Agape and ME...

[Deitz Dittrich]

Agape And Me...

These last few days I got to spend some time on the water with a good friend, Wayne Ek of Agape Fishing Guides . Fishing in my area (the other end of the state from Wayne) had been decent, but not great, and I was in need of setting the hook on a few piggie largies. Wayne and I, are like bitter enemies at sport shows (ok, we still love each other) but work for totally different companies. I for Shimano and Mr.Twister and he for Quantum and Strike King. Needless to say, we do quite a big of friendly ribbing, but most of our time spent together has been on a sales floor somewhere in the state. Well, we were finally able to spend a few days in a boat together, and I am so glad I did.

Wayne is a great guy. If you ever are in the mood to get a guide and really want to learn something while catching a lot of fish, Wayne would be one of my first choices.

Fishing was in his words, “Ok.”

I would describe it as nothing short of “Awesome.”

Our first day (Tuesday) took us to a very stained body of water. Shallow Running Crankbaits and Jig and Pig were the order of the day, with a few fish coming on topwaters as well. Shallow cover (less than 3 feet) seemed to hold all the fish. We only boated about 20 fish, but the size was amazing.. Wayne boated a fish at 5 lbs.

I had one on that was larger than his (alright, pretty sure it was larger than his) but decided not to show him up in his boat and let the fish off my hook at the side of the boat. 8-)

However, I did manage a fish well over 3 lbs....

Day 2 was much nicer to us. We fished a slightly more clear body of water with quite a population of smallies. Wayne and I put a mess of smallies in the two to four pound range in the boat.

All caught on topwaters, during the first few hours of the day. Once the sun came up, we put the Texas rigs to the test and continued to boat a mixed bag of largies and smallies.

This is Waynes big fish of the day

Wayne, thanks for the great trip. I’ll be counting the days ‘til I can get my dollar back.

And a Splash Good-Bye!

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[Matt Johnson]

Great recap/story Deitz! Looks like some awesome fish were caught! Those smallies look like a blast! Also glad to see Wayne took it easy on you

I've had the privilege of meeting Wayne, and while I haven't fished with him, I can still tell you one thing that's for sure... you're going to have a lot of fun regardless of how the fishing turns out when fishing with Wayne!

[Rick]

Wow,

looks like you had a great time Deitz.

Wayne and Deitz are good friends. For those of you lucky enough to get out fishing with these guys you know how much fun they can be.

Way to go guys!!

[delmuts]

great pictures! and , i see you were fishing in a GOOD brand of boat too!

[Hotspotter]

Deitz:

Great pics, esp. of that smallie on the PopR? When are you going to get me a sweet gamma visor

Wayne put a buddy of mine on some fish earlier in the year. His comments and suggestions were right on the money. Wayne's your man for bass in Alex!

Joel

[Deitz Dittrich]

actually jnel, its a Suguoi Splash-it...It spits more than it pops.. but similar lure...

Thanks for the kind comments bro

[cjac]

Looks like a fun couple of days! Water temps are high, so I'm laying off the muskies, time to go bassin'!!

I like the Twister visor, I have that one too!! What were they, only 8 bucks with the FM special?

Off to the bass forum to see what's working!

[LittlebroD]

Nice story Bro. Looks like a great time. I look forward to fishin this weekend with you. untill tonight...

[ikeslayer]

So deitzy is this going to be a video trip that we will be seeing or just pictures. I would love to see how you seasoned veterans do it. ike

[Deitz Dittrich]

ike.. no camera man along on this trip.. However, wayne and I did shoot one earlier this year, no clue on the release date.