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My Fish Finder Main => General Fishing Discussion => Topic started by: taxid on May 17, 2018, 08:35 AM
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https://www.facebook.com/Bradsfishingadventure/videos/1688120434556899/
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awesome
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And sadly not that far from the truth.
Someone once told me if you want good entertainment set up a lawn chair with some popcorn near a big busy boat ramp. ;D
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Takes me 2 - 4 minutes to launch or pull out. I have seen people take 30 minutes. Cant back up trailer straight. Cant drive boat onto trailer because of current. Cant reach front hook. Do not want to get wet by going into water. Engine is still locked in the back. Plug not in. List goes on for days but the ones that really get me are the ones that back up and THEN attach the ropes, take straps off, put plug in. etc..... All reasons why I prefer to fish during the week days.
Funny side story seen someone put there boat in with straps still on and kept backing up because the boat was not lifting/floating. long story short the entire boat was flooded and they just took off and went home. hahaha! Felt bad but man were we dying laughing. Was not easy for them to get back up the ramp either with the extra 1000K lbs of water.
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neat video. :thumbup_smilie:
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I think everyone whos had a boat can recall at least 1 or 2 traumatizing launch moments. I can admit to breaking my strap last year having forgotten to remove it.
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Yeah had the plug out once launching and yelled to the driver pull it out pull it out as the boat flooded. Also forgot to take the back straps off and couldn't figure out why the d**n boat wouldn't come off the trailer! ;D
But as far as backing in never had any issues there unless the ramp was crap which sometimes they are.
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what's facebook?
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That was funny , my boat floats my trailer lmao , forgot to unhook the stern tie down straps , and right in front of 2 buds , omg did I get busted on , it was great 🤪
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if anyone says they've never done something stupid at the launch....they're "lying fishermen"...i may or may not have had more than one stupid moment. ;D
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That was funny , my boat floats my trailer lmao , forgot to unhook the stern tie down straps , and right in front of 2 buds , omg did I get busted on , it was great 🤪
And I bet they still bring it up! ;D
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Just last Friday, I’m with my buddy in his truck, we get to the boat launch, got lined up and backed right in. We got out to unhook and grab the dock line when we realized we forgot to undo the straps holding it to the trailer, and the trailer is floating with the boat.
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And I bet they still bring it up! ;D
Omg my buds are absolutely ruthless , great guys lmao ,,
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My new to me big boat uses a transom saver which I never needed before with my other boat. So the first day I get the boat wet, all goes well, I pull the boat out of the launch afterwards and start buttoning it up, taking off my downriggers, stowing all my gear... I put the straps on and the transom saver, then walk around and notice the boat is not all the way to the bow stop. I can't crank it more, so I need to float it again. I take the straps off and float the boat, then crank the winch. Looks like it's all the way to the bow stop so I pull it up the ramp and hear "SNAP!!!" No idea why, I go back to see my transom saver laying in pieces on the launch. I never took it off before trying to readjust the boat on the trailer, so when I winched it up it broke. I have also just about sank a boat at the launch by forgetting the plug- that isn't even noteworthy.
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My new to me big boat uses a transom saver which I never needed before with my other boat. So the first day I get the boat wet, all goes well, I pull the boat out of the launch afterwards and start buttoning it up, taking off my downriggers, stowing all my gear... I put the straps on and the transom saver, then walk around and notice the boat is not all the way to the bow stop. I can't crank it more, so I need to float it again. I take the straps off and float the boat, then crank the winch. Looks like it's all the way to the bow stop so I pull it up the ramp and hear "SNAP!!!" No idea why, I go back to see my transom saver laying in pieces on the launch. I never took it off before trying to readjust the boat on the trailer, so when I winched it up it broke. I have also just about sank a boat at the launch by forgetting the plug- that isn't even noteworthy.
Yup!
Same here partner.
Never used a transom saver.
First trip with it on forgot to remove it.
Boat wouldn't come off the trailer.
Couldn't figure it out.
We pulled like crazy on the ropes.
Pulled it back out and the transom saver's mount on the trailer was all busted and bent to $hip.
And have done the plug thing too many times to count over the 40+ years I've owned boats.
We all have stories.
lol
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Omg my buds are absolutely ruthless , great guys lmao ,,
I was once on a solo fishing/camping trip with the dog while the wife was in Germany with her students. I wrote a letter to her dated on her birthday but forgot to say Happy Birthday. I will NEVER EVER live that one down!
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Ouch ,
so I stopped at the tackle shop today and a few buds were in there told them about this thread , they all laughed and started telling on them selves holy crap did we get a ton of laughs out of that , I think the one that went to the head of the class , guy was holding the boat 1 foot on the dock and the other was on the gunnel it pulled away and yep he spread eagled and splash, in March , it was a soprano kind of sound 😳
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I'd pay to see that!
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Ive done the drain plug thing a few times. One time I had a coworker with me. We were about a 1/4 mile from the launch when he picks up the plug off the deck and asks is this "trash"? Had to make our way back and put it on the trailer to drain, it took over 10 minutes. I almost sank it!
Another time Bigred had launched me in the mohawk in his boat...330am in the morning...I ended up getting the boat stuck in shallow water right near the dock and in my haste to get unstuck, with the motor trimmed up, roosted lance, my buddy and two other dudes standing near by. I wasn't use to how quick the yamahas throttle was compared to my looper. Boy was there laughs after that.
Ive also seen someone drop their rig off a roller trailer and saw another guy in peril when backing down to launch the trailer frame broke, specifically the cross beam and slammed his boat right on the pavement. Obviously not using solid judgement the guy pushes the boat into the water, launches, parks his trailer like nothing happened and goes out on the lake.