In the "Nick" of Time

Over and over again we hear the phrase "Timing is Everything", and that was precisely the case for returning clients Nick and his son Nick.  The water had a surge in temperature after several nice days and the stripers were getting in the mood for some heavy feeding.  The time was right not only for the time of year but the time of day as a very early start in the fog set the tone for the day as on his third cast Nick Sr. hooked into his long awaited goal of getting a striper at Lake Wallenpaupack.  The battle was on and as he carefully played into the net a 9.54# was landed and posed for a nice photo.  Not long afterwards another striper was hooked up and another battle was on and Nick Jr. landed an 11.15# striper to continue the momentum. A few slammer smallmouths were landed, a pickerel and a nice largemouth spit the bait as a flurry of early morning activity was on.  Just as the fog burned off, Nick Sr. hooked into another solid striper that made the drag scream and he fought the fish very carefully as they have much strength and temperment that can break a line at any second.  When it was in the net and weighed it would be a 11.17# fish to cap off the striper action for the day.  The sun then came out strong and a blue sky shone overhead shutting the bite down as if a light switch was tuned off, but they did manage to catch another nice smallmouth before wrapping up their day on Lake Wallenpaupack after enjoying some hoagies, beverages, and many laughs.