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Man what a day!!! I had the good fortune of fishing with the legendary labman today and it was an adventure. I joined Labman at HBSP at 7:30am.. we immediately head for his first spot. When we got there, i was given a lesson on marking fish and reading sonar. There is a HUGE diff between seeing this.. http://www.wavelife.com/wave-online-issues/w12/images/humminbird-405SX.jpg and this.. http://madmariner.com/files/images/Lowrance_HDS_10.img_assist_custom.jpg So now i am in the market for a New fishfinder..lol After the sonar lesson, i was shown his secret drop shot technique. We were fishing for about 5 min when the first one hit. Labman 1 - Scuba- 0. Labman definately had the bass of the day and my first fish was a Drum.. We hit a couple spots nearby and then the fishing died. He showed me a couple spots up river and took me to Seq to show me the area. By then the wind had picked back up. We headed back to our original spot and the fishing picked up. BIG TIME.. i caught more catfish and drum (Drumking may get demoted at the rate i was going) than i could count. We headed to our final spot and it produced the best fishing of the day. We were catching them at the same time but labman showed me how it was done all afternoon. He was catching 2 to my 1. 2 Funniest Moments .. I hooked into x number catfish.. i pull it up and labman is tangled on it.. Just then, my line snaps and bye bye goes fish. Next thing i know, labman reels in the catfish and lands it in the boat.. but that isnt all.. Later on my reel almost comes off the rod.. I stop and begin repairs.. Next thing i know, labman lays into a fish and snaps his line. He begins retying as i reel in my line. i look on the end and there is labmans drop shot rig! Overall a great day and i learned a ton. Thank you labman for your class. Scuba P.S. Labman is an amazing catfish and drum guide..lol

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