More perfect for Capt. John Warren on King Seeker and his crew, who won it with this 17.3-pound laker as a kicker fish.

More importantly, for me, was enjoying a good day of fishing, conversation and food with this crew on Capt. Bill Kelly's Leprechaun. And it was quite the crew.

I couldn't resist snapping this photo of an animated discussion on where to fish in the dark before we even left Diversey Harbor. From left to right, that's Dave ``Stan'' Stamer, Andy Mikos, Kelly and Neil Goldberg.