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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Once in a while you come across a truely genuine boat ramp story which makes you laugh out loud. I received the following email from a friend today who I will allow to remain anonomous...for now.
Sunday morning (4:30 am) I went to Le Bowl De Toilet to chase the elusive musky. When putting my boat in the water I decided to tie my rope to the trailer and let the boat slide off instead of my normal plan of pushing the boat off the trailer. Everything was going well until my knot untied. I quickly kicked off my shoes and socks, rolled up the sweat pants and waded in after. I couldn't have aimed the boat off the trailer any better as it was heading straight down the channel towards open water. While I waded in and got to within a couple feet of the rope I lunged and proceeded to slip and sink myself neck deep in the water. I finally got the boat rope and waded back to the dock at the landing, tied her up and pulled the trailer out of the water. Made my first cast five minutes later soaked from head to toe. Minutes later a gaggle of geese came flying by and one of them crapped right on my shoulder. 4 hours later no fish. I should have stayed in bed. The only upside was nobody saw my boat landing antics.
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Location: Minnetonka , MN. | I have a frend that will go to the boat ramp just to watch . |
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| It is posted below under the "What a Way to Start a Day" post. |
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| Daggone hilarious dude! I had the rope snap on me once and waited almost an hour before 2 dudes showed up and gave me a "ride" to me boat, which had floated about 150 yards out from the dock. The first time I ever tried to drive her on the trailer in a downpour I jumped the bunks, bounced off a rental boat and slammed the dock. And, when I would on occasion partake of a few gin/tonics, I arose before dawn one morning, and thinking i'd hitched up the boat the night before, drove off leaving the boat in the driveway; I realized what I'd done a couple miles from the house and went back to try again. These happened quite a few years ago, but are still fresh as ever! I long for the day when you SOON identify the individual!:O |
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | As I have already posted this message, I can fess up it was me.
Here is another one. The weekend before I was pulling my boat out on a one ramp launch. Seemed like any normal day. Three boats waiting to come in, three boats trying to get out. Put the boat on the trailer and my truck won't shift out of park. Seems that the break light wire snapped and the truck didn't know that the brake was pressed to allow me to shift out of park. Luckily I fish (usually but not yesterday) with a handy guy who respliced and connected the wire. So 40 minutes later I was able to drive home. |
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Location: oswego, il | Dave, thanks for the great stories and the fess up because I was going to call Slamr's name on this one.lol I hope your algae pit turns on soon for you. Last time I fished it was when I met you and we caught that fish before you had your boat in the water, two years ago. |
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | Todd,
Fishing the algae pit is like hitting yourself in the forehead with a hammer. It feels so good when you stop. Unfortunately for me I have very limited time on the weekends so its just easiest to dump the boat in the Bowl (assuming I hang on to it) and fish for a few hours. I should try sterling or somewhere else. Eventually I will learn.
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Talk about Goose Poop, a few years ago on a beautiful fall day a freind and I were out on N. Twin in vilas county we were getting some action but no solid hook ups we decided to take a lunch break so I motored out to the middle of the lake and we just drifted while we ate, as a flock of geese flew overhead I heard my partner start cussing and yelling at the geese it seems that one of them took a POOP right on his sandwhich. that was the funniest thing I ever saw up until about two hours later while we were fishing one of N.Twins more famous points I hear my partner grumbling and cussing at some geese that were flying high overhead then it happened just as he looked up at the flock BULLSEYE!!GOOSE POOP right in the middle of his forehead!!!! from the gooses perspective it must have been just like that scene from movie Pearl Harbour where the bomb is falling towards the Arizona, I was laughing so hard my side hurt and could not fish for about a half hour, even today whenever I hear a flock of geese I start laughing
Edited by JohnMD 7/29/2003 7:54 AM
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| I'm w/ you Todd; me first thought was Slamr!:O Been a awhile since his last escapade, and no doubt he is due for one... |
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Sorry ... I thought it was Mellot that had the goose take a dump on him!!
Edited by Thad 7/30/2003 9:46 AM
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | How did my gas station incident get brought up again? Therapy is helping with my gas station hatred, but thank you for bringing back that old psychosis.
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Speaking of poop, a few years ago one of my two partners was having a problem with some Hardees he had scarffed down for breakfast. We were on the water for less than an hour when we had to take him in. An hour was about all we could stand to hear him crying about his problem anyway. So we started the 15 min. each way trip back to the ramp that, lucky for him, had a nice stinky port-a-potty.
With all of that behind us we started fishing an area that had loads of baitfish balled up along the drops. We had a few hot follows when his gut started acting up on him again. We boated a short one and had some more follows before I noticed out of the corner of my eye, my partner was bent over in pain, doing the poo-poo dance on the back of the boat. Man did we bust a gut laughing at his pain. After the window closed we took him to finish his business. I almost felt sorry for him........almost.
I won’t say who it was, but, he brings a pretty good lunch.
Not really a ramp story, but hey, the port-a-potty was at the ramp.
Brian
Edited by Boro 7/30/2003 4:54 PM
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Sounds like a guy that used to be called " LUNCH BOX "
How about it Lunchie care to fess up ? I was in that same situation once after a Denver Omlet breakfast did not sit well with me at all the guy whose boat I was in did not want to go to shore because he had a hot follow but after I told him that I would need to use his live well as a bidet we went to shore and took care of business, hope to see you at the next Inc meeting
Edited by JohnMD 7/30/2003 7:42 PM
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Thanks for throwing me under the bus partner! Yep that was me, new nickname ~ muddbutt
Boro isn't exactly telling the story accurately. I did make them take me back to the ramp for the first evacuation very shortly after getting on the water, which they obliged me promtply. The second time however I tried to hold it as long as a I could seeing as how the fish appeared to be cooperating. At some point though I knew I was losing the battle and I nearly messed myself before they would agree to take me back for the second inning.
BTW - people don't deposit liquid in those port-o-johns. That will be my first and hopefully last time taking a dump on top of a 2ft high pile of turds! |
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Location: oswego, il | Luke, were there suckers in Boro's livewell? You could have used that.lol
I always make a point not to overeat the day before a fishing trip and not overeat while doing it. Stay away from fiber, grape nuts are not our fishing friend! |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | That might have been the funniest morning ever. Nothing like making your friends bend over through the pain of cramps so that you can cast a hot area. Til the day I die I will have the vision of Luke wincing in pain on the back deck.
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | If it were me, I would have dropped my pants off the back of the boat. I know no shame!!!! |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Todd,
We probably wouldn't have went back except I saw him eyeing my livewell. The thought of having to clean that out of there got me going back to the launch pretty quick. He had that look of desperation in his face. I could tell he had already thought about jumping in but decided the water was too cold.
Brian
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Boat Ramp Stories.....again