[JohnR]

So I wanted to pass along a couple things

My best time fishing with Mike I had him come up to one of my favorite spots south of Boston and we headed out to a semi-snotty / rainy night for a night of casting eels. I had fish for days and the conditions were great. Hardly a tap for hours.

We were talking abut stuff in general and lamenting the slow night in particular when he got a hit, and then a take, and a good fight of a healthy 26# fish that he caught and played so smoothly that he landed a fish with the hook set on the outside of the mouth. Yes, the hook was outside in the skin on the lower lip. I never would have landed that fish. He had a great time & was truly excited about catching the sole fish of the night!

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Here is I think Mike's favorite photo from his favorite trip, a charter he & his bud Smokey took about ten years ago with Captain Chet Hathaway on Noreaster.