02-27-2009, 10:00 AM
<br /> While Al was putting his rod and Walmart sack in the boat before we launched, he said, &amp;quot;What is that smell?&amp;quot; I said it must be coming from BASF. He said, &amp;quot;no, that&#39;s a skunk!&amp;quot;. After he went nearly the whole trip before he finally caught his limit, I told him that maybe that odor was prophetic!<br /> We put in around 10:30 and went up to the Barge tieups near the RR bridge. I caught my nice little smallie in about the first dozen casts on a pumpkinseed Fat Albert grub. I told Al that I was happy and ready to go home and get a cup of hot coffee, but no!, we had to fish until nearly 1:00 so FA could get the skunk off of him. He did catch a nice chunky spot, even though he was fishing on the wrong side of the boat. We quit at 1:30.<br /> A great few hours with a great friend!!<br /> <br />