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Well, made it to North Carolina, Richmond Mill and Morgan Company. Left Atlanta early this morning, caught an 8 a.m. flight, had a visit with God, prayers and Sunday morning stuff, wishing I was home in good ol' Whitesboro and headed to church. But, no, I was on a plane. Traveling is exciting, but airports and the associated stuff can be a pain in the neck. Had reservations with Enterprise for a car. Showed them my debit card. I normally use a debit card. That system keeps credit cards in check and I only spend dollars which actually exist. I usually rent from Enterprise when I get to Raleigh-Durham. But, today, they didn't want to take my debit card. So, after an hour of hassles, I went to Budget and they put me in a car in 15 minutes. Travel is romantic and fun, but sometimes a pain in the bobo.
Finally got on the road and called my friend, Morgan Company property manager Dave Buhler. He said, "Armageddon has hit!" I asked him what was going on...he told me a storm had parked directly over the lake and had dumped more than 8 inches of rain in an hour, according to the National Weather Service. I arrived after the storm had moved toward Wilmington. There was lots of water moving, but we decided to look at the lake...maybe catch a few fish. We caught a few bass, but today was bluegill day. We tied on some small spinner baits and caught some good bluegill, probably 25 in an hour, along with about 7 or 8 bass.
I tied into a really big bluegill. It measured just shy of 11 inches and weighed a pound and almost 11 ounces. Big fish for this lake. Here's a few photos to show it off.


Dave Buhler shows off the big bluegill.



Just short of 11 inches.




The Condello pose.