Feeling Lucky Lately...

That's how Ron ended his emailed fishing report Thursday evening. He admitted having low expectations when he headed to West Neck Marina, given the high water still in place there. However, he was singing a different tune by the time his hour-and-a-half fishing trip came to an end at dark.

Once on the water, Ron peddled his kayak northward, under the bridge, and worked a couple of feeder creeks on the western side. The bites that subsequently materialized all came at the entrances to the feeders. "The bite diminished the further I ventured into these areas," he allowed.

It wasn't long at all before Wham! a nice 4-lb 14-oz citation bass (as pictured above), measuring 22 inches, slammed Ron's Whopper Plopper. Before the evening was over, he had added two dinks and a 1-13 to his totals.

"Maybe it was the wind," he said, adding, "regardless, I'm feeling lucky lately."