I am one of the new guys that signed up at the last meeting. Mike W. volunteered to be my Ambassador, and I'm sure glad he did.

Mike took me to Lake Sammamish this morning and made my first day of REAL bass fishing better than I could have hoped. From the ride in that fast boat, to showing me the right way rig and fish for smallies, to letting me have first crack at the fish and being such a generous host, I can't say enough good things about Mike.

I turned out to be a fairly competent caster and caught some dinks and then a smallie of about 1.5 pounds, which is the biggest bass I had ever caught to that point. I asked Mike to take my picture with it in case it was the last one I got. (This fish was about 1 lb. bigger than the biggest bass I had ever caught...).

However, a little while later I caught a smallie that weighed at 3.5 lbs. and we were able to take a more appropriate picture.

Thank you so much Mike for the great day, great advice and great conversation. I look forward to spending more time getting to know you and the other members.

Stu

Yeah Stu, Mike is the hero in the club right now. He caught a 5.7 at Banks to cause Chris to lose a bet. He owes us cold ones at Roosevelt. Mike, you're me hero.