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re: Boat launch etiquette
Posted on 7/23/15 at 12:07 am to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 7/23/15 at 12:07 am to tigerinthebueche
East Pearl Hwy 90 launch. Must have been a redfish tourney of some kind and we pull up to go bass fishing right near weigh in. No big deal it will just take a while bc of the large amount of boats. Big dude with a F250 and center console with stickers all over everything trailers his boat and pulls up about 15 feet. Decides he parking there and going to weigh in his fish. Looks at us like we are crazy bc we were next in line for that side of the launch. I do not understand how anybody can think that's okay.
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Posted on 7/23/15 at 7:55 am to GeauxWarrior12
quote:there woulda been a fight. Someone woulda caught a charge that day.
Big dude with a F250 and center console with stickers all over everything trailers his boat and pulls up about 15 feet. Decides he parking there and going to weigh in his fish. Looks at us like we are crazy bc we were next in line for that side of the launch. I do not understand how anybody can think that's okay.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 9:04 am to meauxjeaux2
My dad had me backing in the boat everyday to go fishing after he got off work at the local launch. I was around 13 and eventually it became second nature. There wasn't anyone else at the launch hardly, so it really didn't matter if I took a while.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 9:05 am to tigerbait703
Backing a boat is so easy, even my wife can do it.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 9:08 am to AlxTgr
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Backing a boat is so easy, even my wife can do it.
Sounds like the catch phrase of a commercial.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 9:11 am to Palo Gaucho
Posted on 7/23/15 at 10:22 am to AlxTgr
quote:
Backing a boat is so easy
Tried to tell a kid at a launch who looked to be struggling pretty bad at backing in, about putting his "steering hand" at the bottom of the wheel and how to use his mirrors.
I got the WTF? look and he continued to try it his way. Took up both lanes to launch a 16' skiff.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 10:33 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
people need to learn launch parking etiquette just as much as the actual launching. 
Posted on 7/23/15 at 10:35 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
quote:I really don't like the mirror method for people who are bad at it. Looking over the shoulder seems to be easier to pick up. JMO, YMMV.
how to use his mirrors.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 10:36 am to bayouvette
quote:
people need to learn launch parking etiquette just as much as the actual launching.
Or the difference between trailer parking and regular vehicle parking
Posted on 7/23/15 at 11:16 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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how to use his mirrors.
Everyone should learn both ways IMO, Pops had a damn obstacle course laid out in the yard when I was learning. Taped trash bags over the back glass so I had to use the mirrors. Once I got that down, he let me look over my shoulder. I still do both, just depends on the situation.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:05 pm to Barf
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Bass boats are the second worst
Haha. They are. What's with the glitter??
This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:43 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
It's best when your at a single truck launch and the guy backing down in front of you has rollers on his trailer. Then it falls of backing down the ramp.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 5:55 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Posted on 7/23/15 at 7:31 pm to Barf
I'm a patient person but that is waaaaay outta line...
Posted on 7/23/15 at 8:24 pm to Barf
I'm amazed no one walked over and gave them shite about blocking the ramp.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 6:24 am to Who Me
They would be in a different scenario at the Belle River public launch on the spillway side.
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