Rob and everyone else who contributed to my last posting:

THANKS! SCBBBC held their TOC this weekend and man what a difference a day makes! Saturday was tough for all but Andy & Dan who had four and five fish. 5 out of the ten guys (including me) got zilched. Dan had over 21 lbs and Andy had a little over 11lbs.

Day 2, different story. Not only did most of us catch fish, we also were losing them left and right. As for myself I had limited out by 10 AM but that is not the story. Towards the end of the day I was fishing some shallow rocky, nasty crap with a Fat Free Shad when bom! Fish on. Thought it was only about 3lbs until it boiled - yikes! Huge fish on! After a record short battle I was reaching down to grab it and 'pop' gone. Fish was about 13-14lbs. No joke. Next cast lose another fish in same spot. Now I'm pissed at myself and depressed. Thought occurs - go for broke and use advice of all you! SWIMBAIT or TROUTPLUG!!!

2nd cast and bam!! Fish on! After a short battle 8.4lbs of green beauty! THANK YOU ALL!!! You guys gave me the confidence to throw what ended up was a Fred Arbogast Trout plug. Weight for day 2 is 22.69 lbs - good enough for 3rd for the tourny. Dan brought in 22.77 lbs for a total of over 44lbs for two days and Andy finished with 26+lbs.

What a difference a day makes.

Thanks again!

Samurai TI