This past Saturday, we got to renew our friendship with some time on the water. I'd missed fishing with Byron as we'd always have an excellent time whether we hooked into fish or not. In getting ready for this trip, Byron shared with me an interesting revelation. Despite his years and years of dedication to Bass fishing, he'd never caught anything on his baitcasting gear. He was an avid spinning rig fisherman - not that there's anything wrong with that - but he was anxious to get back on the water with me so I could provide some tuteledge on casting.
Realizing this, and knowing we'd be fishing the California Delta, I told Byron not to even bring his spinning outfits. I was going to break him of his crutch on this trip and that if he was going to catch anything this trip, he was going to do so with his baitcasting gear. He responded on with the statement - "Yeah, it's the IF part that has me worried!!"
Well, if you read my fishing report from yesterday, you know what a long day it was for us out on the water. It was a blast sharing the time, but the fish were not all that cooperative. Despite the difficulty, however, Byron DID catch his first ever bass on baitcasting equipment and here it is.
Even with the trick of holding the fish closer to the camera, it still looks like a dink... lol ... but we were all very proud of this moment. Hopefully it's the first of many more and larger bass to come!
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