Am I a mook?

[FatBoy]

Yesterday I took my brand new plastic pontoon out for its maiden voyage.  Me and a buddy headed out to a flooded quarry, about 15 acres and really deep.  Instead of the 10 mph winds that were forecasted, we had a steady 25 mph wind from the south with gusts up to 40 mph.  When we pulled up to the launch we saw 1-2 ft waves slamming right into the ramp.  

My buddy asked "Should we try it?"

I said "We have to!"  (This is my first chance to take out the new boat remember.)

So we unloaded the boat, set it in the water, attached the trolling motor, hooked up the depth finder, got all the tackle set up.  Then I got in and my buddy pushed me off (so I could pick him up at the dock).  He was able to push me out about 2 ft, but before I could get the trolling motor down the wind blew me right back onto the ramp.  After trying this a couple of times, he spun me around backwards so I could get the trolling motor down and back out in reverse.  But even still I couldn't get the trolling motor down before the wind spun me back into the rocks at the end of the ramp.  

We dragged the boat along shore over to the dock.  I got in and crawled the boat down to the deep end of the dock.  Put down my little 30 lb tm and cranked it to full power...and I went nowhere.  The tm just couldn't move the boat against that wind.  After frowning at each other for a minute or so, we got the boat out of the water, packed everything up, and went home.  

What a crappy day!!!

So does all this make me a mook?

[kayl.]

IMHO, yes!

[Fish Man]

yes,IMO anyone who thinks they are a mook truely is a mook  ;D

[Troutfisher]

You're officially a mook!  Welcome to the club.  Refreshments are at Muddy's house  ;D

[Guest avid]

Absolutely not.

A real mook would have thrown his buddy overboard and said "hold on to the side and kick" then you would cast your jig to the cover while yelling at him "can't you kick any harder girlie"

[Needemp]

What the heck is a mook? I have an idea, but I asked some people at the tournament Sat. and they didn't know either. What is a mook????

[Guest avid]

A mook is a guy who is highly sklled in using a bow mount trolling motor.

"The harder and harder I push, the righter and righter I go"

Now that's a mook.  8-)

[FatBoy]

Needemp,

Read this thread...

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1175290495/0

Believe me, that will be time well spent ;D ;D ;D  That thread will tell you all you need to know!!!

[jomatty]

as far as being a mook goes if you have a sneaking suspicion that you might be...you are.  its one of those things where if you have to ask, then deep down you already know the answer.

for the record, i would have had to try it too!

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

If you have to ask,......