Tidewater bobber fishing. I was hot that day lots of takedowns and fish on. I was by myself and other boats are starting to notice and move in on my spot. I am holding my rod in one hand and coffee cup in the other. Bobber down and threw hot coffee in my eyes and fell off the cooler I was sitting on. Did anyone on this board witness that one, there was a lot of people laughing at me?
Was in a float tube and was having a good time. I was mid lake when I realized I had to piss. I started paddling as fast as possible, but was getting cramped real bad (it is not good to drink a lot of liquid pre-float tubing), so I had to keep stopping. As I got closer to the bank the pressure was mounting, bad. But I could not find a good spot to get out, the bank was just mushy grass and mud. I was starting to panick, so I just headed over to a shallow area and stood up, it was about thigh deep with a mush bottom, jerked down my waders, and aaaahhh! The issue was that I was sinking in the muck faster than my bladder was emptying (either I was sinking or the lake was rising, I never figured it out). My waders were bunched right below the outlet point and I had a bout 2" to spare over the top of them but I was still sinking. Imagine the choice I had to make . . . ship water or piss myself. Here is the rookie mistake: I pissed myself. Piss will chafe your ass in a float tube, in about 10 minutes. It took me 25 minutes to get the damn flipper unstuck from the mud, and I had a 1.5 mile hike to the car in pissed pants. I ended up walking back in hiking boots and boxers. Gold Bond for a week like I was 65 years old.
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