I’m a California boy but I learn how to Bass Fish in Alabama in the 70’s while I was in the Army. Back then money was real tight, and everything I made went to the family (my first love in life).
Did not have a bass boat and the rods we have today – if fact back then we would rent a Jon boat with a 5 HP from Rec-Services on post for about $5 a day, I could swing that once a month. I just hated to fish off the bank because I just knew the best fishing was just out of my reach. So I took my spare tire from my car and took the inter tube out and made one of the first “Float Tubeâ€
What's the strangest thing you've seen while on the water?
Re: What's the strangest thing you've seen while on the wate
Okay this is what happend to me earliyer this. Some of you guys might remember this story.
W.C
Joined: 06 Jun 2005
Posts: 146
Location: Modesto Ca.
Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:21 pm Has This Happened to anyone else on the Delta????
I Went out for a nice day of fishing Monday morning. It was about 8:40 am when I got to Rivers End Marina /Dells. I thought to myself that maybe I should see if there where any nice size fish in these docks; so I lunched my boat and turn on the big engine just enough to back up the boat and point me in the direction I was going to fish. I pulled out my G-Loomis rod and started casting under and around the boat docks when I heard this strange noise, it kinda sounded like a dog/stork . anyway I did'nt pay it any attention cause I was so into trying to catch the next world record bass. I made a few more cast when I heard that sound again "ooorffh" or something like that . I was fishing on the right side of my bass boat pitching into the docks when I happend to looked over to the othere side of the boat an saw this big head sticking out of the water about 8 or so ft. away. I tripped out at first cause I was'nt expecting to see anything that big so close to me. "Yep u guessed it" It was a huge seal about 8ft. or so long and half the size of my boat, like the ones u see in SF. anyways ; it was looking right at me with it's mouth wide open and yelped out again, than went under water an in a second it was sticking it head out right next to my boat."it was so close that its neck was rubbing along side the boat. That's when I heard skid marks coming out of the backend of my fruit of the looms'' lol I said to myself holy #@#$ ; no sooner did i think that , when the seal lowered its head and with a swift movement of it's tail it had half its body up on my boat "i'm talking up to its front flippers. My boat was leaning to one side like if I was in a low rider and I hit the swiches to the hydrolics side to side. thats when I heard those skid marks again coming from the back of my shorts All these thougts ran threw my mind; like am I going to be on that new show "When seals go mad" or is it mateing season for seals again? , should i jump off my boat? no its to cold . or if I die today did I delete all the porn off my computer lastnite so the wife don't find it afthere the funeral. i'm sure u get the picture right? anyways as fast as it all happened I reacted by hitting the seal with the tip of my rod "kinda like a whip" on its nose. The seal gave me a look of shock when I hit it . and again all these thought came running threw my mind. I could hear my wife saying "at least he died doing what he loved" and does hes life insurance cover this? ooh now I can go on a nice vacation , and I wounder if that car comes in blue. anyways back to the seal. afther I hit it with that pewnie rod it looked at me with shock and than almost sad. it jumped off the boat ,hit the water and took off like a bullet, and made one heck of a wake. i don't think he read the no wake signs. my heart was beating like crazy and than I felt bad about hitting it. Wow what a day..... have any of u had something strange like that happen?? everything I wrote about was true only the fruit of the looms where change to protect the innocent. lol
W.C
Joined: 06 Jun 2005
Posts: 146
Location: Modesto Ca.
Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:21 pm Has This Happened to anyone else on the Delta????
I Went out for a nice day of fishing Monday morning. It was about 8:40 am when I got to Rivers End Marina /Dells. I thought to myself that maybe I should see if there where any nice size fish in these docks; so I lunched my boat and turn on the big engine just enough to back up the boat and point me in the direction I was going to fish. I pulled out my G-Loomis rod and started casting under and around the boat docks when I heard this strange noise, it kinda sounded like a dog/stork . anyway I did'nt pay it any attention cause I was so into trying to catch the next world record bass. I made a few more cast when I heard that sound again "ooorffh" or something like that . I was fishing on the right side of my bass boat pitching into the docks when I happend to looked over to the othere side of the boat an saw this big head sticking out of the water about 8 or so ft. away. I tripped out at first cause I was'nt expecting to see anything that big so close to me. "Yep u guessed it" It was a huge seal about 8ft. or so long and half the size of my boat, like the ones u see in SF. anyways ; it was looking right at me with it's mouth wide open and yelped out again, than went under water an in a second it was sticking it head out right next to my boat."it was so close that its neck was rubbing along side the boat. That's when I heard skid marks coming out of the backend of my fruit of the looms'' lol I said to myself holy #@#$ ; no sooner did i think that , when the seal lowered its head and with a swift movement of it's tail it had half its body up on my boat "i'm talking up to its front flippers. My boat was leaning to one side like if I was in a low rider and I hit the swiches to the hydrolics side to side. thats when I heard those skid marks again coming from the back of my shorts All these thougts ran threw my mind; like am I going to be on that new show "When seals go mad" or is it mateing season for seals again? , should i jump off my boat? no its to cold . or if I die today did I delete all the porn off my computer lastnite so the wife don't find it afthere the funeral. i'm sure u get the picture right? anyways as fast as it all happened I reacted by hitting the seal with the tip of my rod "kinda like a whip" on its nose. The seal gave me a look of shock when I hit it . and again all these thought came running threw my mind. I could hear my wife saying "at least he died doing what he loved" and does hes life insurance cover this? ooh now I can go on a nice vacation , and I wounder if that car comes in blue. anyways back to the seal. afther I hit it with that pewnie rod it looked at me with shock and than almost sad. it jumped off the boat ,hit the water and took off like a bullet, and made one heck of a wake. i don't think he read the no wake signs. my heart was beating like crazy and than I felt bad about hitting it. Wow what a day..... have any of u had something strange like that happen?? everything I wrote about was true only the fruit of the looms where change to protect the innocent. lol
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