Jack Crossman of south central Mississippi decided he was going to up and move to the next state over one day. As he made his way down to the coast it gave him the chance to do some site seeing before he entered into Mobile, AL. With his 12,000 bass boat tugging behind he decided that Mobile would be a great place to do some fishing. Mobile would turn out to be Jacks new home. All he had on his mind was fish for anything that would bite his bait of choice. For a man from south central Mississippi, a woman was the last thing on his mind. He was a single guy who lucked up and gambled a hundred dollar bill at the casino in Gulf Port and hit the jack pot at a poker table.
As a few days turned into weeks and a few weeks turned into months Jack was happy with a new home and a new job at a local sporting goods shop selling fishing stuff. He knew everything there was to know about fishing. He was the type of man that could catch fish in the hottest of summer and even catch them in a snow storm on the river if he had thought of it. No kids, no wife, and one aunt that stayed back in old Mississippi. The local women that came into the sporting goods store had tried to set him up on a many of dates but he was not interested. The store owners wife even tried to put her 30 year old toothless daughter off on Jack until she had passed out drunk as a skunk. The woman even took a picture of Jack and placed it on one of them fancy dating sites. His profile read this:
Wanted: A good old country girl who has plenty of money, a lot of land, who can cook and clean, and has a 4wd truck with a boat and motor. Send photo of land, and boat and motor!
A local bass tournament was coming up soon and Jack was bound to win it. He knew the area where the event was to take place well and had been fishing it for a few months or so. As anglers piled in on a daily bases to sign up for the $1,000.00 first prize tournament, Jack became a little more worried each day. The one thing he did not know was just how big these tournaments got. He was in for a treat! But he still seem to hold grasp to all the good spots on the water of the Mobile Tensaw-Delta water way. He knew there were some great fish in the waters. He was being sponsored bu the sporting good store that he worked at and didn’t seem to place his mind else where.
As tournament day arrived he was up and at the starting point well before anyone else. Determined to win, and to win big. One sign at the docks read: No cheating at any time during the tournament or else you will be disqualified and there will be NO REFUND! This includes no buying of fish from other anglers, and no dynamite of any kind! Jack did not need to do any of these things to win. He was confident enough he could win on his own ways and follow all rules.
As the day went on, Jack had done caught well over forty fish and only kept what he felt was needed to win. A 5 bass minimum was all he was allowed to bring into the weigh in at the end of the day. His largest weighing in at a whopping 12.5 lbs along with three others closing in at 9.0 lbs each. To Jack he was not worried about losing at this point. He knew he had it won. Weigh in time was coming near and Jack was on his way back in when something went wrong with his boat. He looked down at all the gauges and they seem to be working ok except for one. One gauge that should allow more attention than any other gauge. The Gas Gauge! Jack was in trouble and he had no other gas on board.
Luck was about to come in favor for Jack as he sat there in the middle of the water thinking. A black and red striped bass boat noticed him as it pulled up. In this boat was a tall long legged beautiful woman who also was fishing close by stood up and asked him if everything was ok. He asked the lady if she wouldn’t mind as to tow him back to the weigh in station. She agreed and they were on their way. Jack thought deeply in his mind on the way back to weigh in at how stupid he could be for not bring extra gas. As he neared the weigh in station the lady stuck around and watched as the rest of the event took place rooting Jack on. With no doubt Jack had won the tournament but will we ever know if Jack and the long legged beautiful lady had ever went on a date from that day on.
I like this guys ingenuity and his resourcefulness!
All he had to do was wait and this prayers were answered!