Well it seems the snake only got one fang in me. I had my boat hooked up Sunday afternoon to take to shop today. The more I thought about the water pump not working the less sense it made because it was working just fine last time out. So to satisfy myself, I took it to the lake and backed in and cranked it. After about 10 seconds it sputtered some drops out the telltale and then began pumping at full stream. Apparently I didn't have the water muffs aligned right or something, even though I adjusted them several ways and even swapped sides and it would not pump with the muff and hose hook up.
So now just waiting for him to get my trim motor replaced and I should be ready to go.