Question:
I finally got around to puttin together
a website. I have posted a few fishing
pictures from the Potomac River and a
local lake. Also a few fishing links.
The link is here:
http://users.starpower.net/kandr1/index.html
what do you think about?
Answer:
-And for you other folks that was building an underwater camera, he's got the
directions for making one on his site!
-, that boat on the rocks! I put a 16'8" Champion about that high and
dry on a sandbar in the Mississippi at the Quincy Pool. Water had dropped
where we had been running for several days. Not a lot of fun to drag that
deep V hull to deeper water.
` -He was laying down in the boat when we passed,
and I asked if he wanted help. He said he was
going to wait for the tide to come back up. It
had not even finished going down, and it was
getting late.
If you notice in the picture their are spots in the
water to the left of his boat. That area has old
pier pilings going out into the river several hundred
feet. During high tide they are under water and can't
be seen. During low tide everyone fishes them! ;)
Most of the new boaters on the Potomac River think you
can drive anywhere you want... but this river is filled
with hidden dangers like this one.
I waited till he laid back down to snap the picture....
didn't want to hurt his feelings.
One thing i don't understand is why he didn't just get out
and push the boat back into the water... it is about 12 feet
deep on both sides of the rocks and the boat is aluminum
so it could not be that heavy?
-The Potomac river is tidal, and i have no idea if he put
it on the rocks under power, or was fishing and just got
stuck? He didn't seem like he was in the mood to explain
when i sked if he needed help.
I was fishing that area one day when a pleasure boat came
roaring right over the pilings that wher only inches under
the water. I could not believe he missed them. I tried to
wave him off, but he just kept on coming. I geuss he will
never know how lucky he was that day.
-All this talk reminded me of a night on Lake Michigan out of
Milwaukee.
About 25 years ago I was trolling for Trout/Salmon with a guy I worked
with, in his boat. We were done for the evening, he was taking in all
the rods and putting equipment away and I was driving. When he had
all the tackle and riggers up he told me to speed up. Now, I don't
have good night vision and I told him so and stayed at a little over
trolling speed as we were not far from the breakwall. A minute of so
later, a 24/26 footer went flying past us. I remarked to my partner,
"I sure hope he knows where the breakwall opening is."
We proceeded into the marina and put the boat on the trailer and as we
pulled into the shakedown area an ambulance came flying up and the
MIlwaukee police boat arrived at the pier. The ambulance guys took
box after box onto the boat and it zoomed away with its lights
flashing. It disappeared out side the breakwall and my buddy and I
grabbed a few beers and sat down to wait and see what would happen.
About 45 minutes and a few brews latter the boat came zipping up to
the pier. They unloaded three guys wearing enough bandages to make
several mummies out of. They bundled them into the ambulance and it
sped off. We walked over to talk to the police boat operator as he
gassed up before leaving.
The guys were pulled off of a 24/26 footer that had hit the rocky
breakwater. The cop said he had never seen anything like it. The
driver went clean through the windshield, breaking the wheel of as he
flew into the rocks in front of the boat. The right hand passenger
broke through the cabin bulkhead with his head and shoulders. The guy
in the middle got the least damage, he went through the entryway door,
breaking it in two and rode a table into the cushioned seat.
The cop was black and mentioned something about stupid getto dwellers
stealing boats. We latter found out that three black guys, with no
knowledge of boating, had stolen the boat.
The picture in the paper the next morning showed the wreck. All that
was in the water was about a foot of transom, it was a 26 footer and
the rest was on the rocks which came out of the water at about a 60
degree angle!!!
