Screw them striped ones, I'm headed north to chase the brown ones, alone with some long skinny toothy bastards know as pike. I rarely get to fish with my old fishing buddy, so a weekend of it will be a treat, plus we do plan on having a few beers at the end of the day over fish stories

. Hope your feeling better John, you sounded like crap on the phone the other day, I perscribe a half dozen keepers, but it is August so you may have to cover some ground.