Our story opens with Ozzie at the sporting goods store with the clerk trying to sell him a lure. The clerk asks him if he is going fishing this weekend and Ozzie figures he will. He tells him to make sure to rent a boat but if he doesn't he can buy this one. Joe is there and objects and says that it is his boat. Ozzie asks if he has finally decided to buy the boat. Joe says he hasn't quite yet.
Darby and Doc are at Ozzie's garage getting ready for the fishing trip mocking him for the fishing lure he bought. They are surprised when Joe pulls up with the boat from the sporting goods store. After Darby and Doc leave, Ozzie asks if he has told Clara yet. He told her he hasn't had the chance yet and was going to when the girls got back from shopping. That's why he drove the boat over to Ozzie's house. Ozzie asks if he is afraid to tell Clara and he says of course not.
When the girls get home, he tries to butter her up to let her know. Clara tells him about the dining room set she saw at the store but she didn't buy it. She wanted to talk with him before buying something big. When the girls see the boat, he leads Clara to believe that Ozzie was the one who bought the boat. Ozzie now becomes the keeper of Joe's boat until he can tell her the truth.
I always love Ozzie and Joe getting in trouble with their wives. This was a nice change of pace since this involved Joe getting in trouble with Clara.