So We Are Fishing Lake Gaston.....

So we were fishing Lake Gaston on the Virginia/North Carolina border on Saturday, October 28th, and we were having a tough day.

The wind made it difficult for boat control and when the Corps drew water down we really felt like a bobber on 2-pound test. And the bream were driving us crazy by pecking at our Senkos.

We decided to hit the main lake shoreline first and nailed a nice two pounder. We then decided to go into one of the many creeks to get out of the wind and try our luck fishing the docks and piers. This is when we met a gentleman working on a boat in his boat house.

So, like I do when meeting people on their docks, I just asked him where are the fish. Well, he laughed and said that he knew where they were and had we caught any?  I replied I had caught one about five feet off the grass but that was it.  He said we had the right idea and that the bass probably followed my Senko out of the grass into the open water to hit it.

He told us to throw into the grass, let the Senko fall and stop. Give it a twitch and let it fall again. And if we had no hits to reel it back, just like Kevin VanDam does.  We thanked him and asked him about the boat he was working on and if he does much bass fishing.

Well guys and gals, he introduced himself and right away I knew who he was. He had won some Elite BASS tournaments and had fished the Classic a few years ago. I just about fell out of the boat when I realized who he was and thanked him for the advice. He was one of the nicest gentlemen I have met on the water and he continued to be a great ambassador for BASS.

We did just what he told us to do and we promptly lost about 10 to 12 bass either coming off after setting the hook or as they jumped and spit the Senkos back at us. But we finally had three keepers which got us a third place finish. Had we boated the two biggest ones that got off we would have still been in third place as first and second place had over 10-pounds, each.

You never know who you will meet on the water. So always have a smile on your face and be friendly and one day you may run into one of the BASS pros who is willing to help you with your fishing.