So how was your weekend?

[R.D.]

Decided to head to Summit Lake Saturday afternoon after weather broke a bit.....drove 89 miles there and was unable to start my truck dont know if it's starter or other electrical problem, maybe a locked motor? (god I hope not ).......then as were sitting there wondering about what to do for my truck a storm was mooing toward us. Stupid me decided that I was going to leave the damn tarp at home and had NOTHING to cover boat with. Come to find out we had a TORNADO WARNING issued for us and there has a Tornado confirmed on ground just NW of us a few miles we didnt know anything of this till Sunday and with the Wind/Hail and Rain coming in Horizontally it was something .......So I had to wait 5 hours for a Tow truck (on Sunday) to show up and still wasnt there....my Dad was nice enough (even though he was pretty pissed off) to come up and help Tow boat home........Driver Finally got to my truck after we had been gone for an hour and got it back in Lincoln Later than if I was waiting for him.

I dont know what to think.....I'm pissed, depressed, bummed, and frustrated......plus the fact that I have had to rely on my Father to come get this damn truck twice now while on road and pulling the Boat.

Last night I just wanted to say (edit) It.....sell the boat, all tackle and not fish anymore......the wife told me not to do that because I Love fishing too much to give something up that easily.

My frustrations stem from many many places but when do you tell yourself.....Enough is Enough? Drive to a lake and fish it....you catch fish and tell yourself you can do good.....turn around and pay your fee's to find out your not that good......then to come home and tell youself theres always next time?

Where does one Start drawing the line between Fun and Fantasy?
I know I'm not some "Pro" fisherman and have never laid claim to it.....but you'd think that over all the years of fishing and learning to do it that there would something to show for it other than a Tow Bill and pissed off Family members

[Jiggernaut]

Ryan,
Tim, Jody, and I left the campground, our boats, and my camper to seek shelter from 3 tornadoes. I really didn't give a crap about my stuff. It's just stuff and I've got insurance. I'm just glad to still be alive.

I always try and remember that If I have my family and we have our health, that everything else is downhill.

[R.D.]

Jason,

I know what your saying......thats the main reason I made the post I did is family........am I beign Fair to myself in wanting to do all these things, going to Rally, Going to State Youth tourneys, doing some ABA's and TBF stuff.......where does one draw the line from doing it for enjoyment when you dont get much enjoyment out of your truck breaking down, Dodging Tornados and other bad weather.....not being able to do something you like with others and not Looking like a Total Ass of yourself........Kinda like being All talk and no action........Maybe I'm straying away from what was once Pure to me and not getting the best of it?

[Bass Team Tackle]

I have been in the same boat man....about 2 or 3 years ago. Finally I decided to step back a little bit and maybe fish a couple tournaments a year. I got tired of living paycheck to paycheck so I could enter 2 or 3 tournaments a month and put all my money towards gas and other expenses....got tired of something going wrong with the Merc (reeds breaking, etc) I usually fish one tournament a year now (Skeeters Owner Tournament at Lake Fork) I spend 10 days camping at the lake and fishing their Big Bass Tournament....just the relief I need. I still have my boat but only use it every now and then...I am back to pond fishing again which has been fun. I take my fiancee with me and she loves it cause we catch fish everytime we go. The money I saved was put towards my first home I bought earlier this year....something I never thought I could do 3 years ago. With my first child arriving 2 weeks ago...its nice to know I am in a lot more secure setting. Don't get me wrong...I would love to be out there making a go of a fishing career or at least out competing again but until my income increases to a level where my family and financial stability isn't affected by my fishing habits I will continue on the same path. Sometimes its good just to step back and take some time off....I know it has been good for me. At least I have websites like BBC to come to and still keep uptodate on the fishing world.

[R.D.]

Jeremy,

I appreciate your insite on this very much......cant say I've ever been living from check to check (maybe a cuple times when things were tight). I havnt been one to fish tourney after tourney but seem to get my fair share in springtime.......other than saving money over the winter to save up and fish some tourneys and have the $ there for such expenses has been done so I have put some thought inot it beofre hand..........not so sure its a $ thing though.

[kstatebass]

There was a tornado at Wilson Lake several years ago that did a lot of damage, needless to say I was there for that one. My uncle had a bus he used for camping and a cottonwood landed on the hood of the bus that night, but it didn't hurt the bus. I've always been told I slept right through it. Since then we have never brought a camper up to Wilson, we just stay at the sportsman's lodge in Wilson.

[caseysmith14]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kstatebass &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There was a tornado at Wilson Lake several years ago that did a lot of damage, needless to say I was there for that one. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If your talking about the one in the early 90's I was there too, that was the closest I had ever been to a tornado


Glad to see everyone is alright

[R.D.]

Closest I was to a Tornada was the Seward,NE touchdown back in early 2002/03?.......Wife and I were chasing it. was on the ground as we were tryign to target it at an angle......had a good area to watch it and it lifted.....we ended up 1.5 miles from it and it passed over us within half mile with the wall cloud low and spinning all to hell...............that was on purpose....not by being a bystandard pretty stupid I guess

[dukhntr]

Sorry to hear bout your bad weekend. Could have been worse though....

[R.D.]

4 more miles to the East and it would have been worse so i agree with that

[kstatebass]

[QUOTE=cgs2004]

If your talking about the one in the early 90's I was there too, that was the closest I had ever been to a tornado

Yep that was the one. Wilson has always been a magnet for bad weather.