See Chris Fish
02-14-2011, 10:01 AM
Got to the lake around 7pm-ish. I was fourth in line. My buddy John was in pole position. We seemed to be the only ones representing Team 57, lol!!! Drank some beers and told some lies, I mean, fish stories and we crashed out around 1am ish.
Woke up at 5, temps were upper 30's, some frost on a few vehicles. Said morning to the staff and did the paperwork for the rental boat. Gates were open at 6 and we're on the water by 6:20.
Water temp was reading 54 and it warmed up to 58. It was a hot day, so the surface temp jumped up.
The "standard" fishing lure was working great. Marshmellow!!!!!! LOL
The bite was steady in the morning, but slowed way down in the afternoon. We were getting hits and shake-offs all day long. Managed to land just one fish and it was a big time bleeder. Blood all over the boat, my tackle box, clothes, etc. Bloody Decks!!!!
Oh, I'd like to put out a huge shout out to the JACKHOLE who had the boat by the dam. He seemed to be working on the motor and steering. We saw him the rest of the day working on his boat.
So John and I are trolling by the dam and about mid-lake we turn to run up the middle. A boat comes screaming out, full speed, from the West Shore, DIRECTLY AT US!!!!!! Less than 10 yards from our boat, he turns and runs directly behind our boat. Did I mention that we were trolling, ie, lines and lures out.
He starts to mess with his rods. I'm thinking that he knows he's a JACKHOLE and is reeling in his lines, so as not to cut us off. NOPE!!! He's dropping his lines deeper, as he's running over our lines!!! We yell at him and he throws his boat into REVERSE!!! Which winds my line into his prop and he cuts off my lure. Same type of lure that I lost last weekend due to some other Jackhole cutting my line. As he's going in reverse, he almost runs into a rental pontoon boat. They have to do some pretty good collision avoidance.
I literally upboxed and put this lure into my box the night before. My lure is gone.
John lucked out and reeled his in fast enough.
I reel in my empty line and hold it up to show the JACKHOLE and yell, "Thanks".
He gives me a look like WE did something wrong and yells back to me, "Did you say thanks you or f**k you?" I'd like to think that I'm fair and composed most of the time, but this guys really pissed me off.
I hold up my empty line and yell back, "Thank you", and then hold up my rod and yell, "F**k You, too"!!!!! LMAO He said something under his breath and we asked him to say it again. He didn't and motored away.
He never said sorry nor offered to replace the lost lure. A simple sorry would've been nice.
Other than Mr. Jackhole, it was a beautiful day. Saw TaperSteve out there and a few other Team 57 members.
See ya all for the President's Day Tounrey.
Chris
Woke up at 5, temps were upper 30's, some frost on a few vehicles. Said morning to the staff and did the paperwork for the rental boat. Gates were open at 6 and we're on the water by 6:20.
Water temp was reading 54 and it warmed up to 58. It was a hot day, so the surface temp jumped up.
The "standard" fishing lure was working great. Marshmellow!!!!!! LOL
The bite was steady in the morning, but slowed way down in the afternoon. We were getting hits and shake-offs all day long. Managed to land just one fish and it was a big time bleeder. Blood all over the boat, my tackle box, clothes, etc. Bloody Decks!!!!
Oh, I'd like to put out a huge shout out to the JACKHOLE who had the boat by the dam. He seemed to be working on the motor and steering. We saw him the rest of the day working on his boat.
So John and I are trolling by the dam and about mid-lake we turn to run up the middle. A boat comes screaming out, full speed, from the West Shore, DIRECTLY AT US!!!!!! Less than 10 yards from our boat, he turns and runs directly behind our boat. Did I mention that we were trolling, ie, lines and lures out.
He starts to mess with his rods. I'm thinking that he knows he's a JACKHOLE and is reeling in his lines, so as not to cut us off. NOPE!!! He's dropping his lines deeper, as he's running over our lines!!! We yell at him and he throws his boat into REVERSE!!! Which winds my line into his prop and he cuts off my lure. Same type of lure that I lost last weekend due to some other Jackhole cutting my line. As he's going in reverse, he almost runs into a rental pontoon boat. They have to do some pretty good collision avoidance.
I literally upboxed and put this lure into my box the night before. My lure is gone.
John lucked out and reeled his in fast enough.
I reel in my empty line and hold it up to show the JACKHOLE and yell, "Thanks".
He gives me a look like WE did something wrong and yells back to me, "Did you say thanks you or f**k you?" I'd like to think that I'm fair and composed most of the time, but this guys really pissed me off.
I hold up my empty line and yell back, "Thank you", and then hold up my rod and yell, "F**k You, too"!!!!! LMAO He said something under his breath and we asked him to say it again. He didn't and motored away.
He never said sorry nor offered to replace the lost lure. A simple sorry would've been nice.
Other than Mr. Jackhole, it was a beautiful day. Saw TaperSteve out there and a few other Team 57 members.
See ya all for the President's Day Tounrey.
Chris