Walleye Blunder

[leechlake]

Remember the Outdoor Life article "This Happened to Me?"  I don't think I shared this one.

Two Summers ago we were up at the cabin and both our kids brought a friend.  The walleye fishing on our lake is pretty dang good in July and August and the best method really is the leech and slip bobber rig most days.  That technique is something even some of you could succeed with  and catch some fish.  We were there for a long weekend and had our legal limit of walleyes when it was time for my wife and the four kids to leave.  I was leaving the next day and when they loaded the vehicle I had a cooler perfectly packed with walleye fillets.  Four filets per gallon bag, skin on, frozen flat as a board, easily identified.  Frankly, it was a work of art in my mind.

She went to leave and I was waving goodbye and saw the cooler sitting on the deck.  I stopped her and she told me she didn't have room and I told her I couldn't bring them home since I was driving alone.  As I put it in her vehicle I told her I put some frozen pork chops on top that were freezer burnt and to throw that away when she got home but it would help keep things cold.

Couple days after we were home I was going to make walleye for dinner.  I looked in both freezers and couldn't find the fish I sent home with her.  I came inside and asked her and she said, "you said to throw the stuff in the cooler away when I got home because it was freezer burnt."  My wife has told me before that I'm "too nice."  She's ran her car into my truck in driveway and got mad at me for not getting mad at her for damaging both.  In this instance I blew a gasket.  40 walleye filets (20 fish) thrown in the garbage.  I claimed wanton waste, I should have called Tip on her.  I'm still bitter.

[Mike89]

OUCH!!!!

[RebelSS]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!  If that was me, I would have taken her to the best sporting goods store and got a new Curado combo for her....not a bad trade, huh?  

[leechlake]

after that I'm thinking a used Zebco 33 would have been fair.

[lovebigbluegills]

Ouch indeed!!! 

[RebelSS]

after that I'm thinking a used Zebco 33 would have been fair.

With 1967 Zebmatic  all curly 12 lb test, and only half a handle.

[leechlake]

and that blue 12 pound test was actually the thickness of 20 pound test, opposite of todays fishing line.  I was born in 1967 what you mean by that?

[icehole10]

  I was born in 1967 what you mean by that?

I think he is trying to say that your old! 

You got my by just a couple of years, so I take offense to that as well!!!

[leechlake]

he had his 40th HS reunion recently and he probably was held back a handful of years ta boot.  He's much much older and less mature than us.

[RebelSS]

Well whoop-de-do!! I was in Californy for the Summer of Love in 67......it was a magical Time. (I was only 12, but it was great...me and my cousin did the skateboard craze up and down those Oakland hills..)

Edited December 28, 2015 by RebelSS

[leechlake]

now it makes sense.  No helmets back then

what was the topic?  Reb skateboarding in California???

 

Edited December 28, 2015 by leechlake

[BLACKJACK]

16 hours ago, leechlake said:

Remember the Outdoor Life article "This Happened to Me?"  I don't think I shared this one.

Two Summers ago we were up at the cabin and both our kids brought a friend.  The walleye fishing on our lake is pretty dang good in July and August and the best method really is the leech and slip bobber rig most days.  That technique is something even some of you could succeed with  and catch some fish.  We were there for a long weekend and had our legal limit of walleyes when it was time for my wife and the four kids to leave.  I was leaving the next day and when they loaded the vehicle I had a cooler perfectly packed with walleye fillets.  Four filets per gallon bag, skin on, frozen flat as a board, easily identified.  Frankly, it was a work of art in my mind.

She went to leave and I was waving goodbye and saw the cooler sitting on the deck.  I stopped her and she told me she didn't have room and I told her I couldn't bring them home since I was driving alone.  As I put it in her vehicle I told her I put some frozen pork chops on top that were freezer burnt and to throw that away when she got home but it would help keep things cold.

Couple days after we were home I was going to make walleye for dinner.  I looked in both freezers and couldn't find the fish I sent home with her.  I came inside and asked her and she said, "you said to throw the stuff in the cooler away when I got home because it was freezer burnt."  My wife has told me before that I'm "too nice."  She's ran her car into my truck in driveway and got mad at me for not getting mad at her for damaging both.  In this instance I blew a gasket.  40 walleye filets (20 fish) thrown in the garbage.  I claimed wanton waste, I should have called Tip on her.  I'm still bitter.

leech, you know the rules, it was YOUR fault for not instructing her properly!!!! 

[RebelSS]

17 hours ago, leechlake said:

now it makes sense.  No helmets back then

what was the topic?  Reb skateboarding in California???

 

In pursuit of the beautiful Pismo Beach Clam.  

Edited December 29, 2015 by RebelSS

[lovebigbluegills]

46 minutes ago, RebelSS said:

In pursuit of the beautiful Pismo Beach Clam.  

Pismo is in the general area of Hanford, isn't it? 

Or are my beach names confused?

[RebelSS]

7 minutes ago, lovebigbluegills said:

Pismo is in the general area of Hanford, isn't it? 

Or are my beach names confused?

Not really. Hanford is inland, Pismo is right on the ocean, 130 miles SW of there.

[lovebigbluegills]

I've got a cousin in hanford, and we brought her horses out to the beach to ride for an afternoon. Pismo sounds right and it seemed like a couple hour drive I think. Twas quite a few years ago.

[delcecchi]

as I recall, without looking at google maps, Pismo beach is in the vicinity of San Luis Obispo.