I had a pleasant surprise yesterday as I got an e-mail from Bob Cepek. Bob had just fished the HBC at Clear Lake and came in 2nd place. Well he went on to tell me the good news. Bob had picked up a new Snack Size Hitch in Lakeport and decided to use it during the tournament.

As he described it He brought the bait up on stage and Bryron Velvick took it from him, I guess a discussion went on as to who was going to keep the bait. Bob just barely got it back.

Byron asked Bob how many casts it took to catch the fish. He explained to him about twenty but did not tell Byron that he was just getting used to it for the first 10 to 15.

I don’t know how I missed all of this I must have been in la la land somewhere talking swimbaits with someone down on the dock.

The sad part is that Bob told me he missed a fish that he thinks would have won the thing.
Congratulations Bob on your 2nd place finish and thank you for your support.

I had better get back to making baits, sounds like I may have a swarm of new orders soon. 

Keep an eye out this week. My next article will be about crankin Clear Lake.