Fast forward 6 years and we both are back in Raleigh. On our last fishing trip, we got skunked at Harris one day back in 2006.
Lately, he's been drooling over photos I post of river bass and begging for a chance to join me. Over the last 3 years or so, I would occasionally call the night before a solo excursion to see if he was available ... which he never is. Jason's busy social calendar cramps his professional fishing career. :)
I finally penciled in an appointment with Jason for a 1/2 day trip on Sunday morning ... 5 am sharp! We played phone tag until 8 pm on the prior Saturday night, where I told him to meet me at local gas station.
Jason didn't know what to expect and seemed nervous as we made our way to the river. I think he was expecting to bushwack a mile through tick infested brush, only to find raging water and having to portage a few sets of rock gardens. He was pleasantly surprised to find a nicely worn trail and calm clear water.
We launched around 6 am and found the fish very cooperative to start the day. He fiddled with a small senko while I began to hammer the fish on a spook and fluke.
He quickly switched to a fluke as well and started picking up hungry bass left and right.
With ~10 bass in the first hour, Jason was thinking we were going to have a 60 fish day; then we turned a corner and the bite died. We picked up 2 bass and 10 bream in over 2 hours and decided to make our way back to our starting point. As soon as we made it back, we quickly picked up more bass. I also caught 2 nice crappie and one small pickerel to round out the day. All said, we landed about 20 bass in 5 hours with several in the 3-4 lb class.
Today was my day for catching, but we both had good fish and plenty of action as well as spotting a rare family of river otters. If I had to guess, I think Jason is wondering when he can squeeze in another river trip ...
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