01-11-2012, 11:32 PM
I think she started off with Ice-Fishing, since she ain't done it (yet!), so she could chuckle from the outside! teehee.
I started [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=705063;page=1"]THIS[/url] thread, and ended up with a number of humorous anecdotes.
I had a few tumbles and tangles that I try to forget about. Late fall - went off to Hyrum with Jdawg - along the way I was standing on one of the seats of the boat - when for no real reason at all (wasn't a wakeboarder passing or nuthing) I kinda lost my balance and footing and managed to "sit back" (aka fall) into the boat. Luckily INTO and not OUT OF!
Had a pretty good spill on the last glossy ice trip - drilled a hole, then when lifting to one foot while kicking away the slush - the downed foot went OUT, and I went DOWN. Quite the elbow slam man!
Then there was that BIG trout that stole my minnow, then followed my perch jig right up to the hole - bit it didn't stop there - LITTERALLY stuck it's nose up my ice hole. Pitched back down quick as a whistle, and managed to hook him back up. Alas - clear ice - I could see the chunk right through it - but I'm pretty sure I snagged my castmaster on the hole, and he broke off.
But there' nothing like hooking a fish through the ice - only to have it run over and either loop or snatch a neighboring line - and MAN that second rod starts a bouncing! No spring bobber needed THERE my friends! HAS to be a monster!!! or not. [unimpressed]
Done the - start the sled down the hill only to have it take out my feet, and then sit down the rest of the slope. Of course - gotta play it off like ya meant it!!!
Of course there was the mudfest at my first "wild" launch at Porcupine. Backed down the trailer - pushed the boat off as usual - went to pull out - and, uh, no. Slickery mud - in trying to get OUT I kept going further IN. Popped the trailer off, and still - was about to water lapping IN the cab when I opened the door. Then saved by a gent and his scouts - wasn't easy - but he did manage to pull me out. Mud EVERYWHERE - inside and out of the vehicle (note to self - spinning in mud = close windows!)
I've learned that a 'raw' launch requires you DON'T back down like you were on a ramp! Did better at low tide late fall at Newton - get close, and just push the damned thing in off the trailer.
Oh - and then there was the ONE time I forgot the drain plug. Of course I had my son ready to drive the boat to the dock while I parked. He hollers "Dad - there's water coming in" I respond "yeah - it just seeps a little" he says "NO! I mean REALLY FAST!!!!". Took a lot of trips before he was willing to drive at launch time.
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I started [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=705063;page=1"]THIS[/url] thread, and ended up with a number of humorous anecdotes.
I had a few tumbles and tangles that I try to forget about. Late fall - went off to Hyrum with Jdawg - along the way I was standing on one of the seats of the boat - when for no real reason at all (wasn't a wakeboarder passing or nuthing) I kinda lost my balance and footing and managed to "sit back" (aka fall) into the boat. Luckily INTO and not OUT OF!
Had a pretty good spill on the last glossy ice trip - drilled a hole, then when lifting to one foot while kicking away the slush - the downed foot went OUT, and I went DOWN. Quite the elbow slam man!
Then there was that BIG trout that stole my minnow, then followed my perch jig right up to the hole - bit it didn't stop there - LITTERALLY stuck it's nose up my ice hole. Pitched back down quick as a whistle, and managed to hook him back up. Alas - clear ice - I could see the chunk right through it - but I'm pretty sure I snagged my castmaster on the hole, and he broke off.
But there' nothing like hooking a fish through the ice - only to have it run over and either loop or snatch a neighboring line - and MAN that second rod starts a bouncing! No spring bobber needed THERE my friends! HAS to be a monster!!! or not. [unimpressed]
Done the - start the sled down the hill only to have it take out my feet, and then sit down the rest of the slope. Of course - gotta play it off like ya meant it!!!
Of course there was the mudfest at my first "wild" launch at Porcupine. Backed down the trailer - pushed the boat off as usual - went to pull out - and, uh, no. Slickery mud - in trying to get OUT I kept going further IN. Popped the trailer off, and still - was about to water lapping IN the cab when I opened the door. Then saved by a gent and his scouts - wasn't easy - but he did manage to pull me out. Mud EVERYWHERE - inside and out of the vehicle (note to self - spinning in mud = close windows!)
I've learned that a 'raw' launch requires you DON'T back down like you were on a ramp! Did better at low tide late fall at Newton - get close, and just push the damned thing in off the trailer.
Oh - and then there was the ONE time I forgot the drain plug. Of course I had my son ready to drive the boat to the dock while I parked. He hollers "Dad - there's water coming in" I respond "yeah - it just seeps a little" he says "NO! I mean REALLY FAST!!!!". Took a lot of trips before he was willing to drive at launch time.
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