Deep-Drop/Chunking Reel

[Gunsmoke]

Originally Posted by Jason_L

Anyone care to place some side bets?

Sure. I'll put a "C" note on Mrbill. Not only does he never lose a bet, he is very competitive. Skeeter, he's actually very shy, non violent, and never raises his voice. But, he has a way of getting into your head without you realizing it. He's not that old and doesn't work out. But, I've saw him this hunting season pick up a 235 pound pig and throw it in a pick up truck by himself. All I can say is good luck.

I think I might make a trip to the floaters with him in Feb to practice. I'll make the same bet with him and we'll see who is the best pressure fishman in Texas. I'm about his size and will kick his arse.

[txseadog]

Originally Posted by MrBill

I have been called a "Tree Trunk" many times, but that doesn't bother me. I am what I am.

I thought that Gunsmoke made reference to a keg....no, maybe it was a whiskey barrel :-).

[Snagged]

Originally Posted by Gunsmoke

I think I might make a trip to the floaters with him in Feb to practice. I'll make the same bet with him and we'll see who is the best pressure fishman in Texas. I'm about his size and will kick his arse.

Now that is one I'd really like to see!

PS: My bets on MrBill against Ronnie.

[MrBill]

Originally Posted by Gunsmoke

I think I might make a trip to the floaters with him in Feb to practice. I'll make the same bet with him and we'll see who is the best pressure fisherman in Texas. I'm about his size and will kick his arse.

Your on dude. I know you to well. You'll try to verbally abuse me but that doesn't work on me anymore. I'm sure you will come up with some prank or trick, but I will silently get into your head while you bust a couple of rods.

[SkeeterRonnie]

lol.. now that would be good to see Gunsmoke and MrBill going at it with some big ol YFT! I sling 100's of pounds of chain around every day.... dont underestimate the "little" guy...hehe. light boxes weigh 60, and some so heavy I have to move with the forklift.... but of course I try to move by hand first, cause its faster.... My bet is on MrBill against me, but I want to make SURE he comes on the trip... worth the c-note just to fish with him!

[MrBill]

Looking forward to it. Hope the timing is right. That's a long time from now. I have no idea what my work schedule will be in May. I'll do my best to make the trip. I sure hope the head on the Big E is better than the one on the Gulf Eagle.

Thank God the weather turned bad on us and cut the trip short. There was no way I was going to try and have a movement in that rat trap. When I got off that boat I thought I was going to explode. It ruined my regular timing for two weeks.

[Ragman]

The descriptions sound like a buddy of mine I fish the LLM with! He grew up working the oil fields and his arms, forearms, and hands are like iron!

MrBill- no problems with the head on The Big E.

[Uncle Russ]

Gunsmoke:

I'm really not that impressed with what you say about MrBIll. I picked up a 235 pound pig once at the Continental Lounge on South Congress, but when I tried to throw her in the pickup, she bit me.

Russ

[SkeeterRonnie]

LOL!!! gotta find the ones with no teeth Russ!!
~I feel your pain MrBill..... if the schedule gets messed up, its hell to get regular again!! Hopefully the weather will give us a window.... If I have to call Gunsmoke and find out where you live, I will come by and get you!!! Consider yourself ON that boat....lol. No side treks to Boys town though... might not ever come back to civilization!! hehe. There are a couple little places outside of Galveston I have seen fromthe outside that might prove interesting......

[Gunsmoke]

Uncle Russ,
I've woken up next to a couple of hogs in my day also. It's funny how you can drink somebody pretty.

On the subject of real hogs. I was once at a pig auction for the rodeo. The money raised goes to the kid who raised the pig. Normal procedure is to buy the pig for an amount above what the slaughter house will give for the swine. You then pay the difference and the money goes to the kid.

They were feeding us whiskey all night to make us think we were rich. I had this crazy girlfriend at the time and she talked me into buying the last pig to take home as a pet. Well, when I told the auctioneer that I wanted the pig loaded up in my suburban he thought I was nuts. That damn pig started eating up the seats while we were going down the expressway.

I got pissed off and pulled over to let the beast out. The SOB bit me in the arm, then continued to eat the seat cushions. There was a rope around his neck that was used to put him in the suburban. I finally grabbed the rope and pulled that big pig out to the pavement on the expressway. He took off like a bat out of hell running the wrong way down the highway.

I didn't think much of it until the next day on the news, a local TV channel was showing the police chasing this pig with a rope on it about 7 miles from where I dropped him off. The pig had rooted up a politician's garden that was on the City Council who in turn called up the police.

The next evening news showed this little girl crying about how her pig was shot by the police. She recognized her pig on TV and had called up the station. They finally traced the pig back to me. I claimed that I had taken drunk and that my girlfriend was driving while I was passed out in the drivers seat.

The best part of the story is that my girlfriend was so drunk that night that thought she did everything. Her father bought the little girl a new pig to raise and I got off Scott Free.