Gizzard Master

Stan Simmerman took me out after speckled trout. It was a last-minute thing: I’m going, want to go? We tagged and released 11 speckled trout. I caught fish of 22 and 24 inches long and I lost a couple more about that size. All of the other trout were under 20 inches. Stan may have let me catch all of the big trout but was gizzard shad master. Both of his were bigger than the one I caught and one was a true trophy. He wouldn’t pose for a photo with it though. Those shad masters are a secretive bunch.