The "Skip" that Jim Bauer is referring to, of course, is Skip Schaible, who we all know, if you read my blog, fell asleep in his recliner the other morning while waiting for the fog to burn off and had to settle for a shortened fishing day. The only difference between the two incidents is that Jim flat slept through the alarm--Skip didn't have an alarm set.
The fish at left tipped Jim's digital scales at 2 lbs. 6 ozs. It represents the first keeper bass that he has caught during his current trip to Lake Gaston, the third of three such treks he makes annually. He pulled this one from the waters there about 7 p.m. yesterday, along with a dink and a catfish--all on a French fry. Said Jim, "I had one other fish on long enough to see that it was a keeper," but the fish never made it into the net.
One of the reasons he was out on the water that late in the afternoon was that he had taken a two-and-a-half-hour break earlier from all the rockin' and rollin' caused by passing boats and jet skis. To use Jim's words, "You would have thought it was July."
Rather than do battle with more of the same thing today, Jim told me he planned to sit back and enjoy some football on TV. "I'll be up and after 'em early Monday morning," he said.
I just received an email from Jim, saying he changed his mind and hit the water after all for a few hours late this afternoon--when most of the boaters and jet skiers had called it a day. His tally today was better than yesterday. He boated three fish (a 1.12, 1.6 and a 12-incher), again all on the French fry. He also missed a couple good ones. "Smart fish" Jim said of one missed strike. It seems the fish picked up the French fry in front of a hydrilla patch and ran toward the boat faster than Jim could pick up the slack and set the hook. He assured me that he'll be on the water again early tomorrow morning.
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