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 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:15 pm |
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OK Froggy is not the only one with adventures. I stove my boat up
solid in the oysters tonight. Fortunately I knew I was getting a tide
in a little while so my wife and I snuggled up and looked at the stars
until we could float it off.
I am supposed to know better and I am sufficiently ashamed ;-)
It was interesting though. Crunching those oysters drew in a lot of
bait and within 15 or 20 minutes there were big fish hitting the bait.
I don't usually fish much but I was sorry I didn't have my little
graphite spinning rod. |
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| Frogwatch... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:15 pm |
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On Oct 24, 1:15 am, gfretw... at (no spam) aol.com wrote:
Quote: OK Froggy is not the only one with adventures. I stove my boat up
solid in the oysters tonight. Fortunately I knew I was getting a tide
in a little while so my wife and I snuggled up and looked at the stars
until we could float it off.
I am supposed to know better and I am sufficiently ashamed ;-)
It was interesting though. Crunching those oysters drew in a lot of
bait and within 15 or 20 minutes there were big fish hitting the bait.
I don't usually fish much but I was sorry I didn't have my little
graphite spinning rod.
Glad you enjoyed it. If you dont run aground now and then, you aren't
trying hard enough to have fun (of course I type this while I am high
and dry at home). BTW, where you at? |
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| SteveB... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:29 pm |
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<gfretwell at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:uv25e5pl7lqp67o6kj7j7ahb3lv4djpkap at (no spam) 4ax.com...
Quote: OK Froggy is not the only one with adventures. I stove my boat up
solid in the oysters tonight. Fortunately I knew I was getting a tide
in a little while so my wife and I snuggled up and looked at the stars
until we could float it off.
I am supposed to know better and I am sufficiently ashamed ;-)
It was interesting though. Crunching those oysters drew in a lot of
bait and within 15 or 20 minutes there were big fish hitting the bait.
I don't usually fish much but I was sorry I didn't have my little
graphite spinning rod.
My most memorable grounding was on a sand bar in the Atchafalaya River in
Louisiana. We went hard aground on a sand bar. When we found our glasses,
and made sure everyone was okay, I stepped out into shin deep water. My
wife's uncle stepped out the other side of the boat expecting to do the
same, and promptly disappeared. We were right on the edge, and he was on
the deep water side. After some sputtering, we pushed it off and went on.
It was funny. Ploop! Gone.
Steve |
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| Lu Powell... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:40 pm |
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"SteveB" <oldfart at (no spam) depends.com> wrote in message
news:sq0dr6-tj1.ln1 at (no spam) news.infowest.com...
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gfretwell at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:uv25e5pl7lqp67o6kj7j7ahb3lv4djpkap at (no spam) 4ax.com...
OK Froggy is not the only one with adventures. I stove my boat up
solid in the oysters tonight. Fortunately I knew I was getting a tide
in a little while so my wife and I snuggled up and looked at the stars
until we could float it off.
I am supposed to know better and I am sufficiently ashamed ;-)
It was interesting though. Crunching those oysters drew in a lot of
bait and within 15 or 20 minutes there were big fish hitting the bait.
I don't usually fish much but I was sorry I didn't have my little
graphite spinning rod.
My most memorable grounding was on a sand bar in the Atchafalaya River in
Louisiana. We went hard aground on a sand bar. When we found our
glasses, and made sure everyone was okay, I stepped out into shin deep
water. My wife's uncle stepped out the other side of the boat expecting
to do the same, and promptly disappeared. We were right on the edge, and
he was on the deep water side. After some sputtering, we pushed it off
and went on. It was funny. Ploop! Gone.
Steve
Three kinds of boaters - ones who have been grounded, those who will be
grounded, and those who lie and say they never have. My worst one came in a
creek off the ICW near Palm Coast, FL. My fishing partner from that area
assured me the creek was deep enough for my 17 foot Sea Pro bay boat - NOT.
The tide was falling over that black muddy creek, and had almost no water
under us with the engine up. We took turns tossing the anchor as far as we
could, then pulling the boat ever so slowly into deeper water. Two minutes
to get stuck and nearly two hours to get unstuck. Luckily there was no harm
done, except to my pride. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:37 pm |
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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:29:49 -0600, "SteveB" <oldfart at (no spam) depends.com>
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gfretwell at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:uv25e5pl7lqp67o6kj7j7ahb3lv4djpkap at (no spam) 4ax.com...
OK Froggy is not the only one with adventures. I stove my boat up
solid in the oysters tonight. Fortunately I knew I was getting a tide
in a little while so my wife and I snuggled up and looked at the stars
until we could float it off.
I am supposed to know better and I am sufficiently ashamed ;-)
It was interesting though. Crunching those oysters drew in a lot of
bait and within 15 or 20 minutes there were big fish hitting the bait.
I don't usually fish much but I was sorry I didn't have my little
graphite spinning rod.
My most memorable grounding was on a sand bar in the Atchafalaya River in
Louisiana. We went hard aground on a sand bar. When we found our glasses,
and made sure everyone was okay, I stepped out into shin deep water. My
wife's uncle stepped out the other side of the boat expecting to do the
same, and promptly disappeared. We were right on the edge, and he was on
the deep water side. After some sputtering, we pushed it off and went on.
It was funny. Ploop! Gone.
Steve
This wasn't that deep. I had about 4" of water on the port side and 6"
on the starboard amidships. It was high centered, sitting right on top
of the bar. If I had a little better idea about where I was, water
wise, I might have been able to get off right then but 10 minutes
later the tide had dropped an inch and we were part of the island.
By then I knew what we had to do when we were floating but it was
going be a while so we just relaxed and enjoyed a beautiful evening.
It was 78 or so, with a light breeze and 79-80 degree water.
When the time came to go, I got in the water on the bow, my wife was
on the bow bouncing it up and down as I lifted and pushed. We "weeble
walked" it back about 8 feet and I was able to push it back to a foot
and a half of water. That is pretty much "mark twain" for me and off
we went. |
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