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westay
10-14-2007, 10:15 PM
I was up to midnight and couldn't force myself out of bed at 0 dark hundred. When I did get up I drove to the 'berry through the rain. I was surprised that things were dry when I got there.

The water was 48 degrees and the dark low clouds were scudding by. I saw three 'toons on the water and figured they were those that didn't go south for the day. The wind was blowing 5 to 10 miles per hour.

I carried my tube down to the water, climbed in and rigged up. Two hours of trolling in 8 to 10 feet of water brought only 1 fish. It was of no risk of winning the Park Challenge - it was just the right length to feed a large 'cutt. I should have left it on the hook, I might have caught one.

After two hours in the cold water my bladder forced me out of the water. I was about to explode. The bathrooms were closed for the season and there was no place to go. At Renegade you are on top of a knoll, with a parking lot full of campers and RV's with no bushes or gullies. I hope no one in the RVs was embarrassed by an old geezer peeing in between two buildings. It was the best I could do.

When I finished and thought of those that had gone south I had the only logical thought possible. Man, I've got to get a 'toon.
Red.Fly
10-15-2007, 03:56 AM
Peeing out of a toon isn't as easy as you might imagine. In the summer it's fine, but throw on the waders (without a $700 zipper) and good luck. I too fished until I couldn't take it any more, walked up the the locked doors, eyed the campers and trucks and after great deliberation decided to load up the toon ASAP (rather than leave it and come back for it) and drive to the nearest vacant bush for some relief. I would have fished for another couple of hours had there been open bathrooms.

I think I saw you land your fish BTW. It wasn't a monster, but you didn't get skunked either.
S&P
10-15-2007, 06:22 AM
Just face away from the nearest spectators and wizz away. When ya gotta go ya gotta go.
raynanwalt
10-15-2007, 03:06 PM
Especially after recent prostate surgery, when I gotta go...I really gotta go. I've even wondered and worried about the possibility and risk of receiving a citation for indecent exposure or public lewdness or whatever the cops might call it. I carry an empty Gatorade container (yes, it is the one with the biggest opening), turn my back to the crowd, and let 'er flow. Be sure that you temporarily store the filled container somewhere so that you are not likely to reach for it when thirsty.
If I've offended anyone who has had the misfortune to witness me during this act of nature, I'm truly sorry but bodily functions sometimes rule.

Ray Walton
cheech
10-15-2007, 03:38 PM
Make sure a family of canoers is not passing by when whizzing from a pontoon.

I learned my lesson.
westay
10-15-2007, 03:41 PM
I can just imagine the looks. I'm glad it wasn't me that time.
Doug S.
10-15-2007, 03:55 PM
Make sure a family of canoers is not passing by when whizzing from a pontoon.

I learned my lesson.


Good Times :)
jonescort
10-15-2007, 03:58 PM
brings whole new meaning to trolling a worm
Grizz
10-15-2007, 04:17 PM
brings whole new meaning to trolling a worm

heehheeeehheeeee. LOL.Thanks for the laugh this morning Cort. You're a funny Mother Hubbard. Is that kinda like letting the trouser trout out for a drink of water, or shaking hands with the un-employed? Haha..

Trolling a worm.....he-he-he.

peace
Jason
10-16-2007, 07:55 AM
Little Cheech.

http://www.utahonthefly.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=931&d=1127459693

I hear the lawsuit is still pending.
Doug S.
10-16-2007, 11:40 AM
Little Cheech.

http://www.utahonthefly.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=931&d=1127459693

I hear the lawsuit is still pending.

That's the shot ! I remember it well...:)
rodrick
10-16-2007, 02:07 PM
Breathable waders and a gatorade bottle.