Aransas Pass April 16, 2011

Things didn't go as planned this morning, get to the boat ramp at 6
a.m., boat won't start, pulled the boat out of the water and found a set
of jumper cables, still won't start. Customers show up at 6:15 and are
ready to go. I explain the problem and tell them we are going to be a
little late leaving. The parts house doesn't open until 7 a.m.and I wait
and wait, seemed like forever, finally at 7:10 a.m.the owner shows up
and helps me out, we hooked up a new battery and still won't start. Ok
the wire is bad from battery to motor. Call a good friend, who is also a
guide and get him to meet me and we use his boat, which just came out
of the shop and he doesn't have all his stuff in it. By 8 a.m. we
finally leave and first drift we pick up 2 reds and some undersized
trout. Things are looking up I think. Let me explain about this trip,
the guys are from Wal Mart, 1 is regional supervisor, 1 store manager,
and the other is regional theft prevention officer, but we are fishing
the Big Brother / Big Sister Tournament and Fund raiser which Wal Mart
is the major sponsor of. At noon we have 2 reds and 1 trout, the
pressure is on. We make a couple of moves and find the reds, by two we
had our 9 reds, all good fish, but not what will win the tournament, but
the customers are happy and we head to the dock, I get the fish cleaned
and them on their way to the tournament party.
Thanks to my fishing guide buddy John for saving the day and guys I had a great time and look forward to having you back again.