Report by Floyd Spangler
I arrived at the landing early. Robert asked if it was a family trip or one of our other kids’ trips. I said it was a family trip and he replied, “Oh, then it will be out on time.” Everyone was there on time and checked in with me. We boarded the Amigo. With Captain Tom at the helm and Ichoro and Tyler as the crew. Ichoro whipped up his usual great breakfast sandwiches. With great excitement and energy on the deck we proceeded to the bait barge. At the bait barge we had our Fiber trip meeting. There we went over boat rules and Santa handed out goody bags. Afterwards the boat turned north and we moved up the line out in front of the power plant. Our first stop gave up a few sand bass. Captain Tom then moved to another pile of stones and we started catching fish, mainly sand bass.
Then our old friend, the wind(getting really old), showed up. With the wind came white caps, virtually stalling all fishing. We spent the rest of the morning moving around and attempting to find biting fish. The morning ended without finding any fish that wanted to bite. On the way in Captain Tom invited any that wanted to help pilot the boat. Captain Tom was on deck and really great with the juniors. The food was wonderful as usual. Tyler was a great help on deck, taking care of fish and untangling line. A big thanks to the crew of the Amigo. Big fish went to Zepher Chamlers for a 2.7 lb. sand bass. Jessica Diment with her little princess rod was the hot stick on the boat. She landed 8 fish with a 6 lb. line. A good time was had by all. Good job dads and granddads for taking a kid fishing.
