Furthering the "A Day in the Life" storyline, comes the fishing trip. Again, this is based on real-life events. I also wanted to spend plenty of time here off of Jim and Nikki, since they've become such damn attention hogs!
I don't know, somewhere along the lines in the past three months, Tub has become my personal favorite character. I had a chance to throw him in a few strips with Arlie, but now I've got him in his "classic" pairing with Rooster.
Also, here's a chance to better flesh out the actual setting of Sawdust... southern Louisiana. I saw a t-shirt at a local Walmart describing Baton Rouge as "A charming little drinking town with a fishing problem."
Fishing trip
Fishing trip
Ancient relic of a by-gone era.
I give back to my dedicated readers! As a benefit of being a forum visitor, you get the "story... behind... the strip!"
This entire fishing story is based on two trips I took out to the marshes with my bud, Tim. His family owns a fishing camp ten minutes from the Gulf of Mexico, which is about three hours south of where I live.
7/16: The Cajun Morning Beer Rush - when we headed down to the boat launch, we stopped by a gas station in a town called Dulac (it's the perfect place). I went in to get a couple fruit pies and cokes for breakfast (welcome to Louisiana), when a crew of four teenager-to-young-adult men came in and bought two beers each. I thought it was kind of odd, being the slick uptown suburbanite from Baton Rouge. But when I told Tim about it, he asked me what time it was. It was 10 am. He said that's usually about the time the Cajuns start drinking. He's quite the "coonass" himself, mind you, so he knows of what he speaks.
More color commentary Monday.
This entire fishing story is based on two trips I took out to the marshes with my bud, Tim. His family owns a fishing camp ten minutes from the Gulf of Mexico, which is about three hours south of where I live.
7/16: The Cajun Morning Beer Rush - when we headed down to the boat launch, we stopped by a gas station in a town called Dulac (it's the perfect place). I went in to get a couple fruit pies and cokes for breakfast (welcome to Louisiana), when a crew of four teenager-to-young-adult men came in and bought two beers each. I thought it was kind of odd, being the slick uptown suburbanite from Baton Rouge. But when I told Tim about it, he asked me what time it was. It was 10 am. He said that's usually about the time the Cajuns start drinking. He's quite the "coonass" himself, mind you, so he knows of what he speaks.
More color commentary Monday.
Ancient relic of a by-gone era.
Another true story of a friend. The first time he launched his new bass boat, this happened.
But then, every fisherman has this happen eventually. Still, it isn't as bad as that guy who put the gas pump in the wrong hole, left it on the clicky thing, and came back to find his boat filled with gasoline.
For those of you unfamiliar, the transom plug is the plug you put in the back rear of your boat to keep water out. It's there at all, so that you can unplug it when you drive and drain out the water that has built up when you boat around, or when you clean the boat.
But then, every fisherman has this happen eventually. Still, it isn't as bad as that guy who put the gas pump in the wrong hole, left it on the clicky thing, and came back to find his boat filled with gasoline.
For those of you unfamiliar, the transom plug is the plug you put in the back rear of your boat to keep water out. It's there at all, so that you can unplug it when you drive and drain out the water that has built up when you boat around, or when you clean the boat.
Ancient relic of a by-gone era.