I grew up in Florida in the 60s. Lykes owned a lot of the Florida swamps and a lot of property in Cuba. We messed around in thedad worked for lykes brothers, fish eating creek down in fla. you know everybody likes lykes! (fla is/was usa 2nd largest producer of beef). was a kid in a canoe and was next to the biggest one i have ever seen 16ft??? I havent been that afraid in my whole life, my buddy kept driving myside towards that beast. I about **** myself! as a fire fighter in st lucie county, fl. was on a call that the gator ate a 5 year old kid! dnr shot it , opened the belly to recover the boy. no, I dont have pics.
Chassahowitzka River area and Lykes owned a lot of that years ago. At one time there were a Lykes Hotdogs.