Today was my second ever trip to american. Not as productive as the last time I was there, but we were still able to catch a few in the short time there. We were using fire tiger needlefish in little american, and bagged a couple. The "fun" began when we got onto the main lake by the VA. Now, maybe it's just me, but american is a nice sized lake. There is more than enough room for all to have fun. That being said, I'm still curious why all the bigger boats had to fly past us less than 30' away. We were less than 40' from shore and had repeated passes between us and land. Had one group in a newer wakeboard boat towing tubes do an almost complete circle around us. Needless to say, I threw my arms up in frustration. They then came by to see if we needed help. I told them that they could help by staying the "F" away and trying not to swamp us. I left after an hour out of sheer frustration and anger at all the close passes. Again, the lake is plenty big for all of us. I really wish that they would test for common sense when you get your boaters license, because there was definitely a lack of it today. It really made me miss electric only lakes. Other than the idiot boaters, the weather was nice, and fishing decent. Tight lines!
PS, I stopped by Bill's Boathouse today looking for Mike@Bills to show him the article about fat steelies in american but he wasn't there, maybe I'll catch you next time Mike!