Took off for Lake Shafer today. Took bob20 with me. His first trip to the lake. He had a few issues with the docks. Evidently he thought the fish would be on top of the docks rather than under them. Once we got him straightened out on the pattern, he didn't do too bad. Well, other than a couple of Al Sheilds moments with various branches and trees around the lake. He did manage to stick a very fat 6 or 7 inch smallie..........ON A SPINNING ROD WITH A TUBE!!! Poor guy was kind of lost without a casting rod in his hand. But he did manage pretty well once he figured out how to use the bail "tingy" on the reel. .

The whole day we were joking about how Lake Shafer was on fire. Then early this afternoon we were fishing a main lake point when a skier went flying by......LITERALLY ON FIRE!!!!!!

We decided after the dock fishing clinic that indeed the lake was on fire. How else are the skiers bursting into flames.