Fishing with Jack Daniels

[EddieS'04]

A Jack Daniels Fishing Story



I went fishing this morning but after a short time I ran out of worms. Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good bass bait.



Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket.



Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit. So, I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in its mouth. His eyes rolled back, he went limp. I released him into the lake without incident and carried on fishing using the frog.



A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot. There was that same snake with two frogs in his mouth.



Life is good in the South.



Aint it the truth !!!

 

[Shaun Tucker]

BAHAHAHAHA.. I gotta go pick me up a bottle of JD now! Thanks for the reminder Eddie

 

[H D]

Hilarious. :bwahaha:



Life IS good in the South. I got made fun of in NY a couple weeks ago because I brought a handle of Jack with me. I guess I'm a little too redneck. Should have brought cheap dessert wines like everyone else. That would have been classier.



I've had very expensive whiskeys and scotches, one that was a 35 year old scotch even, and many top of the line cognacs (thanks to my Vietnamese best friend). Nothing compares to a few sips of room temperature Jack. I have it on my bucket list to tour the JD distillery.



By the way, I've had that JD handle since May. Still 9/10 of the bottle left. In college, it wouldn't have lasted a weekend. I guess I'm getting old. Going to do some work on it tonight at the lake. :haveabeer:

 

[Gerry Mac]

Awesome fish story.

 

[Shaun Tucker]

how about that whiskey they found buried in the ice in the antarctic? century old scotch and nobody will ever taste it. sad.:cry:

 

[Kevin Lang]

century old scotch and nobody will ever taste it.

Only time I've ever had scotch was in Quebec, at a Brossard branch of le SAQ.



Tried something everyone recommended, Johnny Walker Red.



Worst booze I've ever had. Ever.



Then I went over to the Bourbon side of things, and all was good. Charlie Sheen was right, in regards to whiskey, though I'm still a Rum & Gin kind of guy.



Maybe the archeologists had a similar scotch experience.

I have it on my bucket list to tour the JD distillery.

Hopefully this fall I'll be doing the Bourbon Trail. This June I did the Woodbine Preserve, but didn't get to do the full tour due to time. Good salesmanship, good product, and good policy in that they really didn't give 2 (expletives) about the disrespectful and crass act of asking for ID.



:back2topic:

On the snake, getting hit in the head was worth it.



"And Don't Just Buy booze, that ain't food!"

"Whaddya mean, 'booze ain't food' ??! I'd rather...than admit that!"

 

[Tom Schindler]

Hopefully this fall I'll be doing the Bourbon Trail.

Did it in 2008. 7 distilleries in 2 days.



Buffalo Trace

Woodford Reserve

Four Roses

Wild Turkey

Heaven Hill

Jim Beam

Makers Mark



Wild Turkey and Jim Beam did not give samples. Heaven Hill had a really nice place that gave you a an education on Bourbon. Did not stay long at Woodford Reserve and Makers Mark. Buffalo Trace and Wild Turkey let you get a good sample of booze.





Tom

 

[Kevin Lang]

Pretty cool, Caymen. 7 distilleries in 2 days would be the weekend I wouldn't remember...



How much is a good sample, iyo? I ask as Woodford (I mistyped earlier, btw) dispensed 2 shots of their 90.4 proof stuff as I went in the door. I have some cool pix of the grounds as I was paranoid about driving the ST for a good long while after that.

 

[Bill Barber]

Wife and I went thru the Odwalla fruit juice factory a few weeks back.

samples were FREE:banana:

 

[Kevin Lang]

Wait, since do you have to pay for food samples anywhere? IMO that defeats the purpose of a sample.



I'd rather have the fruit than just its juice.