Hey lets go fishin!
Here I sit...Broken hearted......oh......Tried to fish and .....HAD A HANKERIN FOR POTHOLES! So lets go! I want to go fish Potholes Friday-Sunday and return Sun Afternoon.....Reports for weather is good and Motel looks like it is avail. at Mar-Dons so, Who's Up For It??
Phone is (253) 630-3988 and you know the e-mail...we can fit more in the rooms so.......
LETS GO FISH POTHOLES!!

I'm up for that!!

It seems I MAY be able to go. The truck will be going in for brake work, so I'll be truckless  and therefore boatless  . I won't be able to get off work until 6pm Friday but can drive down Friday night.

Call me at work and let me know if this works - 206-461-1282. I'll try calling you Thursday morning...

FAZ

That's good for me.

Oh Man!.............where do I start............OK.
Myself and the Faz-Man made it to Potholes around 7pm Friday and hit the rack at 10pm so we could hit the lake at sun-up.....yes.......with Faz you have to maximize time on the lake...We started fishing Smallies around Goose Island and the Lind Coulee with maybe a bite here and there....we then, after a lunch of baloney sandwiches went Walleye fishing with Blade baits in 28-36 ft of water at the "Spring" in front of the dunes...jigging and Faz tapped a nice 3lb 6 oz Eye for the first fish-o-the trip...(and a quarter loss by me!)...we jigged for an hour and a half when we decided to try the dam for smallies and walleye.........now comes the hard part........
Sometimes people do things for a reason and sometimes people do things beyond description well this was one of those times we all dread.....someone falling in 39 degree water with 38-42 degree air temp in the middle of the desert. Yes my drought of having never fell out of a bass boat has ended, and it could'nt have happened at a worse time. While going up to lower the trolling motor I stepped on the fibreglass gunnel and slipped, landing on the left gunnel I had just slipped on I felt my legs slide off the boat and that cold cold sting of 39 degree water filling my clothes and splash my face...surpizingly....I had my Vest still on......rare for me as I usually leave it at the seat hooked to the kill switch but thankfully I had it on and bobbed right back to the surface......Faz immediately.....having heard a rampant volley of panicked explatives ran to my aid and after some creative use of the engine and Faz getting a back strain in the process I was back on the boat with only one thing on my mind....have to get back and get warm!! after only 2-3 minutes in the lake I could barely move my legs......and Faz said I looked like I was smoldering as the heat steamed off me..........WHOOOOOO.......MAN THAT SUCKS!!  After a shower and some warm fluids and regaining my composure....and wits we returned to the scene of the crime and in typical Potholes fashion.....I was awarded a Smally of 2lbs 2oz in 34 ft. of water on a drop shot Robo Worm for my sufferage which ended day one with a wonderful Potholes sunset we all know and love........Dinner consisted of Walleye sandwiches (Walleye wrapped in Bacon and fried......OH YEAH!!).  Day #2 began at 8:30 after a night of Back spasms and cramps possibly from mild Hypothermia after a breakfast of bacon and corned beef hash and hot coffee....remember summer yet....hmmmm? and after a full day of flailing the water with drop shots, football heads, blade baits and Carolina rigs no Smallies or Walleyes except a lost fish in the afore-mentioned Smally area was what would come of this day....but both days had some of the Brightest-Blue'st and Warmest skies you can find this time of year.....the crisp air just seem to warm by what seemed like 20 degrees in the sun as we had nary a breeze all week-end. I highly recommend going in these conditions but above all....go with someone else who can help in the event of an emergency. Oh as a sad note ......the search continues for two anglers on Moses Lake where they're boat had capsized. Do'nt mean to put a bad spin on our trip but it is a reality that I had not even taken into account prior to this happening.  

I think you are talking about my offer from the Seattle Opera for the Soprano opening in the next play..........I sounded like Mickey Mouse the Truck Driver!

I can't imagine which was worst, the embarassament of falling into the water, or having Richard take off all his clothes in order to share his body heat with you...
I am glad that you are OK (except for the strained back) and that you were able to fish another day.

Larry,

As much as I want to joke with ya, I have to say that I very happy you are still here to tell us the story and was smart enough to be out with a lifejacket.

Chris

As they say..." Fishing should be as if you were a fish.....always in School!" I am all for learning but .....I have to draw the line!