The boat

My boat was bought in 86 by my father. Unfortunatly he past sometime ago. We were fishing on Lake Chicot in Lake Village AR. And the boat still has the scar from my first time driving it. My father and I were out fishing and I was begging him to let me drive back. I must of done pretty good at it cause he finally said yes. Now this was the boat was only like a few months old. All his other boats had like 25 hp motors or smaller. This one has a 40 hp the max for this size boat. So there we are packing up to go and I'm super excited. Well we were fishing in the Cypress trees along the edge and as I said I was excited. When I got behind the wheel I gave it too much gas and rammed the boat into a tree. That boat stood almost straight up before my dad could back off the throttle. Well needless to say he didn't let me drive for a long time after that. But now the boat has been given to me it still has the same motor only minor repairs. But the dent in the bow is still there for a reminder.

Good read, thanks for sharing memories, of fishing with your dad.