The return of Monroe's MVP had

[up2specks]

an unfortunate variable that reared its ugly head yesterday. Pontoon Pappy had another "eventful" day on Monroe yesterday. Unfortunately, he was his usual, solo Chief/Cook/Bottle-washer. Unfortunately, I had another freshwater venue of choice that I chosen for my C/C/B-w adventure. All of the forecasted before-trip variables(New moon, low wind, tolerable temps, no rain-except for PP's parade) seem to be properly aligned for a memorable, stellar fish-catching day in Central Florida. Unfortunately, both of our coolers had only 4 crappies at the day's end(PP had larger ones>13") Part 1- I was unexpectedly/hurriedly reaching for my camera-phone even before launching after seeing this beautiful Alligator Snapping turtle strutting his stuff near the ramp. As I stopped for the photo-op, he co-operatively laid down for his Burt Reynold's GQ glam-shot! If you look closely, you'll amazingly see, that the snapper had a length of trailer wiring that had grown into it's carapace!!! Go figure Wired & Weird are spelled with the SAME LETTERS! Maybe he "lights up" for a little night fishin'!That was my trip highlight, unfortunately, as my largest fish never exceeded 11"'s.
Part2- PP's trip however was much more impactful, unfortunately. Having his preferred outlay of rods(15) in their place(+-), he unfortunately encountered a voracious pack of starving Pitbulls(aka Stripers) Unfortunately, last week while attending to my usual 1st-mate duties, I noticed that the 'Ugly-Carrot stick' rod(Bass spinning) had a larger diameter butt than his normal crappie arsenal. It would NOT fit securely into Speckanator's(his brother-in-law) nicely-fabricated full boat width, wooden 'u-trough'(8 rod)- rear=hole/forward= u-slot) that he has used successfully for over 10 years! Speckanator(Micah) also nicely welded/configured some 3/16' metal rods(rod holders) on metal v-angle iron, that could be C-clamp mounted on side rail @PP Don's eventual location preference(via experimentation). Don's(Ugly-Carrot) Waterloo ensued when he arrived @the place of reckoning(aka Monroe Pitbull battlefield) He surmises(no witnesses) that ALL rods were BUSY including the U-C stick, which unfortunately wasn't placed in the side-mounted(larger) rod holder that I 1st-mated last week on it's maiden voyage out of my DIY repair shop. Unfortunately, PP had mostly larger Stripers during this attack, and the Ugly-Carrot thought it was @Cape Canaveral!!: Rofl Remember the song = One less Bell to answer, One less rod to try!
For the more detail-minded readers, I have intentionally overused "unfortunately" in this post to validate the change of Monroe's MVP meaning = Most Visited Piscatorialist>Misplaced Valued Possession! Sorry, I don't have a picture, but then again, better I don't.:rolleyes:
Thanks for ridin'/readin' along!

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