Scout'nStripers
Senior Member
An old friend from the Navy (Bob) and his wife Pat flew in from Brooklyn to spend a few days with us at Cast Away Cove. We hadn't seen each other in over 30 years. Bob and Pat wanted to do a little fishing so we went out about mid morning on Friday morning and stayed out a few hours. Bob wanted to experience catching, cleaning, preparing and eating a fish he caught. Bob brought me the Stradic spinning reel as a gift so I told him we would fulfil his wish AND do it with 5lb test on the new reel he got for me. We put it on an Enigma rod with some 5lb test and I set the drag. I gave Bob the Stradic rig at our first stop and on his 3rd cast he caught his first Lanier Bass and got to feel that smooth Stradic drag. He caught another and then Pat brought a nice one in. Bob caught another and we kept a couple so Pat could make a grilled Thai dish with the bass called Pla Pao. We had surf and turf with a couple of Tri Tips to add to the fresh spotted bass. Pat also made a few other Thai dishes for us that were very delicious.
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