August 10th trip with Nick and Jonathan

Took out Jonathan and his buddy Nick for a short afternoon trip today. After spending the first half of the day in school, I thought they might like to hit Lanier and catch some Stripers. I knew the time wouldn’t be ideal but I felt I could boat a few and it turns out I was right.

We fished from 2:00-5:30 and managed about 5 bites. I heard there was a good feed from 11:00 to 1:00 which we obviously missed. And apparently there was another big feed around 7:30 just after we got off the water. Still, we were able to get 3 fish to the boat and Nick finally got to land some Striped Bass. No doubt he was both surprised at their strength and excited to catch some big fish. He got to feel them on a light spinning rod as well the heavier trolling equipment. And at the end of the day, he had a cooler with plenty of meat to feed the family.

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