Thread: Got out with the Good Ole Boy's

Yep, got a late start OTW around 9 @ lake Harney due to shrimping Friday night & ended up packing it in around midnight (still a little early in the season it appears for the shrimp "Run")...So when arriving @ the ramp next morning, the parking lot's FULL, end up parking near the Jolly Gator by the Airboats & some "good ole boys" & everybody's talking about the river speck bite & the Snipe hunting. These guys are usually known for being a little aggressive, but on this morning it would turn out the "Lake" & it's speck population that was the aggressor's, many required the pliers for hook removal. Show the baits that worked in the fish pics & the only pattern was the 6ft. contour, all colored jigs got their opportunity for action. Many throwbacks, but good to see when you put a few good one's in the box...so around 1:30pm I'm fortunate to be upgrading fish. I'm toying w/releasing them or making a surprise for a bank fisherman & remember the upcoming/pending Slabfest & give Phantom 309 a call & ask him if he wants to come pick up the mess & add to the Slabfest fund, think I heard the tires squealing out of his driveway, before he dropped the phone...he actually was cooking cheesy grits & said he'd be there within the hr. So I mess around a little bit more in the river....NOW is where it get's interesting, see 2 (young apprentice/Saturday duty) FWC checking boats, dock boat as Danny meets me, secure boat & go on the long walk to retrieve the vehicle & get in line due to the backup...see 1 of the FWC down @ ramp shaking down Danny & he's going through my compartments looking for my bait net it turns out. Well, finally it's my turn to trailer boat, go down by boat, & I start getting the treatment, the 2 Officers wait to separate us & he ask if the guy watching my boat is with me, I reply that's my fishing partner (he didn't have to know it wasn't today), so after loading the boat, I park & we start the count, transferring fish to Danny's cooler. Admittedly, I get a little nervous knowing the clickers @ 25 & your mind starts thinking, did I miss 1 ....well it ends up a final count of (24)...SOOOO No story here, but I see Phantom's physically shaken, as 1 of the officer's is a young female Danny's ran into before. He told me he asked her of there encounter a few months prior & she didn't recall. You see Danny forgot his breath mints & guess he got embarrassed & scared to talk to her:o...that's my story & I'm sticking to it....have a SUPER(bowl) Sunday all.....