This week had us(Operation North State) taking our vets out on Badin Lake in New London NC. 43 boat field and we rode the struggle bus today but for my Veteran Mr. Juan, an army cook, a picture is worth a thousand words. He hooked into a 5 pound stocker striped bass on a medium spinning outfit with a weightless fluke on it and  8 pound test. He had the fight of his life. He told me that one fish made his whole year so far. We caught him first thing in the morning and managed to boat this one little 2 pounder at the buzzer so at least we had a fish to weigh in. Lots of fish on the beds but we were having trouble seeing them with the overcast condition and our old eyes.😂 The dinner however was top notch put on by the Badin lake fire department and all the fine folks of the Badin lake community.

I like your trip reports!

 Nice fish and thanks for taking a vet! 
 

@LrgmouthShad has been know to kick around that lake 

I wish I could find someone here to take me 😁

 

Seriously though, thank you from a fellow vet. I try to help our local heroes on the water chapter when I can…

1 minute ago, Smirak said:

I wish I could find someone here to take me 😁

 

Seriously though, thank you from a fellow vet. I try to help our local heroes on the water chapter when I can…

I got started with ONS fishing as a veteran co-angler and it did so much for me so when I got a boat the first thing I wanted to do was switch over to the host boater side and take somebody else so they could hopefully get the same thing out of it I did.