Say hello to FISBO

FISBO The Fishing Boat

A character idea I developed from one of my previous stories posted here on my blog about a legendary fishing boat. Although, I didn't want Fisbo to be an old boat, I wanted him to be admired by children. In the story of the 'Legend on the Clarence', the boat survives all major floods in its time and a strong little boat. I wanted to adopt the idea of Fisbo being a little boat, but I thought the flood concept could be a flaw of Fisbo.

"FISBO the fishing boat is a cute little boat owned by Shipbuilder Mr Fredrick in Harrington. He goes out catching fish everyday and is a really friendly boat. Fisbo's best friend is FROG, a young green frog who Fisbo rescued from a floating signpost in the middle of the river.

One thing that Fisbo doesn't like is floods.

One previous day, Fisbo crossed the river with Frog to pick up a crate and bring it back to Harrington. As Fisbo was making his way back across the river, a flood came and a log rammed his hull. The log put a hole in Fisbo's hull and he started to sink, but luckily he just arrived to the dock. Mr Fredrick quickly tied him down so he wouldn't float away. From that day on Fisbo became afraid of floods."

He likes the colour blue and is very friendly. Fisbo has other boat friends on the river near Harrington: BILL THE TUGBOAT, JESSE THE FISHING BOAT, GUS THE PADDLE-BOAT AND BOB THE TRAWLER. Occasionally, Fisbo will see STEVE THE BATTLESHIP when out deep sea fishing.