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TONY REBO UNLEASHED

If It Hadn’t Been For Fishing; I
Would Have Been A Porn Star
By Tony Rebo
I recently saw this quote on a sweatshirt and had to laugh. It reminded me of my own passion and what I
might be doing if it were not for fishing. Fishing has brought me so many things, well, besides fish. I have built
relationships, friendships, and at times sinking ships because of fishing. Fishing is something that anyone can
do. You can be any size and in any condition and still be able to fish. I have fished in the rain, the beating
down sun, on windy days, and in the middle of a violent snow storm. Every day is a good day to go fishing.
I recently had an adventure with the newest piece of fishing equipment on the market. The new I-pilot trolling motor. This GPS I-pilot motor
is the greatest thing ever invented. I am sure that you have watched the commercials for it on the early Saturday morning fishing channel. A
guy pulls up in his pickup pulling a boat, he backs into the water and the boat glides off into the water. The truck pulls out and the guy
leaves to park the truck, all the while the boat is unmanned and maneuvering about the lake. The guy returns to the water’s edge the boat
pulls up on its own and the guy steps from the dock and into the boat. The boat backs up on its own and travels out into the water all the
while the guy is digging in the cooler for a cold beer.
Oh my gosh, this is the greatest thing ever. This new motor will save me one hour of fighting with my wife and another twenty minutes of
having to find a cold beverage. When I pull up to unload my boat it goes something like this; first I back to the water’s edge and unhook the
boat from the trailer and attach a rope to the front end. I then hand the rope to my wife and ask her to guide me back into the water. The
object here is for the boat to become separated from the trailer and to float into the lake. My wife who is holding the rope is supposed to
guide the boat back to shore so we can board the boat. Sounds simple, but for some reason it always turns into an hour long task. My wife
is obsessed with her cell phone, so sometimes she misses telling me
things; like “there is a stump right here, oh never mind too late you
have already hit it”.
She also will leave unexpectedly and lay the rope down. I have
watched the boat float off and watch my wife return from the
restroom. Of course she will always ask “What are you doing?”.
This new motor is going to be the cat’s meow. So we have the boat
loaded and backing to the water’s edge. I look at my wife and tell her
“This is going to be great.”.
Her response is; “Did you read the instructions manual? “ Are you
kidding me, I know all there is to know about boat motors and any
piece of fishing gear for that matter. Who does she think she is asking
me such a stupid question like that? I think that was when I said “Just
watch this.”.
The boat drifted off the trailer into the lake. I pulled away to park the
truck and my wife watched out the back window as the boat turned
and headed away from the shoreline. She looked at me like I was crazy
as we just left the unmanned boat heading out into the lake. We
parked the truck and headed to the water’s edge where my boat
would be returning to pick us up. We stood at the edge for some time
before I came to the conclusion that my boat was not in any hurry
returning to pick us up. In fact the boat was nowhere in sight. I began
to punch buttons on the hand held remote knowing that at any
moment my boat would be returning to me. After that first dreadful
hour had passed I realized two things; the first being is that I hadn’t
saved anytime, and second my boat was AWOL. .
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