It had been fifteen years since the three of us had been together. All through high school as well as collage we hung out together. We were like the three musketeers. However, after graduation we all needed to go our separate ways.
By now the three of us had great jobs, married, kids, and a house and were doing well for ourselves and had earned some time off. It was as if fate made us call each other, and when we talked, it was odd; we all had the same plan in mind, to go on a fishing trip. We always had a great time fishing together growing up. We made plans to meet in our hometown then rent a large SUV for the trip. Since we all still had family there we knew we could pick up gear there as well as see our families.
We all made it into town about the same time and made a short visit with our families. We had set up the SUV ahead of time and it was ready. Our families had gathered the fishing gear we needed so we did not take long to pack up. It was a 12-hour drive to our cabin at the lake we reserved and we had all been up since 6 am. With the flight time in and packing up we were all worn, but excited about the trip.
Since the SUV was in my name I was first to drive. We had the GPS and maps laid out and we ready to go. As we pulled out and headed down the road, Joe popped in some tunes and said, "Let's get this party started!"
Tom piped up and said, "One more stop and we are ready." Joe and I looked at each other and smiled saying in unison, "Beer!" We all three laughed.
We stopped to get the coolers filled and picked up a few bottles of Capt. Morgan. We had a road trip.
We headed north and our trip was off to a good start. We talked and laughed about the past and present catching up on all of the things that used to be and those that are now, and we all agreed, our wives were a pain in the ass. Hell this was number 2 for Joe, Tom had only been married for seven years. That made me the old maid, being married for ten years.
Before we knew it we needed gas. We gassed up and were off again. We took turns driving now so no one got burnt out but we were to excited about the trip to sleep. After a few more stops we were there, and it was in the early morning hour when we arrived. We had called the cabin manager earlier to let him know when we would get to camp and he told us how to find our cabin and the key would be under the mat.
We pulled up to the cabin and found the key, letting ourselves in. It was then we caught our second wind, we unpacked while having a beer and picked our rooms. We set up the place and stored food and fishing gear like a team, but then we always did work well together. By now we had everything stowed and had drank several beers. Tom broke out the Capt. and we toasted our trip, each taking a slug from the bottle. We downed another beer and decided to crash.
All three of us slept late into the day, it was ten am before anyone woke. Since all three of us were early risers, this was late for us. Grabbing a quick bite to eat we checked on the boat we had rented. Everything seemed great. We loaded the boat with our gear and coolers and were ready to push off.
Then Tom asked, "Where is the live bait?" We all looked at each other as if, "you were to get it" but we had all screwed up.
So we reverted to our old games, Rock, Paper, and Scissors. Joe lost and had to go to the bait store. Joe stepped out of the boat and I tossed him the keys to the SUV, and a beer. Tom and I went out in the boat to scout for good fishing areas.
We saw Joe head off as we motored out onto the lake. It was a large lake and was known for its good fishing. Since this was not the time of day to fish, Tom and I used the map and GPS to scout for some good spots.
By now Joe had reached the local bait and tackle store.
The story picks up from Joe's eyes.
As I pulled up to the storefront I thought to myself, it looked like most lake front stores but when I got inside it seemed more of a "Quickie-Mart" as we would know it, but with a room just for fishing supplies off to the side. As I walked in, I saw an elderly man sitting near a potbelly stove; I asked him where the live bait was. He looked me up and down and did not say a word, then pointed to the backroom. I thought he was an unfriendly old cuss.
I headed to the back into a room and found it full of tackle, poles, and lures, and near the back was a wall of glass doors, like in the beer isle, but it was not beer behind them, it was live bait.
It was then a woman stepped out to greet me; she surprised me making me jump. She giggled then said, "I am sorry if I startled you." as she smiled at me. Then she asked, "Is there something you need?"
Now I was not sure if it was "her" or what she said that seemed like a come on, but it got my attention. I cleared my thoughts and told her I needed some live bait. She looked at me then brushed her hand across her tit while asking, "What are you fishing for?"
Ok, now I know she was coming on to me. She was a very nice looking girl, in her mid twenties I would guess, and well built. Even wearing the sundress I could see she had well-rounded breasts.
Without thinking I said, "Breast." Then stammering I said, "Bass!" She was smiling so wide at my slip up. She walked over to me and placed my hands on her tits, then asked, "you like them big?"