For Period Ending Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021

Sunday, July 25 (from Ron)...Just got back from a two-week business trip. Was anxious to get out on the water, but the wind was a struggle. I did manage to get one small white perch and one small bass to avoid the skunk. Only threw Zoom U Vibe and swimsenko, as I couldn't get a hit on any topwater this morning for more than an hour. The water was murky, and it was too windy for my liking.

Thursday, July 29 (from Ron)...Visited a small pond to avoid the wind. Caught a half-dozen dinks and a 2-11. Weightless plastic worms and plastic topwater both produced this evening. Was good to be out without Thor throwing lightning bolts at me.

Saturday, July 31 (from Wayne and Ken)...Decided we wanted to see if we could develop a game plan for the next tournament on Saturday, Aug. 7, so dropped Wayne's boat in the water at 0-dark-30 this morning and began searching. First thing we learned was that, like last Sunday, there was no topwater bite this morning. Eventually found something the bass would eat, though, and stuck with that for the rest of the morning, even though the bite was very slow. Fished until a few minutes after 12 noon and ended up catching about nine keepers. Seems there must have been a small tournament out of West Neck today, because there was a fella walking toward the ramp with a weigh-in bag in his hands when we got back to the dock, and there was a collection of anglers saying their farewells as Wayne pulled his rig past the front of the store to tie everything down for the trip home.

Sunday, Aug. 1 (from Ron)...Got out early before the storm. Caught two bass at 15 and 17 inches, respectively. May go back out this evening, depending on the weather. Zoom U-Vibe worms were the ticket to success this morning.