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Originally Posted by NIB
Can ya see that guy and the camera crews going into twin maples..The shop owner while a nice man,is not the warmest of folks.Definetly a Islander..I found that part of the segment amusing.I bet they woke him up at 11 am...
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NIB,
I’ve known shop owner John Swienton a long time and he’s always been like that – just squinting under the long bill of his sword fisherman’s hat – you’d be like that too if you had to deal with all the summer time yahoos over there. When the shop is not occupied you can ring a bell outside the door to notify him. He stops whatever he’s doing in his home which is next door, opens the shop and waits for these guys to figure out what they want – many times they just want info – and then after 30 minutes they leave without BUYING anything. If you’re going to make a guy open his shop and be brazen enough to ask for “hot spot” info, for god sakes BUY something first!
His dad Mac gave me my first pointers about the island and directed me to my first island bass. I watched as his physical condition deteriorated over the years and it was a sad day when he passed. Really miss him.
As far as this TV episode goes I wish they would have shown more of the island – best parts were scenes from the bluffs and of the dead fish photos on the Twin Maples walls of fame. I recognized a few of the fishermen - one was striped-bass.com member (rebaalk).
DZ
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