Contest Time

[Barbie]

My dad actually came up with this one, so he will be selecting the winner

The contest will end Wednesday nite @ 6pm. You will win a great package of Bobby Garland baits, courtesy of Slab


Let's hear about the funniest thing you have ever seen, or been a part of while fishing or at the ramp. I know I have seen some crazy things; excited to hear about all yall's. Good luck, and have fun with it!!

[ducker]

At the time this one wasn't too funny.. But now I can laugh I guess. Went duck huntin one afternoon by myself (first mistake), was about 10 degrees and snowin. Well I killed my limit and came back to the boat ramp, got out of boat and thought I pulled it up on bank far enough to keep it there. Well I went to the truck and pulled my waders off and cranked it up and got the heat rolling, backed the truck down the ramp and then I looked over and the boat was about 15 foot off the bank. Put my waders back on and couldn't get to it, it was goin fast. Pulled waders back off. Stripped to the skivvies and went swimming for it. Talkin about a shrivel factor. Luckily my truck has good heat!

[Speckanator]

While after a good day of fishing I was taking my boat out of the water when I noticed a skinny old geezer walk from the dock to his parked vehicle. What got my attention was he was wearing nothing but a little red speedo. I watched him get into his jeep and back from his parking space. It took him forever to line the trailer up with the dock and ramp. He pulled forward then he would jackknife and start all over again. When he reached the dock area he jackknifed again colliding with the dock several times with his trailer and then his jeep. He did considerable damage to the right rear of his jeep when he struck the dock several times. After several attempts he had the trailer in the water but nowhere staright enough or deep enough to get the boat on it and his jeep was slam against the dock. I then watched him attempt to get into his boat which was tied with too muck slack in the rope. When he stepped on the boat it moved away from the dock causing him to fall between the boat and the dock. Up to that point I was trying to sneak pictures without him seeing me because I felt he was probably embarrased to no end but when fell into the water I ran over and offered to help him up. He told me he had it and no thanks. He got his leg up o the dock and pulled himself up. I left him with it and headed home to clean fish. Here's a couple of pictures I snapped from the cover of my boat. It was a funny site thanks for letting me share it.

Mike

[SlabLapper4sure]

I was fishing North Lake one day and had caught quite a few nice crappie back in the gravel pit and it was starting to get late so I decided to take it on in!Finally got through all the stumps and back to the ramp only to find a father and son in a full battle. The father wanted the son to get the car, Which was a station wagon, and back it in while he waited in the lake to drive it up on the trailer!Well the son must not have backed up much cause it took him at least 20 try's before he finally hit water. By then the dad was madder than a wet hen!There was about 10 other boats waitin to use that skinny old ramp. He started hollerin at his son and made the kid real nervous. Finally the dad was able to pull the boat up on the trailer and latch the strap down but was still cussing!Finally he sat back down and told his son to go ahead.Only problem was the whole time the car was still in reverse and the son had a death grip on the brake. well he stomped the gas pedal and he put the boat and the car in the lake!Dad was swimming and so was the son!Well after a couple hours they pulled the whole thing out with a tractor and some cables and everyone was able to get their boats out. You had to see it to believe it!I thought I was gonna bust a gut. It could have won, "Funniest Home Videos"!

[DonDon]

ES ought to have this one in the bag LOL

[jimfish]

Sure do miss that place caught some monster crappie in there.(north lake).

[Eagle 1]

a friend from jackson came up to fish with me at turkey creek on grenada .we limited out the first day and put the remains in the boat till the next morning to throw away on the way back for second round at turkey creek . having gone in on the field road and putting in directly into the creek ,many were already there .the creek was pretty narrow and we noticed a game warden on the bank asking for license . about the same time my buddy realized the fish remains were still in the boat from the day before. we were not sure what he would say since cleaning fish in the boat was not legal and throwing them out would be illegal dumping . so we eased down a little ways trying to not look like we were running away !He eased thm one by one into the water while turning his back to the warden . after getting the fish remains out , we eased on down the creek thinking no fish would be there after all the comotion of dumping fish . About five min . later this old couple moved to our dump site and we got tickled and laughed about their picking that spot and how funny it would be if they pulled up a skeleton of a fish . trying not to giggle and them think that we were laughing at their rig or there fishing ability we waited to see what would happen . we were expecting catfish at best . they started catching two lb. crappie , one after another !(our giggles increased on every catch) it was hilarious to wait for them to limit out and for us to finish our limit on the same spot . So don't tell us chumming for crappie can not be done! Have never laughed that much since .

[kycreek]

I had wrote about this in a earlier thread but it does apply. Thread makes me think of 2 years ago, my brother-in-law & I went down in the New Johnsonville Tenn area fishing Ky. lake. (Thats where he is from) We were out in a area called Duck River game reserve (A big swamp full of cottonmouths & black crappie) fishing standing Cypress trees because the big water was too rough that day. We saw this young man and woman out in a johnboat all afternoon back in these thick trees & really didn't think much about it even though we never saw a fishing rod. When we went to take our boat out, we saw these 2 other women at the ramp pacing the bank and cussing low down. And we had heard this for some time, but didn't know what it was till we got closer. They were literally screaming at those two in the Johnboat. We didn't know what the heck was going on but were caught right in the middle of it all. Us there trailoring our boat, the 2 lover/cheaters in the johnboat and the 2 screamers. Turns out it was the wife & the man's mother on the bank & him out in the johnboat with his lover. He finally came ashore and was trying to calm them down & the wife was trying to whip the girlfriend. We just tried to get the boat on the trailer as fast as possible, keeping our heads down & get the heck out of there, We laughed our a$$ off after we were on our way. But it was really sad for the wife/mother. And you never know with so much raw emotion when a gun could come out. Don't want to ever see/hear another boat ramp love affair.

[canebreaker]

My son and I were launching at Engineer's point one day. I pulled back to the ramp and he got into the boat when another party were backing down the ramp. We almost got to the No Wake barrels when "Oh heck" broke out behind us and it just wouldn't stop. The guy had left the winch strap connected to the boat and had drug it about half way up the ramp. We both said Oh dang and went fishing. 5 hours later he was still sitting on the ramp with 2 tractors trying to pick it up. The boat was to heavy for the way they were trying. 1 on the front and the other on the rear. I walked up to the boat, laid down to see the bottom. 2 good holes were showing. I told the driver on the rear to move to the front. Can't really do anymore damage. They both picked the front of the boat up high enough for the trailer to be backed under it about half way. Strapped the front of the boat to the trailer and they finished loading it in the parking lot.

[yankee doodler]

So my buddy and I are fishing up north and drifting across the lake in my old shallow V mirrocraft. Pretty tippy affair at best. Now we've fished out that boat before so I don't think I need to remind him to give me a "heads up" if he's gonna answer the call. Well I'm at the back working on tying up a rig and not really paying much attention. The waves have been bobbing the boat across the lake all morning, so I don't think much when the boat starts listing a bit...then a bit more, until I realize that we're dumb near vertical! I lunge for the top gunwhale, and lean with all I got. As I'm doing this I look over my shoulder and there's my partner white knuckling the opposite gunwhale, his knees on the same, his stuff hanging out, and his head completely underwater right where he just relieved himself. When I finally overcame the momentum and the boat righted itself, his head pops out of the water and he sucks in air like it was the last breath he'd ever take. By then I was laughing so hard I relieved myself accidently. True story, just ask him.