07-23-2016, 09:59 PM
Spent about 4 hours on the water Friday 7/22, and about 6 hours today 7/23. Friday wasn't bad, a pretty constant light wind, kept the bugs down. Boated 5 Wiper, all on the junior size scale.
Today the wind was pretty stiff out of the north west, tried for about an hour to troll some cranks, but no luck. Got over to the south west wall at the first bend west of the marina, anchored out about 50 - 60 yards off the wall and set out some bait lines. But 10 minutes after getting all set, some bimbo in a red and white wake board boat, NOT towing any wake boarder, came thru at full speed between me and the wall. If the wind blowing at my bow wasn't enough to contend with, she set up a wake on my stern. Now, you know what happens when 2 opposing waves meet ? The make a pretty good geyser. And that long, linear geyser put quite a bit of water over my transom. Had to hit the bilge pump. Now if that wasn't bad enough, that wake had barely settled down, and here she comes AGAIN. BETWEEN ME AND THE WALL this time heading back toward the marina inlet. Obviously I was more than a little P.O'd. She was too far away to read the bow numbers, and too fast for me to get anywhere near catching her. But I weighed anchor and followed her as best I could. At the mouth of the marina there was another BFT member in a yellow yak, anchored just inside the No Wake marker. That crazy broad went across the marina inlet without even slowing down or looking to her right. She is a VERY lucky woman that I couldn't get her hull numbers, and even luckier I couldn't get within casting range of a big #13 Rapala. I think I am going to start carrying a paint ball gun with some bright day glow yellow enamel paint.
To the other BFT member, please forgive me, I know we have met, and I think we did the Cutler Flotilla 2 years ago, but I could not remember your name to save my life.
After slow circling that other BFTer,and chatting a couple minutes, the winds started calming, and I headed off to drag some rat-l-traps.
Boated 4 Wiper today, but all off of mussels along the south wall later in the morning.
A kind of stinky morning, but at least not from a "fish skunk"
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Today the wind was pretty stiff out of the north west, tried for about an hour to troll some cranks, but no luck. Got over to the south west wall at the first bend west of the marina, anchored out about 50 - 60 yards off the wall and set out some bait lines. But 10 minutes after getting all set, some bimbo in a red and white wake board boat, NOT towing any wake boarder, came thru at full speed between me and the wall. If the wind blowing at my bow wasn't enough to contend with, she set up a wake on my stern. Now, you know what happens when 2 opposing waves meet ? The make a pretty good geyser. And that long, linear geyser put quite a bit of water over my transom. Had to hit the bilge pump. Now if that wasn't bad enough, that wake had barely settled down, and here she comes AGAIN. BETWEEN ME AND THE WALL this time heading back toward the marina inlet. Obviously I was more than a little P.O'd. She was too far away to read the bow numbers, and too fast for me to get anywhere near catching her. But I weighed anchor and followed her as best I could. At the mouth of the marina there was another BFT member in a yellow yak, anchored just inside the No Wake marker. That crazy broad went across the marina inlet without even slowing down or looking to her right. She is a VERY lucky woman that I couldn't get her hull numbers, and even luckier I couldn't get within casting range of a big #13 Rapala. I think I am going to start carrying a paint ball gun with some bright day glow yellow enamel paint.
To the other BFT member, please forgive me, I know we have met, and I think we did the Cutler Flotilla 2 years ago, but I could not remember your name to save my life.
After slow circling that other BFTer,and chatting a couple minutes, the winds started calming, and I headed off to drag some rat-l-traps.
Boated 4 Wiper today, but all off of mussels along the south wall later in the morning.
A kind of stinky morning, but at least not from a "fish skunk"
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"OCD = Obsessive Catfish Disorder "
Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder
