The Ospreys One-Track Mind – By the name you think the focus would be fishing, but George’s mind started on other things. First, he asked Joe to get some “Double D” batteries from the store. Second, he almost walked into truck door with bucket of minnows while paying attention to “hottie” leaving the bait store.
The Aerator/Vibrator – After George’s “Double D” comment, Joe asked if he could take aerator home to use as another device to decrease his night time work load at home.
The Mangled Minnow – Joe catches 20-inch smallmouth bass that he is getting mounted on a minnow mangled by a previous pike hit. I don’t know how he does it.
The Osprey or “Chummingbird” – We will let you decide, but we always thought that the Osprey catching our avian friends was accidental only to find that he carries a bag of wild bird feed in his tackle box.
We Are Going to Need a Bigger Belt – Two years running the Osprey has lost his pants, this year while fishing in the front of the boat. Unfortunately, Joe has looked directly at it both years. On a scientific note, he did manage to block out the sun in an Osprey eclipse.
“Lost” Opportunity – After jumping out to an early lead, Joe declares not to lose another fish after losing a pretty good sized pike. Next cast, hooks into another large pike only to lose it seconds later. Pretty much humbled him for remainder of week.
“Rockus Bassilicus” – Translated from Latin means “Johnny Visine” as our newcomer may have set an all-time record for catching rock bass commonly known as “Red Eye”. In related events, Jeff takes home the title of “Sunny” and the Osprey takes home the titles of “Whiskers” and “Perchie” (see below for further discussion on this). The Osprey was gracious enough to catch 2 catfish to Jeff’s 1 thus saving him some shame. In a later interview, Joe comments he feels like he lost twenty pounds with all of the monkeys now off his back.
Is That a Perch Pin on Your Uniform? – As mentioned above, the title of “Perchie” went to the Osprey this year. What is of significance here is that he proclaimed the hit to be a monster fish almost kicking his rod into the water and falling only to reel in a 4-inch perch. Luckily, the bait store had pin that the Osprey was forced to wear the rest of week to remind him of his embarrassment.
It Appears the Master Pranskter is Gone for Good – Not only did Joe get punked on the minnow in the beer again, I counted four times where it happened this year. And on one, the minnow got the goldfish burial as Joe swallowed one and it must have come out in his next “movement” later at the cabin.
Newcomer Impresses, Veterans Respond – He mentioned it in posting his lineup that he feared being “offed” he showed up the veterans and he was right. I tried my best to throw him overboard by hooking him back of shirt while casting but to no avail. Joe then had to talk George and I down next day as our morale was still recovering from embarrassment.
Newcomer Impresses, Commits Sabotage on Way Out? – The newcomer left on Tuesday afternoon tied for the lead with keepers. That afternoon, experienced mechanical problems with the boat, coincidence or a saboteur?
“B” to the 4th Power – When the Boat Breaks down you head to the Belleville Ballet. On that note, Candy and Lacy – the less said the better.
Almost a New Member of the Avian Society – Jeff almost joins the ranks of bird catcher nearly getting gull that dived for minnow soon after casting. Only the quick reaction of the T-Man saved disaster.
Anxious Moment – The Osprey and T-Man hooked into 2 pike at the same time and the third member of our party was tangled in my line while retrieving the fish. I asked Joe to cut his line, very anxious few seconds while making sure he got the right one – it is a very cut throat atmosphere up there.
Osprey regains his title with impressive late week comeback.
Once again, all in all a great trip of fishing, sight seeing, hanging out, ball busting, drinking, and conducting a review of the ballet for the Standard Speaker. If you are interested in knowing, Joe gave the ballet “Two Legs Up”!
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