All Work And No Play...

Okay. I did not work on the second coat for the wheels this weekend. I also did not start the mod that I have all the parts for (that's for later). I took a break this weekend and went fishing with my partners-in-crime, Craig and Robert. The day started early.

By the time you see above, I was already dressed and had the truck loaded with my fishing gear, Coast Guard type stuff for three grown men, the boat all hooked up and the Igloo/live-well loaded in the boat.

(Sorry for dark images but as I said, it was real early)

The plan was for Robert to meet me at my house: check. Get on the road at 5:30ish: check. Go straight to Craig's house: not quite a check. During the "Go straight to Craig's house" portion of the trip, I happened to look out my side window and notice an Igloo/live-well on the side of the freeway overpass that looked suspiciously familiar. Moby having the convenient roll-down rear window that he does, I rolled it down and asked Robert to look and see if he could see the Igloo/live-well in the boat still. He did not. I pulled over to the side of the freeway (hazards a blazin', safety first) and double-checked. Sure enough, no Igloo/live-well. Hmph. Well, we had to go back. I couldn't leave it there. So, we made our u-turns, got back to the overpass, pulled over (hazards a blazin' a second time) and found the flying Igloo/live-well laying there undamaged except for one broken latch! (Igloo's are made in Texas by the way, just like Moby!) I put it in Moby's back seat this time.

We did manage to pick up Craig eventually.Then we headed to BJ's Marina to launch the boat. This is a small little boat ramp on the east fork of the San Jacinto River. Supposedly, there are 40lb catfish here just waiting for you to drive by in your boat and jump in. Not the case. The entire trip yielded; 1 White Bass (just legal), 2 Catfish (too small to keep), good times with good friends, and 1 Hank III convert (I promise to make that CD Robert!). All-in-all a good trip. The east fork is supposed to have excellent Crappie fishing. I don't think I would recommend it for catfish though.

Launching at BJ's Marina

Craig and Robert: Craig has this amazing ninja casting ability!

 Enjoying some of the river scenery since no fish were biting.

More scenery

Robert waiting on that catfish to "jump in"

Thanks for checking this out. Coming up: Igloo/live-well build (kind of backwards since I've already chronicled it's near death experience) and Moby's rear axle gets a snorkel of sorts. Stay tuned.