This past duck season I was launching at adams spillway landing. I had one of the guys we were hunting with me and we were meeting another guy but we were running about 30 minutes early. We decided to go on and launch the pro drive and then wait in the truck. While I was putting everything in the boat I asked the guy that was with me to put the plug in the boat. By the way I forgot to tell him I had two plugs one on the right side one on left. I put the boat in the water and pull the truck up and we wait in the truck for the other guy to get there. Well when he gets there he ask where the boat is I look over and all I see is a dim glow under the water. Boat had sunk to the bottom.

a few summers ago we were launching the bass boat one Saturday to go take a ride in Belle river. I get the wife in the boat and launch it without starting the motor and just pull it to the side and go and pull the truck up. Well the wind was blowing pretty good that day and I thought I had tied the boat good but must not have. Wife was screaming at me from the middle of Belle River. I tell her to just start the boat and drive it over. She then informed me that she could not because I had the keys. To this day she will not get into the boat until I get back from parking the truck.

Game over! Seeing Spots wins!

Back in teh day at M.C. Locks, we were at Point Au Fer all weekend. We had a GMC Jimmy and a 26' HEAVY Scotty Craft. It was a perfect launch and we were able to drive straingt up and park.

Low and behold, when we got back, someone tried to steal out tires but didn't have a jack to get the truck high enough. Well, they didn't t tighten nor put the lug nuts back on!!!!!

Like i said, perfect straight forward and backward! We backed teh trailer down perfectly fine....and once we ran the boat up and started up the ramp....rear wheels buckle inwards half way up the ramp.

Had to release the winch strap and have another boat pull the boat off the trailer....not with out damages and then a wrecker and winch to get us back on level ground to assess the tires.

EVERY NUT WAS FOUND!!!!!

Talk about lock up a boat launch!

20 years ago I had a standard shift pickup. Went fishing by myself was ready to load boat. Went and backed trailer in water this was a very steep ramp. Circling the boat to line up with trailer truck started rolling backwards. Had no choice but to hit the trailer with boat. Had a 175 mercury, water was past the doors on pickup pushed the truck with boat back to launching position. Did not know at the time the emgency brake is not designed to hold in reverse. Everytime I got off the gas to go latch boat and secure the truck rig would start rolling back.

There was no one around to help. Could not find anything in boat to chock the wheels with. Finally got two life jackets to throw under the back wheels of truck. It held long enough for me to get out of boat and into the truck. Next trip you can bet I had a set of brand new wheel chocks to place behind the tires. When you fish by yourself a lot you have to pay more attention to small details.

Ok. I've gotta know the story behind this.


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This is the story behind My Pic from above. All is good now... got a mclain trailer...Clicking noise was from depth finder banging back and forth by the engine...

Well, we were heading to Big Lake this morning hoping to see spots. Unfortunately we saw spots alright but it was the ones that you don't want to see. Comming up 210 between the barricades we smashed into the side:eek:. Knocked the axles off of one side but very little damage to the boat. My boy Billy from Elite Wrecker service came to the rescue. Still wanting to go fishing just had to be creative. I asked Billy if he could launch it, and he said no problem:smokin:. Launched the boat at prien with my buddy Mike Heinnen (came to the rescue with a flat bed to put my trailer on which was on loan from his brother mark) on hand and a gallery of folks comming to enjoy the sights. I told Mike it looked like one of his gallerys (He is a pro golfer). Got everything squared away then off to the feesh, but engine made a little clicking sound :cry:so parked the boat at a friends and started shopping for a trailer. If any of you have a trailer that would fit a 22ft bay boat with an 8'6" beam please let me know. No one was hurt and damage was minimal. Lifes to short to sweat the small stuff. Shad and LA Angler can you guys spare a few extra Salty Cajun Bucks for posting my story?:p

I have way to many to choose from

thats some great stuff! i have laughed out loud like 5 times.

I had a buddy (yellowmouth7) get stuck on the henderson public launch, he was backing trailer down so i could load the boat and i looked away for a second. I look up and he is parallel to the water and looking at me with this big smile. I lost it laughing

I don't know why, but this one had me laughing so hard and still get a case of the giggles picturing this in my head!

My neighbor at the camp has a ramp, so one night I decided to launch my flat, start the motor then park my truck back at my camp. After unloading a few things went to bring boat around & the motor is barely sticking out of the water. Good thing it was a shallow ramp. There were no witnesses untill now.

Henderson LA, probadlly 20 years ago, I was in a big hurry, by myself , forgot to undo the bow strap, backed boat in , it seemed to be stuck, I got out to inspect, released the winch and gave the boat a push, don't you know the wench handle made a full round ,caught me between the eyes rendering me unconscious, I fell between the trailer and truck in a fetal position some poor ununexpected gentleman came to my rescue, when I came too I was in a daze, thought for some reason old boy a sucker punched me so I started swinging, by this time I had an audience, they broke us up , an explain to me what had happen, old boy wife after all of that broke out a first aid kit patched my nose and off I went to finish my day

This happened to a dear friend of mine in PI. My buddies came back from fishing and were loading the boat. One being a rookie, the owner of the boat told him to hold the bow line while he backs the trailer down. Well i guess his eyesight was failing, because when the person turned around to back his boat down, he looks at his buddy, pulling with all of his might the rope, face red, as the boat is drifting away from the dock.

He was pulling on a rope that was tied to a cleat on the launch!!!!!!

A short swim later, they were back at the launch!

Lol.


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x2 that's funny

Thats a good one Ragin Cajin..... you too KajunDave

Ha! Ha! My wife would have clocked you with a paddle.. LMAO!! Good stuff..