Hey Ridg....

[JimB]

on Wed @ noon raise your drink of choice and I will do likewise (unfortunately) at work at the hospital and salute to your trip and your good luck!! lol Jim
PS don't be afraid to try a drift from the North end of Wood Island into (or out of) Orchard Bay with 3in Shiners on a White Roadrunner for me please.....but if you will do this for me please "bounce the bottom"

[ridgrunner]

It would be my honor to lift a few to my luck and trip on your behalf. I will do my best to make you and anyone else not able to make the fall trip this year, proud.
The trip is turning into more of an expense then normal with the gas prices like they are, but I won't give it up till they pry my cold dead fingers from around my favorite Abu Garcia reel and there isn't enough gas in the boat to turn over the motor.
I will try the drift you mentioned, does anything work on that drift other then shiners??
Reports are that the water is low, any suggestions that maybe I haven't thought of already??
We'll miss you guy's next week, keep smiling.
Ridg