Curse of Grand Isle

[Feesherman]

Well we made it to GI about 11:00pm Thursday night. Launch is steep so while launching the boat the motors were half way under water. Then we get ready to start heading out and the front running light is out. We try to fix it and the red and green lenses fall to pieces. Well we take out. We go slow all night and come daybreak we about 40 miles out. So we take off headed south and further and further we got the more rough it got until we were in 6 footers. We trolled Medusa, then Mars and eventually made it to Ursa. All big floating platforms with furthest about 90 miles. Water was still green and ugly. Didn't catch squat and now our captain is sea sick. We decided to come closer in and try for some AJ's and snapper. Nuttin. One Bonita is all we caught. Was a 16 pounder though so we got first place in that. Decide to haul it in and spend the night in a hotel and then come home on Saturday. While loading the boat we broke a board on the trailer. Hit the road Saturday morning, and after about an hour travel we hear a strange noise behind us like we dragging something. Well, we were. Rear axel on boat trailer is broke in half. Trailer has 3 axels so we decide just take it off and run on 2. Let her down off the jacks and now da motors are on the ground. Too much weight in the back. So in order to run, we had to take off the front axel and move it to the back. In 100 degree heat. Finally get her put together, jump in the truck to head out and the AC quit in the truck. What else can go wrong? Stop to fuel up and my uncle leans on the trailer winch and breaks the winch. Gettin funny now. Stop in Lafayette to get cracklins, jump in truck to leave and it won't start. Had to get a jump. Get half way home and all the gauges, radio, lights shut down. Alternator is shot. Barley make it over I-10 bridge when the truck finally gives up the ghost. Had to coast into Westlake and tow the truck and boat the rest of the way with our trucks. After all that, they gave the hard luck prize to someone else. Someone that caught 3 or 4 marlin. They got the prize because they were not allowed to weigh their fish in the tourny because they didn't have the right ticket. I wish our luck was so bad that we caught 4 marlin.