Dumb people

[Frank Buck]

yeah i was there for one of them. lol

There is a story here that I would love to hear.....

[Harley123]

My father use to take me out to the rigs and fish we where in a 1980 17 foot deep V center console Hydra Sport with a 115 Merc on it we would fish with 6 to 8 foot swells taking several over the bow and I survived and I would do anything to go do it again

[bjhooper82]

Originally Posted by Frank Buck

On the other side of the coin...I have went out in SLICK FLAT seas for a day of Snapper fishing 25 miles out....Weather man said it would be perfect....Everything wonderful....I'm talking slick as glass....Get out and start tearing in to snapper (before the limits were STUPID and it was worth it to go), Cobia, amberjack...You name it, we were in them....Boat starts bouncing up and down, no worries....breeze picks up just enough to cool us off from the 190 degree heat...no worries...then they start building....Frequency far apart...no worries....When the constant 3's start to chop up and change directions and pick up in frequency, we pick up and start in...THEN, It got bad! ankle deep water in boat, buddies bilge not working, I'm driving can't get boat to plane, circling a platform in case we have to swim, his heads down trying to fix bilge...Now he's sea sick and puking, so ABC (already been chewed) hamburger is floating on our ankles....After 5 mins of terror, bilge working...buddy still puking....get on plane and keep nose into the big one's all the way back...jogging with a compass, cause we didn't have GPS's in boats back then...That was the roughest...Coming in to belle pass we had 8' rollers that was scaring the C-Rap out of me...

That sounds like a bad dream right there!!!

["W"]

#1 sinker today...... Just got pulled in...

[Big Flounder]

I work on bayou Bienvenue in challmette and you wouldn't believe the people that pass through the gates in these little boats with the wind blowing. Crazy!!!

[rainy_day]

People have fished grand bayou (the weirs) in aluminum boats for years.
Sounds like you guys just want a little more room for your
24ft 60,000 dollar boat. Hurts to see that guy in a 5,000 rig out fish
You and all your equipment. I remember when a trowlling
Motor was s sculling paddle or a push pole..ya have fun now..

[biglaketiger]

Originally Posted by rainy_day

People have fished grand bayou (the weirs) in aluminum boats for years.
Sounds like you guys just want a little more room for your
24ft 60,000 dollar boat. Hurts to see that guy in a 5,000 rig out fish
You and all your equipment. I remember when a trowlling
Motor was s sculling paddle or a push pole..ya have fun now..

Dude, you missing the point, I live at Heberts marina and I can not count the amount of small boats that I have seen hauled in by the Sheriffs department or by good folks. I have had plenty of aluminum boats in my time, it has nothing to do with what I paid for my rig, it's common sense. Ask the Cameron parish sheriffs department how much tax payers money, my money and others here that has gone to pulling these idiots in.

[rainy_day]

We'll continue this when I get near a computer
Dude.

[redaddiction]

Originally Posted by biglaketiger

Dude, you missing the point, I live at Heberts marina and I can not count the amount of small boats that I have seen hauled in by the Sheriffs department or by good folks. I have had plenty of aluminum boats in my time, it has nothing to do with what I paid for my rig, it's common sense. Ask the Cameron parish sheriffs department how much tax payers money, my money and others here that has gone to pulling these idiots in.

How do you tow in a boat that's sunk? lol

["W"]

Originally Posted by rainy_day

People have fished grand bayou (the weirs) in aluminium boats for years.
Sounds like you guys just want a little more room for your
24ft 60,000 dollar boat. Hurts to see that guy in a 5,000 rig out fish
You and all your equipment. I remember when a trowlling
Motor was s sculling paddle or a push pole..ya have fun now..

Dude nobody in a $60k boat wants to fish the freaken weirs....

Aluminium boats get sunk all year by stupid ignorant people who think they can run to the weirs in 30mph winds....and they noise dive and fill there boat up..

Hell I took two over the front that same day in a 22ft boat

And there was a family that was pulled in by a 24ft 60k boat because they took on so much water they could not get on step..


So keep your idiotic comments to your self

[Jadams]

Here's not one but 2 that sunk I picked up few weeks ago lol

["W"]

Thanks for the picks J

[Country Boy]

Originally Posted by redaddiction

How do you tow in a boat that's sunk? lol

Ask Evans and he can tell you, he rescued 2 guys south of turners and there boat took in 2 waves and the boat went under right as he got to them about a couple of weeks ago and he had to tow them in.

[Sea-Trac Offshore]

Typical holiday weekend. Williams boat launch in Kenner had a good one yesterday. Come over the levve and you see a big group by one back down.. My wife asked what was going on. I told her just watch and be quiet. Evidently they backed up too quick and when boat slid off the tilt pin pulled loose on trailer. Transom and motor under at launch. About 6-8 kids with a maybe 16 boat center console. Lake was way too rough for it to begin with. I overheard one saying his dad is going to kill him. Hope sheriffs dept is at every launch today and tomorrow with breathalisers. Atleast keep the idiots sober.

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by "W"

Dude nobody in a $60k boat wants to fish the freaken weirs....

Aluminium boats get sunk all year by stupid ignorant people who think they can run to the weirs in 30mph winds....and they noise dive and fill there boat up..

Hell I took two over the front that same day in a 22ft boat

And there was a family that was pulled in by a 24ft 60k boat because they took on so much water they could not get on step..


So keep your idiotic comments to your self

I've seen plenty of $60,000 boats fighting to get a spot at the weirs. Maybe you need to take your own advice.


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[daduke]

What is the cutoff price of boats that can, under big lakes hand picked bylaws, legally fish the weirs? I hardly ever fish the weirs, but sometimes go that direction. I would hate to get caught there over the limit price wise.

[jchief]

Take it to the Gill Net.

["W"]

Originally Posted by 1fastmerc

I've seen plenty of $60,000 boats fighting to get a spot at the weirs. Maybe you need to take your own advice.


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My boats not 60k but you will never see me fighting to fish the weirs

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by "W"

My boats not 60k but you will never see me fighting to fish the weirs

[la_suthrn_soldier]

it all depends on the style of boat, type of hull, height of sides etc etc..... theres a huge difference between a 16 ft flat bottom jon boat with 18 in sides trying to cross teh lake and a 16 ft semi-v with a 15degree front bow with 25 in sides..... you just have to know your equipments limitations... aluminum is just as capable as fiberglass and in my opinion preferential for fishing inshore waters down in the marsh....just my .02

Corey