Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/10/18 06:16 PM
08/10/18 06:16 PM
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What a frick'in day. Now that summer is almost over I finally got the boat up to Erie this morning. I should have stayed home. They say any day fishing is better than being at work. That is up for debate. I was by myself so I usually leave out a few feet on the winch, walk down the trailer, unhitch, grab the rope and walk it over to the dock. Well today the winch strap snapped and the boat went floating on it's own. Luckily, it floated to the other dock so I didn't have to swim, I just tied it up. After I parked the truck, I walked down and jumped into the boat and into about 4 inches of water in the bottom of it. I forgot to put the plug in. Well, that was a first. It took the bilge about 10 minutes to pump that out. Well, it was time to hit the open water, I came out of the harbor and hit the gas. It purred like a slug, My 90HP Evinrude was hitting a whopping 7MPH. I either have a fuel line sucking air or the carbs are going to need rebuilt. I have a kicker so I proceeded undaunted. I got a few miles out and managed to boat two nice walleye in about a half hour. Then the waves started building. I was in 2- 4 footers and decided it was best to head in. It took awhile but I made it in with minor frustration with my motor. I put the trailer in the water, tied the broken strap on the boat and winched that baby home. I pulled out to the staging area and as the final kick in the butt, my tiedown strap also snapped. Good grief, somedays I should just stay in bed. Walleye for dinner tonight though.
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/10/18 07:00 PM
08/10/18 07:00 PM
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Don't feel bad my buddy and I twice in a row launched the boat with the plug out. And we fish together every week most of the year......jk
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
[Re: Finster]
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08/10/18 07:41 PM
08/10/18 07:41 PM
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Yep..Not nearly as bad as the man and wife team I saw this year. I was at the ramp waiting to launch. I'm not quite sure why the first attempt was scrapped. So the man tells the lady who is driving something. I think it was more like "When I tell you to hit the brakes babe hit'em hard"..But I wasn't at the window to hear the instructions..So..She's up the ramp 50-75feet and starts going back towards the water at a pretty good clip..well this strap comes off the trailer and tied to the boat..So the guy hollers for her to stop!!!..The guy doesn't want the strap to get under the trailer tire and cause damage to whatever the strap is tied to in the boat..Anyways she doesn't know about the strap..And hits the brakes hard alright.thinking she had the boat already in the water..(Maybe)Their 50-60 thousand dollar fiberglass Nitro boat is now on the concrete boat ramp just a few inches from the water..
I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/10/18 07:45 PM
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A Sunday afternoon at the boat ramp is cheap entertainment!
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/10/18 09:50 PM
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Boat ramps are cheap entertainment. I seen a guy and his wife put in a little 16 ft. open alum boat. She undone her side of the hole down straps but he did not. The boat was still hook on one side to the trailer, he back into deep water and the boat flipped over and dumped every thing would that was not hooked down. Some floated and some sank. You could not help but smile.
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/10/18 09:51 PM
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. . . After I parked the truck, I walked down and jumped into the boat and into about 4 inches of water in the bottom of it. I forgot to put the plug in. Well, that was a first. . . . A fella's got to do that every now and then just to remind him he's human, eh? Seems like the only time I pull that stunt is when my wife's along.
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/11/18 08:46 AM
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And here I thought you were gonna say that you didn't catch any fish.
I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/11/18 08:50 AM
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At least you didn't attacked by yellow jackets!!! And you did catch fish.
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
[Re: Finster]
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08/11/18 08:58 AM
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Yep..Yellow jackets!!!!...Yikes....About this time last year yellow jackets ruled the landscape..I'm really great full that Finster found "Tarus SC" it put a whoppin on them..And it puts a whoppin on red and black ants..Ah what A nice summer it's it's been..Thanks again Finster!!!
I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
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Re: Finally got the boat out. Should have stayed home.
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08/11/18 09:34 AM
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At least you didn't attacked by yellow jackets!!! And you did catch fish. I think I had a yellow jackets nest in the boat under the decking by the gas tank when I started to re-carpet this summer. I just put the plug in one night before a good rain and drowned them out. Plug.... yea..... plug...….
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
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