What Has Hurt You The Most In A Boat

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Originally Posted by Rookie40

There were two old guys that fished Gold Creek about ten years ago and they would take their thumb and rip the yellow bass gills out. You always knew when they were fishing because there would be yellow bass floating everywhere. I think of those ole timers every time I catch one of those $&@&#&#$^#& yeller bass.

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One night we were catching them by the hundreds under the 89 bridge..
Just start swinging them around with our rods faster and faster and SPLAT on the pillars!
You could walk across the water there was so many belly up!

Now we call them paddle fish...
Toss em up and SMACK with the paddle!

When my boat seat broke. Landed half in and half out the boat, lost the battle and had to go swimming in the winter, lost my glasses and 14 year old son had to drive us home.

Count your blessings that the Asian Carp haven't made it over here yet. Took a 15 pounder to the jaw last year on Reelfoot. They'll break poles and throw stuff out of the boat with their tail while thrashing around. To add insult to injury, they bleed and slime as soon as they hit the deck. Nasty, nasty creatures.

"Landed" this one last fall.
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They say them ''jumping'' Sliver Carp are good eating buddy. Glad we don't have them here.

ROFL...I dont mean to laugh but your guys pain and suffering story are a good read and cracking me up. I feel like i just walked out of a day spa compared to some of you all's story's... Just amazing how many different ways one can be hurt in a boat. LOL

Running trotlines on the river with a buddy I let one of those giant channel markers sneak up on me. When I jerked the tiller hard right the motor came off the transom and I was holding a Merc 20 by the handle running wide open over my head. While saying goodbye to my motor before tossing it into the water we slammed into the channel buoy and the motor fell into the boat turning it into shrapnel. After an hour swim for our lives in a flow rate we shouldn't have had a boat in, we spent another hour picking aluminum out of our faces, arms, and legs. 20 years later and I still have the nightmares.

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Originally Posted by LazyJ

Running trotlines on the river with a buddy I let one of those giant channel markers sneak up on me. When I jerked the tiller hard right the motor came off the transom and I was holding a Merc 20 by the handle running wide open over my head. While saying goodbye to my motor before tossing it into the water we slammed into the channel buoy and the motor fell into the boat turning it into shrapnel. After an hour swim for our lives in a flow rate we shouldn't have had a boat in, we spent another hour picking aluminum out of our faces, arms, and legs. 20 years later and I still have the nightmares.

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OMG! That must be the best story yet.

Man, ya'll are making me skeered of my boat! As far as hanging stuff over the side of the boat... that takes guts, at least when it ain't too cold for snakes. I hate snakes... and any time I've been around water after sunset I seem to see a whole lot of them. There might me some things I'd do over the side of a boat at night, but giving them creepy crawlies a shining target ain't one of them. I'd just have to lose a minner bucket... or a boot. :)

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Originally Posted by LazyJ

Running trotlines on the river with a buddy I let one of those giant channel markers sneak up on me. When I jerked the tiller hard right the motor came off the transom and I was holding a Merc 20 by the handle running wide open over my head. While saying goodbye to my motor before tossing it into the water we slammed into the channel buoy and the motor fell into the boat turning it into shrapnel. After an hour swim for our lives in a flow rate we shouldn't have had a boat in, we spent another hour picking aluminum out of our faces, arms, and legs. 20 years later and I still have the nightmares.

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

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Originally Posted by LazyJ

Running trotlines on the river with a buddy I let one of those giant channel markers sneak up on me. When I jerked the tiller hard right the motor came off the transom and I was holding a Merc 20 by the handle running wide open over my head. While saying goodbye to my motor before tossing it into the water we slammed into the channel buoy and the motor fell into the boat turning it into shrapnel. After an hour swim for our lives in a flow rate we shouldn't have had a boat in, we spent another hour picking aluminum out of our faces, arms, and legs. 20 years later and I still have the nightmares.

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Holy Crap LazyJ...Glad your alright and made it through that near death experiance. I'm probly going to have nightmares to after reading that also. You just jarred some bad memeorys of some situations just like yours, luckily it did'nt go that far south.