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Author:
SkeeterRon
Date:
Jul 07, 2008
Subject:
Dumb Boaters
Message:
Ok, We have all seen these guys on the water doing STUPID things that make us wonder "What the hell is this guy thinking". Maybe if we post what we seen some how if those stupid people read this post they just might learn form it. Here are two stories I recently witnessed that I had to just sit back and laugh. First, Last week I'm out on Silver Lake and I noticed the back end of a Tracker just about to go under the water and a guy bailing his boat out as fast as he could. I motor over and asked if he needed help. He screamed, "YES, I'M SINKING". I asked him "Did you put the plug in the boat"? At that moment, he stood up and looked at me with this deer in the headlight look and said Crap!. He pulled the plug out of his pocket and reached over the side and installed it. He was ok after that. Second, Last week I went to Winchester Lake to fish the stumps. Well during the day, this guy got his jon boat stunk on a stump just under the water line. He was moving along with his trolling motor and did not see this stump. He hit the stump in just a way that it ended up in the middle of the boat, so now picture this. 14' jon boat with two guys in it, one in the front, one in the back and the boat was balancing back and forth, just teetering. Funny as hell. The two guys worked for 10 minutes to get off the stump without tipping the boat over. Long stony short they got off the stump and kept fishing. Yes, it was me and a buddy from the Fire House. We dam near pissed our pants laughing so hard. OMG, I can only imagine what it looked like from shore. Ok, your turn.
Author:
slimecoat
Date:
Jul 07, 2008
Message:
Ron, Now I know why you had your aluminum boat next to your garage. You were patching the hole in the bottom, caused by that stump you were teetering on at Winchester.
Author:
slimecoat
Date:
Jul 07, 2008
Message:
I've got an even dumber story than that. I was waiting to load my boat back on the trailer after a tournament, when this guy proceeds to try to load his boat onto his trailer with the electric trolling motor still in the down position. Needless to say, he crashed the trolling motor into the back end of the trailer, bending the stainless steel shaft to the point it could not be repaired. Yes it was me. But the story is actually worse, I was in a borrowed boat of another angler that fishes the same club, luckily he is a close friend, and was very understanding. I had dropped my partner off on the shore, to go get the truck, so I backed out into deeper water with the outboard. I left the outboard running, and then decided to tidy up my rods, which were underneath the stowed troling motor, so I dropped the trolling motor back into the water while I waited for my partner to get the truck and trailer. You can see where this is going!! He backs the trailer into the water, and I never remembered putting the trolling motor down, so I never looked to make sure it was up, and didn't notice it was down. I was so focused on putting the boat dead center on the trailer, that I still didn't notice the trolling motor in the water, even when he was yelling to me out the back window. I still couldn't hear him over the outboard, and by the time I figured out what he was yelling, it was too late, I jumped up, ran to the front of the boat, I had the trolling motor rope in my hand when CRASH. What an idiot! I think I said OHHHHHHHHHh @#$%^&&#, I felt terrible, and I knew I had just parted with about $400. So yes, I bought him a new trolling motor, and all is well. Lesson definately learned the hard way. Will you guys keep it down, I can hear you laughing from here.
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