[Rhodes22-list] Captain Rummy expecting company...

[John Lock]

At 06:12 PM 6/8/2007 -0400, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>Ed,
>Not any different than any other Bass tournament that's been held on Lake
>Hartwell. With only 25 competitors, it's actually rather puny. The big
>tournaments have around 100 + fisherman. We refer to these high 
>powered bass  boaters
>as bass herders. :)

The mantra on lake-living I repeat to myself is "this too shall 
pass".  The bass tournaments are short-lived events.  There for a few 
days and then gone.  The rest of the week is peaceful and quite wonderful.

I have a similar issue at my vacation condo in Cedar Key, FL.  There, 
the local pestilence is airboats.  I'd much rather have bass boats 
than window-rattling airboats.  Once a year there is a huge rally and 
race for airboats in Cedar Key.  They all gather early in the morning 
at the local beach and launch together.  I can imagine what Pearl 
Harbor must have sounded like.

But it's only once a year and then we only have a few locals who use 
them regularly.  The most ironic ones though are the commercial 
operators who advertise "wildlife tours".  HA!  You'll see wildlife 
alright, briefly... and only from the rear as they flee in all 
directions.  And people pay money for this!

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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