Thread: boat ramp near tragedy

For you guys that use the rope to trailer method use good knots. I know from experience. You feel pretty stupid watching your boat float away down the Mississippi River. It is also a tough swim dragging your boat back to shore because you can't get in.

I too fish by myself often . Once a year or two ago i was going fishing in Nov. or Dec. and when i launched the boat the strap for the boat hooked to the winch broke and the boat just took off and went out in the lake so i tried to walk on the trailer to get it and i did but fell in the water , boy was it cold . I now use a 2nd rope beside the winch strap to make sure the boat does not get away from me . I hooked my boat back up and went back home that day, water was cold and i was wet . Learned a thing or two that day. Never again.