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re: Are boat launches some of the most comical places on earth?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:03 pm to cbree88
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:03 pm to cbree88
I've been at the Bayou Pigeon boat launch with 20 fishing boats waiting to be launched. Old crawfisherman goes strait to the front, launches in like 2 minutes flat, and parks his truck. No one says a word to him, I guess no ones gonna slow a working man down.
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:18 pm to Lg
Letting tailpipe in water causes engine to stall? Lol whut?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:22 pm to cbree88
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There’s the dad who is teaching his son to back up the trailer and is jumping around and making a bunch of hand motions to direct the son on what to do.
My dad taught me in our own driveway before putting me in prime time.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:28 pm to cbree88
You should start a Twitter (X) page….“Boat Ramp Hilarity”. Could be better than the FAFO page.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:29 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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I've launched a boat hundreds of times and somehow I've never seen anything crazy at the launch
Found the boat launch frick up
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:30 pm to Lazer Legz
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Old crawfisherman goes strait to the front, launches in like 2 minutes flat, and parks his truck. No one says a word to him, I guess no ones gonna slow a working man down.
they just didn't want to jeopardize crawfish prices
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:42 pm to AwgustaDawg
Yep, duck season launches can be way worse because when you are launching on a public ramp you are typically doing it to beat someone to a spot and that means tempers can escalate quickly if you frick it up and stall the process. Plus, it is usually cold and sometimes rainy which means that hot cab will feel so good. I have seen at least a handful of launches where a boat was sent out into a river with nobody in it.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:43 pm to Czechessential
On another note but same kind of topic.
About a month ago I was coming back from fishing south of Belle River and were running up Belle River back to the camp and noticed a guy and his young son flagging us down. We stopped and the guy asks for a tow.
He and his son had gotten thrown out of the boat because he was teaching his 12 year old son how to drive a tiller handle outboard. Kid let go of the handle and the boat threw them both out and then got swamped. Talk about luckily it wasn't worse than just a shaken up 12 year old and very wet dad.
Be careful out there things can happen quickly.
About a month ago I was coming back from fishing south of Belle River and were running up Belle River back to the camp and noticed a guy and his young son flagging us down. We stopped and the guy asks for a tow.
He and his son had gotten thrown out of the boat because he was teaching his 12 year old son how to drive a tiller handle outboard. Kid let go of the handle and the boat threw them both out and then got swamped. Talk about luckily it wasn't worse than just a shaken up 12 year old and very wet dad.
Be careful out there things can happen quickly.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:43 pm to cbree88
Comical or infuriating? I lean towards the latter.
Look, some stuff just happens to all of us regardless of how many times you’ve launched a boat.
It’s the unforced crap that pisses me off. Idiots who back their boat up to the water, then they hop out and dig the life jackets out of the tow vehicle, coolers, unstrap it, etc. Get that crap ready ahead of time so you can dump the boat in efficiently and quickly move to a parking spot.
The loading sequence is similar. Great, your boat is on the trailer….now move the damn thing out of the way away from the water and that’s where you wipe it down, strap it down, and leave it when you hit the porta potty at the launch.
I used to be a fishing guide so I was on the water a ton going to all types of different lakes and rivers. A lot of really nice launches and a ton of launches that quite frankly suck. With clients I always pointed out the irritating crap other people did that was right in front of us in order to reinforce the courtesy of having your shite ready before you get the boat wet and to get the frick out of the way when it’s on the trailer.
Look, some stuff just happens to all of us regardless of how many times you’ve launched a boat.
It’s the unforced crap that pisses me off. Idiots who back their boat up to the water, then they hop out and dig the life jackets out of the tow vehicle, coolers, unstrap it, etc. Get that crap ready ahead of time so you can dump the boat in efficiently and quickly move to a parking spot.
The loading sequence is similar. Great, your boat is on the trailer….now move the damn thing out of the way away from the water and that’s where you wipe it down, strap it down, and leave it when you hit the porta potty at the launch.
I used to be a fishing guide so I was on the water a ton going to all types of different lakes and rivers. A lot of really nice launches and a ton of launches that quite frankly suck. With clients I always pointed out the irritating crap other people did that was right in front of us in order to reinforce the courtesy of having your shite ready before you get the boat wet and to get the frick out of the way when it’s on the trailer.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:46 pm to 32footsteps
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With clients I always pointed out the irritating crap other people did that was right in front of us in order to reinforce the courtesy of having your shite ready before you get the boat wet and to get the frick out of the way when it’s on the trailer.
baw we paying you to drive de boat, hand us beers, and clean de fish, we don't won't none of your lecturin', us
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:50 pm to Czechessential
i follow a few of the boat launch humor pages on IG like qualified captain, etc, even though i'm not a boater myself. can anyone explain a plausible scenario that results in a truck being submerged in the water off the end of the ramp? it seems like there is video after video of this phenomenon, and i cant figure out what is happening to cause this so often. surely these people arent all just leaving their trucks in reverse and jumping out. i can see that occasionally happening, but there has to be somethign else that causes this to happen. is it too big of a boat on too small of a truck?
please explain to a non-boater wannabe baw like myself.
please explain to a non-boater wannabe baw like myself.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:58 pm to triggeredmillennial
All you have to do is get on step and pull the plug. It will drain itself.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:02 pm to cbree88
I was putting my Bass Cat on its trailer by myself one day, got my truck, backed it in, drove the boat on the trailer, pulled it out the water and had it strapped down before these 5 idiots at the launch had their boat on the trailer. They were there trying to do it even before I pulled up...
Their problem was they had the trailer backed in the water way too much. I finally told them they needed to pull it out the water more.
I was fishing a BASS Top 150 at Bayou Segnette, ESPN had their set up right near the launch on the grassy area between the launch and the parking lot. Some local "Wegonite," like we called them, put his truck in the water in the front of about 500 people watching the weigh in.
Fish Fishburne says over the PA, "Look some dude just launched his truck," funniest shite ever.
Their problem was they had the trailer backed in the water way too much. I finally told them they needed to pull it out the water more.
I was fishing a BASS Top 150 at Bayou Segnette, ESPN had their set up right near the launch on the grassy area between the launch and the parking lot. Some local "Wegonite," like we called them, put his truck in the water in the front of about 500 people watching the weigh in.
Fish Fishburne says over the PA, "Look some dude just launched his truck," funniest shite ever.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:03 pm to KLSU
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We stopped and the guy asks for a toe.
You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:05 pm to Northshore Aggie
The worst are the guides or the tournament fisherman that think that means they have priority. I once saw a guy in big bay boat in some type of redfish tournament leave his truck and boat in the launch to go weigh in his fish. He was gone 20 minutes and didn't see a problem with it when he returned and everybody was shitting on him.
The funniest I saw as a guy trying to load 17 or 18ft flat on the trailer off the side of the road on the old road between Leesville and Fourchon. Truck was in the road, front of the boat on the trailer, back of the boat on the ground. The prop had hung up on a stump off something pulling up and the boat slid off the back but not back into the water. We thought it was hilarious. They guy driving did not.
The funniest I saw as a guy trying to load 17 or 18ft flat on the trailer off the side of the road on the old road between Leesville and Fourchon. Truck was in the road, front of the boat on the trailer, back of the boat on the ground. The prop had hung up on a stump off something pulling up and the boat slid off the back but not back into the water. We thought it was hilarious. They guy driving did not.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:11 pm to cbree88
I launched without the plug in my boat before. didn't notice until it was very bad. i managed to get back to the dock and with help got it winched onto the trailer, but you would've definitely been laughing at me at the launch. It was a circus for sure 
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:11 pm to Northshore Aggie
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i follow a few of the boat launch humor pages on IG like qualified captain, etc, even though i'm not a boater myself. can anyone explain a plausible scenario that results in a truck being submerged in the water off the end of the ramp? it seems like there is video after video of this phenomenon, and i cant figure out what is happening to cause this so often. surely these people arent all just leaving their trucks in reverse and jumping out. i can see that occasionally happening, but there has to be somethign else that causes this to happen. is it too big of a boat on too small of a truck?
please explain to a non-boater wannabe baw like myself.
I've seen that with a couple of old Ford Rangers and heard there is an issue with the parking brake. Having had a 92 Ranger for a while, I can say that is just one of the issues. I did use it to launch a boat on occasion, and was mindful about that.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:16 pm to redfishfan
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The worst are the guides or the tournament fisherman that think that means they have priority. I once saw a guy in big bay boat in some type of redfish tournament leave his truck and boat in the launch to go weigh in his fish. He was gone 20 minutes and didn't see a problem with it when he returned and everybody was shitting on him.
Not doubting your story, but as many tournaments I've fished, I've never seen anyone do this before. Those guys usually all work together and someone would volunteer to pull their rig out the water for them, especially if there's a rush to get to the scale.
Ever see those guys launch their boats, they'll just back them in the water, without any bow line attached, and just ask one of the other fishermen to grab their boat.. It's friggin hilarious.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:17 pm to Hangover Haven
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Not doubting your story, but as many tournaments I've fished, I've never seen anyone do this before.
Most tournament guys are cool. Hell I fished many of tournaments but there's always a few bad apples.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:18 pm to Joe_Dirte
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I launched without the plug in my boat before.
I was guilty of that once...
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