The best bite of 2001 was not one of mine but that of my next door neighbors teenage son. He has been doing some freshwater fishing but had not been salt till one day I saw him in his yard staring at my boat as I pulled out of the yard to go out by my self for a few hours. I could not leave the lad there so I invited him along. He had his gear and was in the truck before I could blink. We went to a small reef off West Island that always has schoolies but not a lot of keepers. Well his first cast was at least 10 ' and I asked if he could use some help just as a nice keeper took his lure and headed for places unknown. The look on his face and the smile at the end of the fight and the release of the bass made that the best bite of 2001. He is now hooked just like all of us were right after that first and best bite.
