[Gerald]

On my last trip to Big Lake, I also met a very nice young man.

About 9 am, I headed toward one of MY spots along the bank which I have not fished in a while. About 1/2 mile out, I spotted something on the bank so I headed a little to the south. It turned out to be this person wading next to the bank.

I slowly worked my way toward him......after catching a rat red on the first cast. I was planning on making a big circle around him to not interfere with his fishing area. When I was a 150 yds away from him, I caught a keeper Red and that started some conversation with him.

He was in a Yack and fishes that area fairly often catching Reds, trout and flounder. He shared some of his techniques and knowledge [small reefs] in the area.

An hour or so later he paddled past me going to one of these reefs. I stayed where I was and caught a couple more flounder.

I started working my way toward him again and learned more about the small reef he was then wadding. He told me his PR trout of 9.5 lbs had been caught in this spot. He told me to move in closer, but I stayed on the very outside and finally caught a nice 21" trout.

One of his comments was it had been nice to fish together and that most people on the lake were "jerks". He said that he is looking to buy a house up in Moss Bluff.... maybe we will be neighbors.