Started the day about 1.5 miles from the 121/128 cutoff with a blowout on the trailer tire. Shredded. We didn't have an allen key to take either the shredded tire or spare off so was trying to call for help but no signal. Fortunately a couple tubers (who I did tell about joining the club) stopped and gave me a lift to the cutoff and store there. The store hadn't opened yet but was only 1/2 hour till opening.
Here's a pic of the tire.
Ended up borrowing an allen wrench set from the guys at the store and started my walk back. Finally a truck gave me a lift back and we started changing everything out.
We got on the water around 9:30 and sucked most of the day until we found a jig bite and got some nice quality including a 3lb 4oz largemouth in the pic.
When we were heading home as we got into Napa we noticed on the same tire smoke coming out of the area. We thought initially it was the brakes and tried to gently ride it and make stops for a while. By the time we hit the outside of Vallejo it was smoking way to bad and we got to a shopping center. This was about 6:30 PM and when I walked along the trailer I heard a nasty gurggling sound and figured it was the bearings.
Pic of the former bearings
It took AAA over 3.5 hours to get a flat bed to us and we finally arrived home after midnight (and I wake up around 4:30 to go to work...).
What a day. At least we caught a few fish and got to wear our jersey's for the first time!
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