The Funniest Thing Youve Ever Seen On The Water Or At The Ramp 2024
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
We all have those just funny moments, like an idiot that only gets out on the water once a year trying to launch his boat, or your partner falling in while trying to lip a fish. Whats your funny moment?
A-Jay reply :
I've seen a few, though most of them have happened right at the boat ramp.
A-Jay
Dwight Hottle reply :
Watching a guy pull his boat from the water & up the ramp while his outdrive was in the lowered position & his wife yelling at him to stop. He didn't until he got up to the staging area. Then they proceeded to argue about who was right. 
Fishes in trees reply :
You've got to like it when you get to witness the classic launching without the drain plug. It is even funnier when they just "bump" the boat off and then the plug isn't in, the motor doesn't start and they forgot to plug in the trolling motor.
The most unusual was a guy I saw a couple of years ago who had a brand new 17' Tracker. He was done for the day, had the trailer set in the water and was out in the water, wearing hip boots, trying to guide the boat on to the trailer in a cross wind. Me, and a couple of other guys, in line to take out, gathered to watch. It was an older guy, older than me, anyway. A dozen times or so , he almost got it set on the trailer the way he wanted it, but then the cross wind caught it and blew it off and he had to start all over.
"Whatcha doin" ? I inquire. He replied that this cross wind was a pain in the butt, but that he would be finished soon. OK need any help - No, I got it, this new boat is just a little heavier than my last boat and it drifts different when I load it on my trailer. OK . . . . New boat, huh? Yep. .. ..
You know that is a drive on trailer, right? Rather than messing with the rope the way you're doing it, you can just set the trailer in the water, set your parking brake and then just drive the boat on to the trailer.
He replied that he just didn't want to skuff up his trailer. OK then, at that point the only thing to do is to pop a top and watch the show. He got it on the trailer in another ten minutes or so.
fishva reply :
I watched a husband and wife team (who had obviously rented a pontoon boat) nearly have a dropdown fight while trying to dock it.
At one point, the man was able to get the rear of the boat next to the dock. He convinced his wife to jump out with the paddle. Standing on the dock, she held the other end of the paddle out to him. I could tell what he was thinking, and it was a bad plan. She would pull the boat to the dock (why they didn't use a rope I will never know).
With her on the dock and the paddle in her hand, he hit the throttle (I guess thinking the force would pull them together). Instead, his wife went flying off the dock into the water. She threw the paddle at the boat, called him every name in the book,and left him to figure it out on his own.
Raul reply :
Quckly sliding the boat in the lake and staring at it like if you were hypnotized as you see it filling with water because you forgot to put the plug, the idiot was none other than I. It´s still funny !.
basscatcher8 reply :
I always laugh when I come into the dock and a group is trying to load a ski boat and they got people in the water on each side holding it so the guy can drive up the ramp. I've seen a few doing this get mad at the fishermen that were passing by and loading up before they could even think about it. lol
geo g reply :
I have watch guys including myself, back the boat in the water with the rope untied from the boat to the trailer. Nothing like watching the boat float off on its own to points unknown.
BigKev77 reply :
The other day I sat down to tie on a spinnerbait, I put a trailer hook on and I tossed it over the side of the boat. Unfortunately I missed the important step of tying the lure on the line.
big poppa reply :
1.) A few years back I muffed up a cast and landed my T rig in a up in a tree. The hook got caught on a branch so I yanked it free sending a 3/8oz bullet sinker straight into my brothers nards.
2.)Fish finder transducer ripped off during a trip last season leaving 2 nice holes in the transom of the boat. It was 1/8 mile to the ramp as the water got to be about an inch deep at the center bench of the jon boat.
3.) Watched two crew team (large 12 person row boats) boats hit each other dumping 24 people into the middle of the lake.
RighteousFishing WI reply :
Last year I went pan fishing with the old man, and he forgot to grab the seat for the back deck, so I sat on a bucket. Set the hook on a fish a little to hard tipped over, strait in the water I went.
Bankbeater reply :
Over the years I have seen several people fall in the water while setting the hook.
WIGuide reply :
Boat landings are the funniest! One of the best I've seen was this older couple. The wife was younger than the guy and I'd say probably pushing 300 lbs and the husband was quite the opposite. Anyway, the landing at this particular lake had two ramps. One of them has a hole on one side at the end of the concrete which can be reached with a trailer tire when the water is low and it just so happened to be. The lady starts to back the trailer down with their van, decides to pick that ramp, and what do you know manages to hit the hole right in the middle and the trailer drops. She didn't notice it, and her husband didn't either. He's in the water monkeying around trying to get the boat on the trailer and finally does after much struggle. Wife is still sitting in the van tries to pull it out and does nothing but starts roasting a tire on the 1 wheeled wonder. She tries to back up to get a little more run at it and you hear the axle scraping on the concrete. They start hollering at one another as she guns it again and gets nowhere. After another 10 minutes of arguing and then getting the boat back off the trailer, the lady gets in the water. She walks over and picks up that side of the trailer with one hand as the guy pulls up. Then they spend another 10 minutes getting the boat back on the trailer. It was quite the entertaining half hour for me as a little kid!
Z71Bassin reply :
I have always had a two man pond hoppin boat that a use occasionally. Once my dad and I went fishing in it. It was a really cool morning during the spring. I would say the water temp was not in the mid 50's yet, and there was a pretty strong wind blowing. My dad gets in the boat just fine. I'm next! I put one foot in and a strong wind swings that back of the boat around. I grab onto the dock, and finally get my other foot in the boat. Now I stretched out about 7 feet from dock too boat. You could have walked across my back (look like a bridge over water) haha. My dad is laughing his butt off. Finally, in a last ditch ever I pull myself all the way back to the dock! He is still laughin, and by this time I am mad but laughin. I am little worn out at this time, so I say what the heck I jumped in! I was pretty cold that day, but hey we put some nice ones in the boat that day. It was worth it! besides freezing my nads off.
200racing reply :
We had just launched and were at the dock getting everything set. A guy was launching solo a nice big stratos. as his hold rope got taunt your heard the click of a carabiner,then the rope fell off into the water. There came a 20' boat right as us. We were able get our hands on the gunnel and push it back to the dock. The owner was very grateful. Being a smart*** I asked if finders keepers applied.
Nice_Bass reply :
a fish and ski was trying to be pulled out by a small/midsize truck and was only screeching its back tires as it was a pretty steep ramp. Guy had his whole family there and had them all get on the front hood for more weight and traction and still, just back tires screeching. We went over to help and noticed that it was clearly just a rear wheel drive vehicle and mentioned this to him. He busted up laughing and said it was just one of those days. I am sure we all have had one, and we all got on his back bumper and pushed and told him to just not gun it and run us over.
He was embarrassed and should not have been- boat ramps can be hectic with children with you.
I have seen much better non family friendly events that I enjoyed much more- usually in specific "coves" of various lakes throughout the Midwest.
Lund Explorer reply :
Boat ramps are fun, what with the people trying to launch or load. We watched a couple drop their 24-26' fishing boat onto the ramp three feet shy of the water one morning. Lesson learned for those with rollers instead of bunks to not unhook the bow eye until the boat is floating. I've seen more than one drain plug issue, and can proudly say two of them involved yours truly.
But for excitement, you can't beat the trusty pontoon boat.
There was the day my long time tournament partner and I were fishing docks and Mike skipped a 1/8oz sinker right into the back end of the float. Sounded like a rifle shot. We didn't have any idea that the owner's wife was sunbathing on the back bench seat that day, or that she was trying to get a tan without the strap line, if you know what I mean. Needless to say, Mike and I could never return to that lake without fishing that dock!
The second time was a tournament when we noticed a pontoon boat drifting across the lake with apparently no one onboard. Thinking that someone's boat had blown away from their dock, we went over to investigate. We were almost there when the gentleman on the boat lifted up off the floor where he and his significant other were testing the "motion of the ocean" effect. I guess he didn't need any help because he waved us off quite frantically.
Yup, you gotta love those pontoon boats.
Catt reply :
Brand new 1990 Corvette Singray pulling a Skeeter, three times he backed down the ramp, three times he never got the trailer tires wet!
ColdSVT reply :
My buddy pulled my boat up the dock and i jumped off to go get my truck...the dock was wet and i slipped and fell snd skipped off the far side of the dock and into drink...i still giggle at myself over that
kms399 reply :
first time in a real bass boat. the boat was pulled up on the sand and I put one foot in and went to shove off with my other foot just as my buddy started backing up with the motor. being completely off balance I half fell and grabbed the trolling motor with one foot dragging in the water and one in the boat. I am 300 lbs so it was pretty tuff trying to get in the boat. buddy laughed his ass off when he noticed me struggling to get in the boat.
bigbill reply :
We launch the used boat my son just purchased. The motor wouldn't start as the water is coming up threw a crack in the main beam. I left the boat. The son knew the leak was there he has been out before in it. He tried to fix it with cheese cloth and resin. It didn't work. I cleaned the crack and applied the resin by itself and repaired it.
Another time my son forgot to put the plug in the boat. We were on the ramp.
My son is very smart with two degrees in robotics and engineering. Some exceptionally smart people lack some common sense. I worked with engineers for most of my life the PhD's are even worse.
buzzed bait reply :
it would be me, falling in the 50 degree water AT THE RAMP, trying to get in my kayak like i had never done it before.....
WRB reply :
Working at a boat landing, today called marinas, as a teenager I have witnessed some strange things, not necessarily funny. When you see a new rig being towed by new vehicles it's almost a guaranteed disaster about to unfold. Backing down the ramp with several people shouting directions sometimes ends up the the rig and vehicle underwater. Arguments are common, especially on holidays.
The strangest launch that I watched was a guy with a runabout outdrive back rig down, unhook the trailer and push the boat attached to the trailer into the water and park the car. He returned, the family got into the boat via the trailer tongue, the guy started up the engine back up with the trailer still attached and motored away. I didn't see them return and have no idea what happened to them.
We rented boats with and without outboard motors and some guys rent the boat and have their own motors. I usually help them looking for tip. One morning I rented a boat without a motor, the guy didn't want any help. Normally we side tie the boat to the dock, this guy untied the back pulling the bow next to the dock, picked up the motor, a heavy 25 hp Johnson and put it on hid shoulder, step into the boat front seat and walked towards the stern with the motor on his shoulder. The guy got to the stern about the same time the bow rope went tight, he step off the backend of the boat and disappeared underwater. I ran jumped into the boat and couldn't see him until he walked out of the lake up the shore with the motor still on his shoulder, then slipped and fell down.
The customer went home, changed cloths and rented the boat with a motor.
Tom
PS, the guy brought the wet motor back to try to start, left it to dry out. I removed the plugs, blew out the carb and mag, got it running. When the customer returned from fishing all he said was thanks and took his motor....no tip!
Edited by WRBnotevenanibble reply :
happened to me last summer,
i was paddling my canoe up a small creek trying to get to a hidden pond off a river, there were trees and logs going everywhere so it required quite a bit of maneuvering. as i was going under a low tree limb and i notice spiders all over the branches/leaves. i'm not a fan of spiders so i tried ducking out of the way of the leaves. what i ended up doing was tipping myself out of my canoe. pretty much everything stayed in the canoe but me and i was now in chest deep muddy water and sinking into the silt as i frantically tried to get to the bank.
i made it to the bank with some seriously scrapped up shins and a drowned iphone, paddled back to the mouth of the creek collected myself before trying again. im really lucky there were no water moccasins around.
slonezp reply :
Watched a guy drop a brand new 25'+ cruiser off a roller trailer onto the gravel parking lot.
Nitrofreak reply :
Two college girls towing two jet ski's for the first time , pull down the ramp and tried very hard to figure out how they were going to get the ski's off , I told them to back up the ramp and turn around , the trailer needs to go in the water first !! True story !!
tomustang reply :
Married couples arguing at the ramp.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
On 4/30/2014 at 12:03 PM, BigKev77 said:The other day I sat down to tie on a spinnerbait, I put a trailer hook on and I tossed it over the side of the boat. Unfortunately I missed the important step of tying the lure on the line.
That happened to me, but with a 25$ sinking swimbait. 
DILLY07 reply :
Ive seen a guy just backing up the trailer down the ramp and its pretty slick on the ramp with the slime and stuff on the ramp. He walked down with his buddy to unstrap the boat, once the driver got to the bottom of the ramp, he slipped and fell and scraped his elbow pretty bad. I couldnt stop laughing.
jhoffman reply :
My motor is an orig 92 two stroke, someone has a story about me somewhere I'm sure.
reb67 reply :
Pulled up to the boat ramp seen a large group of people standing on the dock looking at the water I walked up to see what was going on and the only thing I seen was a car radio antenna sticking out of the water. It seems an older gentleman forgot to put the plug in the boat and the weight of the sinking boat pulled his older model station wagon down the ramp and into the water that's right boat, motor, trailer and car under water. The local paper even posted a picture of the antenna sticking out of the water.
A-Jay reply :
Saw this go floating by - didn't know what to think . . .
A-Jay
THE_Vue's reply :
He thought it was in drive.
tatertester reply :
Never ceases to amaze me , but, every year some fisherman have to fish the last ice that is not yet melted in the spring.......Invariably some body pushes his luck too far and their truck sinks through the weak ice and sinks to the bottom of the lake......Not hardly worth it to get the last panfish supper....A local barber did just that with his brand spankin new Ford pickup, my oh my!
plumworm reply :
Not trying to promote another web site, but try (lake-link.com.) It is mostly Wisconsin but under "Outdoor Discussions" they have a thread called "Boat launch Idiots" going back 10 years. Crack a beer, and enjoy. My Brother has always told me to really enjoy the outdoors on a holiday weekend , buy a case of beer, bring a chair and head to a well used boat ramp.
mjseverson24 reply :
These are the reasons i go to the lake very early(before others get there), and leave very late(after most leave)... I have backed up and launched too many boats that did not belong to me because people bought a truck instead of a SUV and don't know how to use their mirrors...
Mitch
bworthey reply :
I didn't fully witness it but heard all of it - my parents and grandmother and myself were cat fishing one day when I heard everyone scrambling down the bank from me. My grandmother telling my dad don't move, let me get the net. My dad had caught a monster cat apparently and it was right on the bank, he moved his pole and the hook popped out - fish still laying there, he reaches down to get it and fish flops in water. I hear him yell, my fish, then I hear a big splash! My dad jumped in after that fish! He said it was the biggest one he'd ever seen!
Diggy reply :
blongfishing reply :
I'm with the other people on setting the hook badly. I set the hook on a carp when I was 8 or 9. Fell in the water. Then reeled it in while in the water put the fish on the dock then got out.
boostr reply :
On 5/3/2014 at 4:15 AM, Diggy said:
Some people are just plain dumb, probably a Guido tryin to unload his jet ski.
boostr reply :
Oh wait he still backing up.
boostr reply :
Check out the guy on the dock "nice boat".
greyleg33 reply :
Show a little mercy, guys. We all had to learn. My guess is even after learning we still make mistakes. I know I do.
boostr reply :
Knowing myself, when I get my boat I'll probably be one of those dummies.
neodave10 reply :
This is my sons first catch! hilarious!
The Guy reply :
On 4/30/2014 at 8:11 AM, geo g said:I have watch guys including myself, back the boat in the water with the rope untied from the boat to the trailer. Nothing like watching the boat float off on its own to points unknown.
I did that once, had to go for a swim
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 5/4/2014 at 4:22 AM, neodave10 said:This is my sons first catch! hilarious!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reminds me of when I caught my first catfish. I saw them whiskers, and I was off like a bullet!
Comfortably Numb reply :
Cryoglobin reply :
Well, this is kinda funny and kinda not...........
But, one summer (mid-July) morning I took out a little john boat onto Caddo lake. If you don't know Caddo, it is on the TX/LA border. The TX side is a huge maze of cypress sloughs draped with spanish moss. There is no visibility, and it is VERY easy to get lost. I knew the water pretty well, and even then, I did not stray too far outside what I was very familiar with. Well, there is this one hole I knew well and had caught some good fish out of. I almost always went there to start. It was about a 30 minute drive through some of the maze to get there. Well, I came around a corner in a channel and found two very bedraggled individuals in a boat similar to mine waving me down. Turns out they went out the previous morning fishing (with zebcos and nightcrawlers) and managed to get lost in the maze running out the battery on their trolling motor. They were too scared of gators and snakes to get out and swim/walk. In the heat of the afternoon, they polished off all their water and made the decision at some point to drink the lake water. Bad call. During the night both of their bowels had cut loose. They reeked, I mean I could smell it before I got 20 feet from the boat. And, on top of that, both of them had mosquito bites on every piece of exposed skin. I am talking hundreds of bites. I loaded them up and took them over to the state park. Then I went back and towed the boat back.
Honestly, it is a good thing I came on them because between their rear end discharge problems, no potable water, and the heat, I am not sure how long they would have lasted.
Finesse7 reply :
My cousin and I ran out of gas on the boat ramp in the middle of the mountains. We had to walk all over to find some gas, and our truck just sat there blocking everyone from loading their boat.
fishinthedacks reply :
Sitting at a boat launch in Florida on a gorgeous day in the evening watched about twenty successful retrieves. Then this one guy tries pulling an almost 40 ft boat out with his f150 when the ramp was soaked. So a guy in his Silverado offers to pull both the f150 and boat out of the water and he too gets pulled back by the weight of the boat and slippery algae ramp. So finally a full size dodge pulls them all out and is smart enough to hook up with enough room between the Chevy and the wet cement so he actually started out where it was nice and dry... Now id only the Chevy had thought of that. I'm a ford man and it was a sad day for me. But hopefully that guy went out and got a 250-350-450... Anything but a 150 for that monster of an ocean boat. Just total ignorance. The best part was the guy in the dodges wife took 5000 pictures so you know that guys still bragging about his dodge 10 years later.
David D. reply :
I watched a young teenager use boats as an obstacle course at a marina once. His fun ended when he got his foot caught in sailboat rigging and tried to jump to another boat... Only to have the rope go tight and leave him going face-first into the side of the next boat.
BassCats reply :
Brand new Truck, Brand new Boat.
bassmaster99 reply :
Was at a club tournament and a guy in the club was pulling his 2012 ranger out of the water and I guess his son didn't drive it up on to the trailer enough and he proceeded to drop the boat on the ramp half in the water half out. It was painful to watch him slide it back in and drive it on the trailer again.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 5/2/2014 at 4:06 AM, WRB said:The strangest launch that I watched was a guy with a runabout outdrive back rig down, unhook the trailer and push the boat attached to the trailer into the water and park the car. He returned, the family got into the boat via the trailer tongue, the guy started up the engine back up with the trailer still attached and motored away. I didn't see them return and have no idea what happened to them.
My mind is completely blown.
Kyler reply :
I was fishing on Mille Lacs. It was clam in the morning and by the end of the day there were huge rolling waves and there was a little lund walleye boat out there and a little kid was in the seat on the deck and they were clipping right along and every time the boat hit a big wave the kid would hang onto the seat but his butt would be about two feet off the seat! And after about five waves he got a little too much air and he ran into seat by his dad.
Koofy Smacker reply :
Thinking back on this it was a very scary moment at first but turned out to be hilarious. Was fishing a local electric only lake, nobody else on the water that I could see. All the sudden I hear yelling and turn around to see this GIANT white cloud, just pure white 100 yards behind me in the water. Had no clue what was happening. About 30 seconds later it cleared and there was a little jon boat with two guys in it. Turned out one of the guys wires had shorted and started a small fire and the guy emptied the entire fire extinguisher just spraying it everywhere. They electrical taped it up and kept on going, white clothes and all.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 5/2/2014 at 4:57 AM, Nitrofreak said:Two college girls towing two jet ski's for the first time , pull down the ramp and tried very hard to figure out how they were going to get the ski's off , I told them to back up the ramp and turn around , the trailer needs to go in the water first !! True story !!
Wow!!! Its really kind of sad how dumb people can be.
Chris9999 reply :
The funniest was when I was by a ramp where we were entering the river to wade around a local area and there was a guy just leaving saying watch out the ramps slippery. Well my buddy being my buddy tells me I bet its not slippery, and right as he finished that he slipped and landed on his butt then slid down a few feet to the water as I walk around and avoid the ramp all together.
Brnnoser6983 reply :
Here is a video I have seen a time or two. Best fail at loading a boat ever.. Best yet it was by the police.
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BadBassWV reply :
One time I was bank fishing across from a boat ramp. Three Older guys pull up in there jon boat.. They were drunk as all get out. It took them probably 30 minutes to load all there gear, rods, reels, coolers etc. They backed the boat in the water got it off the trailer and one of them tied the front end of the boat to a pole. All three got in fired up there little motor and punched it. The rope had gotten underneath the boat and none of them untied it. I swear I set there as the boat nose dived, and went straight down. And the back end came out of the water and stood up, It threw the guy in the back running the motor over the other 2 guys into the water all three were thrown out. I guess two of the guys couldn't swim and were yelling and screaming like little girls, Help!! Help!! I'm drowning beating and thrashing in the water. The other guy had gotten out of the water and was on the bank, He started yelling at his buddies to shut the hell up and just stand up the water was only 3 feet deep. They stood up walked out of the water there buddy who could swim did the best he could to get there rods and reels back, they loaded it all back on the truck and left. True Story!! I have never laughed so hard in my life.
Chobee143 reply :
I watched a guy back his new boat up to the ramp for it's maiden voyage. With the boat some 20 or more feet from the edge of the water, he got out of the car, unhooked the winch cable and the strap on the back of the boat. He then got back in his truck and started backing down the ramp and for some reason hit the brake. Sure enough, the boat rolled right off the new trailer and landed high and dry on the ramp.
Another time, guy was backing down the ramp and had the drivers door open while he leaned out to back the boat down the ramp. The ramp was going down, the dock was level and just before the door of the car caught the dock I yelled for him to stop. He did make it in time.
ColdSVT reply :
On 5/18/2014 at 8:52 AM, Chobee143 said:I watched a guy back his new boat up to the ramp for it's maiden voyage. With the boat some 20 or more feet from the edge of the water, he got out of the car, unhooked the winch cable and the strap on the back of the boat. He then got back in his truck and started backing down the ramp and for some reason hit the brake. Sure enough, the boat rolled right off the new trailer and landed high and dry on the ramp.
Another time, guy was backing down the ramp and had the drivers door open while he leaned out to back the boat down the ramp. The ramp was going down, the dock was level and just before the door of the car caught the dock I yelled for him to stop. He did make it in time.
And that is exactly why i refuse to unhook the safety chain until the trailor and boat is wet!
MI Gordon reply :
About the 3d time I launched my first boat I took my 19 year old son along. The boat was in the water and I casually walked back down to the dock just to hear my son say "Dad, is there supposed to be water coming in the back of the boat like that?" No sense of urgency what so ever, just kind of mentions it after I got back. Wow. After we finally got on the water it was good laugh! No, I didn't get mad......
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
My little sister likes collecting all of my old beat up plastic worms. So I had a bunch of old sencos that I thought shed like to play with and I gave them to her. Well she took a bunch of to the neighborhood pool and left a green pumpkin black senco right next to the water. Well, the next day two older people came with their grandson, and he ran to it a yelled,"Oh, look a slug!" The grandpa went over to it, while the grandma was freaking out, started poking at with his kife and cut it in half. A few min. later, the kid went over to it and picked up and started chasing his grandma with it! The grandma made him throw it in the bushes. That had to be the funniest thing fishing related Ive seen in a while!
NathanW reply :
On 4/30/2014 at 12:03 PM, BigKev77 said:The other day I sat down to tie on a spinnerbait, I put a trailer hook on and I tossed it over the side of the boat. Unfortunately I missed the important step of tying the lure on the line.
I have done this a couple of times. Most regretable time was with a brand new Terminator T-1, its not so bad when you do it with a crankbait, just look stupid.
NathanW reply :
Reading these is causing stress and anxiety. I should stop. Seen most of this first hand, made a couple of the same mistakes, have a sprung driver side door to show for it. Witnessed a guy get cold clocked several years ago for offering help to another guy trying to back his trailer and refusing. Cops were already on their way due to a prior fist fight at the ramp (Memorial Day Weekend, Vantage WA), only thing funny about this was thier tribal arm band tatoos.
On another note I will never own a trailer with rolling bunks because winch strap fail, I have seen it first hand. Finally, I am thankfull we are not required to pull the plug while in transport here in Washington because the first day of the season is the only day I will likely attempt to sink my boat (Learned to turn the bilge pump on a stay calm, water goes out faster than it comes in when you have a good pump).
Mainebass1984 reply :
I fish a lot of lakes that are very busy on the weekend. There is always a bunch of people loading and unloading. It was around noon and we were just getting to the lake. Most people were loading there boats, done fishing for the day. There was a very old couple loading there small boat. It took them nearly 20 minutes to load there boat. We were two trailers back in line waiting. After the older couple had just pulled out of the launch the guy in the next truck and trailer yells out of his window. " I will show them how its done. " He backs down his trailer first try, like a pro. His buddy drives his huge ranger with a 250 mph engine and dual power poles onto the trailer. The guy in the boat yells " Okay. Pull it up." The guy in the truck is pulling the boat into the parking lot as the entire boat slides off the trailer, with a guy still in it, right onto the pavement. It made a terrible scraping crunching sound. My friend and I couldn't stop laughing. They heard us laughing. We couldn't stop. Hopefully those guys learned there lesson.
JimW5283 reply :
I saw a woman dump her boyfriend last year at a launch. I think she did at least.
CYP reply :
Im heading out in my inflatable for the first time in about 45 minutes. Im sure it will not go smoothly
JThoms38 reply :
last night two very very intoxicated gentleman with musky gear trying to launch a 14 foott jon boat while one proceeded to fall over the traler.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
I saw a family trying to launch a big yacht, they scewed something up, and the mom decided to call the dad some 'choice words'. The daughter (who was probably 7 or 8), then yelled out loud: (MOMMY, WHAT DOES ____________ MEAN?).
Slade House reply :
Watching a 1968 Volkswagen beetle come up to a launch ramp and launch a decent size boat. i have a video of that somewhere
paangler13 reply :
We used to catfish at night beside the shy beaver launch @ Raystown. Had a group of 5 guys, all just drunk as skunks, launch a ski type boat load their two coolers of beer and take off. Fairly normal, except the left their dog on shore! He hung out with us while we fished!
Next thing you know, here comes a boat blowing threw the no wake right at the ramp. About 50 feet out they cut the engine and drive it right up the ramp!!!! Ends up the drunk guys forgot to put the plug in! The boat was like 3/4 of the way up on shore and it took all seven of us tp push it back into the lake (after they put the plug in)!!
They did take the dog the second time!!!!
Takes all kinds,
Jim
jhoffman reply :
I pulled a good one about 2-3 weeks ago, tried the ol bill dance launch where I never took the straps off the trailer. I blame the morning because I had a tournament I didnt make cause I set the alarm for sat instead of sunday and was just not focusing. I did smoke the fish though but boy I felt dumb.
Sam reply :
On 8/4/2014 at 4:05 AM, jhoffman said:jhoffman, on 03 Aug 2014 - 16:05, said:I pulled a good one about 2-3 weeks ago, tried the ol bill dance launch where I never took the straps off the trailer. I blame the morning because I had a tournament I didnt make cause I set the alarm for sat instead of sunday and was just not focusing. I did smoke the fish though but boy I felt dumb.
Same thing happened to me and David Galbraith at the Rudds Creek Landing on Buggs Island for one of the Virginia FLW Region 3 bass tournaments.
Dave got called away from his boat as he was getting it ready to launch in order to help another boater and he forgot to unhook the stern straps.
Sure enough, we are both in the boat as one of our friends tries to launch us and the boat won't go into the water. We were sitting in the boat like idiots not knowing what was going on.
We finally figured out the problem and with the help of Billy Harrington, the guy backing us into the water, we got the straps unhooked and away we went.
I was laughing about it as it was happening. Dave was not happy with me thinking it was funny.
But it was funny.
jhoffman reply :
On 8/4/2014 at 9:26 AM, Sam said:Same thing happened to me and David Galbraith at the Rudds Creek Landing on Buggs Island for one of the Virginia FLW Region 3 bass tournaments.
Dave got called away from his boat as he was getting it ready to launch in order to help another boater and he forgot to unhook the stern straps.
Sure enough, we are both in the boat as one of our friends tries to launch us and the boat won't go into the water. We were sitting in the boat like idiots not knowing what was going on.
We finally figured out the problem and with the help of Billy Harrington, the guy backing us into the water, we got the straps unhooked and away we went.
I was laughing about it as it was happening. Dave was not happy with me thinking it was funny.
But it was funny.
I backed in, got in, tried to pull off, couldnt figure it out, backed in further and still couldnt get it off. Then a guy flipping the docks said... no way that boat didnt float that deep its gotta still be strapped. I immediately said "Youre exactly right what it is, I never took them off" I was out of it that morning.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
My dad had to jump in and put the plug back in the boat last night.
Bluegiller reply :
Pulled up to launch my boat, saw a SUV and trailer almost completely submerged. I was politely told by the Police Officer the ramp is closed today.
**edit*** I deleted the photos because I felt some bad karma coming on.
tiredbobmarley reply :
I pulled up to a ramp and saw a guy down in the water working on his jetski. After about 30 mins of repair the guy jumped up on his ski, fired it up, and started to back out. Just about that time I saw the rope attached to the front of the jetski fall into the water, followed by a "RRRRIIIIIIIPPPP" and his motor shut down. He tried to start it up a couple times till I told him that he sucked the rope up into the motor, haha. He was so ticked at himself and all I could do was turn the other way and laugh.
kjfishman reply :
I was launching at a smaller electric only lake in the fall when the water temps had dropped. I have a rope I attach to the boat and tie off on the trailer. With the rope attached as it should I backed into the water the boat floats off as it should but when I pulled forward the tension on the rope caused the old rope to break at the clasp on the boat end. The boat starts drifting out and the water is too cold to swim out to it. The wind blew the boat all the way across the lake and I had hike a good distance to retrieve the boat. Plan B was drive home get my kayak and paddle out to the boat.
The lesson I learned is when you melt the frayed ends of nylon rope so it won't unravel it weakens the rope.
FinCulture reply :
I was frog fishing once and I heard a biggin jump to my left. I had just made a cast and I start burning in the frog to make a cast that way. not two feet from the boat, a big bass explodes on my frog. it scared the hell out of me and I almost fell out of the boat! Didn't hook him though...
jbarnard reply :
#1 has to be from when i was a teenager it was me my brother and my dad out on this day and my brother is the worlds worst to wind up in a tree give him a rod and reel and he could find a tree in the sahara but anyway he was fishing with a texas rigged worm with 5/16 or 3/8 sinker and sure enough he hung a cedar he also has a bad habit of pulling the rod straight back and woosh it hit pap square in the fore head needless and i cant help it it took all i had not to laugh. #2 i was fishing a squarebill around shallow docks i had a good fish swirl up on the bait i set the hook which in turn sent the crankbait towards my face i reacted by blocking my face and wound up with a both hooks buried pat the barbs in my arm. #3 was with my dads boat i had launched him and he normally has the motor running by the times i get there not this time he was cussing the johnson and calling it everything under the sun at which point i told him to hook up the kill switch he has yet to live that one down
the reel ess reply :
My dad and I took off from his own boat ramp without the drain plug. We barely made it back under power. Had to winch it on the trailer and drain it before we could go again.
My dad and his friend threw a big brushpile off the front of our pontoon and the rope they used to secure the blocks got looped around his friend's heel. It yanked his feet out from under him and he went in. But it didn't wrap either foot. That could have ended a lot worse. They did it at night so no none would see their honey hole.
I got my kayak to the reservoir with no paddle.
I was just about to take my boat to a mechanic when my dad asked if I'd checked the kill switch. Son of a !@#$*! I missed most of a fishing season because I didn't really have the money for the mechanic.
My mom, God rest her soul, made the mistake of walking up behind my dad while he was chunking a crankbait. He hit her right on top of the head, but she got no hooks. He never lived that one down.
the reel ess reply :
Dad backed the boat in with the straps still on. The boat actually floated the trailer.
the reel ess reply :
One spring after high waters receded we could see someone ran over and scraped our dock with a Jet Ski.
the reel ess reply :
I heard Roland Martin say once he was in a saltwater creek and ran his boat aground. Tide was falling and he had to wait on it to rise before he could get off. Worst sunburn of his life.
bigbill reply :
Seen a boat launched without the anchor on the ramp, no rope off drifted the boat. He casted out a lure to catch the boat to drag it to shore.
bigbill reply :
Bill Dance in one of the bloopers launched the boat with no pin in the tounge off went the boat and trailer in the water.
lo n slo reply :
My turn
Like some of you, I had the carabiner snap on my rope as I launched my boat one early Spring morning. I was alone. I heard a pop, looked in the rear view, watched my boat drift away, jumped out, ran to the end of the dock, stripped down and took the plunge. Luckily, the water temp was 65, chilly but not too bad. Glad I kept those beach towels stowed 'cuz I was nekkid as a jay bird.
Here's a real bone headed move. Me and my cousin were fishing in my "new" used Javelin one day, first time I took it out. We had fished this cove and I was gonna fire it up and hit another one. When I turned the key, nothing. After about 10 minutes of tinkering with battery cables and cussing like a sailor, it dawned on me. I had'nt locked the throttle all the way back before I killed the switch. I pulled the throttle back until it locked and she fired right up. He laughed at me for the rest of the day. Stoopid!
Dye99 reply :
Fishing crank baits in a pond with a buddy.
He was across the pond from me, as I was tying a different bait on and I saw him over head cast, and get snagged in a tree behind him.
Instead of turning, he proceeded to try and yank it free, while still holding the rod over his head.
Lure came loose, hit him in the head, and he yelled as he fell in face first in the water.
He didn't get hurt, but man that was funny...
scaleface reply :
This happened many years ago.It was November or December and I was the only person at the 80 acre lake I was alone and launching my 15 foot Skeeter tri hull but it was not in the water far enough . So I get in the vehicle and back it in a little farther and the wheels go off the end of the ramp and my boat which is now unhooked floats away . I cannot get my trailer out, its stuck off the end of the ramp . I walk through the campground and found someone to help me. I wade out in the water and its freezing , lift the trailer up and the guy drives it out . Now I have to retrieve my boat which is still running . It floats about a quarter mile away and gets stuck in a weed bed . I walk to it and then have to swim out and climb in . It was freezing but it was the only way to get it .I get it back to the ramp load up and go home .
the reel ess reply :
Took my boat to a rural boat ramp on Stumpy Pond on the Catawba-Wateree R chain. I had a 2WD Ford with the V-6. The drive out was so steep when I left it took me 3 running starts to get out.I thought I was gonna have to spend the night or walk out. I also got that same truck stuck with one trailer tire off my parents' boat ramp on Lake Wateree. I dumped the clutch and spun one tire until it laid down enough rubber to catch and pull out. The clutch was still stinking when I got back from fishing.
My current truck is a 4WD Silverado with the 5.3L V8. No more getting stuck.
lo n slo reply :
You guy's are killing me! LOL
Jeff Hollis reply :
My first boat was a fisher aluminum bass boat with a 50 hp mercury.I pulled it with a 1984 Honda civic hatchback. one day I backed down the dock ,but could not get the boat off the trailor.I put my back against the Honda and pushed with my legs, the boat stayed but I went through the back window and crawled out the front door with no cuts.
scfox11 reply :
On the way to fish a new lake/pond, I hit some rough patches in the road. I went to put my jon boat in the water and started fishing but after a few I noticed I started collecting water pretty badly in the jon boat. I saw that the battery knocked off a rivet in the stern so I was taking in water. I had to drag the boat on land and lift it to drain the water (not a light boat). after that I put a finesse worm in the hole to plug it so I could keep fishing. This was sketchy because I was sinking in the lake where Susan Smith drowned her kids and where the SUV full of people drowned in it as well.
Another embarrassing moment was I borrow my brothers skiff to take to the beach while my center console was in the shop. I went to put in the boat landing on the inter coastal and the ramp was steep. I backed it down and hit the breaks and thereeeee went the boat. The eye came apart from the boat and the boat went drifting off in the heavy current, luckily there was somebody there in the water that wrangled the boat and docked it for me.
j2015 reply :
I was about 12 yrs old and was fishing with a buddy on a small farm pond, we had a small14 ft aluminum boat and there was this creek that ran off the main pond and through a field, presumably for the cows...anyway, we though it would be a good idea to paddle up the creek. There was an old wire fence blocking the passage, so In order to get the boat to the creek we would have to get low in the boat and slide under it.
My buddy is paddling from the back of the boat, and I lay back in the front and reach up and grab the fence to pull us through, that's when I realized that this was an electric fence! The jolt nearly sent me overboard, and the stream of obscenities was heard by my family across the pond..my friend laughed his ass off
nixdorf reply :
About five months ago, I was fishing Guntersville alone and ended up near the ramp I put in at. I had 10 minutes left to fish, so I fished around the ramp hoping for one laaaast bite (no luck).
When it was time to go, I trolled over to the dock, tied off, got out, and put my trailer in the water. About this time, there were two boats waiting on me to launch and a couple other boats that had just pulled out. A crowd was watching.
What did I do? I quickly got on the boat, started it up, and ran towards my trailer. About the time I normally feel the bump of hitting the bunks, I heard a loud bang with the screech of twisted metal. I forgot to pull the trolling motor up!
Thankfully the mounting bolts gave way and snapped before major damage was done. I quickly ran to the front of the boat before the whole motor went in the drink, hit reverse, realigned, and trailered the boat. It sure seemed like twenty people were staring and laughing, but it was probably only five or six.
Needless to say, every time I trailer the boat, I now triple check to make sure the trolling motor is pulled up! I also learned to not let other folks make me feel like I need to rush at the ramp. Too much bad stuff can happen there!
BigTonyB reply :
My buddy and I normally fish small bodies of water in his 16' aluminum flat-bottom boat with a 50 HP Honda. Our local fishing club was hosting a tournament on Toledo Bend and we didn't think his boat was up to the challenge. No problem though, his father had just bought a brand new 21' Skeeter with a 250 HP Yamaha and he was kind enough to loan it to us. We left the launch and made a short run (a few hundred yards) to our first fishing spot and fished a while. We then decided that because we had this fine fishing machine to shuttle us around the vastness of Toledo Bend we might as well take advantage of it. We got out into the boat lane and he put the hammer down. We made it to our next spot which was several miles south and across the lake in no time. We fished a while and decided to move again. We headed north past our initial launch point. We were moving and I was wearing out my arms holding on for dear life as we approached 70 mph. It was early afternoon and the wind was chopping up the surface of the lake pretty good. When we stopped to fish again I asked my buddy, "Have you ever driven a boat that fast before?" His reply: "Never".
Cheers,
Tony
Canyon explorer reply :
About ten years ago I went to a Kentucky Lake ramp early to get the take off for a tournament organized. As I proceeded to drop my boat off at the ramp I saw a white glow in the water. Two inebriated fisherman had let the boat,trailer and truck sink out of sight while attempting to launch. They were pulled out by another boater.
Joycer81 reply :
This summer fishing a back lake early in the year my buddy and I had some good fish on a dock pattern as the sun was getting up. My buddy was super excited about fishing docks because he just dropped 400 bucks on an 8 foot long dock flipping set up and was getting his casts dialed in. We were making good progress down the bank hiiting all the docks when my buddythrew his first errant cast in an hour, right into the rope securing a gentleman's boat to his dock. To make things better the gentleman was standing 25 yards away trying to start his weed eater. The guy sees us and we get talking abot fishing turns out he is a local guide, and he asked me if i was fishing in the Kingston Canadian Open of fishing because he learned we tornament fish. As I have to run the trolling motor up to his dock so my buddy can retrieve his jig the guy proceeds to tell me he is the tournament director for the Open. Needless to say I was pretty embaresssed and couldn't run the trolling motor fast enough. The guy could not have handled it any better at all and but I still had to swallow my pride.
Catch 22 reply :
Funny stories.If you own or launch a boat,your gonna mess it up sometime==that's a given.
My neighbor ,right proud of his new Ford pickup, launched the 22' boat and proceeded to the far end of the parking lot,that is a far piece away. He didn`t want the chance of anyone hitting the shiny new truck.He returned to find no plug had been put in and the boat was sinking. Not a sprinter by any means he made it to the truck and hurried to the ramp. Excited, he could not get the trailer in straight and managed to bash the truck rear fender on the dock.He tried again but still not good enough to load. So he jumped into waist deep water ,wallet and cell phone in pockets to plug the hole. Once finally on the trailer he nearly blew the tires with the extra weight. He still is unable to laugh about it.
Of course being the considerate soul I am I don`t gig him with it BWWAAAAhahahah
C22
Jake the Cake reply :
I was brain dead after a long week of fishing and it was our last day. I landed a good 7 or 8 lb catfish, took the hook out, and tossed him back in the water. My dad asked, "what'd you do that for?" I just stared blankly into the water and as casually as possible said "I don't know, but that was a d**n good fish". We laughed for a couple minutes and decided at that point it was time to go home.
yugrac reply :
I had went to Northern PA to fish with my son for a weekend a few years back, we were at a small [200 acre] electric motor lake with a small gravel ramp with no dock, there were some railroad ties spiked along the bank with a few cleats on them to tie to. I was standing on the bank as he pushed the boat off the trailer, and then threw the rope to me and he got in the truck and pulled the truck and trailer back to the lot. As I pulled the boat back toward the shore the rope simply came off the bow eye, he looped it through but never tied it! I could only watch the boat float out into the lake until he got close enough for me to yell at him, there was no reason for me to swim out to the boat, I never would have been able to get in the boat once I would of got to it, to old, to fat. I never seen a guy strip to his underwear that fast in my life. Got the boat back and fished the rest of the morning. I was at a local lake one morning and had just launched my boat and I seen a guy standing at the end of the next dock with his hands in the air shaking his head as his boat floated out into the lake, I gave him a ride out to it so he didnt have to swim.
Nick49 reply :
Not the funniest, but I still chuckle to myself when I think of it. It had been a long and productive catch and release morning. Without so much as a thought, before heading back to the dock I caught an average fish of about 16", measured it with the aluminum ruler, tossed the fish onto the deck of the boat and released my $9 ruler to the lake.
scaleface reply :
On 11/8/2015 at 10:42 AM, Nick49 said:Not the funniest, but I still chuckle to myself when I think of it. It had been a long and productive catch and release morning. Without so much as a thought, before heading back to the dock I caught an average fish of about 16", measured it with the aluminum ruler, tossed the fish onto the deck of the boat and released my $9 ruler to the lake.
Haha . My brother used my needle nose pliers to get a hook out of the fish , then tossed them in the lake . I forgot about that until your story .
Josh Smith reply :
The one thing that made me laugh most was an otter that kept poking its head out of the water to stare at me.
Nothing complicated. Just a good day fishing with some company I'd not expected.
Josh
Siebert Outdoors reply :
The boat to dock splits and then the splash. I've seen it a couple times and enjoy every one of them.
desmobob reply :
On 11/8/2015 at 10:42 AM, Nick49 said:Not the funniest, but I still chuckle to myself when I think of it. It had been a long and productive catch and release morning. Without so much as a thought, before heading back to the dock I caught an average fish of about 16", measured it with the aluminum ruler, tossed the fish onto the deck of the boat and released my $9 ruler to the lake.
On 11/8/2015 at 11:10 AM, scaleface said:Haha . My brother used my needle nose pliers to get a hook out of the fish , then tossed them in the lake . I forgot about that until your story .
I did a similar thing a couple of weekends ago. It was cold and windy, and it was a PITA to change lures/tie knots. I broke off a snagged jig, reeled up my line, got out a new jig, put on a trailer, then tossed it in the water. When I picked up my rod, I realized I had never tied the new jig/trailer onto my line. Would have been funny for the back-seat fisherman but I was by myself and didn't see a whole lot of humor in it. 
Tight lines,
Bob
clh121787 reply :
Swimbait fishing with a buddy he reties leaving a hell of alot of left over tag line. Clips the wrong one and threw a rof5 hud68 down the drain. Followed by a few words they don't teach in school.
Ratherbfishing reply :
This summer I witnessed something I never guessed I'd see in a million years. A friend and I were on a marshy lake near catttails. I could see a muskrat on his "hut" and I expected, since we were some distance, that he would go about his business. Instead, the little critter swam right up to the boat. I figured he'd see his mistake, dive down and then swim off but he circled the boat twice. I half expected him to attempt to climb in the boat-he seemed so eager to be near us. He didn't do that but he did stop along the side and began nibbling on some green plant. Then he started squeaking plaintively like he wanted something. Apparently, he got bored with us because he eventually swam once more around the boat and then headed back to his hut. THAT was pretty darn funny! I have a little camera footage of him but I'm technologically challenged and don't know how to download it.
rboat reply :
I know we were all new to boat launching at some point, but love to watch someone with a new boat try to figure out how to get that boat off the trailer without getting their new trailer tires wet. It is also fun, when their trailer is backed in too far and they can't figure out why the boat won't center on the trailer. Classic!
windjinx reply :
I was at a local ramp that I have fished out of for years. At the time I had a standard shift Ford Ranger Pick-up and a 16' aluminum boat on trailer. It was an early spring day where the air temp was warm but the water temp was around 50 degrees. I back my rig down on the short ramp. Put on the parking brake leave the truck in first gear and turned it off. Went back to launch the boat. While pushing the boat off the trailer, all of a sudden I feel the truck and trailer start to go down the ramp slowly with me standing on the trailer. I immediately jump in the bed of the truck, then out of it and get inside the truck to get everything stopped. I never moved so fast bet it only took me 15 seconds. Of course not in time to keep the trailer tires from going off the end of the ramp. So, I give it a couple of tries to get it out with the truck to no avail with the springs catching on the ramp. I know that I will have to get in the water to get it undone. While I was doing this, another boater was there to launch. It is an older gentlemen and his son in his mid twenties. I explained to them what happened and asked if they would give me a hand. So in the cold water I go about up to my waist. While I was passing a rope under the trailer to keep it lifted. The son boldly and proudly commences to tell me several times in different ways that if I had the Dodge truck that he has he would be able to just ****** it out of there. So once I got the trailer lifted the gentlemen held the rope tight. I easily got the trailer pulled back up the ramp and went to park the truck. On my way back to the boat, the son proceeds to start backing his trailer down the ramp, as I am watching he then to my amazement backs his trailer right off the end of the ramp, even with the signs stating "ramp ends here" and seeing what I just went through. I look at the father who was standing on the dock drop his head down and just start shaking it back and forth. Then the son starts trying to pull the trailer back up and all you can hear is his Dodge truck motor rev up, then the bang of the springs hitting the ramp. After several attempts he get out of the truck and just looks at the trailer knowing what he must do after seeing what I had just done. Being that I was already wet from mine I offered to assist them with their trailer. Of course they accepted my offer. After just a few minutes the son pulls the trailer up the ramp and goes to park the truck. The father thanked me and then said " You're a better man than I am. If he been talking all that crap to me, he would have had to of gotten wet!"
fisherrw reply :
once I saw a guys truck roll down into the lake after he forgot to put the emergency brake on... they had to dive down and put a strap on the truck and pull it out
Ratherbfishing reply :
SOME of this is truly funny and SOME of the outcomes were borne out of sheer stupidity but before you laugh TOO loud, remember that it might be YOU next.
I had a 5 speed pickup with which I used to back my boat/trailer down ramps but that didn't last long. I broke out in cold sweats on more than one occassion.
bassdisaster reply :
#1 backing my boat in the water, rope comes unhooked and boat starts floating off so I jump out of my truck and proceed to sprint towards the dock and make the 10+ foot jump into my boat. I still haven't realized the athletic potential I showed that day.
#2 we have an old guy we call speedo man who is always laying on the dock only wearing his sweet speedo at the county boat ramp. One Day im going to wear a speedo and lay on the dock then give him a hard time while he launches his 1987 Jet Ski. Payback
lo n slo reply :
We finished our work a little early this afternoon. I got home around 2:30, thought I'd drop the boat in and fish til dark. So I quickly hooked up, took off the cover, grabbed my tackle bag, and a bottle of water...work boots, caulked up fingers and all. Happy boy I was, giddy even. Got to the ramp, dropped her in, tied off, ran back to the truck, but it would'nt crank. Plenty of battery but she would'nt fire up. There I sat, on the ramp, cussing like a sailor.
After a furious rally of cuss words, I called my work partner. We ended up towing truck, trailer and boat back to the house, with a chain. No fishing for me. The guy from the garage is coming tomorrow. The end.
68camaro reply :
After an all-night crappie fishing session we went back to ramp and when we got there around dawn we saw a real nice bassboat half on a dock and half in water next to boat ramp.
corn-on-the-rob reply :
Not that is is drastic but I was with a buddy on a pond, I went to tie up a punch rig. I was holding a $7 tungsten weight between my thumb and index finger when a lady bug landed on my other shoulder. I lightly kind of smacked it off and when my hand stopped its motion, the tungsten didn't.... BLOOP!
Bankbeater reply :
Several years ago, instead of buying gas for the boat on the water, we were going into town and filling up gas cans a local gas station. One afternoon we run into town, fill up the cans, and when we get back it was time to eat. So we finish dinner, clean up, and then head out for a few hours of night fishing. About three hours and 5 miles later the boat runs out of gas, and we remembered that the gas cans were still in the truck. Luckily we had some paddles in the boat, and the wind was with us.
Ohio Archer reply :
Early morning launch on Lake Okeechobee back in the late '80s. Guy next to me is backing down, about halfway down the ramp. I hear a loud crunch and a bunch of hollering. His nice, fiberglass boat is laying on the ramp about 10' from the water. He had silicone the trailer bunks the day before and unhooked the bow strap before backing down. One hit on the brakes and off it came. Several of us had to lift the bow up as another guy backed the trailer underneath the boat. Don't remember the damage but it taught everyone there a big lesson.
Then there was the time I tried to launch my boat in Destin, FL without taking the back trailer straps off...and the time I put the drain plug in the wrong hole before a tournament in the Everglades. Fun times...
scaleface reply :
On 11/24/2015 at 8:09 PM, Ohio Archer said:
Then there was the time I tried to launch my boat in Destin, FL without taking the back trailer straps off...and the time I put the drain plug in the wrong hole before a tournament in the Everglades. Fun times...
LOL . I forgot to take the straps off too. I knew something was wrong when the boat started drifting sideways .
Fishing Rhino reply :
This story goes back about sixty years. My best friend's father sold Scott Atwater outboards along with boats from several manufacturers. Scott Atwater had an annual convention for the New England dealers. and I was invited to go with them. It was held at Vaughn Monroe's (yes, the guy who sang Racing With the Moon) Meadows on route 9 in Framingham, MA. It was close by Lake Cochituate, where Scott Atwater had several boats to demonstrate their new line of motors. You could ride in all manner of boats from skiffs to runabouts, to small cabin cruisers and a little semi-hydroplane manufactured by a company named Shoup, if memory serves.
It was a small boat, like a hydroplane but had a curved rather than a flat bottom. It had a cockpit like a hydroplane. Anyway, this fellow in a suit was going to take the Shoup for a spin. He was wearing a suit which made it all the better. He stepped into the boat and immediately the boat listed toward the dock allowing water to enter via the cockpit. He quickly moved to the other side of the boat, causing the water in the boat to move to that side of the boat.
Well, he got a good rhythm going and everything unfolded in slow motion, with more water entering each time the boat listed from one side to the other.. A half dozen back and forth movements and the boat finally started to sink. He instinctively wrapped his arms around a supporting piling, which had been freshly coated with creosote. He tried wrapping his legs around the piling. He may as well have tried to catch a greased pig, as he slowly slid down the piling until only his head was above the water.
Finally, someone tossed him a line, and two or three "rescuers" managed to hoist him back onto the dock. The front of his suit, the sleeves and legs were coated with creosote.
Sixty some years later I still laugh when I think about it.
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