Thread: Priorities

Who are we if we can not poke fun at ourselves? John Wells was nice enough to meet me at Woods early this morning to enjoy an unplanned day off. Things went well and we found a few fish, but no giants. At one point, my rods were loaded the holders and I was casting with my favorite rod. No holder was available for this rod. Got busy doing something else and, not paying attention, knocked the good rod over the side. "OH NO!!!!" was all I could come up with and reached for the rod. Not having foam handles it was heading down at a good clip. I got as low as I could and couldn't get a grip on it, so over the side I went, head first. In retrospect, I shouldn't have scared John out of several years growth like that. This was a completely instinctive reaction to seeing my best rod and reel going south. Shortly after going under I got a grip on the rod and headed back to the surface. Threw the rod in the boat, looked at John who was beside himself wondering if I'd gone round the bend, and headed for the lower back section of the boat. Got back in with a bit of effort and a little help from John. An exciting couple of minutes. Taking stock of myself, dripping on the deck, I realized my camera was in my my pocket, but my phone no longer was. My shades were no longer present either. Long story shorter, upgraded the phone for a dollar, camera resides in a bag of rice and many prayers of resurrection offered, and I still have to go to wally for another pair of shades. Wallet hardly got wet and was dry shortly after getting home. I wont bore you with the statement of where things need to go for their protection while in said boat. Thought y'all could use a laugh at my expense. we did have 13 keepers in the box when we quit just after noon.

i'm glad it turned out ok in the end.things can be replaced.i'm sorry but i can't seem to stop thinking of you going head first into the water.just be glad it wasn't 40 degree water you dove off in.glad all is well.btw,thanks for fishing report,good to hear fish are being caught at woods.