Holland paying it forward 6/8/13

[Wasabi]

Great plans, great weather, lousy fishin, humble pie served as JUNE fishin holds true.

3:37 am, one of the crew bails out, decide to go anyway, 1 hr later than planned as I wait for the first mate to get out of bed. Pretty sunrise from the park n ride. Turns out BK now has donut holes...

Launch boat and there is another whaler launching next to us, but their boat wont start so we offer Rick n Dennis from Holland to go with us as we were short a pair of hands anyway. Seemed like nice guyz that appeared appreciative for the impulsive invite. Sucks to launch a boat and then NOT go. Didnt guarantee a fish but felt optimistic.

End result, 1 dink ho from a 300' copper on happy meal mag in 83 fow.

Pull lines at 11:00 discouraged, but still smiling, because I got to go fishing instead of yardwork.

A simple Thank you and goodbye would have been nice, albeit expected. Hell if I was in their tennis shoes, my M.O. is to offer to chip in a little $ for gas expenses...freaky deaky dutch...

So we dock and I head to get the trailer, these guys decide to duck out without saying goodbye let alone Thank you or a small token of appreciation. Those old guyz should know that a little courtesy and ettiquette go a long way and karma will catch up to you. Guess I'm old school and was raised differently.

Glad to say I leave Friday on a float plane for the canadian bush to get unplugged with my son and great comrades for 1 week of walleye. see u in July at the launch.

[MY2SONS]

Great plans, great weather, lousy fishin, humble pie served as JUNE fishin holds true.

3:37 am, one of the crew bails out, decide to go anyway, 1 hr later than planned as I wait for the first mate to get out of bed. Pretty sunrise from the park n ride. Turns out BK now has donut holes...

Launch boat and there is another whaler launching next to us, but their boat wont start so we offer Rick n Dennis from Holland to go with us as we were short a pair of hands anyway. Seemed like nice guyz that appeared appreciative for the impulsive invite. Sucks to launch a boat and then NOT go. Didnt guarantee a fish but felt optimistic.

End result, 1 dink ho from a 300' copper on happy meal mag in 83 fow.

Pull lines at 11:00 discouraged, but still smiling, because I got to go fishing instead of yardwork.

A simple Thank you and goodbye would have been nice, albeit expected. Hell if I was in their tennis shoes, my M.O. is to offer to chip in a little $ for gas expenses...freaky deaky dutch...

So we dock and I head to get the trailer, these guys decide to duck out without saying goodbye let alone Thank you or a small token of appreciation. Those old guyz should know that a little courtesy and ettiquette go a long way and karma will catch up to you. Guess I'm old school and was raised differently.

Glad to say I leave Friday on a float plane for the canadian bush to get unplugged with my son and great comrades for 1 week of walleye. see u in July at the launch.

Well this says a lot about your character vs theirs. Too bad some people are so rude. Like they say "No good deed goes unpunished". Sad but sometimes true. Fish On!

[kid coulson]

Diamond,

Unless you really,really offended them somehow, I cant believe they just walked away from ya without even a little love offered up. I don't care if you caught fish or not that's just unsportsmans like conduct. I get a little peeved when I cant even get a courtesy wave for letting somebody cut in/traffic, Id be disgruntled to say the least if I were in your shoes.

Good luck in Canada!

[Dr Hook]

The boat not starting sounds like their karma was messed up to begin with.

[Just Hook'n]

Way to go Scottie - great gesture on your part at least.

Have fun in CANADA.

[joelsanders]

Good luck in the bush country,

all the good karma is yours!

[WRENCHED 4 IT]

At todays price for gas i cant believe they didnt offer something even lunch? At least you did whats right and have a good heart,thats what counts anyway.have fun in canada.

[DiverDennis]

Your act of kindness will surely bring you some good karma. We did a 2 hour tow for a fellow fisherman out of Muskegon and got nothing. They say, "What goes around will come around."

Check out the post here.

[littleboat]

Some people just don't get it? Good post.

LB