JESSUP BOATERS BEWARE!!!!

Thought id post this for someone else to not have the same disaster on the lake i had sunday afternoon,Well the son wanted to go for a freezin cold boatride on sunday and as much as i didnt want to go in the freezing cold ,well i took him,UH OOO.First trip acrooss the lake straight from the ramp we proceeded to slam into a HUGE Alligator and well he is no longer with us i imagine,But heres the biggie,as we were on our way in to end the trip we were cruising at 30 mh and the boat comes to a almost complete sudden halt with some carnage noise well i shut it down raise my motor and see that my prop has been completely ripped off along with the guts of the lower unit missing and the entire lower unit cracked in half-COMPLETE CARNAGE-So if your leaving jessup park and take a right and skirt around before you take a right to go around the corner to head towards soldiers creek about 500 yards out there is a really huge tree about 1 foot underneath the water completely non visible so just thought id give a heads up to others so noone else has this experience
ALSO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE WITH SOME PARTS FOR A 1995 MERCURY 40 HP 4 CYL 2 STROKE ANY INFO IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!

That sucks on both counts. Surprised a gator was out that cold. He shoulda been holed up in the mud.

Yeah i thought that was strange also as we actually saw 2 yesterdy patrolling and i do feel bad for the alligator for sure!!!!

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Originally Posted by huntinslabs

That sucks on both counts. Surprised a gator was out that cold. He shoulda been holed up in the mud.

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That tree needs to be marked

i have the coordinates marked on my gps as i can be sure ill never hit it again!!

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Originally Posted by Speckanator

That tree needs to be marked

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Where is Jessup lake park? Is it that ramp next to the 417 on the North side?

yes north side west of 417

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Originally Posted by Jjsmarlin

Where is Jessup lake park? Is it that ramp next to the 417 on the North side?

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Paint a piece of rebar and drive it in the stump with orange tape and tie a milk jug to it too.

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Originally Posted by crappielimits

Paint a piece of rebar and drive it in the stump with orange tape and tie a milk jug to it too.

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Good idea..I run right thru there.... Can't imagine how a stump got out that far.....

Sorry about the impact. One of my Tennessee buddies hit a floating tree he didn't see til too late and did $3600 damage to an Evinrude 150. Lucky there was no damage to his boat, or yours. a slow ride back is better than a long swim. Hope you can find the parts you need.

A piece of pvc pipe painted fluorescent orange with some reflective tape on it would be better than an iron rod...much safer if someone were to hit it and more visible too. It can be driven into the sand next to the stump.

OCH $3600, yes thats true no boat damage , as this tree was probably 1 foot under the water with no way of seeing it at all and im sure others will eventualy find it unfortunately

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

Sorry about the impact. One of my Tennessee buddies hit a floating tree he didn't see til too late and did $3600 damage to an Evinrude 150. Lucky there was no damage to his boat, or yours. a slow ride back is better than a long swim. Hope you can find the parts you need.

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Man that's a shame Biladelphia....have buzzed all around Jessup & can say it only got me once...someone had ran a trout line shallow on the south east side of Bird island...it was dusk & the old boat was on plane came to a hault followed by a huge V-shaped wave.....only time I've been nervous by self on water with motor tilted cutting line with filet knife out from around prop in gator vested water nonononononononono

yeah that is scary stuff as every time i reach my hand under water to unhook my jig in the lilipad the thought of a gator crooses my mind.

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Originally Posted by Speck Detector

Man that's a shame Biladelphia....have buzzed all around Jessup & can say it only got me once...someone had ran a trout line shallow on the south east side of Bird island...it was dusk & the old boat was on plane came to a hault followed by a huge V-shaped wave.....only time I've been nervous by self on water with motor tilted cutting line with filet knife out from around prop in gator vested water nonononononononono

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Cant think about it, just gotta do it. But there is a few places I would just break off if I cant shake em free. That lagoon tucked in beside the south side of Blue Springs and a few spots up the Wekiva come to mind right off.

I have been across that lake sooo many times and all over the lake and never even thought about hitting something hidden underwater although i have always thought about hitting a gator and WHAMMO it finally happened,always say i need a bigger motor for my boat for more speed but 30-32 mph in my 17 footer is plenty and after this incident i dont think i need a bigger motor as ill be a lil leary to full throttle jessup at first as the thought of hitting something will always be on my mind

[Took the lower unit off mine in river, made me sick. Danbo asked ifin I had boat insurance and dang if I Did, only had to deductible. Never would have thought to check insuranceQUOTE=Billadelphia;3128628]Thought id post this for someone else to not have the same disaster on the lake i had sunday afternoon,Well the son wanted to go for a freezin cold boatride on sunday and as much as i didnt want to go in the freezing cold ,well i took him,UH OOO.First trip acrooss the lake straight from the ramp we proceeded to slam into a HUGE Alligator and well he is no longer with us i imagine,But heres the biggie,as we were on our way in to end the trip we were cruising at 30 mh and the boat comes to a almost complete sudden halt with some carnage noise well i shut it down raise my motor and see that my prop has been completely ripped off along with the guts of the lower unit missing and the entire lower unit cracked in half-COMPLETE CARNAGE-So if your leaving jessup park and take a right and skirt around before you take a right to go around the corner to head towards soldiers creek about 500 yards out there is a really huge tree about 1 foot underneath the water completely non visible so just thought id give a heads up to others so noone else has this experience
ALSO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE WITH SOME PARTS FOR A 1995 MERCURY 40 HP 4 CYL 2 STROKE ANY INFO IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!![/QUOTE]

Try Craig's list.

Absolutely as i was about sick too when i raised my motor and everything was gone(prop,and gears and all)

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Originally Posted by Fuzzy

[Took the lower unit off mine in river, made me sick. Danbo asked ifin I had boat insurance and dang if I Did, only had to deductible. Never would have thought to check insuranceQUOTE=Billadelphia;3128628]Thought id post this for someone else to not have the same disaster on the lake i had sunday afternoon,Well the son wanted to go for a freezin cold boatride on sunday and as much as i didnt want to go in the freezing cold ,well i took him,UH OOO.First trip acrooss the lake straight from the ramp we proceeded to slam into a HUGE Alligator and well he is no longer with us i imagine,But heres the biggie,as we were on our way in to end the trip we were cruising at 30 mh and the boat comes to a almost complete sudden halt with some carnage noise well i shut it down raise my motor and see that my prop has been completely ripped off along with the guts of the lower unit missing and the entire lower unit cracked in half-COMPLETE CARNAGE-So if your leaving jessup park and take a right and skirt around before you take a right to go around the corner to head towards soldiers creek about 500 yards out there is a really huge tree about 1 foot underneath the water completely non visible so just thought id give a heads up to others so noone else has this experience
ALSO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE WITH SOME PARTS FOR A 1995 MERCURY 40 HP 4 CYL 2 STROKE ANY INFO IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!

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