Buzzed by the Thunderbirds

Yesterday's time set-back had financial set-back too!:yikes Chose to fish the fest-site, Lake Monroe yesterday after being a minute or two since my last attempt. Unfortunately, the 1 1/2 hour drive had an additional mind-check to add to the Full Moon(Blue moon/Blue angler), stingy bite that had me bringing out the Credit Card "rescue team":help:banghead 1st ramp arrival @safe-light had juices flowing in the positive direction to only gradually diminish, despite my earnest, feverish attempts to thwart. :juggle Long-lining 7 rods, continual lure color/depth/area changes with the heavy>no cloud cover throughout the day, still only yielded 8 fat specks/1 bluegill with 6 throwback including a bg. Relentlessly building wind conditions/sky conditions(Sanford Air show{Thunderbirds}) proved to be challenging in my low-sided 16 Carolina skiff. Basically covered the lake 360 degrees throughout the day even doing some single-pole casting that yielded 2 specks including a 12 1/2" fattie!:ThumbsUp The "needle in the haystack" reared its ugly point(OUCH) on the arduous, lengthy trailered trip home just 25 minutes from my driveway. My overheat light took its turn to add yet another non-positive dimension to my already beleaguered day. Luckily, immediately pulling into a well-lit business lot, my 3 hour wait was about to ensue while listening to NFL game broadcasts. Tandem Jerr-Dan tow vehicle(130k):yikes was my chauffeur to home after fronting out of pocket(Thank you Visa) $224 for balance of uncovered insurance vehicle distance/boat and trailer. Note to readers!! PLEASE check your insurance coverage for towing!! I do have a mitigating factor of a no-fault, front-end accident/radiator replacement last year that's being assessed @this time for reimbursement?? Hopefully, with luck, a portion of tow fee as well. Sea tow offers off-road towing reimbursement up to $500 per incident for only $14 additional. Do you know that learn rhymes with BURN?:Rofl
Well, at least my boats on my driveway, the 2018 Explorer is @dealership, and my phone is on call-waiting for Paul Harvey(just like tomorrow's "event":crazy:)

Hopefully see you folks @Crappiefest on Saturday...
u2s:fish

correction $300 per incident not $500.

Dang man, I'm going on 2 weeks with no truck. It sucks when you have to argue with the dealership to get stuff covered under warranty.
Now they are waiting on parts & won't even give me a loaner vehicle.

Anyway, glad you made it home safe & I'm sure you'll be back out ASAP.

WOW , what a day. It made some of my trips sound good. The good news part that I was able to pick up on was that you caught fish. The rest of the story, not so good. Hope all is back to normal by slabfest. Thanks for the tale.

Glad you made it home ok, sorry to hear of the vehicular misfortunes. Hope they get it right soon and we see you Saturday.

Some tough luck for sure, commend your attitude towards the situation to move on from what you can't control....as for the fishing, the wind has been equally as tough recently, it's good to have some to turn up oxygen levels, but that's always a fine line to how much before boat safety is compromised, chalk one up to a turn in the barrel, that's hopefully a longggg time to come again, on the bright side maybe Pappy has a spot for ya & can run a few more poles[emoji102][emoji102][emoji102][emoji848]

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Sorry to hear about your vehicle problems at least you broke down after you got to go fishing

Windy lately is right, Monroe was whitecaps all day yesterday, very ugly.

That's right Andy, at least my priorities were accomplished!

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Sorry to hear about your vehicle problems at least you broke down after you got to go fishing

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I'm getting 4 new tires on my trailer today just incase it gets out of the drive way

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Dang man, I'm going on 2 weeks with no truck. It sucks when you have to argue with the dealership to get stuff covered under warranty.
Now they are waiting on parts & won't even give me a loaner vehicle.

Anyway, glad you made it home safe & I'm sure you'll be back out ASAP.

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Anyone seen or heard from. Rice rocket

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Wow just read this holy moly

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Yesterday's time set-back had financial set-back too!:yikes Chose to fish the fest-site, Lake Monroe yesterday after being a minute or two since my last attempt. Unfortunately, the 1 1/2 hour drive had an additional mind-check to add to the Full Moon(Blue moon/Blue angler), stingy bite that had me bringing out the Credit Card "rescue team":help:banghead 1st ramp arrival @safe-light had juices flowing in the positive direction to only gradually diminish, despite my earnest, feverish attempts to thwart. :juggle Long-lining 7 rods, continual lure color/depth/area changes with the heavy>no cloud cover throughout the day, still only yielded 8 fat specks/1 bluegill with 6 throwback including a bg. Relentlessly building wind conditions/sky conditions(Sanford Air show{Thunderbirds}) proved to be challenging in my low-sided 16 Carolina skiff. Basically covered the lake 360 degrees throughout the day even doing some single-pole casting that yielded 2 specks including a 12 1/2" fattie!:ThumbsUp The "needle in the haystack" reared its ugly point(OUCH) on the arduous, lengthy trailered trip home just 25 minutes from my driveway. My overheat light took its turn to add yet another non-positive dimension to my already beleaguered day. Luckily, immediately pulling into a well-lit business lot, my 3 hour wait was about to ensue while listening to NFL game broadcasts. Tandem Jerr-Dan tow vehicle(130k):yikes was my chauffeur to home after fronting out of pocket(Thank you Visa) $224 for balance of uncovered insurance vehicle distance/boat and trailer. Note to readers!! PLEASE check your insurance coverage for towing!! I do have a mitigating factor of a no-fault, front-end accident/radiator replacement last year that's being assessed @this time for reimbursement?? Hopefully, with luck, a portion of tow fee as well. Sea tow offers off-road towing reimbursement up to $500 per incident for only $14 additional. Do you know that learn rhymes with BURN?:Rofl
Well, at least my boats on my driveway, the 2018 Explorer is @dealership, and my phone is on call-waiting for Paul Harvey(just like tomorrow's "event":crazy:)

Hopefully see you folks @Crappiefest on Saturday...
u2s:fish

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All ended WELL! Full towing bill AND radiator replacement covered per no-fault accident 1.5 yrs. ago plus 80% of car rental! As with LIFE, inconvenience/PITA will never be compensated...:biggrin

u2s