Picture from the KY Lake Rescue Squad.
Occupants were treated for exposure at the local hospital.
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Picture from the KY Lake Rescue Squad.
Occupants were treated for exposure at the local hospital.
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Dang ...
Rickie
Man, that does not look good. Hope everyone is okay.
Hope everyone is ok
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Wow!! Those guys are lucky. We all know who was watching over them.
Clint ... do you know the story ?? I see a trolling motor, but not a big outboard :yikes
That is rough! Isn't there a green carp college tournament going on now there?
That is all that was posted. I noticed the absence of an outboard also,but did notice the stern is riding awfully low in the water. I will post more details when the local news site expounds on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
Very little of what could be a 20'+ boat showing. I would venture the outboard is back there, just not above the water OR they could have snapped it off hitting something the size of a boxcar floating or just under the surface. I was over at (not on) Barkley today and the lake is still full of trash.
Looks like some really choppy water, glad someone was able to retrieve them in time
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Bass boat struck a rai6lroad tie at high speed on Cumberland a few years back.
Sheared the lower unit at the powerhead
I talked to a young man last night who was supposed to fish the college tourney but school got in his way. There were 2 boats that had to be rescued. The fishermen were all supposed to be OK.
People who are not familiar with KY Lake have zero idea how massive it is and how big the waves can be. Many of the bass guys I see on Ky act like they are made of Teflon. That’s why pics like this one are common.
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I hate to even get started on the bass people on Barkley and Kentucky Lake. When you have tournaments pushing thousands of dollars in prize money, new boat prizes, etc, and upwards of 200+ boats, it creates a scary mentality out there. Three foot rollers? No big deal, full steam ahead. A stake bed you're anchored on and they caught a big bass the day before in practice? Shoot, they'll wallow you right out of there!
We could start a 50 page thread on the mentality of bass fishermen...!! But yes, the lakes are dangerous right now.
Interesting that the trolling motor is in the deployed position? Either they were going pretty slow and it was deployed? they forgot to stow it and were accelerating?, or it magically deployed during the rollover?
I would say it not being locked down and a quick DECELERATION like hitting a 4+ footer might have something to do with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northforker
That was why I noticed there was no outboard shaft/prop showing. But, after thinking about it, wondered why the outboard would be missing while the trolling motor was fully deployed. Waves look pretty choppy, but don't look big enough to turn that big/wide a boat over if it wasn't running at speed.
I wonder why they didn't turn the boat over/upright before trying to tow it in :scratchhead (would have likely been easier to tow). I also wondered if the boat occupants were on the towing boat at the time of the picture, or if they had been picked up and brought in by another boat ?? Exposure in those conditions can be life threatening. Hope everyone involved is OK !!
That's a bad day.
I hit something submerged Saturday afternoon running back to the ramp. Luckily it just brushed the hull bottom and hit the lower unit but no damage. I was running full on pad at the time too. Slowed it enough to just drop it off the pad.
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Originally Posted by redearhoosier
Sad part ..It's not just the bass guys..Look at the rigs Crappie people are running ...and Cat people, and.....
I still wonder what I hit in the channel in 60 feet of water on Barkley years ago. I was running an aluminum 4 blade prop and it took 2 blades off like nothing. This was in normal water level right after a high water event. To top it off I got the beginnings of a butt-chewing when I limped the boat to a private dock so I could change out props (I NEVER run the big lakes without a spare prop for outboard and trolling motor). I was laying on a dock with the outboard trimmed all the way up when the lady of the house commenced eating on me for being on her dock. She calmed down when I told her what I was doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quackrstackr
Crossing the north end of Kentucky several years ago at a very reasonable speed, one of those doubled-up waves with the big empty space behind it that you see on that lake sent me into a hole where I speared the next wave. It broke the pin that held my TM in the stowed position and sent 6" of water running between the consoles. The motor would have deployed on its own, but the next wave knocked it back down. I high-tailed it into the little bay just south of the mooring area where my bilge pump seemed to run forever. Wasn't even what I'd consider a very bad day, but it can happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
Most outboards would be flopped back by gravity nearly horizontal when the boat was upside down. The mechanism that locks them from raising up is only engaged when they are in reverse. When in forward gear the motor can kick up if it hits something.
I've had several really close calls where the canal connects the two lakes. Several years ago I hit a double whammy type situation. These 40ft cruisers had thrown off monster wakes that blended together with other wakes from bass boats that created this monster wave. I hit it right there where the canal meets Barkley, it knocked me completely out of my seat and I landed hard onto the floor.
I lost a $500 cell phone in that same spot, too. People run n gun through there with little regard for anything.
I envision something like this ...
Next to impossible with only manpower.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
I also think this is a case where necessity should override efficiency.
I fish up here on Lake Erie spring, summer and fall. It can really kick up fast. You have to know how to take a wave or you go to the bottom. I have been out and a storm or wind comes in fast and flat water goes to 3 - 5 footers before you can get it. The only way to get back in safe is to take a long slow zig zaging ride taking the waves at a angle. Those people in that boat are beyond lucky to be alive today. JC
I got the story on the capsized boat in the OP pic. It belonged to one of the college tourney participants. They were supposedly warned prior to launch that crossing KY Lake that morning was hazardous and should be avoided. Tourney launched from KY Dam Village. Of course, that was ignored and the small (16-17 foot) bass boat and it's occupants ended upside down. There were 3 boats (including one in pic) that ended up disabled and had to be towed in that same day.
Any tournament where the director has to warn participants of the lake being too dangerous to cross should never be launched.PERIOD!!
Let me say this--I've seen several boats used in these college tournaments that I wouldn't consider fishing a day on KY or Barkley in. I realize many folks can't have new equipment and make the best with what they have (I was in that group for years) but these lakes will kill your arse in short order if one doesn't respect them. Fishing a 70s era bass boat or a small boat either aluminum or glass is an accident waiting to happen when the wind is up, especially north or south. I've witnessed it all.
Yeah I have a 16' and I have never crossed Kentucky. I will Barkley on the right day in areas where it isn't too far to cross but I haven't crossed Kentucky. Really no need when there is so much area where you can launch and fish from without venturing too far. I know plenty of people do and on a nice day I'm sure I could without incident but then I always wonder what would happen worse case scenario and the motor gave out at the worst possible moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
Thanks for the update!
In the spring crappieusa tourny last year it was windy.During the seminar they said fish at your own risk use your own judgement.We never crossed the lake we knew better,lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
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Tried my best to sink a 24'pontoon on KY a few years ago. Very little wind and in the coves and such the water was flat but between Paris and the dam the main channel was something totally different. Waves running 3 to 5' and my daughter would swear some were 6' to8'. Running in totally random sets 2,3,4 at a time. A couple of times it nosed over and they broke over the cabin. Grew up on Old Hickory and in storms and such I thought I knew what rough water was. Learned a lesson that day, Kentucky is Big Water and kudos to you guys that run the main channel regularly and good luck.
I don't know a lot about Kentucky lake but can speak for boating in rough water. Especially here along the Ohio river in the long straight sections that wind can really make it dangerous. I fish out of a 16.5' Nitro so it's even more important to be careful. Got crossways in big roller a few years ago downriver & come a few inches of getting a lot of water in the boat with me. Put the fear in me that day for the 1st time in a long time. Fishing is not worth getting injured or killed.
I've been in 6footers on The lower end of Cumberland
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Any tournament where the director has to warn participants of the lake being too dangerous to cross should never be launched.PERIOD!!QUOTE]
That just to makes to much since to me Doug
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