Back about 5-6 years ago,when I was still able,I would get together
with friends,for a fishing trip.These were not the relaxing fishing trips,
and if any of you have ever set and run trot lines you know what I mean.
We were fishing in the''Mighty Mississippi'' over at Port Gibson.Some of
you may have heard of Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant.....we were fishing
due East of the Power Plant.
We were getting ready to go run our lines,when a rain & lighting storm came up.

When it finally blew over,it was almost dark,the guy's wanted to go check the lines,huh1
but when we got ready to go one of the boats would not run,it had gotten some
water in the tank on the previous trip,and he had not gotten it all out

.We were down
to one boat.Some of the guy's went to run there lines,and we were going to make
the second run and check ours:unsure:.We had our lines tied up on the louisiana side of the river,
which was a mile across,it's dark,and I will say,ain't no man with any kinda brain should be on the Mississippi after dark,in 14 ft.flat bottom alum.boat

.We are trying to watch for barges,and find our line,and we run up on a sand bar.The motor dies,and I jump out,and push us off,we try to restart the motor and it won't start,so here we are floating down the river dead in the water.We see the lights of a barge coming up river and one coming down river

,and I'm not afraid to tell it,I was scared.There are 3 of us in this boat,and we start to paddle.My paddle hits sand so I immediately jump out,in hopes of pulling us up on the bar.When I jump out,my feet hit the edge of the sand bar,and I go straight under the boat,as I jumped out I had hold of the rope on the front of the boat
and was able to pull myself up to the boat.By then we were able to get close enough that my feet would touch bottom,and pulled it up.I was soaked and cold.........
I guess I could write a short book with what is left of this story,but I will save you all the pain.........We would sit on that sand bar until 2 O'clock that morning,before the others could get us some help.At daylight,we packed up our camp,picked up our lines,and went home.:running dog:
Sorry for making it so long.
God bless,Keith