Another day with Uncle Ray on Lanier… we moved up North. We boated 6 already on a new wall now newly named Rays wall!
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June 29
I think it’s time to go night fishing. It’s getting pretty wild on the lakes, wake boats, cruisers and jet skis all running less than 100 feet from boats! Seen a lot of people get tickets today for reckless behavior.
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June 28
• Edited (Jun 28, 2026)
21 3/4 inch 5.4lb largemouth caught on a laydown in 20ft. West Point Lake. I may have been a little excited
https://youtu.be/I-5rlL7r6IM
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June 28
Got on some Ocmulgee river Shoal bass.. caught 10 or something, but nothing big enough to enter in the Big Bass Challenge.. Im going after THOSE bass tonight.!!
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June 28
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In case anyone missed my exciting new...:
Ok, I ordered a new kayak.. about a month ago, from Festive Water Paddlesports in Cumming Georgia. I'm on their fishing team, and we have a group chat.. alot of good guys are in there, and I fish side by side, with and against them. My new Bonafide RVR119 kayak build i had ordered has a nk180pro HD motor, a 24v system, Wizard foot steering, Anchor Wizard, a blackpak and a shortstack... the whole deal, my dream kayak.. Corey Richardson and I were going to pick it up the other day, with my debit card in my hand to buy it..
When I got there, Nathan Skinner and Tim Brenner (owners of Festive Water) presented me with this letter (attached).. my friends, without me knowing, had gotten together and bought the kayak for me., and Bonafidedinated the kayak cushions, and Yakattack donated the blackpak, shortstack, anchor wizard and some attachments . I was speechless. It was done to give me a little joy considering what ive been thru lately, losing my daughter and granddaughter last month to a head on collision when another driver veered into their lane killing him also, and sending my other 2 grandchildren to other hospitals via life-flights.. To see the whole story, you can watch the video Corey made of me picking it up at
https://youtu.be/QDMvKXbjE6E?is=9kXT3Z1GeYUwvP-D
I'm so blown away at the support Ive gotten from the fishing community and my friends. Look at the list of names that came tigether to make this happen, Chad Hoover, Andrew Blair (Andrew also gave me a 5 night stay at Relaxed Retreat on Sante Cooper whenever im ready to go, and he'll show me some hunny holes too.!) , Nathan Skinner, Alex Perz... , Bonafide, Yakattack, Caleb Acosta, Shawn Widdows (Corey and Shawn headed the charge to make this happen.)
I know my daughter would be so proud of the change Ive gone thru, and of the friends I now have compared to 4 years ago when I was a totally different person..
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June 28
• Edited (Jun 28, 2026)
Back home and resting today from the Georgia trip with Ray, we had 3 days on West point Lake and yesterday for the start of the Big Bass Challenge we were on Lanier. Lanier was a bust for me but had a good time. Found fish but all they would do is chase the bait, would not commit to strike.Â
We did catch some good ones on West Point.
Looks like I will not have many fishing days for this Big Bass challenge due to a family medical issue.
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June 27
Spent two hours in one Cove without a bite… Moved to Rocky Bank with an SMH head and this beautiful 4 inch crawl… caught five Smalley’s inside an hour…loving the SMH
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June 27
My second Bill Dance Big Bass Coin for the year long tournament. Fish must be 21" or larger for Northeast. These are really cool coins.