My pops and I were fishing in the sabine impoundment years ago...needless to say its a good run in a 14' flat w/ a johnson 25...now the Johnson motor is important in this story...We caught quite a few bass that day and decided to leave early because of the long haul. We had to drop the boat back into the canal from the impoundment and soon were on our way. We started following a couple of bass boats (with larger motors) as we made our way back. We round a turn into a long straightaway and I saw a bass boat on the outside of a marsh cut...the two larger boats in front of us pass the boat outside the cut, then as we get closer the two guys in the boat start waving and jumping up and down...dad throttles down and putts over to the guys...This is a 17-18' bass boat and I notice the cawlin is off and its a Johnson motor "Hey man we got some issues with the motor......and we need a tow in!!" My dad says " OK, but let me ask you a question"..."Why did you let let two larger boats in front of us go by they could have pulled you in a bit easier??
The man answers "The hell I'm gonna be pulled in by a damn Mercury!!!!!"
It took us two tanks of gas and a 3/4 of a trolling motor battery trolling to get them to the viton drainage ditch launch...My dad and I were sunburnt as hell and tired...glad we could help the guy out but that ol' 25 johnson had a hell of time pulling that big glass boat! LOL!
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