William H. (Bill) Barham
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Good morning everyone. A high of 75* with rain storms here today. Well, I finally got the boat out yesterday to do some fishing.
As we were going out in the river what time we went didn't matter. My friend couldn't get to my house until 10:00 a.m. so I got everything ready and was champing at the bit. I got all my gear in the boat and hooked the boat up to my truck. I got back in my truck, pushed the brake down and it went all the way to the floor.
I unhooked the boat and slowly drove back around to my driveway. A brake line broke.
Just about this time my friend arrived and with an "oh well" we decided there wasn't anything we could right then and I was throwing a temper tantrum because I couldn't fish. Just then my neighbor asked what was wrong because I had the hood up and I told him. He went and got his truck, drove over and hooked up to my boat and drove us to the ramp. He gave me, and I wrote down, his cell number so he could come and get us when we were ready to quit for the day. He knew I was supposed to go fishing and was going to help any way he could.
Now to the good part. It was an absolutely beautiful day to be on the water. We started catching White Perch almost immediately. Poking around the creek I live on we caught everything; White Perch, Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Catfish, Bluegill, Stripers, etc. The White Perch were huge. We didn't keep any but should have. One filleted Perch would have fed and satisfied a hungry man easily. Everytime we caught one we said there wouldn't be any more that big so we threw him back. Next time there will be a nice fish fry though. It was truly great to be out again and I felt like a little kid I was so happy. The boat performed flawlessly too. This morning is a different matter. I am so sore and stiff I can hardly move and of course Nancy is screaming that I overdid it. It'll be a week or so before I get back out but I don't care. Yesterday was GREAT.
Everyone have a great and safe day.
Uncle Billy
As we were going out in the river what time we went didn't matter. My friend couldn't get to my house until 10:00 a.m. so I got everything ready and was champing at the bit. I got all my gear in the boat and hooked the boat up to my truck. I got back in my truck, pushed the brake down and it went all the way to the floor.I unhooked the boat and slowly drove back around to my driveway. A brake line broke.
Just about this time my friend arrived and with an "oh well" we decided there wasn't anything we could right then and I was throwing a temper tantrum because I couldn't fish. Just then my neighbor asked what was wrong because I had the hood up and I told him. He went and got his truck, drove over and hooked up to my boat and drove us to the ramp. He gave me, and I wrote down, his cell number so he could come and get us when we were ready to quit for the day. He knew I was supposed to go fishing and was going to help any way he could.
Now to the good part. It was an absolutely beautiful day to be on the water. We started catching White Perch almost immediately. Poking around the creek I live on we caught everything; White Perch, Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Catfish, Bluegill, Stripers, etc. The White Perch were huge. We didn't keep any but should have. One filleted Perch would have fed and satisfied a hungry man easily. Everytime we caught one we said there wouldn't be any more that big so we threw him back. Next time there will be a nice fish fry though.
It was truly great to be out again and I felt like a little kid I was so happy. The boat performed flawlessly too. This morning is a different matter. I am so sore and stiff I can hardly move and of course Nancy is screaming that I overdid it. It'll be a week or so before I get back out but I don't care. Yesterday was GREAT.Everyone have a great and safe day.
Uncle Billy
