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Bob Morgan and I went fishing today. And yes, we caught some fish...lots of fish!

It was also gratifying because Bob just had surgery and was able to get out to whet a line. Back in February of 2009, Bob took me fishing right after my surgery. Today it was 75, the day he took me was 25! But it is all good!

The plan today was to try to find some large perch to help me move up in the standings for the SRRKC White Perch tourney. When we got to the fishing spot....



....I almost wanted to run across the bay but my WP instincts took over and we started fishing at the wall. And we started catching. Today, they were fat! They hit on fast, slow and medium retrieves. They were close to the wall and away from it. Here is my 1st 12 incher.....



.....Bob was steady catchin'!

WP



Striper



Since Bob had just made a Bass Pro Shops run, he was loaded with lure and caught a lot of fish with a lot of different offerings. Conversely, I caught most of my fish on one lure, made by Woody. It all works!

After a bit, I told Bob of another fishy place that Mo and I tried but on a bad tide. Today, the tide was right.

Bod nailed a fat perch......



Bob must have caught 12-15 stripers including 2 keepers.



But this one was nasty!



I caught a blue and a speck along with many perch.





Once the tide ran out, the place got shallow and we went back to the original spot where it was slow. There was another boat fishing there and they caught a few but not much was happening as the tide was slack.

Bob asked me why I didn't work the rest of the wall and I told him that during the low tide, it's too shallow and there are no fish there. Oh yeah, Bod declares, "fish on!". We worked all the way down and back up and picked up many a fish....



....which included another 12 incher.

This guy almost ran aground...



I'm not sure how many perch we kept but Bob's neighbor is going to be eating well this week.

Our day was gorgeous, especially considering we have some colder air moving in. This could be my last WP trip this year, I will definitely remember it!

As of right now, I stand in 2nd Place for the SRRKC Tourney. Woody is solidly in 1st Place. It will take a couple of 13 inchers to unseat him......