About the time competitors in the West Neck open tournament were weighing in this past Sunday, Ryan Land was launching his kayak at Munden's Point. And right out of the starting blocks, a big 'ol catfish blew up on his spinnerbait. As described by Ryan, "whiskers" fought like h-e-double hockey sticks until he put the fish back in the water. Might have kept the catfish for table fare, except for the fact his cooler was much too small to hold it. And, too, Ryan had brought the cooler along for a mess of perch.
After spending much of the trip looking for perch but finding only four, along with two pickerel, he changed tactics and managed to boat three small bass from the grass with a topwater bait. Then, on the paddle back to the dock, he used a rattletrap to hook into what looked like about a 3-plus-pound bass that ultimately jumped and spit the bait.
"All in all, it was a fun day," said Ryan, "even though I wasn't weighing any bass bigger than 1.5 pounds, let alone having five keepers."
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