04-02-2010, 09:13 PM
What I am saying is that some of my most memorable fishing trips are the ones that the weather or mechanical malfunctions have changed the outcome. (Example)
I had a 17 foot tracker flat bottom boat . A few years back about this same time of year a buddy and i thought lets go to gem lake and see what we can catch. we were only fishing for about maybe 1 hour and the sky started to darken. We were not to worried because we were not to far from the boat lanch. So we sat there fishing and the wind started to really pick up. Then the rain started in. By the time we started to go there were 3 to 4 foot white caps on the water the wind was howling and was raining like cats and dogs. As we were heading back to the ramp it was like someone was standing on the front of the boat tossing buckets of water in our faces. We could not have gotten any wetter if we had jumped in. I had the bilge pump on and there was still a foot and a half of water in the bottom of the boat.
After what seemed like a hour we were finally back at the ramp and were freezing. I left the bilge pump on tied the boat to the dock and ran for the truck. I thought if the boat sunk at least I could find it. So we sat in the truck for about a hour with the heater going full blast just to get warm. As we sat there the boat was getting a little lower and lower. we finally warmed up and got the boat out.
We only fished for about a hour and a half and did not catch anything. Now every time I cross the bridge at gem lake or the weather starts to get nasty I think of that trip. I am sure everyone has at least a few stories like this. Maybe we should start a new post where everyone could share there interesting trips. I don't want to hijack this one. Maybe I got a little to detailed sorry sometimes i cant shut up[crazy]
jim
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I had a 17 foot tracker flat bottom boat . A few years back about this same time of year a buddy and i thought lets go to gem lake and see what we can catch. we were only fishing for about maybe 1 hour and the sky started to darken. We were not to worried because we were not to far from the boat lanch. So we sat there fishing and the wind started to really pick up. Then the rain started in. By the time we started to go there were 3 to 4 foot white caps on the water the wind was howling and was raining like cats and dogs. As we were heading back to the ramp it was like someone was standing on the front of the boat tossing buckets of water in our faces. We could not have gotten any wetter if we had jumped in. I had the bilge pump on and there was still a foot and a half of water in the bottom of the boat.
After what seemed like a hour we were finally back at the ramp and were freezing. I left the bilge pump on tied the boat to the dock and ran for the truck. I thought if the boat sunk at least I could find it. So we sat in the truck for about a hour with the heater going full blast just to get warm. As we sat there the boat was getting a little lower and lower. we finally warmed up and got the boat out.
We only fished for about a hour and a half and did not catch anything. Now every time I cross the bridge at gem lake or the weather starts to get nasty I think of that trip. I am sure everyone has at least a few stories like this. Maybe we should start a new post where everyone could share there interesting trips. I don't want to hijack this one. Maybe I got a little to detailed sorry sometimes i cant shut up[crazy]
jim
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