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| Yep, boat motor trouble makes friends quick! |
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| April edition cover |
The weather in September of
2009 near Georgetown, South Carolina was still hot and ripe for fishing
charters. Hoping aboard with Captain Mike McDonald
of Gul-R-Boy guide service went pretty much as planned. McDonald took Clinch Heyward and I to a known
fishing hole in Winyah Bay and while fishing with a live shrimp under a cork we
proceeded to catch trout, redfish and even a nice sheepshead. You don’t often
see these three species of fish in the same spot, so I coined any such
occurrence a Sheepshead Slam! Captain McDonald navigated
his 19-foot boat into the ICW in order to visit some redfish holes between
South Island and Springsteen Plantation. Almost immediately the big redfish
started chewing and our day was quickly nearing the time when a cold beverage
was in order. Just then another fishing boat came by us, and before they left
our view we could hear their outboard motor cough and shut down. All three of us, boat
owners and life long mariners, knew that we had to go and offer assistance to
start the motor or render them a tow back to the landing. When a boat goes
derelict in a remote spot such as this, it does not matter if one is on a paid
fishing charter or not. A sort of universal feeling settles in based upon
empathy from past experiences with boat motor trouble.
To read the rest of my story about towing them to the landing click on
All At Sea.
To view past blog entries from All At Sea click
here.
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