Since it has been a couple of weeks since we've been fishing we threw the fishing rods
and trolling motor in the back of the truck along with the battery and
the tackle box (and a snack) and we headed to the pond..
OKAY, OKAY, we all know Bob got everything ready but the snack.
But let's face it, I do snacks a lot better than I do organizing a truckbed.
Anyway, it was a great day for fishing. Thank you God for letting it be an overcast sky. I forgot to put on sunscreen which usually means I become a shade dweller while fishing. And I don't like to do that because half the fun of fishing with Bob is sitting in the back of the boat thinking up ways to either aggravate him (SEE LIST BELOW) or to make him laugh.
Anyway, I found out today that sweet Hunka Hunka is so confused. He was a bass fisherman when I first met him and has been a bass fisherman for the past 40 years. I can't even think about how much money we have invested in rods, reels, tackle, boats and snacks!
But today he just couldn't seem to remember what we were there for
.
Anyway, he starts off fishing with a Zebco. WHAAAT? That's right, the Ambassador, the Shimanos, and the recently acquired AbuGarcia were left unused. The lowly, cheap Zebco was the star of the show today. First Hunka Hunka catches a stickfish.(for you nonfishing peeps,
a stickfish is a stick or limb you hook and get into the boat.
Anything you hook has to make it inside the boat to count in the lineup)
Anyway, the first water swimmer he catches is a turtle measuring about 7 inches across. That's right, folks, a turtle. He hooks the creature not in the mouth but under the front shell super close to its mouth. I never knew turtles could hiss and try to attack while hanging in the air. Next on the agenda is a few bream and a shellcracker or two. Becoming even more confused, he adds a catfish to the lineup. Then he reaches up and snags a cork someone
left hanging in the brush hanging over the water.
Anyway, he FINALLY catches a bass, but it is only about 5 inches long. (unbelievably this was bigger than one of the bass I caught with my breambuster)
He catches a crappie and the big bass of the day (a little over a pound).
Sometime during the day he also catches a shrub.
But he didn't get the shrub into the boat so I don't guess it counts.
Hunka Hunka has always told me that there is definitely a difference in rods and reels. Today I found this to be true. Baitcasting reels know that they are to be used with artificial bait to catch bass. Zebco combos don't know what in the world they were manufactured for so they catch at least one of everything they can and make the user look like they are a confused fisherman that doesn't know what he came to the pond to fish for.
WAYS TO AGGRAVATE A HUSBAND WHILE FISHING AN ALUMINUM BOAT
1.Clean the moss off your artifical worm by splashing it in the water sideways and spraying water over your hubby; more than once or twice.
2. Cast your line towards the front of the boat and let your line fall at the top of his ear.
3. Sing.
3. Always add an extra fish to your count and always subtract one from his count. And, yes, it is always a competition to see who catches the most.
4. Cast over his line.
5. Spill earthworms all over the boat.
6. Freak out because you are close to a spiderweb. (he claims most of these are worm webs, but it looks like a spider web so it counts as a spiderweb.)
7. Act like he almost hit you in the face when he swings his rod back to cast.
8. Put anything at all on top of the battery.
9. Tickle the back of his neck with the tail end of your worm; more than once or twice.
10. Sprinkle cold water from the ice chest over him.
