Ending On A High Note

Today was their last day so Vito & Al decided to go pound on the smallies one more time. They were more than happy to battle as many bronze backs as they could hook.

Soon after we arrived at the first spot, Vito wasted no time getting the ball rolling with several bass and one of them was a true giant. The bite wasn’t great with the fish barely biting and several bass were missed on the strikes. By slowing down their presentations, they were able to keep most of the fish pinned all the way to the boat. Unfortunately a few of the real big ones came off though from too much pressure. It was going to be one of those days!

From deep to shallow, they hooked fish after fish all day long! It didn’t seem to matter what they threw, as long as it matched the depth we were in. Plenty of the fish were quality along with many feisty smaller ones too. They definitely didn’t lack the numbers today!

We were scheduled to finish up right around 4:00 but a last minute spot held us for an additional 15 minutes or so. Both Vito & Al were getting into bass on almost every cast and I hate to leave fish biting! Al even landed the elusive fall fish on his very last cast ending the day on a high note. He had really wanted one of these things and previously been only able to watch as Vito boated many of them.

These past four days had passed quickly but we were fortunate to have had all of them with almost perfect conditions. I couldn’t have asked for better weather for this time of year! I’m sure they will remember the time they spent up north and hopefully I will see them again next season. It was definitely a pleasure, fishing with them as they brought all their own tackle and they were a couple of great sticks. I couldn’t have asked for anything more!