I was loading up my boat from a tournament I fished at Guntersville Saturday , as i was loading up this totally wrapped Tundra nad Ranger was back down the ramp putting in. I looked over and noticed the name on the boat the name Jordon Lee was on it.
Yep, it was him, he got out of the Tundra and auto his boat to the end of the dock. I knew the BASS is having a tournament there next week but Saturday was an off limit day to fish for them. As he was walking past me, I ask why is he fishing on a off limit day when practice doesn't start until Monday or Tuesday. he said he doesn't have a tournament here next week...then it hit me and I aid, " Oh..that's right you're not with BASS anymore but with MLF
He said he was going to take his lady out today, as she was getting out of the Tundra with their dog and another friend.
I was thinking about this meeting him on the way home and I ask myself a few questions. One was why was he using a public ramp? I mean parking his rigged out truck and trailer to be gawked at, and worse broken into. I'm pretty sure he lives on the lake and has a ramp, or know a private ramp I'm sure a person would welcome him to use at anytime.
Second thing is and I'm just thinking this to myself, why would he even want to get on this lake when it was so very full of every type boat you could ever imagine go every which way on the water causing some serious waves. As I was coming in to my weigh in, I was being thrown all over the place and even having two of my three graphs come unplugged from the hitting of the tsunami waves out there. I thought then, this guy has some fee time off the water and where does he go? On the water, I suppose to get where he is in fishing you have to really love being on the water.
All in all, he seemed very friendly and didn't seem to have a quick chat with me. I wished I would have talked to him before the tournament as I didn't do very well fishing. I think I was trying to fight all the boats, waves, barges, jet skis, wake boats, houseboats, cabin cruisers all day. Damn, If I was a fish I would want to bit anything either for trying to stay on the bottom of the lake hiding from the major traffic above.