I also want to thank Steve and Janet for another wonderful tournament.
They work very hard at this and it always is enjoyable. I did find out
this year why Steve would make a poor accountant. Just kidding Steve.
I had the pleasure on the first day of fishing with Scott. It was fun
watching his excitement as he caught bass and his "I'm not a losser"
dance after he boated his second keeper. Thank you Scott for
distracting Chris the second day although all I asked him to do was
mess up Chris's tackle. That brokeback bass fishing stuff must have
been his idea. I couldn't want to win bad enough to do that to anyone.
I can just picture Chris's face as Scott kept telling him "Gary put me
on bass, why can't you". The second day I got to fish with Steve's son
Jim. He kept everything in prespective as I saw my lead slipping away
with every fish that got off or broke me off. He kept telling me "I'm
having fun!". It was exciting as we were on fish but just couldn't get
them in the boat. We still ended up with two each although we both
could have limited out if our luck had been a little better. I will
never forget watching Joe make custom prototype spinnerbaits for people
out of the back of a minivan. Joe, I'll let you know how it works in a
couple of weeks. I had a great time and was happy to see Steve win
this year. Hope to see everyone next year.