[fishbones]

Went out Sunday afternoon to a spot with a southwest wind blowing right in our faces. I watched for a few minutes as there were about 7,other guys fishing the same stretch of water and everyone was struggling to get small fish.

I looked out and saw fish breaking way beyond the other guys' casting range and decided to clip on a Bigfish pencil popper in silver back, pinkish orange sides and white belly.

Second cast, I pick up my first keeper of 2009, a respectable 36" fattie. For about 10 minutes, people stopped and watched me as I was having fish explode on every cast. I ended up with a few more from 25 to 32" and then I took a 39" bass that took me down to where I could see the mono backing on my reel. I've never seen the kind of vicious strikes that the bass were putting on that plug!

I know the fish look short in the pic, but keep in mind that I'm 6'4" and my son is 44" tall.