Trotline tied to a bouy

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Originally Posted by south point

attaching a trot line to a channel bouy just sounds like a bad plan, a potential Darwin award for sure.

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Curious why you think that?

How is it any worse of an idea than dropping a trotline 3' from the buoy but using your own weight and marker system, which is perfectly legal?

slabho

I guess I owe you an apology. I didn't know you were tying to bouys. Be careful out there.

Is that you ducko?RoflRoflRofl

I guess I owe you an apology. I didn't know you were tying to bouys. Be careful out there.

I didn't figure you'd have a very good explanation. You stay safe also, and always remember to activate your nav lights during low light conditions, even if you think you're the only one on the water! ;)

slabho

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Originally Posted by kcbrown

I guess I owe you an apology. I didn't know you were tying to bouys. Be careful out there.

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LOL. I wondered why he was defending it so much. Rofl

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Originally Posted by Krazy

Is that you ducko?RoflRoflRofl

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RoflRoflRoflRofl

yep, just having a flash back from the old days! LOL

I'm just having a little fun with these boys, that is all. They bite a lot better here than they did on the old board. LOL

Hows things going on your side of the state? Been awhile since I've heard from you.

slabho

I'd bet any amount of money that the idiot didn't have any identification on it either. Those are my favorite people.

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Originally Posted by slabho

RoflRoflRoflRofl

yep, just having a flash back from the old days! LOL

I'm just having a little fun with these boys, that is all. They bite a lot better here than they did on the old board. LOL



Hows things going on your side of the state? Been awhile since I've heard from you.

slabho

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Lots of post-padding Mel's on here. Lol

Nothing much different over this a way cept gray hairs and old age.:popcorn

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Originally Posted by slabho

Curious why you think that?

How is it any worse of an idea than dropping a trotline 3' from the buoy but using your own weight and marker system, which is perfectly legal?

slabho

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how is affixing a line to a river bouy dangerous? for one thing those bouys are attached to a fairly long cable and the bob and weave in the current like a prize fighter, try to run a trotline that is giving you slack one minute then pulling against you the next. your not gonna be able to steady it and it might just pull you right out of the boat. next scenario; because the bouy isn't stable its gonna pull slack into the trot line. this slack will allow a bow to the line toward the down river side of the bouy, which is the side you will approach with a boat. get that line hung up in the prop, get turned around backwards in the current and your boat will sink in seconds. gaurenteed. if you run the 'sippi a lot then you probably know this already.
the reason you have never heard of someone getting hurt by lining off a bouy is that not too many people are gonna try it.

I'm not trying to start an argument, either. just saying my .02