Lessons learned

[TnRiver46]

It never ceases to amaze me when people rely on weather predictions and expect them to be accurate. Come on guys! Plan for the opposite and expect the unexpected. Its like browns fans thinking this is the year.......

[MN Fisher]

13 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

It never ceases to amaze me when people rely on weather predictions and expect them to be accurate. Come on guys! Plan for the opposite and expect the unexpected.

Exactly - plan for the worst even if the day starts sunny and calm.

 

13 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Its like browns fans thinking this is the year.......

Wait? The Browns still have fans?

[Hi-Powered Red Neck]

  As a kid I grew up fishing with my Dad. He was heavily into tournament fishing. We were fishing in a slew off of Lake Seminole on the other side of the from where we launched. We had been back off the lake for several hours and had been culling for at least 2. We where in high spirits as we started for the dock. I was driving the boat all I remember about that boat was it was a  brown and gold Skeeter with a 140 tower of power that ripped along pretty good. He had let me drive cause it would be way cooler if we pulled up to the dock with me driving. Almost knowing we had this day wrapped up. I had the boat on the pad and was in the process of trimming it up and letting her eat as we hit the main lake and 2-3' waves! Holy crap I'm way over my head. I chopped power and spun it back around and got us to sheltered water again under the guidance of my dad. Once back in the calm water he said we can still make the weigh in but it was going to be a nasty ride. We stowed all our gear as he did his best to explain what we where about to face. As we got out on to the lake it was as bad as he had said it would be. He had the boat on top and we were making good progress when I saw  couple boats fall in behind us.  Now 3 boats strong we ran our way across the lake taking a pounding. I will say that was an exciting ride. We made it to the scales on time with some of the other guy's in the club behind us. We actually won, finishing 1 & 2. The guys that followed us across the lake said they had been debating about crossing the lake when they saw us go for it. Safety in numbers. My Dad later admitted he was ready to turn around when the other two boats showed up. He continued knowing we now had some back up. Me, of course I was with my Dad I had no idea the amount of danger we faced that day. Be safe out there.