GAS POWERED MOTOR ON A TUBE....?

[BADFISH]

WHEN I DO THAT I USUALLY TRY TO GET THE WIFE TO DRIVE THE JEEP OVER AND DROP ME OFF THEN SHE GOES DOWN THE DAY USE AREA THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE BRIDGE, JUST SOUTH OF IT I THINK, AND SHE HANGS OUT ON THE BEACH WITH A BUDDY OR TWO, MY DOGS AND KID, AND I FISH THE HECK OUT OF THE RIVER AND MOUTH AREA. IF I AM ALONE, I PARK IN THE LOT THERE WHERE THE BRIDGE IS, AND THERE IS UALLY ENOUGH SLACK WATER THAT GETTING BACK UP STREAM ISNT TOO BAD AND YOU CAN WADE BACK IF THE WIND IS TOO BAD, BUT THE WIND NEVER HAD BEEN TOO BAD EVEN WHEN I CAN SEE WHITE CAPS ON THE LAKE, THAT AREA IS "SHELTERED" SOMWHAT AND I DONT EVER RECALL NOT BEING ABLE TO KICK BACK UP STREAM, ESPECIALLY IF THE RIVER IS OVER RUNNING THE FLATS AREA OF BRUSH AND SUCH DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE RIVER, THAT AREA ALMOST BECOMES A HUGE EDDY AND YOU CAN ALMOST RIDE BACK AND MAKE A FEW TRIPS DOWN THE CURRENT EDGE, YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THE FEEL AND LEARN HOW TO READ THE WATER WHEN THAT OCCURS, IT TOOK ME A FEW YEARS TO FIGURE THAT OUT...AND ACTUALLY I FIGURED IT OUT WHEN I SAW AN "OLD TIMER" DOING IT, I JUST FOLLOWED HIS LEAD, WATCH OUT THOUGH THERE HAS ON OCCASION BEEN THE DUMMY ON THE WAVE RUNNER THAT THINKS IT WOULD BE FUN TO PUT, TEAR, FLY, ZIP UP THE RIVER AND HIT SOME OF THE LINES IN THE WATER INADVERTENTLY, THOSE GUYS USUALLY GET SOME SORT OF SIGNAL INVOLVING ONE FINGER AND A THUMB STICKING OUT TO SIGNAL THAT PEOPLE ARE FISHING IN THAT AREA AND TO GO AWAY UNLESS THEY WANT A RAPALA EAR-RING. LOL.
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