Jim's first three fish today fell for a Thin N. The remainder went for two different colors of Roboworms. He started the day by pointing his boat into the wind but quickly gave up on that idea and let the wind push him up West Neck Creek. Pausing only briefly at the bridge, he managed to boat a small bream but nothing else.
While on the water, Jim ran into Eddie Sapp, who said he was slaying bass on soft plastics. Eddie came off the water right behind Jim and told him that his best five today tipped the scales at 10.5 lbs. That compares to a figure just over 6 lbs. yesterday that he and his partner, Paul Celentano, had during a tournament at Bob's Fishing Hole. They plan to return there tomorrow for a special Veteran's Day tourney.
The water temp at Jim's late-morning launch time was just over 55, and he said it only showed a tad over 56 when he came in at 3:30 this afternoon. The water level was 3.8 feet at 3 o'clock today when I captured a photo of the gauge at the ramp, and the water color was very good. As Jim noted in his email to me this evening, he caught most of his fish today "off the bank in about 4 feet of water."
On a final note, Jim said he also ran into Rob Powell and his wife just as he wheeled into the marina this morning. Rob had told me last week that he and his wife were in the final stages of packing up and moving to Florida with a set of Navy orders in hand. He had stopped at West Neck this morning to collect his bass boat for the trip south.
The worst part of Jim's whole day was launching and recovering his boat. Anyone who ever has used the ramp on a windy day like today without someone to help them knows exactly what he's talking about. It can be a real challenge.
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