I have been away from the board for a while and sorry to say between my Dad passing and being schedule for right shoulder surgery It has been a little crazy around here. My Dad has been fighting cancer and being 84 years old lost his battle on April 15th in his sleep. I have spent the past two months with him and he kept asking me when he was going to die he thought the doctors were wrong that he felt just fine. The only response I could give him was that they did not have his room ready and when they had it ready they would come and get him. I know that there will be so many times that I will pick up the phone to call Dad just to find out he is gone. Some one once said you never know how much you miss someone until they are gone…Well that is a little true except I know Dad will always be by me and will keep on guiding me if not in person at least in spirit. One thing is that he will be able to go fishing all the time with me now and not have to worry about all the pain he had.

Dad must have been thinking about my surgery that was coming up so he checked into his new room in heaven before my surgery so I would not be worried about him and worry on getting this right shoulder fixed that the doctors said I was fishing too much and just wore it out.

Well it is done  now and I was lucky that the rotor cup was not damaged but did have a large bone spur that was causing all the pain rubbing against other things.  It is so sore but am looking to being on the lake maybe the first of May and will be able to get back to catching those Bass and telling all my readers where to come and get them.

Thanks to all who wrote and said that they were sorry it sure helps to know how many care and show it.

Oh the day after we buried Dad I went to the pond just down from the house and caught two nice fish that should be up on the site in about a week….be on the look out….I think I had some help maybe ????????

Keep The Hooks Wet

Steve

Yes I know this sounds HARSH, But I can not help it. What I am getting to is your PDF (Personal Floatation Device) just plain and simple your Life Jacket. Come on anglers you are all not the worlds best swimmers and give a situation we all can drown just like the little fifteen year old yesterday at the Tennessee river. I was going fishing at New Johnsonville and we had put our boat in the water when we noticed all the emergency trucks arrive on the ramp. We thought someone might be having heart  problems so we proceed out to fish for the day.

We returned at noon to discover camera crews everywhere wanting information about a grandfather that had fallen into the water not far from where we put the boat in and had three grandkids go into the water to save the Grandfather from drowning. The only problem on what I heard was only two grandkids came up with Grandfather and the third did not make it and had the rescue squad recover the body shortly afterwards. The grandfather and two grandkids are fine, but I can not even think what Grandfather has to be thinking. I could not find out if life jackets were worn did not want to stand around and as questions the News Folks were doing enough of that.

Folks this is what I am talking about and the whole thing might have not happened if Life Jackets had been worn, what is making me mad is here is a fifteen year old that was struck down way to early in life and all might not have happened if he had been wearing a Life Jacket.

When I went on shore to get the truck and trailer I still had my jacket on, they are making Life Jackets so you can not even tell you have one on but is sure comes in handy when you do need it.

Help me help other if you see someone out on the water without a Life Jacket on stop him and explain that he or she may fall out of the boat and you would not like be on the squad that has to look for a body later.

This poor fifteen year old will not know what it is to graduate from School, get married and have kids of his own and take then to the lake during the summer.

Don’t Be The One That Has to be Told……..It just Might Be to Late

Keep The Hooks Wet

Steve

email = lschumer@hotmail.com Message = LEE needs to find a 2 person fiberglass bass boat 9ft long; handles on front, sides and back; drain plug on inside of boat

It is another job of mine to help out anglers and if you know of a boat or someone that has one please

to contact either me or the email address above and thanks from Lee and I.

Keep the Hooks Wet

Steve

That is right they have done it again this year thinking that we were going to get the rain and they have blew it again getting the water to low in all the southern lake and reservoirs  and it will take some awful rain to fill up all the lakes….but like they say every year they do not care and if we lose another couple of thousand fish in each lake it is not their fault. They are more interested in making sure we do not flood out anywhere.

Answer this question they have set up a level in the northern U.S. where the corp can not drop the water below that level and it took folks taking them to court to ensure that the lakes will stay at a level that would be healthy not only for the fish but safe enough where we do not flood out the residence. Why cant that happen here in the south? Maybe the wrong folks are holding to wrong jobs. I know this will end up like the other article  I wrote, in  some corps garbage can and a reply again that they do not care, or the amount of fish that die we do not need to worry….BULL…is that why they drop the limit of crappie in Mississippi because they realized that to many had died??????????????

I know if I had bought some property up at Pick Wick Lake and was supposed to be water front and I went up there right now I would be looking for an attorney to hang some ones rear end for a false add (On the water) front property when all I am looking at right now is mud.

I have heard other anglers sending in letters complaining or is this just a way to vent.

Any one that works for the Corps and has dealing with the water levels I bet that they do not go out and brag about it or spend a lot of time running from anglers, and summer boating folks.

Keep The Hooks Out Of The Mud

Steve