Another Friday and yipee, another striper fishing afternoon

Of course I'm not ready; however, I do have some things accomplished.

.  Fueled the boat
.  Did real Magic on the reels
.  Recieved extra foam for the Bugz planer boards and modified 2 R & L
.  Gave a lot of thought to lights for night planer board use, but .  .  .
.  Updated the Navionics + card, but not back on the boat
.  Got a tentative fishing plan from Pete DeRosario
.  May have a novice on board this trip

What about the PLAN

Pete will be on the water at High Point Marina at 2 PM.  Lake Aana is now full pool and I'll launch at Rockland  Creek and motor to HPM.  The novece is a friend and hasn't fished this lake or species.  Will be a show and tell adventure.

Will do boards and corks in the North Anna after getting EASY bait in the Pamunkey or Terry's Run. Yet, I might stop at Fish Tales and get a dozen shiners.

I'll have 6 rods for planers, two for down lines and one cork.  I'll toss in one casting rod for the unexpected.

Got refresher planer board technique from Pete.  I didn't  realize how much I forgot.  Have to make a little chart about line weight, boat speed, depth of fish, etc.

Whoops, Damn health issue.  Got bad gout in boat ankles and can't walk.  Had to call Pete and cancel our meeting.  He notified me that he got bait a bit further up Terry's easily, but didn't tell me if he boated any stripers.  Just said the bite was rushed.  Leafs falling like mad and filling the boat. :(  It is Fall, isn't it.

OK, here's the Water Bugz planer board with the LED light mounted on top.  The LED light has a wire loop on the bottom.  I pushed it into the foam and then drilled across the planer.  I used a small high speed screw, like drywall to secure the light.  Would work with a paper clip straightened or a tooth pick.

 

Don't know what this is intended to show.  Maybe how to clutter a desk?

Just to show where the screw was placed to hold the LED.

Pete sent a note to let me know he directed a buddy to a great fishing spot on Sunday, Oct. 11 and .  .  .  Now have to get the practice frog off my casting rod and use a Pencil Popper.

 

 

 

On a top water?  Maybe a pencil popper?  A great catch for Lake Anna!