Paula reported catching 50+ on Tuesday in the North canal. They were using crickets. Most were of eating size with only a few being thrown back due to being too small. Mr. Franklin and his party caught their limit on crickets Monday.
Mr. Gains caught over 40+ Specks on Monday and kept 25, throwing the others back due to being too small. He reports they are down deep in 6 foot of water. Tuesday was a little better as far as size goes. Of the 35 he caught only 10 were too small. We have received several reports of fisherman catching Specks this past week but only a few here and there.
Bass reports have been plentiful but not much size to them. Jimmy caught 17 in 2 hours in Farm 13 but nothing over 4 pounds. Randal & Ed caught 29 in about 4 hours on Wednesday in the Stick Marsh and Farm 13, they moved around alot. Not many Bass reports from the C-54 canal this week.
We will be open Sunday, July 4th, 2010!!
As you enjoy the holiday, please take a moment to reflect upon all this holiday encompasses and its true meaning.
As we celebrate the day of our nations independence stop for a moment and give thanks to God for his blessings on this great country and our service men and women who have fought to preserve our independence and freedom to enjoy this day as we wish.
July 3rd 2010
Fishing &
has increased noticeably in the last few days!!
Bluegill are still plentiful and most fisherman are still catching their limit and the sizes have increased from the last few weeks. Stick Marsh and Farm 13 fisherman have had better success than Garcia's. The Bluegill we have seen coming out of Garcia's are still on the small side. Bluegill coming out of the East Marsh have been plentiful and a nice size.
Speck's (Black Crappie) reports still show they are hard to find. Most are only catching a handful and the size is average. Most reports have the Center canal between the Stick Marsh & Farm 13 as the most likely place to find them about 5 to 6 foot down.
Captain Dean Herdman of
fished the Stick Marsh-Farm 13 area yesterday and reported catching over 60 Bass. Most are of average size in the 3-5 pound range. We have several reports of the Bass catches picking up at the East end of C-54 in the last several days. Most fisherman are using shiners.
June 27th 2010
Bluegill are still making a good showing in the Stick Marsh. The numbers are there but the size seems to have diminished some. Most fisherman are catching good numbers but the size isn't there.
A few reports of those elusive Specks ( Black Crappie). Stick Marsh fisherman have caught a handful but nothing to get excited about. They just haven't shown up much for the party. Once in a while you get lucky and find a few.
Bass in the C-54 have been consistent this past week with several reports of 5-7 pounders and a lot more 2-3 pounders. Stick Marsh has been consistent in the Bass catching also. Most reports coming out of the Stick Marsh have the best numbers and weights coming out of the SW corner and along the Southern edge of the Stick Marsh.
Though this may seem like a dismal report, I try to give you accurate and truthful information. A lot of fisherman are saying it is just too hot to fish for long. They are going out early in the morning for a couple of hours and usually after 5 in the afternoon, which doesn't leave them much time to fish.
June 18th 2010
The more things change the more they stay the same!! With all the thunderstorms and heat the best catches are in the morning and after the storms pass in the afternoon & early evening.
June 7th 2010
Bluegill are still being caught in the Stick Marsh. Most fisherman are going out early in the morning and coming off the water around 12-1 o'clock. Using crickets most are catching their limit. Those using worms are catching quite a few also. The worms are not as successful as the crickets but they are doing a good job. Sam has been Bluegill fishing 3 times this week and has caught his limit each time on crickets. Evencio had a heck of a time cleaning all those fish but he had a fish fry here at the shop late yesterday, making it all worth while.
Speck (Black Crappie) are still few and far between. Mr. Thomas Gaines seem to be the only one able to catch any of them. Mr. Gaines has been to the Stick Marsh twice this past week and has caught his limit each time. Thomas says he is not seeing the big slabs caught last year, but most are in the 10 to 12 inch range with a few smaller ones thrown in. He won't tell me exactly where he is fishing.
Mike and his 2 brother-in-laws have been having a great time at the East Spillway of C-54. They have been Bass fishing and their best catch has been a Bass weighting over 9 pounds. They have been using our Domestic Shiners. When they go over to the east side of the Spillway they were catching Snook and Tarpon. They really enjoy this area as they can catch Bass on the fresh water side and Snook and Tarpon on the brackish water side. They are using our Domestic Shiners for both sides of the Spillway.
Catfish are still plentiful and are easily caught on Minnows, Worms and occasionally small shiners. The East Marsh has been the best and most plentiful catches of Catfish.
If you have any questions or would like more up to date reports give us a call any time, 772-571-9966.
May 22, 2010
Bluegill are still showing up in good numbers. They are being caught on Crickets. Stick Marsh has been the place to catch them. Most are being caught in the center canal between Stick Marsh and Farm 13. With culling out the smaller ones you can still go home with a good mess of fish.
Specks (Black Crappie) are still elusive, but Mr. Gaines managed to get his limit after catching 75 yesterday and culling them out for size. Mr. Gaines fishes for Speck year round and usually does pretty good. He hasn't been in a few months due to his wife's illness. But he is back fishing now.
Dean from One Cast Away, fished the Stick Marsh earlier this week with great results. Dean reports catching over 30 Bass with the largest being over 8 pounds. Dean said he talked to several other Bass fisherman that day and all had reports of many bass caught that day. Check out Dean's report at
After Memorial Day we will not carry Wild Shiners except on a reserve basis. We will have plenty of Domestic Shiners available. If you want Wild Shiners Please let us know about 2 days before and we will get them for you.
May 7th, 2010
The heat is terrible but the Bluegill are bitting. Size has ranged from too small to some nice 1 pounders. Stick Marsh & Farm 13 fisherman seem to do better than the Garcia ones. Several reports coming out of the East Marsh show promise there. Most are catching 30 to 40 and are culling the smaller ones. Evencio & Sam caught 34 Blue Gill in Stick Marsh, Monday.
An occasional Speck will show up but not too many. A few have told me some of the Specks they have caught still have roe in them!!
Bass fishing has been steady, mostly smaller ones - 5 pound range. Eddie told us he saw a fisherman land an 8 pounder in Stick Marsh, Tuesday.
Dwayne & Company caught 54 Catfish on Minnows Wednesday. Check out their picture on the home page. So you can guess what Evencio had to do most of Thursday afternoon. As I've said before, be careful what you ask for.
April 30th, 2010
Summer time is here. Most of our northern friends have gone home to escape the heat we are starting to have between the rain showers. Fishing has remained consistant for Bluegill this past week. Many are getting their limit, and if they are a little more particular in their culling of size they are coming close to their limit. Catfish are still bitting in good numbers and most are sure to catch a good mess in a few hours. The Specks (Black Crappie) still haven't shown up in any consistant numbers or for any length of time. Some of the guys get lucky and do real well and the next day, can't find a one. This holds true for Stick Marsh and Garcia's.
Reports of many smaller Bass (2-4 pounds) being caught but not much else. A few reports of a small number of 5-7 pounders showing up and giving a good fight.
Over all fishing this past week has been productive for pan fish and many are enjoying the slightly cooler weather we are having in the mornings and early evenings.
April 22, 2010
Shell Crackers are slowing down a little and the Blue Gill are picking up the slack!! Several reports over the past 4 days have most getting their limit in a few hours and heading back to the ramp. Most of the Blue Gill are being caught in the SE corner of the Stick Marsh. A few good reports are coming out of Garcia's concerning Blue Gill.
Bass have remained consistent, on again off again, most of it seems to depend on the weather, mostly the wind. A good report this morning from a fisherman who was out in the South end of
the Stick
Marsh yesterday. He reported a lot of Big Bass in the SW corner but not many takers, but he caught 15 + smaller ones in the SE corner, and had a good time. He was fishing with Wild Shiners.
We are carrying a few Wild Shiners now for the guys who weren't able to fish this January & February due to the weather but have decided to come a little later this year. But PLEASE Call us to check on availability. Due to the warm weather we are limiting our stock. We want to make sure we have what you need when you need it.
April 1st, 2010
Though it is APRIL FOOL'S DAY the following report is no joke!! ShellCrackers are still dominating the fishing scene as of yesterday. Wigglers are still the preferred bait.
A few reports of Specks ( Black Crappie) are still coming in but as has been the report all season there is no constancy and no sustained numbers. Sorry the news isn't any better for you crappie fisherman but it has been a strange season. The best size and numbers we have had for Specks was at the end of November 2009. All I can say is hang in there and keep trying, these are the habits of the fisherman who are catching the ones that are being caught. Several have had a little luck by the Structure at the Stick Marsh Parking Lot. Not limit but a good mess, the better numbers and sizes have shown up after the rains and the water is moving.
Bass fishing has been great. Lots of numbers and decent sizes are showing up in the Farm 13 / Stick Marsh area, C-54 and Garcia's. Average has been around 20 + catches and size has been in the 6 + pound range. The weather is good and if you can handle the wind, now is the to catch BASS!!
March 24th 2010
Shellcrackers (Redear Sunfish) still dominate the fish catchin'. The Southeast corner of Farm 13 is the HOT spot. If you don't get there early you will be at the back of the pack. Wigglers seem to be the preferred bait, Reds do just as well. Here is Sam with a few of the Shellcrackers he caught this morning in Farm 13. The largest one was 12 inches and weighed 1 1/2 pounds. It is good to see Sam back out fishing, we have missed him.
Check out the fishin' pics page to see David and Beverly's Bass they caught last week in C-54. David & Beverly are here from Tennessee and have been fishing every day and most days all day long. Bass fishing has been good for about a week now. The weather is great and the Bass are spawning now. C-54 has been the most consistent for bass as far as size and numbers. Stick Marsh is still giving up a lot of Bass in numbers but the average size seems to be in the 5-7 pound size. Ansin Garcia's has held its own as far as the bass. The numbers are up but the size stays around 3-5 pounds.
Specks (Black Crappie) have not yet shown up in any consistent numbers. Some days reports have a few good numbers and other days we only hear of a hand full. Our resident Speck Expert Thomas Gaines hasn't had his usual good fortune in catching speck the past few times he has been fishing. No one seems to be able to figure out what they are doing.
March 20th 2010
The big news this past week and more so the past 2 days has been the amount and size of the Shellcrackers being caught in the S.E. corner of Farm 13. The guys (3) from Illinois caught 150 Shellcrackers yesterday. They left our shop a few minutes after 6am with Wigglers in hand and were back at the shop by 10am, with their catch. Evencio said they were the biggest Shellcrackers he has ever seen, at first glance he thought they were Tilapia due to the size.
Specks ( Black Crappie) are still hit and miss. Some reports have them showing up but not in the size and numbers most want. The most successful catches during the day time hours have been using a jig with a minnow on. They are still not consistent. As I am typing this report a customer reported they caught several nice speck from the bank around the structure early yesterday evening. Early evening fishing (6pm - 8pm) for Specks has the minnow on the hook. Some swear by the jig & minnow, and others like just the minnow on a gold hook.
Bass fishing has seen an increase in the numbers and for the most part an increase in average size.
March 15th 2010
It was a good weekend all around. ShellCrackers have been the surprise this past week. Many reports of 2 pounders being caught on worms in Farm 13 and Stick Marsh. Specks have been hit & miss still. Still a few are catching their limit and most are taking home a good mess. Catfish are still being caught in good numbers.
March 13th 2010
As you can see from the home page the Bass fishing has been good . Evelyn and Larry caught several good size Bass in C-54, Wednesday. See the Home page and the Fishin' Pic's to see the latest Pictures. The rain yesterday slowed us up a little but it's over and today should be a great day to be on the water except for the Westerly wind. With the rain from the last day and a half the Specks should be moving around. The Shellcrackers (Redear Sunfish) have been showing up and reports have the sizes at mostly 2 pounds. Worms have been doing the job as far as the Shellcrackers and Bluegill are concerned.
March 10th, 2010
The weather has been wonderful for the last 3 days. It started warming up Sunday and has steadily continued .Monday and Tuesday's weather have shown a lot of improvement for Crappie fishing. We have had many people telling us they have been catching 10 - 15 - 18 Specks, and several have reported catching their limit. Mr. Gaines fished yesterday and kept 23 Specks he told me he caught more but he has a minimum size he keeps and only took home 23. Most of these reports have the highest catch rates coming out of Farm 13 mostly in the South End, be it the East or West corner. Speck fishing around the Stick Marsh parking lot in the late afternoon has yielded good results for most. Still a lot of Catfish being taken but the Speck's are showing up and the size range is all over the place.
Bass fishing is heating up!! C-54 is still a great place to catch some 8 pounders and up. I hope to have some new pictures soon to show you the 13 plus pounder that was caught yesterday on Wild Shiners by one of our regular winter customers from Illinois. Mr. Gowen has also promised me some pictures of their fishing trip here last week, so I hope to share them with you soon. Mr. Gowen is a member of the BASSMASTERS OF NORTH ALABAMA. Check out their website
to see all the great things they are doing up there. Mr. Gowen and his group were one of several unfortunate anglers who had their vehicle broken into and many items stolen. Through it all he kept a good attitude and did not let this awful incident keep him from fishing. Though the weather didn't cooperate with them Mr. Gowen and his party stayed hard at it every day. Chip and Greg are here again from West Virginia (sorry Kris couldn't make it). They seem to be doing pretty good but they are looking for a bigger one than Greg caught last year. (Scroll through the Fishin Pics to see Greg's Bass from last year) Chip has promised to get me their pics so we should have plenty for you to look at. Stick Marsh Bass fishing has been steady for the last 2 days, most catches and size are coming out of the North West corner of the Stick Marsh side. The South west corner is seeing it's share of action with several 8's and one 10 being reported mostly in the vegetation near the bank. Hopefully the weather will hold a little longer and let these fish spawn.
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The rustic season beckons...
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Very nice. Haven't seen either of these Hawks, whether I will or not remains to be seen. I've had the Poplar and the Elephant Hawks. No Rustic either as yet.ReplyDelete
You did well to get them showing all their pretty bits, Ian, nice photo! I had an Eyed Hawk this morning, only the second record here, but the Privet Hawk hasn't appeared for a few years. No reason why you shouldn't get both in due course, Jacqueline, just keep the traps going!ReplyDelete

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How do I file a claim for damages to my vehicle?
Please be advised that the majority of claims are denied under governmental immunity laws, MCL 691.1402 and MCL 691.1403.
Highway defect claims (including potholes) should only be submitted to MDOT if damage occurred on a state trunkline (M, I or US route), not local or county roads. If you have questions about road jurisdiction, contact your local MDOT region office or county road commission.
To file a claim with the appropriate region office, follow the procedure below:
- Download Form 3600
- Print and completely fill out the form
- Sign and notarize the form
Note: Incomplete and unnotarized forms will be returned
- Attach supporting documentation
- Keep a copy for your records
- Return form and documentation to the MDOT region office located in the county where the incident occurred
Claims under $1,000
Upon receipt of your damage claim under $1,000, MDOT will investigate the incident. Investigations typically take at least 90 days. Please be advised that the majority of defect claims are denied under governmental immunity laws.
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Snoop Dogg Cleared In Beating Trial
The rapper wasn't in court Friday when the jury's verdict cleared him of civil assault and battery claims. The jury did find that Richard Monroe Jr. suffered serious injuries during one of Snoop's 2005 concerts near Seattle and awarded him roughly $440,000 in damages to be paid by a record label, another performer and others involved in the concert.
Jurors found that the Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus (BRO-duss), doesn't owe Monroe anything for a severe beating he sustained after jumping on stage.
Broadus was accused by Monroe's attorneys of hitting the man with a brass knuckle microphone. But a video shown during the trial didn't show Broadus striking Monroe.


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Bonnie Says: Watch Out Maria Shriver! Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Contrite Now But He'll Blame YOU For The Divorce!
Arnold is taking full blown responsibility for his cheating now, but just wait until he realizes you're serious about the divorce — I bet he'll become furious and nasty with you!
Why do I say this? Because I've seen it and lived through it. Arnold is one of those men who felt "entitled" to have his affairs AND to have a wife and family.
"He didn't think he had a problem. He's the kind of guy who only thinks he has a problem when he gets caught," explains Dr. Gilda Carle, author of How to Win When Your Mate Cheats.
Arnold truly believed that he could have and was entitled to have both his beautiful and politically connected wife AND a bevy of mistresses – Mildred Baene, Gigi Goyette Jeffers and allegedly Tammy Tousignant– to satisfy his needs for "dangerous sex."
He thought he was above everyday people because he was so famous and he didn't think he had the same consequences as everyone else," says relationship expert Rhonda Findling, author of The Commitment Cure: What to do When You Fall For an Ambivalent Man.
But it's because he felt so entitled and so free of guilt about the situation, that he will soon become very angry when it sinks in that you are deadly serious about a divorce now.
He didn't want you to split. In his own way, as much as he can for a narcissist — which he has to be — he does love you, Maria. And he does love his family.
He loves that you are a lady. He loves that you are politically connected. He still sees you as a trophy wife, even though he had his sex on the side.
The cheating had "nothing to do with his family. His wife and children were assets to him," says psychiatrist Susan Abbott.
When he truly realizes that you're taking those assets away, that you won't be his trophy wife and run his home and household the way he likes, he will get angry like you wouldn't believe!
Maria — he will blame YOU for breaking up the marriage and the family. He didn't want a divorce. In his mind, he will be the one who is committed to the marriage. He didn't initiate the split and move out. You did!
Once he feels justified in his own brain that you are to blame and the sting of public embarrassment wears off, he will start to make your life a living hell.
You better hire the best and toughest divorce attorney money can buy because Arnold will try to stiff you out of a big settlement. He may bar you from getting your personal belongings and marital assets out of the house. He may sue for sole custody of your two minor children.
Prepare for war!
I know because that's exactly what my own father did. He cheated multiple times on my mom, and had a serious mistress, but when my mother finally found out everything and kicked him out, he pulled the blame game on her. He was furious that "she" ended the marriage.
Like Arnold, he didn't think there was anything wrong with having a wife AND mistress and he hated my mom for calling him on it and refusing to go along with it.
He tried to make her and us pay the price for his anger and we did. We went from middle class comfort to practically penniless in an ugly divorce war.
So Maria, heed my warning. Just because Arnold is pulling all the right PR moves now, prepare for the worst. Take it from me, one who's been through it.
–Bonnie Fuller
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The UK's biggest Easter egg hunt
One hundred and one giant Easter eggs have been hidden around Covent Garden in London, as part of a charity egg hunt.
The two-and-a-half foot tall fibreglass eggs will be on display until Sunday the 17th of February, when they will go on tour around the country. They will then return to the capital on the 22nd of March, in time for Easter.
The eggs have been created by some of the world's leading artists and designers, and feature some well-known children's characters, including Peter Rabbit, Peppa Pig, Moshi Monsters, SpongeBob SquarePants, Thomas the Tank Engine and Ben 10.
This year families can interact with the eggs using their mobile phones to find out more about each egg and its artist, or even bid to own it in an online auction.
The hunt - which raised more than £1m last year - is in aid of the charity Action for Children, which works to support the UK's most vulnerable children, young people and families.
For more information about the hunt, visit The Lindt Big Egg Hunt website at thebigegghunt.co.uk, like The Big Egg Hunt UK on Facebook or follow the hunt on Twitter: @bigegghuntuk.
Some of the London artists involved:
Baxter and Bailey
Baxter and Bailey is a London based communication design studio with a strong focus on architecture, design, technology and the arts.
Amy Stephens
Amy Stephens is an artist who lives and works in London where she holds an MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design.
Nicky Carvell
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Spring semester welcome
The following e-mail was sent to the campus community on Jan. 26, 2014:
Dear students, faculty and staff:
Welcome back to the start of classes for spring semester, 2014.
We begin the semester with one fewer building to serve our needs, due to closure of the Science building. While hundreds of your colleagues have been hard at work day and night to minimize the disruptions this may cause, inevitably there will be some confusion and inconvenience.
I ask for your patience and cooperation as we all work together to adjust. Be especially understanding of students -- and faculty -- who may experience delays arriving for classes in locations that are new to them.
Your colleagues have accomplished a Herculean task getting ready for the start of classes. It is not easy to find alternative seats for 9,000-plus enrollments, and to furnish spaces intended for other purposes. I am deeply grateful for the creativity and resourcefulness shown by the college deans, administrators, faculty and staff throughout campus. Their dedication has been remarkable.
Much work remains ahead. Again, please be patient and understanding. Please check the http://buildingclosure.sfsu.edu/ website for updates. You may also address questions to the e-mail email@example.com, or call our hotline at 405-4000.
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Consuming the Culture of Kent's Coffee
Words and Video by Marissa Nichol
As American coffee consumption continues to grow, the local cafe culture in downtown Kent creates an experience that is about more than just caffeine.
People go to local cafes for shorter lines and drinks made with more time and effort.
We are surrounded by what some call the "third wave coffee movement" without even noticing it. The movement means people are paying attention to where coffee beans come from, how they are roasted and how coffee is brewed to create a premium product.
As prominent as coffee is in our culture, the charm in locally owned shops goes beyond the original drinks.
Although every coffee shop in Kent is centered around the same thing, each is unique. The difference in values, music and interior designs create specific communities for both regular and new customers.
Tree City Coffee & Pastry
Signature drink: Maple Latte
Tree City Coffee & Pastry is the medium between a hipster-filled coffee shop and a go-to for business meetings. A fireplace and wall of wine create a comfortable vibe throughout the space in the center of downtown Kent.
An earthy, modern feel is the exact middle-ground owners Mike Beder and Evan Bailey aimed for. Before opening, they investigated the "nuanced needs" of the town and university, and tried to embody a true community coffeehouse experience.
"That comes to life in a lot of different ways," Bailey says. "A lot of it is just the space itself and trying to make a variety of different groups feel welcome. Basically, everybody is welcome here."
Tree City's "robust food offering" and drive-through is what Bailey thinks sets it apart from other local coffee shops. Unlike the thaw-and-serve style of other places, the baking takes place in-house for desserts, all-day breakfast items and a gourmet peanut butter and jelly menu for vegetarians.
The "classic peanut butter sandwiches" menu features six options, including the "Fluffernutter" with marshmallow fluff and "The Stelvis" with sliced bananas, bacon and honey. Other additions to the freshly ground peanut butter include trail mix and Nutella.
Aside from the edible perks of stopping in Tree City, Bailey expressed the importance of charitable giving. Each month, they choose a handful of requests to give as much as they can back to different groups. The groups include Kent City schools, the university, and police, military and fire personnel.
"We're just really thankful that we get to be a part of this community because it really feels that way," Bailey says. "I'll drive by at night or something and I see it crowded in here. It always kind of still has that magic that it did when we first opened."
Last Exit Books & Coffee House
Signature drink: The dollar mug of coffee
Last Exit is a used book store with its very own coffee house inside. The bookshelves blend into its coffee shop through the connecting doorway, creating a quiet atmosphere in downtown Kent.
Students, parents and Kent residents who have visited the store for years come in to shop for used books while enjoying some of the cheapest coffee options.
The menu offers a dollar mug of coffee with 50 cent refills and a rotation of coffee roasters, including Akron Coffee Roasters and Gray Duck Coffee. Miranda Greathouse, Last Exit Coffee House manager and Kent State junior, says not roasting in-house gives the community the opportunity to try new coffee.
"When you're throwing back six cups of coffee in the morning it's nice to have a cheaper refill," she says with light laughter.
Even when the cafe is full, a quieter population of people is drawn to the space. Whether it's because of the expectations of bookstore etiquette or its lasting reputation, people come here to read, write, work and be alone.
Once a semester, noise fills the shop with three bands for an acoustic night in partnership with Black Squirrel Radio. There are also other acoustic and jazz artists who come in and play for a couple of hours randomly.
Greathouse says the best part about Last Exit is its customers and their genuine contribution to shopping local.
"It's nice because I feel like when you're working at a more corporate place you don't get to really connect with people and you don't really get to know your regular customers, and I've gotten to do that," she says.
Scribbles Coffee Co.
Signature drink: Turmeric Junior Bolt
Scribbles Coffee Co. is known around town as the coffee shop where you can draw on paper-covered tables with provided crayons. However, more identifiable characteristics of the shop are its emphasis on the locale's support for local artists and musicians, and the baristas' freedom to play their choice of music during shifts.
Customers are invited to sit in a variety of chairs and couches surrounded by artwork that rotates monthly from Kent artists.
One particularly unique piece hanging is a large design of tree branches with what resembles pointed colored pencils at the end. The piece is titled "Five Points of View" by Marsha J. Keith.
Alyse Nelson, a Scribbles barista and Kent State junior, was drawn to finding out why coffee shops are a place people want to spend their time. She found the answer when she became a regular customer at Scribbles her freshman year and spent as much time in the shop as she did at home.
"It has a piece of home to it. It has some wear and tear and it's cozy," she says. "I think that makes it feel like a place that's comfortable to come to."
Nelson thinks the small, close-knit feeling of Scribbles sets it apart from the rest of the Kent coffee shops. She looks past the scribbling on coffee tables and sees room for people to work and spend a good amount of time and interact with each other.
Nelson sees a range of people from parents to students to come in but notices more gluten-free and vegan customers in the community. She says Scribbles is a go-to for people expecting those products. The menu provides all organic, health-conscious drinks and food items with time and thought put into each one.
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MakinG smiles happen
These clear trays have become a revolution in Orthodontics. Invisalign clear aligners provide an effective way to straighten your teeth while remaining virtually invisible. While wearing these comfortable customized aligners, your teeth will start to gradually shift to the correct position. The Invisalign system offers the patient perfectly straight and the option to improve the overall health of their mouth.
Here is how we would get started:
First we would set up a consultation with you, and discuss if this system is right for you.
IF you have any questions, please feel free to ask anything that may concern you at the time of the consultation. After we discuss your options, we will proceed to x-rays and to the iTero machine to take impressions for treatment. Using the treatment plan, clear aligners are created to custom fit your teeth.
By using the removable trays, you are able to take them out to brush, floss and maintain the hassle of having braces. The full treatment usually lasts about a year. For the best results wear aligners 22-22 hours a day.
• The trays are virtually invisible to the public. Metal braces are very visible and are harder to clean.
• The trays are customized to fit your teeth, eliminating discomfort and irritation.
• The trays allow for no food restrictions, so you can virtually eat anything that you want.
• The trays also did in the prevention of periodontal disease which can stem from misaligned teeth.
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It's official: Silly Season has begun
The Tea Party protests Cornyn's Dallas office:
About a dozen tea party activists rallied at Sen. John Cornyn's district office in Dallas on Thursday to protest the National Republican Senatorial Committee's involvement in several primary contests.
The protesters met briefly with Cornyn's staff but were told their question would have to be answered by representatives of the campaign committee, which Cornyn leads, or Cornyn's political staff. The senator was not in that office.
Try to keep your eyes on the target, don't you think? Cornyn has done a decent job as NRSC chair, and even though I recently had a pretty horrible constituent service experience with his staff (distracted by the NRSC?), the Tea Party protesting Cornyn has to mark the official beginning of Silly Season.
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In the UK betting is big business, and pretty much the biggest name in the industry is Ladbrokes. This company started off as a high-street bookmaker but has now branched out to provide numerous gambling opportunities to the everyday punter. This includes moving into the online gambling world ,and as such I decided it was time to review this leading UK-player.
At this point it should be noted that Ladbrokes actually offers a few different casino type games on their website. Firstly, they offer no-download Flash games which are powered by Microgaming. They also have a live web-cam dealer casino where players can compete in a 'live-action' world. However, it was the Microgaming-powered download casino that caught my eye, so it will be this casino that will be the focus of my review.
This download casino is obtained through clicking the appropriate link on the Ladbrokes site. It should be noted that the various Ladbrokes sites are completely integrated. As such, a player simply needs to create one account to access the sports betting side of the site, the fixed odds games section, as well as to access the various casinos. Downloading, though, is identical to at other Microgaming-powered sites, although the 4.48mb file that needs to be obtained is actually smaller than at many competitor sites. This will please those on slow connections, although of course, games still need to be downloaded even after this file has been obtained and installed.
After I had installed the Ladbrokes Casino software I was presented with a standard logon window. I actually already had a Ladbrokes account, and as such just had to enter my usual username and password to gain access. New account registration is easy though, and as stated earlier just one login is required for access to the various Ladbrokes sites. As such, a new player can sign-up within the software itself or on the main Ladbrokes site. Either way, the usual details such as name and address must be submitted for a new account to be created. It should be noted that Ladbrokes bans US and German players. As such, persons residing in these territories will not be allowed to create a Ladbrokes account. When it comes to currencies, a whole range are accepted including GB £, Euros, Australian Dollars and more.
While Ladbrokes Casino does offer a 'free play' mode, for the real thrill of online gambling a player needs to make a real money deposit. At Ladbrokes a wide range of deposit options are available, and I was impressed that the minimum credit card deposit amount is just £5. There are also a wide range of other depositing options available; including NETeller, UKash and surprisingly PayPal. Money Order, Cheques and bank transfer are also all accepted. The integration cashier system also means that money can also be easily transferred from the sports book or poker parts of the Ladbrokes site. As my account was denominated in UK £, I made a £60 deposit (about $115).
The nice thing at Ladbrokes Casino, is that there is no time restriction on the casino sign-up bonus. As such, a player could have held a poker account for years, but if they had never transferred funds to the casino before, that first transfer would still be eligible for a sign-up bonus. The bonus itself is a very generous £50 free. Even more generous, though, are the wagering conditions. A player simply needs to transfer £50 to the casino, wager this 4 times and they can then claim the £50 - no more conditions attached. This bonus practically guarantees that a profit can be made and will be tempting to pretty much every new player. Unfortunately, I had already played this bonus previously, so this time lady luck would decide whether money was made or not!
When it comes to the actual games at Ladbrokes, a huge number are available - over 200 according to the Ladbrokes site. These are made up of table games, slots and video poker games - pretty much every player's tastes are catered for. These games are accessible in two ways. Firstly, there's a pretty standard lobby interface, which can be found across almost every Microgaming-powered casino. Through this lobby a game preview can be found detailing the rules of the game and even providing a screenshot of the game in action. However, at Ladbrokes a 'homepage' view of the games is also available. This homepage view details current promotions taking place, but also provides access to the games as well. I liked this view as it shows the game limits for each game. As such, a player can chose a game based on their desire to take a risk - a nice touch.
To begin with, I decided I'd check out some of the table games available. I was fortunate when I chose to play, as Ladbrokes had just introduced their 'Gold' range of Blackjack games. These really do take internet gaming to a new level in terms of smooth and speedy play with beautifully executed graphics, digital quality sound effects and music considerably enhancing the fun factor of this classic card game.
I chose to play the Atlantic City Gold game and was very impressed with the new additions. These include an improved table perspective, precise graphics and an animated chip selector. These add no end to the game presentation. Recently I've become somewhat bored with the Microgaming game presentation, but here Ladbrokes has definitely raised the bar, and I'm sure players are bound to be impressed with each and every card flip and chip movement they experience.
I also had some reasonable luck on this game with my first few bets all winning. I do like it when this happens! Of course, the losers come along too - but at Ladbrokes you can be sure a fair game is being dealt - a company as big as Ladbrokes would be crazy to risk their reputation with fixed games. Fair gaming is a must for everyone from low rollers to whales, and with the minimum bet at blackjack being just £1 and the maximum being a massive £2k, I'm sure Ladbrokes gets its fair share of both types of player!
Moving on from the Blackjack tables, I checked out some of the other table games available. There really is a good selection of table games at Ladbrokes, and I had particular fun playing Three Card Poker and Caribbean Stud Poker. Unfortunately, my luck at these games was average, and I didn't really win any major amounts to help boost the bank balance. When it comes to game presentation though, these games were still great to play.
After my table game fun, I decided next to play the Video Poker games. As with the table games, a huge number of games are available including many multi-hand varieties. These multi-hand games can be great fun and profitable too - 100 winners after receiving winning initial cards definitely pays nicely!
Specifically, I tried out the Deuces and Joker 10-hand Video Poker Game. I like this wild card game, as when the wild cards show the winning combinations can really be good. True to form, this game proved a profitable choice as my bank roll headed towards the £100 mark. The funny thing was I didn't really get any huge wins, but consistent low level wins still helped push my money in the right direction. The same happened on the 100-hand Aces and Faces game - no huge winners, but consistent wins. Of course, the game play for the Video Poker games is excellent. One thing that really impressed me was the speed of game play. At competitor sites, multi-hand games can take a while to play because of the amount of data needed to be sent from the casino server. That's definitely not a problem here, and when combined with the cool graphics and sound effects I can see that Ladbrokes could well become a Video Poker player's favorite casino.
The last thing I wanted to test was the slot games. It has to be said that a large number of the 200+ games available at Ladbrokes are slot games and from what I could see, every type of slot is available. Classic Three-reel games sit along side 5-line slots and multi-line video slots with cool video games. One game I really wanted to check out was Big Kahuna. This game is a video slot with some really cool features. One requires you to appease the gods by dropping items in to a bubbling volcano. Another lets you pick masks to reveal nice prizes. Unfortunately, my review is not as complete as I would like as I didn't get to activate any bonus round! I went through over £100 betting just £2.25 a spin and didn't hit a thing!
As such, I came away from this game really licking my wounds. I decided with just £20 left to see if any of the other slots would give me back some money. Unfortunately this wasn't the case. Having said that, I did have fun though, and particularly enjoyed the bright graphics on the Big Top game. The progressive games were fun too - although they were not very generous. I guess that's the way that progressive's play - although to win a multi-million pound jackpot for a tiny outlay must be mind blowing!
This time I didn't have anything to withdraw. However, I have made numerous withdrawals previously on my account and have never had any issues. Ladbrokes have no pending withdrawal times, with many withdrawals being instantly processed. This means withdrawals to debit cards etc. will show in 2-3 days. However, for those with e-wallets it means that winnings can be back to a players account within literally an hour or so. Banking as slick as this is definitely a plus.
Customer support is also an important factor to consider when choosing a casino, and at Ladbrokes this is available 24/7. Firstly there is email support, which I found to be extremely responsive - my test emails were responded to within around 10-15 minutes or so. There's also telephone support, which again is a good thing, although unfortunately only the UK have a toll-free number available. For those living outside the UK that want instant support there is a 'live chat' facility. However, this is different to live chat found elsewhere. Basically, a person can ask a question and a response comes back in the chat window within a minute or two. However, this is not really a convenient method to use for lengthy conversations.
In conclusion, I have to say I was very impressed with Ladbrokes even though this time I didn't win. The range of games is huge, and the presentation on these games it top notch. The addition of the Gold series of Blackjack games really has raised the entertainment factor of Blackjack and the other games available are great fun too. The banking function of Ladbrokes works excellently, and the minimum deposits and rapid withdrawals are definitely a big plus. The only area I think could be improved is the support function - which for non-UK players is only reasonable. However, perhaps I am being harsh here - after all, emails are responded to in a very quick timeframe. All in all though, Ladbrokes is an excellent casino and for those that are able to play here I would highly recommend it.
I win £30 on top of my returned £6 bet playing the 7 Oceans Slot game
Kings and Fours reward me with a £20 prize whilst playing 10's Or Better Video Poker
The wheel spins in 18 - a reasonable number when playing my '17' strategy
I win £10 whilst playing at the Atlantic City Blackjack table
I hope for a volcano on the third reel to activate the Big Kahuna feature game
Three scatter symbols pays me £4.50 on the Big Top slot
I get the lowest winning combination on the Cash Splash progressive slot
Two Kings and a Joker on the initial deal means every hand wins whilst playing 10-Hand Deuces and Joker Video Poker
The Ladbrokes' lobby shows all the games available along with bet sizes accepted
I give Poker Ride a go in the hope of wining the £55,000 progressive jackpot!
A pair beats the dealer's pair at the Caribbean Stud Poker table
The Tunzamuni jackpot was standing at over £118,000 at the time of playing - not bad for a 25p bet!
Many Video Poker games, such as this Aces and Faces game, can be played across multiple hands


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Today, August 1st, 2010, a new website (and trending topic) appeared that allow you to jailbreak your iPhone, iPod or iPad using iOS 3.1, 3.2 or 4.0: Jailbreak Me.
The main advantage of this new jailbreak method is that the process is done entirely from the browser, Safari on iOS. Therefore, it took my attention.
How can a website, with just HTML, CSS and JavaScript can execute a code that changes the operating system? (more…)


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Win 10, VPNs and BBC iPlayer– Good and Bad News
First the bad.
If you haven't already updated your computer to Windows 10 and it is eligible for a free upgrade, then prepare yourself for more aggressive update notifications that no longer give you the ability to opt-out.
Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users are reporting popups that inform them their Windows 10 upgrade will be installed in one hour. Users have the option to start the process immediately or reschedule it, but there is no longer an option to opt-out of upgrading altogether, ZDNet reports.
Read more here: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/10/15/microsoft-no-longer-lets-you-opt-out-of-a-windows-10-upgrade/
Many people are still having problems trying to upgrade from Win 7/8 to Win 10. First backup your system, data and drivers to an external memory device in case things go wrong. Then run your Manufacturer's built in System Updater if you have one. Repeat this until you get a message that no more updates are available. Now run Windows Update, and do all available updates, even the optional ones except the language packs. Repeat this until you get a message that no more updates are available. Yes, it seems like a lot of work, but it will maximize your chance of success.
A different way of protecting yourself from a failed Win 10 Upgrade is to create a separate partition on your hard disk to install Win 10 onto, creating a dual boot setup, where you choose which system to boot to when you power up the computer. Check Youtube for tutorial vids before attempting this.
Beware, some companies like HP and Toshiba are deceptively showing Win 7 drivers for new computers on their support sites. This would lead you to believe that if you have one of their computers with Win 8, that down-grading to Win 7 is possible. Some Support sites put a disclaimer on their Win 7 drivers download page saying that some users doing a downgrade will need to get additional drivers from their OEM (original equipment mfg.). What they don't tell you is that some of the "bundled drivers", ex. Chipset, that actually contain many functions in one package, may be missing key components necessary for your computer's hardware to work. Worse yet, some of these missing drivers are simply unavailable for Win 7. Thus I did a full Win 8 to 7 downgrade on a brand new laptop only to discover that the Device Manager did not even list the webcam or USB devices at all! I couldn't get the laptop to discover the devices and could not manually Legacy install them as there were no drivers available anywhere. So be aware, some new computers are not down-gradable to Win 7 any longer.
The BBC is taking measures against the unauthorized use of its iPlayer service by actively blocking UK VPN services. The measures aim to prevent foreigners from accessing iPlayer without permission, but they're also blocking many legitimate UK citizens from surfing the Internet securely. Read more here: https://torrentfreak.com/bbc-iplayer-blocks-uk-vpn-servers-over-piracy-concerns-151016/
Now the good news. I just received my free copy of Win 10 Enterprise Business x64 from MS as a reward for having been the first to report a bad Win 8 update that was breaking display drivers. I used the DISKPART tool and using the "Clean" command totally wiped the hard disk on a brand new HP Pavillion without touchscreen that came with Win 8.1. Then I did a clean install from the Win 10 dvd onto the now unpartitioned hard disk (Important: don't create a formatted partition with DISKPART or the Windows Installer, let Windows do it automatically as part of the install onto "unpartitioned space") . The install was quick and painless, restarting several times in the process. All but 4 minor drivers (Bluetooth related) were already installed, and with proper drivers too, not MS generic drivers, nice. Got the missing ones from the HP site and the install was complete. The driver for my USB Hi-Gain external wifi was even auto installed when I plugged it in. The system is fast and more Win 7 in appearance and feel than was Win 8.1. No Metro screen, Windows opens to the familiar Desktop. Next came the setup. In this Enterprise Business version there are more settings available than the Consumer version. This allowed me to turn off most of the auto updating and data sharing features that are on by default. Some of these are security risks, others just use up your bandwidth constantly sending data back and forth. I suggest that unless you have a blazing fast 4G internet connection you opt to do Windows Updates manually. Once a week before going to bed run Windows Updates. Let it check for new updates, select all, and then let them download and install. The next morning when you get up they will be done. One of the nicest results of doing the Clean Install is there are no "bloatware" programs that they pack into all new computers. I choose to set this one up as a desktop, using programs, just as in Win 7. However, if you are smartphone/tablet friendly you can load apps from the App Store and use them instead.


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Title: Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers
Author: Julia Dumont
Publisher: BroadLit
Published Date: April 24, 2012
Format: Paperback & Kindle
Buy on Amazon: Paperback or Kindle
Julia Dumont's Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers, is a steamy, laugh out loud funny book for ladies looking for a novel with romance, sex, and comedy all in one package. Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers is a very quick read, perfect for a weekend filled with your man watching football (can you tell I'm speaking from experience?) This is the first book in the Second Acts series. Be warned that Dumont's novel is sexually graphic in language and scenes! If you like more of a vanilla read then you probably shouldn't pick up Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers. However, if you are ready to be sucked into a hilarious contemporary romance about dating, friendships, and meddling mothers then this is for you!
Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers begins on the first day that Cynthia's new dating business, Second Acts, opens up to the public. Always gifted at matchmaking, Cynthia realizes that California has the cream of the crop clientele that will make her new venture soar. Deciding to put her own failing love life on the back burner, Cynthia is ready to play cupid to those in need. However, before she can focus all of her energy on Second Acts, Cynthia's ex-lover, Max, pops back up in town and is determined to pick up where they left off. What follows is a funny story with crazy escapades and shocking situations.
Dumont has great characters in Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers. I believe my favorite has to be Cynthia's mother, Margie. A lonely widow, she makes it her life's work to annoy Cythnia and try to find her the 'perfect man.' After multiple visits to her gynecologist to check for suspicious lumps (that of course aren't there, she is the queen of stalking) Margie decides he happens to be perfect for her daughter. Dumont wrote, "Earlier in life, Margie never would have pulled shenanigans like this, but she had officially entered the WTF stage...She was grabbing for all the gusto she could get and if eliciting cheap thrills from a handsome unmarried gynecologist was her greatest sin, she was still going to heaven." (Dumot, 42.) Who wouldn't love a character like this!
I had a little more trouble warming to the character of Lolita, Cynthia's first and most focused upon client. Lolita is a dog groomer in Beverly Hills and works with A List celebrities. She is pretty self involved but quickly becomes Cynthia's new friend. I think what felt strange to me about Lolita was her relationship with her three dogs. At first I thought she was just quirky, but the more I read, the more I came to realize that her dogs have special powers. King, her Great Dane, is able to magically appear where he wants to and seems to be able to communicate with Lolita. There is definitely more to this story and I'm eager to see what Dumont has up her sleeve in the next book!
I recommend Julia Dumont's, Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers, to any woman looking for a fun escape from reality. The next book in Julia Dumont's Second Acts series is Starstruck Romance and Other Hollywood Tails. I'm excited to see what Cynthia gets herself into next and I'm definitely hoping that there is some love in the cards for Margie! As for Lolita and her special dogs, I believe the title gives us a hint that they will be present as well!
BroadLit has provided me with a complimentary copy of the book, Sleeping with Dogs and Other Lovers, for the purpose of review.


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The burden of enormous populations is making
itself felt: as governments struggle with the need to educate
children, create jobs, and deal with the environmental effects
of population growth, any new threat - such as AIDS or aquifer
depletion - can rapidly escalate to disastrous proportions. The
industrialized countries have held HIV infection rates among
their adult populations to one percent or less, but infection
rates are as high as one-quarter of the adult population in some
African countries. With their rising mortality rates, more
reminiscent of the Dark Ages than the bright millennium so many
had hoped for, these countries are falling back to an earlier
demographic stage with high death rates and high birth rates,
and ultimately little growth in population. Events in many
countries could spiral out of control, leading to spreading
political instability and economic decline. In examining the
stakes involved in potentially adding another 3.3 billion people
to the world population over the next fifty years, the authors
call for immediate expansion of international family planning
assistance to the millions of couples who still lack access, and
new investment in educating young people - especially women - in
the Third World, helping to promote a shift to smaller families.
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The hard drive(s) in your computer run much slower than the main memory does. To avoid having to wait for the hard drive every time a program you are running needs to save something, the computer actually saves the information in main memory and writes it to the hard drive during gaps between the other tasks it is performing. One of the reasons you need to shut down the computer properly and not just turn it off is so that any data that is supposed to be written to the hard drive actually gets written there and doesn't get lost when the computer turns off.
To keep track of whether all of thew necessary writes to the hard drive have been performed the system uses what is known as a 'dirty flag' to indicate whether all of the data has been successfully written to the drive. The flag is set when a write request is first made and is cleared when the last of the data is actually written to the drive.
If for any reason the computer turns off with this flag still set then when the computer next starts up it will run a scan of the drive looking for incomplete files. It will then produce a report of any repairs that it applied to the file structure on the drive.
Where you have the system scan the drive on startup once and then start normally the next time then the most likely cause was that the computer got turned off too soon the previous time and so didn't get to reset the flag. You would expect this to occur if the computer went off if all your power went off or if the fuse on the circuit the computer is connected to were to blow while the computer is on.
If the system continues to run scans each time that you start the computer then the situation is more serious. If the scans actually report that they found errors then you may have a bad spot on the hard drive. All hard drives have some bad spots but with modern drives a small amount of space on the drive is reserved so that any bad spots can have the data stored in an alternate location within that reserved space. For a scan to actually show a bad spot on the drive means that the reserved space has been exhausted and that the drive itself is getting close to failure. In this situation you should purchase a new hard drive and get all your data transferred across before the drive fails.
The most awkward problem to resolve when it comes to the system constantly running scans on every (or almost every) startup is when the scans don't produce any errors. It gets even more annoying when you run further scans after startup and then use the fsutil dirty query C: command (substituting the appropriate drive letter) only to find that the dirty flag is still set (and that therefore yet another scan will occur the next time you start the computer). All that the scans prove in that situation is that there do not appear to be any errors on the hard drive itself. when this occurred on my computer I had just about reached the point of deciding to purchase a new hard drive when I got a "Backup Failed" message from my NAS telling me that it had been unable to connect to my computer to run the backup of my email folder. Further testing showed that any attempt to access shared drives on my computer were failing even when they originated on my own computer. This meant that my computer now had two things that were not working right and fortunately it turned out that the two were related.
Any attempt to access a shared folder on my computer from Windows was producing a "Not enough server storage is available to process this command" error message and then denying access to the drive (the NAS was simply reporting "Backup Failed" which was a lot less useful for working out the cause of the problem). Now this particular Windows error message is produced when there are too many network processes trying to run on the computer at the same time. The amount of storage allocated to these services is configurable within certain limits and so where your computer needs more space for networking you can update the registry to allocate more space to that and less space to everything else. To do this you need to run regedit and then go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CURRENT_CONTROL_SET \SERVICES\ LanmanServer \Parameters and find the IRPStackSize option (or create it as a DWORD if ot doesn't exist). If you then increate the value slightly and reboot the computer then the network error should disappear. If it doesn't then try increasing the value again and you should hopefully get rid of the network error before you get to the maximum value that option allows (if you don't then you may need to delete some programs from your computer to reduce the resources needed). Don't forget to backup the registry before you start changing it.
Once I had done this minor registry change then access to my shared drives was restored and I was able to get the backup to run. I then ran all the scans of the drive again to make sure that the dirty flag was not set before continuing to use the computer. The computer has not asked to run scans of any of the drives since and so obviously had I replaced the hard drive it would not have fixed the error.


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NGV Friday Nights returns this winter with exclusive late night access to MoMA at NGV. Featuring a line-up of international and home-grown acts presented by the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, experience art, music and dining inspired by the city that never sleeps.
7–7.45pm & 8.45–9.30pm
R&B songstress thando brings her genre-bending sound to a special performance featuring Melbourne producers Henry James and Mikki from Preston. thando has graced stages around Australia with her electric presence and powerhouse vocals and her ability to tell a story takes audiences on a journey of loving oneself and reflection. thando grew up feasting on the musical offerings of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, QUEEN and TLC. Along the way, she found Jill Scott and crafted her unique sound with an electric live set. Her 2016 debut EP Digital Love Letters paved the road to a slew of festival appearances. She has since gone onto support Maxwell at the Palais for his blackSUMMERS'night tour as well as Sampa the Great and Remi's Fire Sign Tour alongside DJ MzRizk.
6–7pm and 7.45–8.45pm
Esther Li plays piano with the heart and soul of a seasoned and mature performer, deceptive of her years. Sophia Ng Min is a vocalist who embraces musical genres as diverse as jazz, R&B, pop, and classical fusion. Better known as part of the jazz quartet Torch, Aurore Duet bring their musical flair to NGV Friday Nights.


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The hype is justified Over the course of this year, the popularity of Twitter has sky-rocketed. In March 2009 a Nielsen.com blog reported that Twitter had an incredible monthly growth of 1,382%. As recently as August 2009, there were a reported 50 million users of Twitter.
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Portable USB flash drives that act like auto-play application CD-ROMs; No real learning curve; No worrisome hardware changes.
Online U3 application list not fully operational.
Bottom Line
The U3 platform makes it possible for manufacturers and users to create portable, application- and utilities-filled drives that know what to do when you plug them into your PC.
Recently, in The Ultimate USB Key, we showed you how to create a portable drive filled with applications and utilities that could run entirely from the USB drive, without installation. This is a great way to make your work more portable, since you can work on any PC, and yourself more secure, since you don't leave your apps and data behind when you disconnect from a public PC.DEMOfall this week, the manufacturers unveiled their first U3 drives and applications. The keys won't be in stores until October, and we'll take a closer look then, but we couldn't wait to try them out and give you our first impressions.
We got four U3-enabled drives to try out, a 1 GB Verbatim Store 'n' Go U3 Smart Drive ($99, www.verbatim.com), a 512 MB SanDisk Cruzer Micro ($54.99, www.sandisk.com), a 512 MB Kingston U3 DataTraveler ($42, www.kingston.com), and a 256 MB Memorex U3 smart Mini TravelDrive ($29.99, www.memorex.com). Each manufacturer has chosen a different set of U3 applications to bundle with the drives, but they all operate identically.
Plug the U3 drive into a USB port and Windows quickly recognizes it. (U3 drives work with Windows 2000 SP4 or later, and all versions of Windows XP.) Unlike a standard USB drive, the U3 drive is assigned two drive letters, one for a small (4 MB) read-only area, and a second for the rewritable area of the drive. The U3 drive tricks Windows into thinking that the read-only partition is a CD-ROM drive, which lets the drive use AutoPlay to run the U3 LaunchPad application launcher as soon as the key is inserted. Some of the drives also ran a tutorial the first time we used them.
Once the LaunchPad software is loaded, a U3 icon is placed in the system tray. Click the icon and the LaunchPad comes up, looking very much like the Windows Start menu. Your U3 applications are shown on the left and various commands for managing the drive appear on the right.