We all learned about boating and fishing sometime. Along the way we made some embarrassing boating mistakes, share them please.

I thought of this when I heard an acquaintance of mine got a brand new boat but the trolling motor wouldn't work. He came from a tillar handle and didn't know the foot control had a switch on it. That happened to him today and I heard about it a short time ago.

Me? Whew, so many to pick from...

Putting the boat in and the rope broke and I had to wade out to retrieve my boat before it got to deep water. I once loaded the boat and it was sitting crooked. The water was down and the ramp had a drop off that wouldn't allow me to get the trailer deeper. I had to drive five miles to another rampwith the boat sitting all wampy-jawed to fix that one. Last fall I took my hat off to wipe my brow and had my new expensive sunglasses up on the bill of the cap until they dove into the lake. I'm sure I provided some entertainment at the ramp to spectators a time or two.