Took me 2 tries in the pitch black to figure out what was going on:biggrin Gonna give it a few days then have a showdown at the crappie corral.
Took me 2 tries in the pitch black to figure out what was going on:biggrin Gonna give it a few days then have a showdown at the crappie corral.
It'll also float your trailer up if you forget to unhook it in the back! :banghead
Exactly what happened...twice. :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by ski trip
I've done both of those things. And while going duck hunting I thought I forgot to unstrap it. Waded out there to check, and figured out the boat was froze to the trailer. Broke loose shortly after I checked for the straps.
don't feel bad......we've all done it sooner or later......
Not nearly as bad as some guy Boatbuilder watched try to unload one time. The guy couldn't get the boat backed off the trailer....the guy apparently used a little too long of screws to install a new hot foot. Fella done screwed his boat down to the bunks.
Then there was the time a guy asked Boatbuilder why his livewell wouldn't drain. He said there was carpet in the drain blocking it. Boatbuilder pointed out to the guy that the boat was on the trailer and the drain was on top of one of the bunks.
So don't feel bad RCC, it could be worse. :biggrin
I learned it will fill up quick if you forget to put the plug in also.
Slow learner????Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
:RoflYes...It was probably just fate getting back at me for my comments up in the minner forum:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Harold
Just growing pains of having great new boat!!!!!!! !
Yea also don't forget the plug too lol. Best to have a ritual of hooking and unhooking the boat so you don't forget anythhing.
I tried to launch mine one April after not fishing in a month or so and I could not get mine to slide off the trailer and I have trailer sliks on the runners. I checked the straps and the winch line, all clear, so I pull up and go back kinda fast and hit the brake and it slid off. When I parked the car and walked to the ramp I wondered where the broken bungee cord came from.
Yep, this was an electric motor only lake and I had not taked the Motor toter off the back. :hatchet:
Been there, done that! But mine was at Bayou Meto with a million other duck nuts staring, yelling, calling me "Top Water". Then After I figured it out, I got just down the canal and realized the plug wasn't ineither. I got that fixed, and it turned out to be a typical CF kinda day... group killed 2 wood ducks.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
Still not as slow as you OF.:twocents :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Harold
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Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter
I've got a routine I go through. While I appreciate the offer, when I take someone with me and they offer to help, it messes up my routine, so I have to double check everything!
I had a bass boat several years ago and was going to replace the bilge pump during the winter and for some reason all I got done was cutting the hoses off. I go fishing that spring and never gave it a single thought till we had run up river and started fishing and my girlfriend says very calmly why is there water coming through the drain in the floor. You have never experienced pure panic until you have a twenty foot bass boat plum full of water and no way to get it out and no way to stop it from coming in. I was very fortunate that I had bought minnows and a bucket that became a bailing bucket immediately and I'm pretty sure she would still be in that back water if I hadn't. .