mike contacted me for a day on the water for him and his cousin gary . we met up at opening hit the water and strated the search. the water level was way up . we checked lately hot spot the bait balls were there but not many stripers all we could get there were some phantom hits. so we moved out and started checking areas one after another. finally we metered some schools deep so we dropped it down on the dr and we got some action. the schools were in a bunch of transition areas where they were not active. gary did get a couple bass messing up are striper hunt. the guys brought some great sandwiches and big bag of cookies. we pressed hard all day for 7 or 8 keeepers somee super dink toss backs. thank you mike and gary i had a reak good time. mike i espeically loved youre baseball stories aboout youre sons i could really relate and really enjoyed them greatly,,,,,,,,,,,,,bob,,,,,,,,,,