Thread: Hill Fishing 3/20-3/21

Has the water level came down yet or do you still need hip boots to launch

Originally Posted by Fisher-o-Men

Big Roy, the good news is that the water level is actually below full this morning (329.90), for the first time in quite awhile. (So of course a half inch is predicted today!)

MidHillBilly, I haven't met a fisherman yet who didn't have accidents of every kind happen while doing what we love. Just a week ago I watched a man push his boat off the trailer to launch it, and he injured his achilles/calf doing that. I pray nothing tore but he was in a lot of pain, and I guarantee he didn't see that coming when he headed for the lake!

Thanks. I was just glad (and lucky) no one was at the ramp to see me floundering. I actually had my pants leg catch on the trolling motor and I'm laying there on the trailer, half wet, with my leg stuck in the air. Took me a bit just to get my pants free of the trolling motor. :o Just minutes after I finally managed to get myself on the boat, here comes some people I know who would have never let me lived that down and told everyone they know. Probably would have videoed it. I may have been a Youtube star. I really need to come up with an easier way of getting my boat off the trailer when I am by myself. With a trolling motor and a depth finder up front plus usually a rod or two or four to avoid it is tough as I get older and less nimble. I don't even want to talk about some of the other stupid stuff I did on that trip, but I was on quite a roll.