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Title: Good weather, bad luck. Post by: Be-the-Vol on March 05, 2014, 10:51:07 EST I thought a lot of you will enjoy this – at my expense of course.
I’ve been waiting to go crappie fishing all winter. Now that we’ve have some nice weather I thought I’d go. :thumbup: After rigging my trailer to allow it to back-up (the brakes were locked), I loaded all my gear in the boat and headed to the ramp. I backed the boat in, and discovered that I had forgotten the boat key. :doh: I hauled the boat back out and went back home to get the key (that God the ramp is real close to the house). I got the key and headed back to the ramp. I put the boat in, parked the truck, and headed out to do some trolling. I got to my spot, put the trolling motor in, and it didn’t work. :rolleyes: I tried everything I know (which is not much) to get it going. I checked the connections, the fuse, etc., but I couldn’t get it going. I tried “trolling” with the wind, but that wasn’t happening. I decided to just call it a day. After going back to the ramp, I tied the boat up and backed the trailer into the water. When I turned around, I found out that I can’t tie a very good knot. The boat was floating away. :banghead: The wind was pushing it away from the ramp, so in the water I went! The sun was shining, but the water was COLD! I don’t know how fish do it. :laugh: I'll give it another try Friday.....maybe. :biggrin: Title: Re: Good weather, bad luck. Post by: PirateVOL on March 05, 2014, 11:12:23 EST You did hire someone else to build the house, didn't you?????? :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Good weather, bad luck. Post by: HerbTarlekVol on March 06, 2014, 12:05:52 EST You did hire someone else to build the house, didn't you?????? :evillaugh: :dielaughing: Title: Re: Good weather, bad luck. Post by: GreggO on March 06, 2014, 03:46:47 EST I thought a lot of you will enjoy this – at my expense of course. I’ve been waiting to go crappie fishing all winter. Now that we’ve have some nice weather I thought I’d go. :thumbup: After rigging my trailer to allow it to back-up (the brakes were locked), I loaded all my gear in the boat and headed to the ramp. I backed the boat in, and discovered that I had forgotten the boat key. :doh: I hauled the boat back out and went back home to get the key (that God the ramp is real close to the house). I got the key and headed back to the ramp. I put the boat in, parked the truck, and headed out to do some trolling. I got to my spot, put the trolling motor in, and it didn’t work. :rolleyes: I tried everything I know (which is not much) to get it going. I checked the connections, the fuse, etc., but I couldn’t get it going. I tried “trolling” with the wind, but that wasn’t happening. I decided to just call it a day. After going back to the ramp, I tied the boat up and backed the trailer into the water. When I turned around, I found out that I can’t tie a very good knot. The boat was floating away. :banghead: The wind was pushing it away from the ramp, so in the water I went! The sun was shining, but the water was COLD! I don’t know how fish do it. :laugh: I'll give it another try Friday.....maybe. :biggrin: Guess what...... that's not something that hasn't happened to a lot of fishermen, especially when they haven't been out in a while. But, best thing is I'm sure it won't happen again! Worst thing is you didn't change closthes and get back out there. G :cool: Title: Re: Good weather, bad luck. Post by: BanditVol on March 06, 2014, 05:11:13 EST At least you didn't do what my Dad did about 10 years ago....he had just bought a boat and he forgot to put the drain plug back in. We pushed the boat off the trailer and it instantly sunk. :dielaughing:
Title: Re: Good weather, bad luck. Post by: Screaming Eagle Dad on March 06, 2014, 06:21:24 EST A bad day on the water beats a good day at work on any day!!! Way to keep that spirit!!!
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