Bass Caddy Blog

I’m back!!!!!! After a long blob break I felt it was time to enlighten you folks a little more. Last years’ fishing trail was extremely exciting and loaded with adventure. As we prepared for this season a big turd landed in the punch bowl. The WBT was cancelled. Feel free to come to your own conclusion as to why. Me? Ithink the BIG BOYS are very afraid of the female angler they have to fish against in the Classic. But anyway, there seems to be no trail for the ladies to fish.

HAW- TO BUDDY! Like the idjit I am and as P.O.’D as I got over the WBT thing, I popped off to my wife that I should start my own trail.   Now, we all know my wife, she’s usually not into surprises, but she shocked me by saying go for it.   Apparently, she had such a good time last year fishing with the ” BIG GIRLS”, that she wanted more, and was very disappointed about not getting to fish with the girls this year (see her blog for more on her thoughts about this subject).   Anyway,  I talked to my good old friend Lee at Lake Fork and this dumb A– not only thought it was a good idea, but said he would partner with me and pull the trailer all over hell’s half acre in order for the ladies to have a venue to fish.   It actually surprised me how many “good old boys” thought how unfair it was that the ladies had gotten the rug pulled out from under them, and wanted to give the ladies a chance to do what they love to do, and in an atmosphere that was fun.  In simpler terms, a lot of guys would just like to see the gals get a fair shake.  Anyway, finding all of this out just encourages me to dig myself deeper.  I keep thinking how unfair all this is, and, being the “Mr. Fix-It” that I am, I want to do anything and everything in my power to fix it, and make it better for the women.

Now I’m in this deep. We start having meetings and laying down plans searching for a tourney trailer.  Every trailer we found someone either beat us to it or it cost an arm and a ham roast.  Neither of which I have a spare of.  So I finally got mad and said I was going to buy a new trailer and be done with it. (Did I mention I’m on a budget?) (not controlled by me, it’s you-kn0w-who who usually hangs on to the money real tight around here, but here again I was surprised to hear “go for it”.  Now this is getting scary.  So I head out and buy a nice 20 ft. car- hauler and drag it home, still in shock over even being told it was okay to get it in the first place.   Now this is just the beginning of the money outflo. Digital scales and a back- up system. Go for it.  A really nice P.A. system to play music and do weigh- ins.  Go for it.  Tubs to keep the fish alive in. Go for it.  A custom stage and podium.  Go for it.  Material to build an office in the trailer. Go for it. I hope you can begin to catch my drift here.  If this girl of mine wants to fish this badly,  then so be it.

Ladies and gents I am proud to announce the first day of the AMERICAN LADY ANGLERS TOURNAMENT TRAIL!!!!!!! Please feel to visit our web site www.americanladyanglers.com . Yes now I have two web pages to fret over. Please watch both pages to see the happenings as we build the ALA tourney trailer and post the trail events. I’m excited.

For today

I quit.

            Well, I have been harangued for the past few days to write a welcome letter to all visitors to this site. So here goes. My area will cover a little bit of everything I know about nothing. I have full intentions of making this entertaining and fun. I have a strange sense of humor and see things differently from others. Terri will get into the facts and figures. That’s why she’s a Doctor and I’m a mechanic.

            How did she marry a mechanic?  I can fix stuff and I taught her how to fish six years ago. This would come in handy as a few years ago she was injured and could no longer practice medicine. The inability for her to practice medicine was slowly replaced by fishing. It has been a slow process to get her to the point that’s she at, but it is all worth it. This fishing is part of her therapy and is giving her the ability to get back into a small part of her past life. She will never be a doctor again but at least she can have a little enjoyment.

            I intend to have fun with this and I hope you will enjoy what you read here and tell your friends to join us. I do hope you will find this entertaining and will pull for Terri as she pits her talents against the monster bass on the Womens Bassmasters Tour. I worry about the craftiness of the fish. I have a hard time getting a Dr. to think like a bass but we continue to try and dumb the Dr. down. She keeps buying books and researches everything. If her fish education is a sign of fishing ability, bass schools will have a few missing students at the end of this year.

            My portion of this trail is the bass caddy. This position is easily explained. I’m a golf caddy without the knowledge or cash tips. My duties include keeping the boat going . Get the poles ready. Keep the truck full of snacks. And most importantly, worship the fish she goes after.

            For today I quit.