[Bruce Litton]

I had some good times fishing a private lake with Brian during the spring and summer, my biggest bass at 20 inches. My son came with us a few times, his biggest pickerel at 25 inches. I thought my son & I wouldn't get out on LH to troll hybrids, because of COVID in May, but turns out we did, though each of us only got hit by hybrids. Once apiece. So we tired for bass and caught five apiece, including a 20-incher for me. The most memorable outing was with my brother Rick. We put one of my canoes on the SB. I was nervous as hell at first, because I had 10,000 bucks in camera gear in that canoe, which was tippy, and my brother is a little cavalier. I felt reduced to PLEAING with him to be CAREFUL. But soon I felt OK. We brought only fly gear and we caught smallies. We paddled about five miles, and it just felt really, really special, like we had found the REAL world. It was a rite of passage between the two of us, down into the heart of Central Jersey.