"When it Rains it Pours"
(A humorous look at a disastrous fishing trip)

by Pittbull (reprinted from the CCCF message board)

I put brand new tires on my trusty bass boat and as I was placing the wheel onto the hub, one of my customers came up at the store , so after waiting on him I resumed work preparing the boat for the upcoming fishing trip.

On the way home from the store that night I lost my brand new tire and wheel...I had forgotten to tighten the lugs. Couldn't find the wheel that night so we came back the next morning at daylight, but  never found the missing wheel.

Went to Wally World and bought a pair of tires and rims since they were cheaper than a single tire. Went to the fishing camp and lost my $400.00 new stainless steel prop in 38 feet of water smack in the middle of Jourdan river, trolled 5 hours back to the camp - "thank god for extra batteries" - drank a case and a half of Bud Lite on the way, fell out of the boat onto the bank, stood up and fell back into the boat, stood up again and  fell onto the pier and bounced off into the canal. Lost my new hat. Woke up the next morning and didn't remember any of the falling down and out experience. Wanted to know who jumped on me last night, the wife informed me of my antics with the canal. Put the spare prop on and fished with a hangover for several hours .

On our way back to the camp the lower unit in the boat locked up . Had to troll one hour to camp this time and died of thirst on the way since I was out of beer.

After all this I became an extremist on boat maintenance and she aint failed me since. I love my kayak except I can't haul enough beer on her.