I'd heard some rumors that Big "O" and Topwater were heading down to our neck of the woods for a visit...
I wasn't sure what their itinerary was, ...but when I contacted them, ....I found out that they were open for a fish on Sat.
They stayed in a local motel friday nite, .....I was there bright and early Sat. morning....
And, .......It's off to Bronte, ...with them in tow behind me, .....we arrive at the crack of dawn, .....I think, ...(exactly, ....when is the crack of dawn, ....anyways?)
Joe arrives shortly after, ....we chit chat while we're getting ready.....
.....Found out that he's waiting for his ride, ....with Hoss, ....who's late, ....as usual....
He eventually arrives, ....and after launching the boat, ....leaves Joe to watch it while he takes off to Timmys....
We're ready, .....so we shove off, ....and wish him luck, ....in more ways than one....
I had prepared the lure presentation last night, ...so as soon as we cleared the pier, .....Topwater took the wheel, ....Big "O" and I started getting the lines out, .....
The setup.....
It was maybe a 1/2 hr., ....the rigger fires, ...and Big "O" is into a screamer, .....I just get the one flatline cleared, ....and the other flatline starts screaming , .....I grab it, ....check for the fish, .....and hand it off to Topwater, ......
Doubleheader, ........YES!!!!!!
So, .....I'm trying to keep the boat straight, ....and trying to figure out where the hell to bring these fish in, ....and who is gonna be first, .....
These two are having a ball at the back of the boat, ...I'm having a ball, ...watching them have a ball
With a little patience, ....a few digs, .....and a couple of fairly decent net jobs by the captain, ....I have two happy campers....
Set back up, .....the same rigger fires again, ......I grab it this time....
The captain gets the token laker....
We're set up again, .....and enjoying our coffee, .....finally,
....when the flatline starts screaming once more..... Big "O" is into his second one.....
This was a fiesty little devil, ....and did his best to tangle up something, ...but excellent driving, ....and good rod handling, ...resulted in this....
It's only 9:30, ....and we got four fish in the box, .....Happiness is a full cooler
I then made a the same rookie "captain" mistake, ....I made when I was out with my boy,
.....we left fish, .....to find fish, .... I had some inside info on a hot spot, .....(four fish in a couple of hours isn't hot I guess, ...damn I do some stupid things sometimes
),....so we wasted a couple of hours or so, ....checking it out, ....and got zip for our efforts....
I finally came to my senses
, ...we pulled rods and headed back.... 
Turkeyman and his lady wanted to see the guys and were gonna ride their bikes down to meet us at the launch, .....
After talking to Hoss on the radio and working on the time thing, ....we figured we could do one more run....
We were just about to pack it in, ....in fact I was already clearing the dipseys, ....and the rigger pops again, ......
Topwater is up and on it.... this was a fiesty little devil too....
Well, .....my crew have two nice fish each, .....and I know I'll be back out here again in the near future,
It's time to head in, ....the wind had picked up, ....from the east again, ....so it was a rough damp ride back to the dock
After pulling the boat, ....it was chatter time....
We all decided to head to a nearby eatery, ...so we could sit and chatter...
I guess it was around 4 oclock when we said our goodbyes and parted ways...
I gotta tell ya, ...it was great seeing Big "O" again, ....and it was the first time I'd had the pleasure to actually fish with Topwater, ....These two will keep ya in stitches from the word go....
Even Hoss was unusually "mellow" today, .....despite my best efforts....
Great seeing Joe and Turkeyman again, ....and meeting George, ...who likes my boat better than Hosses, ....
Just nothing better than some fish, ...and some friends to share some time with.....
Looking forward to the next one.....
skooter
