Funniest/worst things you have done at the launch
 

Locked keys in the truck while launching boat held up launch for hr waiting on popalock

Forgot to put the plug in bc i was rushing to get in the water on a solo trip. Tied the boat up and went park the truck come back and see the boats sittin a lil low. Hop in and the whole back hatch is full to the top with water. Crank boat up drive up the the launch... So it cant sink. Put the plug in. Get the truck. Pull it back on on the trailer, let all the water drain out. Put plug back in... Launch boat once again. And head to the fishin hole. Lol boyyy i was mad at myself!

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One day at the lacassine launch my dad was putting the boat on the trailer, and i was standing there to latch it. Well it didn't come up as far as it was supposed too, and when i went to walk out to latch it well i slipped on the alge on the concret and both my legs came out from under me and splash in the water. There was boats waiting to launch and they all started laughing there asses off along with me.

Saw the boat "my pal too" at cal point throttle onto the pier to stay in place so his buddy could load gear.


Saw a redfish rig last summer at the trout shootout at cal point that was way overloaded with extras and dude was wearing a jean jacket with all types of patches...it was way over the t-top to say the least.

One time we were coming back in at hog island gully from duck hunting in sabine and when i pulled the boat up i misjudged the water on the side and i took a leap off the boat thinking the water was shallow and splash my feet never touched. Talk about come up quick when it's 20 degrees outside and you just baptized yourself.

First time I ever launched a boat, and first day out in my boat, I went to delcambre launch on a Saturday in late April.

If you been there, just imagine that busy little slip with a south wind and me in my 18' tiller getting blown past the entry twice, then trying not to gouge the mean rigs all around me.

Baptism by fire right there!


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That's a tough launch even if you can drive a boat with a strong wind

Im also watched a guy launching in laccassine back of the end of the ramp,and then rip his axle off by gunning it to pull it back up.

I did that duck hunting the marsh last year.....little bit of water, thought I could jump over it to the land on the other side.......it wasnt land. Stuck in the mud up to my waist!!! And I mean stuck!!!!

Big burns new launch Put boat on trailer padna latches hook from wench but never latched lock on wench he gets in truck and guns its boats slides off trailer and sinks hell out me only thing I could think about was the 20 bass I had in ice chest and where they were lol needless to say I recovered all but 2 bass and bailed boat out trailered it and he never got to launch me again.

Launching my uncles duck boat that I borrowed to hunt his blind and backed the boat off the side of the ramp. Still had the goidevil strapped to the trailer and the mofo sunk!! Pulled it out to fing that his mojo duck was gone. Went make the hunt and scratched, then got back to the launch to go swimming for the mojo! Found the duck, but he never let me use his boat again!

Go down to Maxie Pierce landing in Intracoastal City.
You could fill this forum with retartedness that goes on at that launch!!

Trust me if you are ever REALLY bored and in the area, head down there on a Saturday afternoon unload your ice chest on the side and sit there and watch!!

I love to do thqt at Bridgeside on sundays....

That's right across from where I fly out of.

Walked right off the end of the pier and fell in the water. I wasn't paying attention, I was talking about all te fish we caught that day!

PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL

My dad launched the boat once, along with the trailer and the car..... it was all for my PawPaw too.

Another time he was coming in reached backed to pull the plug to let some water out and hit a pilon, scratched the hell out of the boat.

In an hurry on a solo trip in Venice one weekday afternoon. Backed in 16 foot boat, pushed it easily off trailer, jumped aboard, puttered over to dock to tie it up, stopped to chat with someone, then took off for the trip. Came back four hours later at dark, truck and trailer in same spot, truck still running.:eek:

Holy chat, this one takes the medal.


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We were fishing the Tangipahoa River near Ponchatoula. As I was going to get the truck to pick up the boat a neighbor that had went fishing with me was sitting on the dock holding the boat with his feet. Well he didn't realize that a big lab was on the dock behind him and the dog mistook him for one of the docks pillings. That dog pissed all over his back. I was dying laughing and I had to make him ride in the back the truck home cause he stunk so bad.

We have a WINNER!!

When I was about 10 or 11 we were launching our boat at the launch at Sabine Headquarters canal. My dad put the boat in the water and I was supposed to hold the rope. Thats it, hold the rope. Well, somehow or another I drifted off into lala land and so did the boat. As the boat was drifting away my Dad comes back and starts hollering. He made me jump in the water with about 2 or 3 gators and get the boat. I remember looking at my legs as I was pulling the boat back to launch, just waiting for a gator to come and chomp on em. I was really mad at him that day for making me do that. I also realized on that day that gators don't really mess with people.

Put some slick spray on my trailer boards backed up boat slid right off floating across intercoastal in feb cold *** swim lol

Found a truck like that at Calcasieu Point a couple of years ago, trailer in the water, truck running and no one around. I probably should have parked his truck for him but it wasn't busy so I just shut down his truck so he would not run out of gas. I forget lots of things but I have not done that, YET! HaHa!

18 yrs old , all excited after the morning hunt, and pulling into the parking lot of the sporting goods to get more shells for the nxt day, I hooked a curb at warp speed and flipped my rig on its side in the lot (14x36)with(20hp godevil) and drug it about 20 ft . Before realizing!
A bunch of customers standing @ front counter, and friends that worked there all ran out to see my F u G up!!! Lol

Boy I was mad and even more embarrassed! My adrenaline shot soo high I got out my truck and clean/jerked that beeoooch up rite and rolled right back outa there dragging the the tire and wheel at a 22.5 degree angle!

I've matured a lot since then:D

Launched at Calcasieu Point. 40 deg. air temp. 45 deg. water temp. 25 mph winds, muddy water.
Launched, parked the truck while Jordan and Landry putt putted the boat to the dock.
Hauled butt to Turners and noticed the bilge pump kicked on twice. Both times pumping a full stream.
I hollered F***. I forgot the plug.
Jordan looked at me and said, "I noticed it pumped a few times while sitting at the dock waiting for you to park the truck"...

Lol


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Im dying laughing LOL

At least you didn't have to wait in line to back your trailer in the water!

Launched the boat at 210 and someone was running late so had to launch it solo, no problem do what I always do. Got the boat off the trailer pulled up next to the long seawall and put the power pole down to hold it in place like I have done in the past. The power pole is down on the outside of the seawall. Walked to the truck and parked when I walked to the boat it drifted around on the power pole where I couldn't get to it. Walked up to where the parish employees were standing around and used two pole duck taped together with a paint rolled ducked tapped to the end and pulled the boat back around. Then the fishing partner showed up.


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Good call, I think I'll try that out next time I launch at delcambre!!


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Took my wife, we were dating at the time, crabing by 2-10 bridge and she decided she needed the restroom so I ran up Contraband Bayou to the marina to let her go. We pulled up to one of the slips and she was sitting on the front of the boat so I told her to grab the dock and hold on so I could tie the boat off when the wind decided to blow the boat away from the dock..... needless to say, when I herd the splash and turned around she still had both hands on the dock but she was completely under water...... she still says I pushed the boat

LMBO. I wish I could've seen that.


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These guys had a bad day after a hunt. They decided to launch on the side to the road well needless to say the truck won. Ol boy said his dad just bought that trailer to. Had to stop and help them pull the boat out of the water.

I used to take the bow line off my boat when I would put it on the trailer. I was in a hurry one day one a trip by myself and forgot to hook the rope to the the boat, I tied it to the trailer but not the boat. Backed into the water and my boat never stopped. I did not have to swim for it as there were lots of boats coming in from fishing, and someone was nice enough to get it for me, but boy I was embarased. I have never taken the bow line off sence.

After fishing at Big Alabama me and my podna was hauling azz down the pot holed gravel rd in Shurburne and I swerved to miss a hole and the boat and trailer hit one of the telephone poles that are pretty much in the road.. Put a big scuff on the boat, blew out the tire and bent the axle!! A Good Samaritan with a camp on the river that happened to have a torch at the camp helped us out and we limped back to Lafayette... And did I mention my podna borrowed the boat from a guy he worked with... This was in our destructive days of high school!!!

Launced my 27' Grady White offshore boat at Hebert's landing on Big Lake at 4:30 AM one saturday to head offshore. Told my brother to put in plugs. he put in only one of the two. We were running by radar and came across a crab trap that hung in my starboard prop. Stopped boat to untangle and when I tried to get on step 5 minutes later the boat just porpoised. Opened rear hatch and saw water over top of generator! Asked brother if he put both plugs in and he said he thought there was only one! Put on both bilge pumps and limp back to Hebert's. Got there and there was a line a mile long by then. Jumped out and told Capt Sammie to stop traffic so I could put boat back on trailer. After 20 minutes of water draining re-launched boat at 6:00 am. Cost of replacement generator: $5,600!

Never really had any mishaps my gpaw taught me the dos and don't at a young age. I seen some crazy stuff though. I went fishing out of delcambre one time,put my boat on the trailer and pulled up out the way. While I was securing the boat on the trailer I see a woman backing up so her boyfriend could load the boat on the trailer. She backed the trailer in so far the jack post was barley out the water. I told her that it was too far but she didn't care and it was obvious they had been drinking. The boyfriend in a 14 flat with a 50 horse pulls up and slams the boat into the jack post and tells her to pull up. When she pulled up the port side hits the guide on the side of the trailer causing the starbord side to go under and the boat starts to sink. Now this dude is every bit of 300 pounds just sitting there not doing anything yelling da boat is sinking! I could not help but laugh. The only thing that kept it from sinking is the skeg hit the cement. I tried to help but could not get the back up. Someone else came in their boat and 4 of us picked up on the transom and backed the trailer under. After that the dude says man I need a beer....lmao the boat was full of empty beer cans.

When my dad and I attended the first annual "Frogfest" with Catdaddy, we had only 3 frogs to take to the weigh-in at the launch. Catdaddy took all the empty beer cans from the boat instead. He walked up and said, "I bet ain't nobody weighed this many in tonight!" The entire crowd was in hysterics!

I was a young buck and my dad and a few of his friends decided to do a father/son fishing outing. So they all launched their boats and it was still dark and my dad went last and asked that I hold the rope while he parks. This is at Bayou Segnette btw. So I stood there waiting and decided to walk the boat to the end of the dock but forgot that the dock ends very quick. In the water I went and my dad came running up pulled me out the water and what seemed was a ruined day and go home I put on a slicker suit and finished off in style. I still get a hard time from that.

It was a double launch. Believe you me, if anyone - especially anyone I knew at the marina - had been put out for more than two seconds because my rig was in the way, it'd have been parked Lord knows where!!

gotta good one, went check brud inlaws crab traps few years ago in grand isle marsh in the winter, caught a few, wind was furious bout 25 mph and freezin cold, had face mask on. put the boat on the trailer quickly and ran to the truck to warm up. Drove completely from on end of grand isle to the other 7 miles to the camp- Everybody wavin at us- we waved back and smiling bout our crabs. Got to the camp-got out engine still runnin. -burnt water pump!

Ready to retrieve boat after fishing by myself. Large busy ramp, three lanes with room to launch 3 boats per lane if folks are orderly. I had squeezed the trailer between two others then walked back to where my boat was tied up. As I motored around to line up, I wasn't seeing my trailer, but heard people yelling. Reason I couldn't see was a guy with a brand new Hewes flats boat was pulling up onto my trailer. People yelling were his party from another lane. I give him credit for being persistent, he kept trying to motor up even after he had broken both my guide/light poles. At least he didn't bend the frame or hit the back of the truck. I was too torqued to do anything but laugh. I'm not sure he liked being called Skipper in front of everyone.

Made a bass trip a few years back in a little 14' with a yamaha 8, and cranked on the little motor out in the channel for 15 minutes with a line of trucks/boats launching around me, when finally I maxed out the throttle in forward, stood up and yanked the shiot outta the rope.... It fired up and took off wide open and flipped me out of the boat backwards in front of at least 10 people in 50 degree weather. Felt like a jacka$$

This past winter I went fishing with some friends from sun up to sun down. I was worn out. Get to Calc Point and one guy jumps off to go get truck. I decided to jump off 2 at last minute as he was backing away from pier on a very low tide. Stepped up and there is nothing to grab onto and went to step back and boat was gone. Fell right in with about 10 boats right there with a brand new iphone 5 in my pocket. I really think no one even noticed though. One of most embarassing moments of my life.

A few months ago I was launching at West Cove. Old man and his wife loading boat by themselves. Wife looked like she was struggling. Being the nice guy I am, I offered help. Old man kind of being a d i c k, told me no thanks. Backing my boat in I look back, motor is almost touching the concrete and boat almost standing straight up on trailer. He had it about half way on the trailer. I ran over there and gave him a hand.

Ha Ha Ha!! I'm picturing that in my mind and I think you may have just moved to first place on this thread..

good day, caught a pelican also on a ba-donk-a-donk. Ray tried to put plug in int he 39* water. He said fug it and we went back to launch, put boat on trailer, put plug in, went back fishing. Scratched that day i think

LOL a buddy did that with my trailer too. we just watched him try about 5 times before we let him in on the secret. he would back up and try it again. finally we had to tell him or we woulda been there all night

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Went to black lake with a guy from work in my brothers boat. We meet another guy at the ramp. We backed in and i went to start the motor. First pull nothing next pull rope came about half way and then locked. Hand pulled off the rope and punched me right in the jaw. Well i knocked myself out. They splashed a little water on my face and i came to. My jaw hurt for 3 days. We still went fishing but they never let me live it down.

Lol. That's hilarious. Laid yourself out