well its been 15 years since i have fished out of smith inlet. i launched at 6 a.m. sunday and started to head to my fav fishing hole. only problem was my brain does not remember how to get to the creek to get to the ocean inlet. i looked at the water using bing maps but on the way there you have to cross a shallow bay for about a mile. my friend went there a couple of weeks ago and he ran a ground. told me not to aim for the light house but i never went that way before. when i left the ramp and saw the open shallow bay i aimed further to the left and was thinking with my 25 hp motor i would be across in the flat in about 5 minutes. wrong!!!!! ran a ground about half way there. i jumped overboard and started pushing towards the creek. Wrong!!!!! as i got closer i knew this was not the way. i started pushing back till i had enough water to get on plane. and headed back. i did catch some at the smith island bridge but no keepers. only good thing is my boat now has no leaks. i gave it a good test and it seems to be back in sea worthy condition. i'll post a picture of the blue bomber here soon. it turned out pretty good. tite lines JIM.B