We went fishing today, did not catch anything, but we had a few bites.
I am actually happy that I did not have to spend time tonight cleaning fish.
There was hardly no one on the lake today, and I tried a spot that my best friend used to tell me about, before he passed away suddenly a few months ago.
The spot did not even give me the first bite, but I was happy thinking about him, and I could see why he would like this spot.
In the meantime my phone was ringing, from a police department.
I thought it was a scam, said they had something that belonged to me.
Turns out for whatever crazy reason my tag fell off the boat trailer, and someone picked it up and took it to the police station.
I thought no damn way, then I look at the boat trailer, tag is gone.
I told my girlfriend "hell, I will probably just be better off to go to the tag office and claim lost tag and get a new one, if I go to the police station they may fine me for littering".
Anyway, on the way back from the lake my girlfriend looked up where the police station was, so I stopped by.
It was 5:09, doors locked, hours on door said 8-5.
About 5 minutes later and 2 blocks away, I get a call, turn around if you can, we could not get to the door fast enough, we were busy with something else.
So I go back to the police station, and turns out another driver behind me seen my tag fall off, and they picked it up and took it to the police station.
That dude was awesome for doing that, and the police were awesome to help get my tag back.
As I was leaving I told them the joke I had made about getting a ticket for littering, and when I got back in the truck my girlfriend asked what I said that made them laugh so much.
With so much effort over a tag/license plate, I guess it was a slow crime day and just doing a good deed made a lot of people happy.
(I have no clue why the plate would have been loose, it seemed fine a few weeks ago when I put the new sticker on it, but Loctite will be used when I put it back on).
And just taking the boat to the lake with the old truck would take a tank of gas, but this newer truck the gas needle barely moves. HAPPY!
And my girlfriend seems to be getting more serious about learning how to drive the boat and do things so that I do not have to do all the work.
After several years of the boat rarely ever getting used, I am very HAPPY that this summer it is looking good to get to enjoy the boat again a lot.
In the past I have thought about just selling it, it never gets used anymore.
But, many years ago there was a few times, when someone would cancel at the last minute, I would take the boat out fishing alone, and I enjoyed those times so much that I just knew when I was older, I could always just take the boat out and have a fun day.
I would love to get the 3 person banana boat out again and tow that around with some friends also, but at the moment friends keep wimping out about anything that has to do with a boat or a lake.
Local or even passing through and want to have some fun, pm me about having some fun on the lake, need at least 5 people, well behaved kids are fine, to get that awesome banana boat going again.
Fishing? Hell no! I love fishing but been so many years not catching anything now, and we used to average 45 fish a trip.
Not even the confessional, but I confess, at times I have just wanted a reason to be on the lake, with the 3 person tube, and I have thought about just showing up, and talking to people on the beach, inviting them and their family to a very fun time on the water.
A very long time ago I was so happy to take a girlfriends kids, and that whole family out on the lake, but I got tired of her crap and I had to go.
My girlfriend now is awesome, but no family to take to the lake and have fun.
I have really missed not being able to give people a awesome time on the lake.
All of that just made me so happy, making them happy.
(and always cool that while most all were having burgers and hot dogs, they had a nice steak cooking for the captain that was spending all day towing everyone around on the big tube).
Sorry for the long rant, but it brings up so many memories, that makes me happy.