Mike: Looking forward to the trip and hopefully we will have a great bite day. Already getting some shallow fish and getting a smallie or two just about everyday out right now and it should only get better....had my first topwater smallie today for the fall so the ice is broken...:D She was not a monster but a nice 3.5 lb fish. Buck: thanks for the kind words...gonna give me a big head...:p Hope you and Doc can get back down this fall too.