Marsh island -what not to do

[Catcher'sMitt]

I only go shallow, with my baypro 21, and it is light as bayboats go, when the tide is rising. I try to also go into the wind, so it can help me go back if I start getting stuck. Getting stuck is the one of the reasons I speck fish most of the time. lol I have an idea for an invention that would get you unstuck pretty easily without getting out of the boat. People I have told about it said the market isn't large enough. I bet you would have paid top dollar for it though.

[saltysully]

Originally Posted by Catcher'sMitt

I only go shallow, with my baypro 21, and it is light as bayboats go, when the tide is rising. I try to also go into the wind, so it can help me go back if I start getting stuck. Getting stuck is the one of the reasons I speck fish most of the time. lol I have an idea for an invention that would get you unstuck pretty easily without getting out of the boat. People I have told about it said the market isn't large enough. I bet you would have paid top dollar for it though.

Going into the wind side of the banks is a good idea. Forgot to mention, I did try one more method to get unstuck which I thought was a pretty good idea and although it didn't work, it may work in case this happens to one of you guys. Simply throw out the anchor where you know the water is deep and pull yourself (in the boat) to the anchor. Only problem was, in my case, the mud was too soft too get a good enough grip in the mud. Anyway, it might be worth a shot trying this method in case this happens to you. It did work for a buddy of mine, when the tide dropped fast on him, although you get a pretty good workout.

[saltysully]

Originally Posted by Catcher'sMitt

I only go shallow, with my baypro 21, and it is light as bayboats go, when the tide is rising. I try to also go into the wind, so it can help me go back if I start getting stuck. Getting stuck is the one of the reasons I speck fish most of the time. lol I have an idea for an invention that would get you unstuck pretty easily without getting out of the boat. People I have told about it said the market isn't large enough. I bet you would have paid top dollar for it though.

I would have paid more than top dollar. I even thought of jamming my push pole, which is a 2 inch pvc pipe in the mud in front of the boat, and using a 'come a long' to pull my boat to the pvc, but I didn't have the 'come a long'.