Just wanted to share my first outing of the season with you folks. Went to starved rock(IL river) over the weekend looking for some sauger action. No sauger but a bunch of striper's. Got about 20 of them, biggest was around 5 lbs. It was the funniest thing though. You see, anytime I go out in my boat, I tend to outfish everybody. This weekend I got a taste of my own medicine. I went out in a buddies boat, since mine is an I/O it's still in storage, and got stuck sitting in the middle. Well, needless to say, the captain up front boated about 8 fish and my other buddy in the back boated about 12. That leaves me with the big goose egg. That's right, I got my pole wet and that was about it. I was throwing the exact same baits as them but no luck. I new after a while that I was going to get skunked; had that feeling. OH, that's right, I caught a car floor mat and managed to get caught in the trolling motor. Oh well, even though I didn't get anything, my buddies were catchin fish, I was out on the water, and it was a nice peaceful day. What else can you ask for! I'll get them guy's next time in my boat.
