Me and old self went out for a couple of hours of fishing late this PM. I was hoping to see some striper action on top, but nada. North wind initially, but it finally settled down a little bit. So, I crappie fished a deep drop. Caught 2 yellow bass to begin with, then lost a heavy crappie about 1/2 way to the boat. Opened the gap on my hook a tad more and didn't have another pull off.
I ran to a bluff and fished about 20 minutes and landed 3 very nice crappie. I thought that the 2nd one was a TARP, but when measuring him correctly, (mouth closed, butted up against the ruler), it was only about 13 7/8 inches long. emoBang I decided to make another run around Harrison Bay and while approaching Wolftever ramp, the motor on my boat gave up the ghost. emoBang emoBang Tried to call ustowboats, but only got their answering machine. emoBang emoBang emoBang So I did the next best thing and called Wanda and asked her to take the car, drive to the Tyner lane ramp, pick up the truck and trailer, drive to Wolftever ramp and meet me there. I went on in by trolling motor.
When I was about 1/2 to the WT ramp, Wanda called me and said that she couldn't find her keys. She thought that she left them on the back on the boat when she came in from shopping. I looked on the back of the boat, and they weren't there. emoBang emoBang emoBang emoBang So, I continued on to the ramp after telling her to go look again for her keys. I stopped at the bridge to give away the 4 keeper crappie that I had. Made one guy very happy. Then continued on to the ramp by trolling motor. About halfway to the ramp, I get another call from Wanda telling me that she found her keys on my computer desk. Whew! What the heck were they doing on my computer desk. She don't even know how to turn that thang on. emoScratch
Oh, when the motor died, it made a terrible grinding sound and quit running. It wouldn't crank or make a sound when I tried to crank it. emoBang But when we put the boat in the basement at home, I pulled the cowling off, didn't see anything out of place or through the block. I told Wanda that it wouldn't make a sound. I moved to the switch and turned it on just to show her and the durn thing nearly started up. emoBang emoBang Now, what the heck is going on with this motor?
Anyhow, when I went to take pics of the crappie on the lake, my batteries were exhausted in my camera and I'm nearly exhausted telling this tale. So, I'm checking out of this report before something else happens. Wanda is calling me to dinner. emoHungry
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I ran to a bluff and fished about 20 minutes and landed 3 very nice crappie. I thought that the 2nd one was a TARP, but when measuring him correctly, (mouth closed, butted up against the ruler), it was only about 13 7/8 inches long. emoBang I decided to make another run around Harrison Bay and while approaching Wolftever ramp, the motor on my boat gave up the ghost. emoBang emoBang Tried to call ustowboats, but only got their answering machine. emoBang emoBang emoBang So I did the next best thing and called Wanda and asked her to take the car, drive to the Tyner lane ramp, pick up the truck and trailer, drive to Wolftever ramp and meet me there. I went on in by trolling motor.
When I was about 1/2 to the WT ramp, Wanda called me and said that she couldn't find her keys. She thought that she left them on the back on the boat when she came in from shopping. I looked on the back of the boat, and they weren't there. emoBang emoBang emoBang emoBang So, I continued on to the ramp after telling her to go look again for her keys. I stopped at the bridge to give away the 4 keeper crappie that I had. Made one guy very happy. Then continued on to the ramp by trolling motor. About halfway to the ramp, I get another call from Wanda telling me that she found her keys on my computer desk. Whew! What the heck were they doing on my computer desk. She don't even know how to turn that thang on. emoScratch
Oh, when the motor died, it made a terrible grinding sound and quit running. It wouldn't crank or make a sound when I tried to crank it. emoBang But when we put the boat in the basement at home, I pulled the cowling off, didn't see anything out of place or through the block. I told Wanda that it wouldn't make a sound. I moved to the switch and turned it on just to show her and the durn thing nearly started up. emoBang emoBang Now, what the heck is going on with this motor?
Anyhow, when I went to take pics of the crappie on the lake, my batteries were exhausted in my camera and I'm nearly exhausted telling this tale. So, I'm checking out of this report before something else happens. Wanda is calling me to dinner. emoHungry
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