Thread: Indian Creek 4/26 and a eye opener about PFD's

Thanks Johnny. I want to be clear, I am not against doing it. I just did not think it was law. Still not sure what effect it has if any.

Originally Posted by "D"

Dwyane, I think mine has a place to manually blow it up also. It deployed once in the boat and I just put a new charger kit on it. I keep one in the boat. As far as the chains go. I have cables on my boat trailer and chains on my 6 x 10 utility trailer.They have the clips on the ends to keep them from coming off the vehicle. I have been in a vehicle when a boat trailer came off and broke the chains I think. I was young then, but pretty sure it had chains.Not as good as the heavy chains used now. My dad had to slam on the brakes to avoid a truck running a light in Berwick. I remember it had a long pipe tongue and was home built. It swung around the passenger side then swung through the open passenger window, just missing my brother's head. That could have been a life changer.

Wow Danny! That would have scared the crap out of me! I have had a boat come off on me before but I was in town and was going very slow (35 or less) so I just kept hitting my brakes and let the tongue hit my bumper until it stopped. Mine came off b/c the tongue was not tightened down like it should be. For those that may not know, the tongue has a nut on the inside that can be tightened down to fit snugly on the ball.

Originally Posted by "D"

For some reason 16 ft is the magic number in La. Under 16 everyone is required to wear a pfd while under power.

Yep my bad...I mean't 16 ft.......geezer moment

I was told that the thinking about the crossed chains would be to support the tongue and keep it from digging into the roadway. The regs. state that the chains are to only be long enough to be able to turn the trailer, so excessively long chains are not acceptable and would allow the tongue to dig into the roadway. Digging into the roadway could cause the chains to snap and then you have a loose trailer. Some laws are silly and some are smart, but all laws should be obeyed.
"gene"

Good stuff guys, I found out about the inflatables after being stopped by Mr Greenjeans too, he didn't write us up just told us the law. I usually carry 2 throwables as well. The vests are misery in our hot summers.

sorry to hear they weren't biting. Me and my wife were there two weeks ago and caught some nice ones. One day we caught 31. Then the next night we caught 21. Mostly about 10 foot deep in anywhere from 16 to 20 Fow. We were using shiners and jigs. We caught some in the grass in about 7-8 fow water, but not as good as the deeper water. They mostly had eggs in them and were 1 lb to 1 1/2 lbs.

Correct me if Im missing it - But I dont see that in the regs anywhere... Just: No inflatables for 16yrs and under while underway and no inflatables for skiing tubing wakeboarding etc. Not to say its a bad practice safety-wise - but im not seeing any grounds for a ticket - even a warning. Again If I missed it I stand corrected.

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