06-26-2008, 03:07 AM
*five years ago*
So there I was....fishing Gunlock Reservoir in So. Utah on my way back to SLC from a job. I stopped at Gunlock to fish for some hog bass out of my kickboat which a fellow angler gave me the heads up on. It was hot fishing, calm waters, nice weather, didn't have to work the next day, it was great. A familiar vibration came from my pocket, I reached inside my waders and pulled out my cell phone, it was my beautiful wife calling.
She was telling me about this and that when I said "OH!, I just missed one!" she said "WHAT? YOU'RE STILL FISHING?" and continued to chew my butt out. Without thinking I held out my arm and said "lost my signal" and dropped the cell phone in the water. Not real smart as I found out later...contracts and all, had to get a new phone. Now I don't answer the cell while fishing.
Last weekend (June 21,22) I fished a tournament at Flaming Gorge. I left my cell out on the front deck so I could keep track of time. It must have been pretty warm because it fried my phone, I looked at the time and it was the same time it was last time I looked at it. Took the battery out and reset it....14 minutes untill weigh in!!!! I made it in on time and have a new cell phone coming in the mail. Sometimes my phone is more of a burden than an asset.
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So there I was....fishing Gunlock Reservoir in So. Utah on my way back to SLC from a job. I stopped at Gunlock to fish for some hog bass out of my kickboat which a fellow angler gave me the heads up on. It was hot fishing, calm waters, nice weather, didn't have to work the next day, it was great. A familiar vibration came from my pocket, I reached inside my waders and pulled out my cell phone, it was my beautiful wife calling.
She was telling me about this and that when I said "OH!, I just missed one!" she said "WHAT? YOU'RE STILL FISHING?" and continued to chew my butt out. Without thinking I held out my arm and said "lost my signal" and dropped the cell phone in the water. Not real smart as I found out later...contracts and all, had to get a new phone. Now I don't answer the cell while fishing.
Last weekend (June 21,22) I fished a tournament at Flaming Gorge. I left my cell out on the front deck so I could keep track of time. It must have been pretty warm because it fried my phone, I looked at the time and it was the same time it was last time I looked at it. Took the battery out and reset it....14 minutes untill weigh in!!!! I made it in on time and have a new cell phone coming in the mail. Sometimes my phone is more of a burden than an asset.
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