Tony Buzolich
02-23-2006, 08:00 PM
One of the advantages of working in a bait shop is you get to meet lots of neat people, and, some not so neat.
You get to listen to all of their stories about how big the fish were, how many they caught, how the line broke, etc. etc.. A lot (most) of this is pure B/S but once in a while a guy comes across more convincingly than others.
Today was that day.
A young guy comes in to the shop talking very load and asking for all the biggest plugs we had. He had to have the right color, he had to have this, and he had to have that. Obviously this guy was quite drunk, stoned, and completely burned out.
But, he was talking stripers.
Now, I had to listen while doing my fly thing on the other side of the shop.
He proceded to brag about all the stripers he'd been catching and where he was getting them. Still very loadly.
Several customers started asking him about it as well.
He says "Wait a minute, I've got proof" and runs out to his truck and boat. Yes, he was towing a boat.
He comes back in with a broken lens digital camera and proceeds to show everyone a dozen pictures of the stripers he's taken over the last month starting in January.
These pictures were amazing. At least a dozen fish going from 15# to over 30+#.
I now had to take this guy a little more seriously.
He said that all of the fish were taken at night and non before 7:00pm in the evening.
He then grabbed a half dozen plugs and a couple of six-packs and threw everything into the back of his boat and headed down river to his favorite spot.
"Where exactly?" you ask. The Feather :)
To further confirm Flygolf's teaser, yes, they are here. And in the American, and in the delta again too.
They may have always been here too as resident fish and not just the early season spawners that we all are waiting for.
Big fish this week (Tuesday) we weighted in a 37# pounder. :(
The main run is just getting started though.
TONY
You get to listen to all of their stories about how big the fish were, how many they caught, how the line broke, etc. etc.. A lot (most) of this is pure B/S but once in a while a guy comes across more convincingly than others.
Today was that day.
A young guy comes in to the shop talking very load and asking for all the biggest plugs we had. He had to have the right color, he had to have this, and he had to have that. Obviously this guy was quite drunk, stoned, and completely burned out.
But, he was talking stripers.
Now, I had to listen while doing my fly thing on the other side of the shop.
He proceded to brag about all the stripers he'd been catching and where he was getting them. Still very loadly.
Several customers started asking him about it as well.
He says "Wait a minute, I've got proof" and runs out to his truck and boat. Yes, he was towing a boat.
He comes back in with a broken lens digital camera and proceeds to show everyone a dozen pictures of the stripers he's taken over the last month starting in January.
These pictures were amazing. At least a dozen fish going from 15# to over 30+#.
I now had to take this guy a little more seriously.
He said that all of the fish were taken at night and non before 7:00pm in the evening.
He then grabbed a half dozen plugs and a couple of six-packs and threw everything into the back of his boat and headed down river to his favorite spot.
"Where exactly?" you ask. The Feather :)
To further confirm Flygolf's teaser, yes, they are here. And in the American, and in the delta again too.
They may have always been here too as resident fish and not just the early season spawners that we all are waiting for.
Big fish this week (Tuesday) we weighted in a 37# pounder. :(
The main run is just getting started though.
TONY