BASS BOAT
UGG LOOK WHAT HE DID! THATS THE
REASON I DONT ALLOW CATFISH FISHING IN MY NEW BASS BOAT. JUST LOOK. THAT CATFISH
POOPED ON MY CARPET. DON, I DIDNT PUT THAT CATFISH IN YOUR BOAT, YOU DID. IT
DOESNT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHO PUT IT IN MY BOAT YOURE GOING TO CLEAN THE POOP
UP. ITS YOUR FAULT ITS THERE!
DON, ART, AND I HAD PLANNED ANOTHER
TRIP TO CADDO FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE AND THIS TIME DON AND I HAD GOT TO GO. ART HAD
BEEN CALLED FOR GRAND JURY DUTY AND WOULD HAVE TO POSTPONE GETTING TO GO TO CADDO ONE MORE
TIME. THIS WAS THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE AND IT WAS GETTING PRETTY HOT DURING THE DAY AND THE
FISHING HAD SLOWED DOWN A WHOLE LOT. ART MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL FALL TO GO.
HEAT IS THE ENEMY OF M/S AND I
DONT DO WELL WHEN ITS HOT. BESIDES THE LAKE IS GETTING LOW AND WITH ARTS
BIG BOAT AND MOTOR WE WOULD HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TO THE PLACES WHERE I FISH. EVEN WITH 60
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A SASSIE SHAD AND A BUCKET FULL OF WEENIES YOU CANT CATCH
FISH WHEN YOU CANT GET TO THEM. BUT THATS A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT
TIME.
DON AND I ARRIVED AT TUCKERS
CAMP A LITTLE BEFORE NOON. WE GOT EVERY THING UNLOADED INTO THE CABIN AND WERE READY TO
LAUNCH THE BOAT WHEN I NOTICED ORIED, TRUE TO HES WORD, HAD PUT A SMALL AIR
CONDITIONER IN THE BEDROOM WINDOW. I TURNED ON THE A/C AND WE WENT DOWN TO LAUNCH THE
BOAT. AFTER WE GOT THE BOAT IN THE WATER WE WENT OUT TO JOHNS HOLE. THATS A
GROUP OF CYPRESS TREES JUST OFF THE OLD RIVER CHANNEL. I INTENDED TO PUT SOME LIMB LINES
ON THOSE TREES TO FISH FOR FLATHEADS. THATS WHAT I CALL OPELOUSAS CATFISH, THE KIND
THAT GROWS SO BIG. I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD LINES IN THERE BEFORE I STARTED
TYING MINE OUT.
WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE CABIN THE
BEDROOM WAS NICE AND COOL. BOTH OF US LAID DOWN FOR A NAP. DON ENJOYED THE A/C AS MUCH AS
I DID. MISSIE, DONS DOG THAT HE TAKES EVERYWHERE HE GOES, PILED UP IN FRONT OF THE
A/C AND WAS SNORING SO LOUD THAT SHE WOKE ME UP. ABOUT FOUR OCLOCK WITH DON AND
MISSIE BOTH SNORING I GAVE UP GETTING ANY MORE SLEEP AND GOT UP. IF THEYRE NOT GOING
TO LET ME SLEEP ILL BE DARNED IF IM GOING TO LET THEM SLEEP. I WOKE DON AND
MISSIE UP AND TOLD THEM IT WAS TIME TO GO PUT OUT MY LINES.
NOW IVE TOLD YOU DON WONT LET
ME CATFISH IN HIS BOAT SO HE WONT LET ME SET OUT MY LINES FROM HIS BOAT. I HAD TO GET IN
ONE OF THE LITTLE JON BOATS WITH ALL MY CATFISH GEAR, A BREAM POLE, AND A CUP OF WORMS. I
DID HAVE A TROLLING MOTOR I PUT ON THE JON BOAT. DON TIED ONTO THE JON BOAT AND PULLED ME
OUT TO JOHNS HOLE BEHIND HIS BASS BOAT. HE DROPPED ME OFF AT JOHNS HOLE AND
WENT OFF SOMEWHERE TO BASS FISH. HE SAID HE WOULD COME BACK TO PULL ME IN BEFORE DARK.
WELL I TIED OUT 10 LIMB LINES AND
CAUGHT 10 BREAM FOR BAIT. WHEN I HAD EVERYTHING READY TO CATCH A GOOD CATFISH I STILL HAD
SOME TIME TO KILL UNTIL DON WAS DUE BACK TO PULL ME IN. MY BREAM POLE WAS A FLY ROD AND IN
MY BREAM BOX I HAD SOME FLYS FOR
BREAM FISHING. I DECIDED TO TIE ON A FLY AND HAVE SOME FUN CATCHING SOME BREAM ON A FLY. I
DID JUST THAT. BUT BREAM ARE NOT THE ONLY THING I CAUGHT. BY THE TIME DON CAME BACK FOR ME
I HAD CAUGHT ABOUT A DOZEN BREAM LARGE ENOUGH TO EAT, A BASS THAT WEIGHTED ABOUT FOUR
POUNDS, AND TWO OTHER BASS ABOUT 14 INCHES LONG.
WHEN DON ARRIVED TO PULL ME IN I ASK
HIM HOW MANY BASS HE HAD CAUGHT. NONE, HE SAID, THE WEATHER IS TOO HOT FOR BASS TO BITE.
BESIDES ITS THE WRONG TIME OF DAY ACCORDING TO MY BASS MAGAZINE. WELL IVE GOT
THREE BASS THAT DIDNT READ YOUR MAGAZINE I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN YOUR LIVE WELL.
THERE ARE 12 LARGE BREAM THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO PUT IN ALSO. THAT IS IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THEM. DONT GET SMART WITH
ME OR ILL LET YOU PADDLE IN, HE SAID. YOU DO REMEMBER YOUR STATEMENT ON THE WAY DOWN
THAT YOU WOULD CLEAN ALL THE FISH I COULD CATCH DONT YOU? I WAS TALKING ABOUT
CATFISH DON CRIED. BUT YOU DIDNT SAY CATFISH DID YOU? OK OK, DONT SAY IM
NOT A MAN OF MY WORD. ILL CLEAN ANY FISH YOU CATCH, BUT THATS JUST FOR THIS
TRIP.
DON TIED ONTO MY JON BOAT AND
STARTED TO CAMP. I COULD SEE HIS LIPS MOVING BUT I COULDNT HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAYING
BECAUSE OF THE NOISE OF THE MOTOR. BUT THEN IT MAY BE A GOOD THING THAT I COULDNT
HEAR HIM BECAUSE WHATEVER HE WAS SAYING SEEMED TO BE MAKING HIM MAD. HE WAS TURNING RED IN
THE FACE ANYWAY. THE FURTHER WE WENT THE FASTER HE GOT UNTIL I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A SURF
BOARD. I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE JON BOAT AND WAS HOLDING ON WITH BOTH HANDS. WHEN
WE GOT TO SHORE MY LEGS WERE SO WEAK I COULDNT GET OUT OF THE BOAT WITHOUT HELP. DON
SAID YOU REALLY ARE GETTING OLD ARENT YOU? I WAS TO SCARED TO ANSWER. BUT THEN
THATS PROBABLY A GOOD THING BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE SAID SOMETHING I REALLY DIDNT
MEAN.
THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT BASS
FISHING FOR A WHILE BUT DON WOULD NOT USE A SASSIE SHAD AND HE NEVER CAUGHT A FISH. AS I
CAUGHT THE FOURTH BASS OF THE MORNING ON MY SASSIE SHAD DON SAID HE WAS HUNGRY. WE WERE
GOING TO CAMP AND EAT. I COULDNT UNDER STAND THAT BECAUSE IT HADNT BEEN THREE
HOURS SINCE WE HAD EATEN EGGS, SAUSAGE, AND BISCUITS FOR BREAKFAST. I ALWAYS FEED DON GOOD
WHEN WE GO FISHING. AFTER ALL WE GO IN HIS PICKUP AND USE HIS BOAT NOW THAT I DONT
HAVE ONE. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO CAMP I REMINDED DON HE HAD FOUR FISH TO CLEAN. I TOLD HIM I
WOULD GO COOK SOME POTATOES AND A HAMBURGER PATTY FOR US WHILE HE CLEANED THE FISH. HE
SAID NEVER MIND HE HAD LOST HIS APPETITE HE WOULD SETTLE FOR A SANDWICH.
AFTER WE ATE OUR SANDWICH WE SIT
ON THE FRONT PORCH AND VISITED WITH ORIED UNTIL NAP TIME. WE WENT TO BED AND SLEPT UNTIL
ABOUT FOUR. THAT A/C IS NICE. WHEN WE GOT UP I FIXED THOSE FRIED POTATOES AND HAMBURGER
PATTIES WITH A NICE SALAD FOR SUPPER. I NOTICED DON HAD FOUND HIS APPETITE. WHEN WE
FINISHED EATING DON PULLED ME OUT TO JOHNS HOLE SO I COULD CATCH BREAM FOR BAIT AND
GET MY LINES BAITED. MY LINES HAD BEEN OUT FOR 24 HOURS AND I WAS SURE I WOULD HAVE A
FLATHEAD OR TWO. WHEN WE GOT TO MY LINES AGAIN DON SAID HE WAS GOING BASS FISHING AND HE
WOULD SEE ME ABOUT SUN DOWN. I USED MY TROLLING MOTOR TO MAKE THE ROUNDS OF MY LINES. I
HAD TWO FLATHEADS. ONE WOULD WEIGH ABOUT SIX POUNDS AND THE OTHER WEIGHED ABOUT EIGHT
POUNDS. AFTER I CAUGHT TEN BREAM AND REBAITED MY LINES I TIED A SASSIE SHAD ON MY
FLY ROD AND FISHED IN THE SAME PLACES I HAD CAUGHT THE BASS YESTERDAY AND CAUGHT TWO MORE
BASS.
DON CAME BACK ABOUT SUN DOWN TO
GET ME. I ASK HIM IF HE HAD CAUGHT ANYTHING. HE SAID HE HAD CAUGHT TWO BASS TODAY AND ONE
OF THEM WEIGHED FOUR POUNDS. I SAID THAT WAS GREAT THAT I HAD CAUGHT TWO MYSELF AND ONE OF
THEM WEIGHS ABOUT SIX POUNDS. WHAT! HE SAID, I THOUGHT YOU WERE CATFISHING. I AM BUT YOU
LEAVE ME HERE SO LONG I CATCH TEN BREAM, BAIT MY LINES, AND STILL HAVE TIME LEFT OVER SO I
PUT A SASSIE SHAD ON MY FLY ROD AND BASS FISH. IF YOU WILL USE A SASSIE SHAD YOU WILL
CATCH MORE FISH. IVE BEEN FISHING FOR 20 YEARS AND I HAVE A TACKLE BOX WITH OVER 60
PLUGS IN IT, DON SNAPPED. I DONT NEED ADVICE FROM A CATFISHERMAN ON HOW TO CATCH
BASS SO JUST KEEP IT TO YOUR SELF. OK I SAID BUT WOULD YOU PUT MY BASS IN YOUR LIVE WELL?
NO THEY CAN JUST KEEP THOSE TWO CATFISH COMPANY UNTIL WE GET BACK TO CAMP.
WELL THE RIDE BACK TO CAMP WAS
BAD. I COULD SEE DON TALKING TO HIMSELF AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN BAD ALSO BECAUSE MISSIE WAS
LAYING IN THE BOTTOM OF DONS BOAT WITH HER FRONT PAWS OVER HER EARS. DON DIDNT
BOTHER TO START OUT SLOW WHEN HE PULLED ME IN LIKE HE HAD BEEN DOING. HE STARTED OFF WIDE
OPEN AND THATS FAST WITH A ONE HUNDRED FIFTY HORSE MOTOR. THE JON BOAT WAS ONLY
HITTING THE WATER ONCE EVERY TWENTY YARDS OR SO THEN IT WOULD BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. I
WAS SCREAMING ALL THE WAY TO CAMP. NOT FOR DON TO SLOW DOWN BUT JUST SCREAMING. WHEN WE
GOT BACK TO CAMP DON HAD TO GET IN THE JON BOAT AND PRY MY FINGERS LOOSE FROM THE SIDES OF
THE BOAT. I SWEAR I LEFT FINGER PRINTS IN THE SIDES OF THAT ALUMINUM BOAT. I TOLD DON I
WAS GOING TO BED WHEN HE GOT THROUGH CLEANING FISH HE COULD LEAVE THEM IN THE REFRIGERATOR
UNTIL MORNING. I WOULD SACK THEM UP AND PUT THEM IN THE FREEZER THEN. YOU SURE ARE GETTING
OLD LOREN I THINK YOUR HAIR IS GETTING GRAYER TOO.
THE NEXT MORNING WHEN WE GOT UP
AND HAD BREAKFAST I TOLD DON I WANTED HIM TO PULL ME OUT TO MY LINES VERY SLOWLY AND I
WOULD SPEND THE MORNING SITTING IN THE SHADE OF A CYPRESS TREE. I REALLY DIDNT FEEL
UP TO FISHING THAT DAY. ARE YOU SICK? NO I JUST DONT FEEL LIKE FISHING THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO TAKE UP MY LINES AND REST TODAY. I DONT HAVE TO PULL THE JON BOAT OUT FOR
YOU TO TAKE UP YOUR LINES. WE WILL JUST RUN OUT THERE IN MY BASS BOAT DON SAID. WHEN WE
GOT THERE I STARTED TAKING UP MY LINES. DON WAS VERY HELPFUL. HE WOULD PULL UP TO A TREE
WITH HIS TROLLING MOTOR, UNTIE THE LINE, AND PASS IT BACK TO ME. AS HE PULLED UP TO THE
SECOND LINE, THE LIMB IT WAS TIED TO STARTED JERKING WILDLY. HAY! WE GOT A FISH ON THIS
LINE AND IT MUST BE A BIG ONE THE WAY ITS JERKING THAT LIMB. HE GOT HOLD OF THE LINE
AND PULLED THE FLATHEAD TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. OH, IT IS A BIG ONE IT MUST WEIGH
OVER 20 POUNDS DON CRIED. GET MY BASS NET AND COME UP HERE AND NET THIS FISH. BUT DON
THATS A CATFISH AND YOU DONT ALLOW CATFISH IN YOUR BOAT. SHUT UP AND GET THAT
NET UP HERE, DON HOLLERED!
I NETTED THE FLATHEAD AND HANDED
THE NET HANDLE TO DON. HE SWUNG THE FISH ON BOARD AND PUT HIM IN THE FLOOR. HE WAS TOO BIG
TO GO IN THE LIVE WELL. AS WE CONTINUED TAKING THE LINES UP WE HAD ANOTHER FLATHEAD ABOUT
THE SAME SIZE AND WE LANDED HIM THE SAME WAY WE DID THE FIRST ONE. I WASNT ABOUT TO
PUT A CATFISH IN DONS BOAT JUST IN CASE SOMETHING WENT WRONG HE COULDNT BLAME
ME. WHEN WE GOT DOWN TO THE LAST LINE IT HAD A CHANNEL CAT OF ABOUT THREE POUNDS ON IT.
DON SAID HE WOULDNT NEED THE NET FOR THIS ONE. HE PICKED THE LINE UP AND GRABBED THE
FISH. WHEN HE GRABBED IT, HE SQUEEZED IT HARD TO KEEP IT FROM FINNING HIM AND HE SQUEEZED
OUT A BUNCH OF CATFISH POOP ALL OVER HIS CARPET.
I DIDNT DO THAT DON! I
DIDNT PUT THAT CATFISH IN YOUR BOAT! NO BUT ITS YOUR FAULT AND YOUR GOING TO
HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP. THATS THE REASON I DONT ALLOW CATFISH FISHING IN MY BOAT,
DON SAID. ALL I COULD SAY WAS, YES DON. I WAS LAUGHING TOO HARD TO SAY MORE.
DONT LAUGH AT ME OR YOU WILL SWIM BACK TO CAMP YOU DONT HAVE YOUR JON BOAT
WITH YOU TO DAY. NOW I DONT KNOW IF DON WOULD HAVE MADE ME SWIM BACK TO CAMP OR NOT
BUT HE WAS MAD ENOUGH TO TELL ME WHEN WE GOT BACK TO CAMP WE WERE JUST GOING HOME.
WHEN WE GOT BACK TO CAMP DON
CLEANED THE FISH AND I CLEANED HIS BOAT. WE DECIDED WE HAD HAD ENOUGH FISHING FOR THIS
TRIP. WE HAD TWO ICE CHEST FULL OF FISH AND HAD HAD A VERY INTERESTING TRIP. WE LOADED UP
AND STARTED FOR HOME. DON SAID, WE SHOULD COME BACK JUST AS SOON AS WE CAN. BUT
REMEMBER YOU CANT CATFISH FISH IN MY BASS BOAT.
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