Saturday, August 31, 2013

Ok, WOW is all i can say and thank you lord for the awesome day on the water with a disabled desert storm veteran and his wife as well as my loveing wife Ruthie Wilbur whom was so very helpful to me and our guest.
i was truely humbled and honored to be in this mans presents today,he has been out of his home minimal at best over the last 9 or so years mainly for doctor visits.
i was contacted by Don Gray from M.A.D who was contacted by Jerry Dilsaver to see about getting this veteran out and on the water,i was honored and proud to say yes.
wasnt sure how i was gonna do it but i pulled a seat out of my boat to make room for his wheel chair,that was no problem my main concern was how to get him in the boat chair and all.
luckally the ramp at shell rock is a perfect ramp that sits level with my boat no matter how high the water is since it floats.
we met above my house at 9 am and went to the launch put the boat in got him in no problem and boarded everyone else and off we went slowly down the I.C.W to queens creek.
we hit the first of holes and put out some lines and it didnt take long and he was hooked up on his first fish of the day that would shock us all 3 never heard of a triple tail and i had only ever saw them in pics 
the triple tail was only 10 5/8ths but it was his first ever and his first fish in 12 years,to which i contactedHunters Haven Taxidermy and arranged for it to be mounted,this is a fish of a life time for him since he would probably never get out to where they actually are and gery thank you for the fast response and great price i know he is gonna love it 
that was the first fish lol the first red to hit his line was a 24 inch red drum that put his will to the test and even though he only has partial movement of his right side and a little help from me holding the rod slightly for him he landed the brute,he would catch 2 more in this hole all from 21 to 22 inches 
it slowed there so we went up to a spot i call the sand pit and set up where we caught a stingray and broke off 3 or 4 drum on oyster rocks,so we moved to my honey hole and i told david why i called it the honey hole as we were pulling in.
i said this is the honey hole simply named because i can catch drum there when i cant catch them any where else,i said i can put baits against the bank and within 5 minutes we will have a drum on;)
2 lines in and within the 5 minutes we were there im talking to his wife i see him reach and start reeling and low and behold he is hooked up to a good fish,now i tag drum out on queens creek and other area's but yet to see one of them recaught,well god had a hand in giving david his best drum of the day a tagged 29 inch drum that i had tagged 2 months ago at 28.5 inches.
we were still one drum shy of a limit of 4 and by the time i cut the tag off this drum and retagged it and let it back on its way david was hooked up with another drum ,and his words were after the 29 he was done 
landed the last fish and it came in at 21 inches,totally and happy david had had enough and we were on our way back to the launch,4 drum one tripple tail and a very happy veteran who deserved to have a day like today.
 













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