Rough Report (funny story)
I posted this report on another site, but wanted to put it here as well:
Dad and I fished Rough River yesterday for crappie. We came home with 10 keepers and caught probably 30 short fish. The water was 65 degrees and all the fish were caught on minnows in 12 FOW.
Now the story:
Our trolling motor quit working around 11:30. It was raining and the wind picked up and pushed the boat onto a submerged stump. The big motor couldn't get us off of it, so I walked to the back of the boat and told Dad to put the boat in reverse. He did and we came right off of the stump. About the time I told him to shut the motor down, the back of the boat hit another stump and sent me flying off the back of the boat and into the 65 degree water.
It wouldn't have been so bad if I had brought some extra clothes, but I didn't. It is very hard to swim when you are wearing winter-weight camo pants, rain pants, tee-shirt, long-sleeved shirt, hooded sweatshirt, gortex jacket, shoes, and a hat! It is even harder to get back in the boat with all those clothes completely soaked.
To add insult to injury, for some reason I had my keys, and IPhone in my pocket. the electronic key fob is fine, but my IPhone bit the dust. I am now the proud owner of a new Iphone 3gs, that cost a pretty penny.
It was a great time to be fishing, but ended up costing me an arm and a leg.