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| Learning the Hard Way; Boating 101 | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 7 2009, 10:26 AM (76 Views) | |
| Final | Jul 7 2009, 10:26 AM Post #1 |
Salvelinus namaycush
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This year was the first year my boys ran a boat, I rented two so they could learn on their own, the first day out was great but the second was a nitemare the morning started out ok we caught lots of fish   you can see its starting to get rough [this area is sheltered]  then things started to look like it might get bad     so we decide to head back as we are about 12 miles from camp we drove out of the sheltered bays we were fishing to the main lake and the waves were 4 feet coming out of the north west with some 5-6 foot rollers, being pushed by 70 k winds. I have been in rougher but not by much. My oldest son T.J. was running the boat he only had 7 hrs of experiance so I was a bit worried about my boys. I was in the lead so my boy could see how I was running the waves, we talked before hitting the main lake I had told him to do what I did and I would keep looking back to make sure they were ok it was so rough that pics were out of the question. It took us 2 1/2 hours to get back to camp and a white knuckler it was. When we made it to the dock I asked my boys what they thought of the ride they said that they would rather not do it again. I told T.J. that I was proud of and impressed by his handling of the boat it was a damed hard way to learn how to run a boat. |
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| 4ST EYES | Jul 7 2009, 08:17 PM Post #2 |
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Glad you and your young lads made it back okay. You are right, that is a learning experience he may not have been ready for, but it will be a good lesson for him to remember. When the weather starts getting bad you don't wait for it to hit. Get off while the getting is good. I have been in that situation with my job and have been "lucky" to make it back to camp some times. One other point to install though, if it gets too bad it is smarter to find a quiet bay and wait for evening to come. It usually calms down somewhat just before dark. I have also had to do this on quite a few occasions (ie. Lac Seul a couple times, on Lac St. Joe, on Nipissing and on others that I forget their names). Better safe, than dead. |
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| 4ST EYES | Jul 7 2009, 08:18 PM Post #3 |
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Oh, by the way, nice fish! Thanks for the pics. |
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| tracker | Jul 8 2009, 12:36 PM Post #4 |
Fish On, EH
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Glad everyone made it home safe. Nice fish. |
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| Shedherder | Jul 14 2009, 06:01 PM Post #5 |
Bass
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Nice Catch, 
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| GET R DONE | Sep 17 2009, 08:25 PM Post #6 |
Fishin' for Loch Ness
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Glad to hear everyone made it back to camp safe and sound. |
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| Final | Sep 18 2009, 09:49 AM Post #7 |
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Salvelinus namaycush
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Thanks everyone. |
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| chevy man | Sep 26 2009, 08:31 PM Post #8 |
Walleye
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glad to see that everyone made it safely back to camp, with that said somebody was lucky or good, catcing all them nice fish, 
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