Get down to the ramp...Oh...dang!

[Chris Catignani]

[mrpao]

At least the water is warm

[slonezp]

PP is down. Did she float there because of operator error?

[T-Billy]

14 minutes ago, Chris Catignani said:

Been there brother. Took a swim in 45 degree water once. Hey at least the drain plug was in right?

[Woody B]

Last December I pulled up at a local 1500 acre lake.  There was a guy standing on the dock.  He was glad to see me.  He launched his boat with his rope sitting on the bow.   

[Big Rick]

56 minutes ago, slonezp said:

PP is down. Did she float there because of operator error?

It seems you've answered your own question. Power Pole as in a SINGLE Power Pole. Boat just rotated around the single unit. Need 2 units to actually hold the boat in place. 

[Tennessee Boy]

Me:  Excuse me,  would ya'll mind bringing me my boat?

[TnRiver46]

That’s why we don’t trust them new fangled gizmos sonny 

 

it just about can’t float away if you tie it to a tree. It can however float away if you forget to tie it to the tree (speaking for a friend) 

[813basstard]

Been there..made the ‘leap of faith’ and fell onto everything that hurts in a boat. I’m sure it was fun as hell to watch from the bank..

[Chris Catignani]

2 hours ago, slonezp said:

PP is down. Did she float there because of operator error?

Yes...parked it on the rock and put the PP down.

35 minutes ago, 813basstard said:

Been there..made the ‘leap of faith’ and fell onto everything that hurts in a boat. I’m sure it was fun as hell to watch from the bank..

Good thing noone was around...left everything on the ramp and went for a swim. Glad I can still pull my self up over the gunnel.

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s why we don’t trust them new fangled gizmos sonny ...

I mostly use it when fishing grass... it been a weird fishing week.

[GRiver]

Nice boat 

Did that before too, at the boat ramp once and an emergency #2 break….. came out the bushes, boat out in middle of cove. 
Ahhhhh!  fun times.

[T-Billy]

8 hours ago, Chris Catignani said:

Good thing noone was around...left everything on the ramp and went for a swim. Glad I can still pull my self up over the gunnel.

Busy bridge a hundred yds downstream from where I took that 45 degree swim. Trust me when I say, nobody was gonna see anything at that distance. Like a button on a fur coat!!! ?

[TOXIC]

I used to fish a tournament trail where at blast-off in the morning, the first guy in line would launch and tie off his boat. Second guy in line would just back in with some speed and no rope and launch his boat into the cove.  He would then get in the first guys boat and be taken out to his boat.  Meanwhile the third guy in line would launch the same way as the second and the second guy, now in his boat, he would motor back and pick up the third guy.  The process would repeat until everyone was launched.  It was the fastest way I’ve ever seen to launch a tournament. 

[looking45]

This way nowhere close to what I saw one day. Got

ba into the dock after fishing and there were several people on and around the dock. As I was getting close to the dock. a guy waved me

to the other side. Tied up, got

out of the boat and saw why everyone was there. Someone backed their trailer into the water and got out of the truck to get the boat. He must have forgotten to set the brake and the truck rolled into the lake. It was completely submerged.  

 

[JbroBass]

13 minutes ago, looking45 said:

He must have forgotten to set the brake and the truck rolled into the lake. It was completely submerged.  

 

 

As Alfred Montaner would say: "Bloop Bloop Bloop."

 

 

[Alex from GA]

At a real busy ramp I'd do as Toxic said.  Some one would always give you a ride out to your boat.

[gim]

7 hours ago, TOXIC said:

I used to fish a tournament trail where at blast-off in the morning, the first guy in line would launch and tie off his boat. Second guy in line would just back in with some speed and no rope and launch his boat into the cove.  He would then get in the first guys boat and be taken out to his boat.  Meanwhile the third guy in line would launch the same way as the second and the second guy, now in his boat, he would motor back and pick up the third guy.  The process would repeat until everyone was launched.  It was the fastest way I’ve ever seen to launch a tournament. 

I’ve seen that in person at a big walleye tournament when 150 boats had to use one access in less than an hour. It looked like a synchronized manufacturing line. If there was any weak link in the line, the whole process was held up.

[MN Fisher]

4 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I’ve seen that in person at a big walleye tournament when 150 boats had to use one access in less than an hour. It looked like a synchronized manufacturing line. If there was any weak link in the line, the whole process was held up.

Or Gray's Bay on a nice weekend?

[gim]

5 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Or Gray's Bay on a nice weekend?

Haha. No, Grays Bay on a summer weekend more closely represents a circus, not a manufacturing line. Weak links galore there.

[Chris Catignani]

36 minutes ago, Alex from GA said:

At a real busy ramp I'd do as Toxic said.  Some one would always give you a ride out to your boat.

It was not a very busy ramp...I did see a boat run past up that river....and was kind of waiting for him.

But...I wanted to fish and took the plunge. Once everything was normal....I see the guy riding back down river and he yells that he lost his plug!

 

[RDB]

11 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Second guy in line would just back in with some speed and no rope and launch his boat into the cove.  He would then get in the first guys boat and be taken out to his boat.

Many trolling motors today have Bluetooth and a remote.  Just float your boat, deploy your trolling motor, hit spot lock where you want it to stay and go park.  It’s pretty handy when you launch by yourself.  It sux if you forget to turn the trolling motor on or don’t pair the remote.

[gim]

17 minutes ago, RDB said:

Many trolling motors today have Bluetooth and a remote.  Just float your boat, deploy your trolling motor, hit spot lock where you want it to stay and go park.  It’s pretty handy when you launch by yourself.  It sux if you forget to turn the trolling motor on or don’t pair the remote.

Minnkota used this in one of their commercials when the Ulterra initially came out.  I would NEVER attempt something like this.  A rope is a much safer route.

 

 

[jbsoonerfan]

Did it in January last year when the water was about 39, not a boat in sight. At about 50 yards and watching it blow away I decided I had to do what I had to do. Not my proudest moment for sure. 

[MN Fisher]

6 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Minnkota used this in one of their commercials when the Ulterra initially came out.  I would NEVER attempt something like this.  A rope is a much safer route.

I was about to launch the canoe at North Arm one morning last year when the guy ahead of me pushed his boat off the trailer - no rope - then used his phone to deploy and operate the TM to bring it to the 'sea wall'.

 

I said to him, "That's cheating."

He replied, "I know, but it's so much easier."

[DaubsNU1]

Sound asleep a few nights ago...dreamt I launched my boat (with the rope) and successfully tied off to the dock...pulled the trailer out and parked the truck...

 

Walked back to the dock just in time to see last of the boat submerging under the water....

 

Woke up in a cold sweat!  And, did not sleep again that night.  

 

Dang nightmares!!!