Reply With QuoteWhat kind of boat was it?, fiberglass or aluminum? Glad your still alive!!!!!
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Heck with the boat/boats....you can always get another. Hard to replace a life!
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What kind of boat was it?, fiberglass or aluminum? Glad your still alive!!!!!
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We're gonna need pictures.....Glad you're ok!!!!
Last edited by wolfmanjack051; 02-07-2012 at 09:12 PM. Reason: spelling
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Gambler Bass Boat
Slabmaster II
It was a 14 ft jon boat. the boat was not that much. but it has a newer 4 stroke motor on it. 15hp.
Slabmaster II
What happen to ads that show a boat full of holes and you can not sink it.
Makes me wonder about the foam in small or older boats.
You are always told to stay with the boat because it “should float”
Boats can be replaced, lives can not, glad you are OK
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Glad you're OK! I read on here a couple of years ago, here in Arkansas I believe, Where a CDC member was coming down the Saline River and hit a stump and got thrown out in chilly water. The bad part was The boat was circling around him and he had to catch it to get back in! He was very lucky.
CATCH A BIG-UN
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OK busy at work, Saturday too. Off Sunday. Will help locate boat unless somebody can help out sooner. Does anybody got any ideas how to go bout this after boat is located. Think maybe try to snag the thing with somethin and drag it to shallow water? Or is this a crazy idea and the guy needs a barge. Never drug a submerged boat. This might need a work party. Not as much fun as buildin piles for crappie or bunnies!
Last edited by Crappie_Express; 02-08-2012 at 01:32 AM.
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Good question, maybe just hire a diver to get the motor back and leave the boat for the crappie or like you said to snag it and drag it to the beach and hook a truck up to the rope/cable. If the boat landed upside down it will be about impossible to snag it. I'm willing to help out if you do it on a weekend but I don't have a side scan fish finder.
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Thanks for input Bigby. Am runnin HDS 10 with structure scan, can sweep 400'. Should be able to tell direction of boat. Might be able to see upside down or not. Haven't put HDS to task yet. Don't think locating the rig is problem, what then? Truck with winch on bank, tractor, quad on bank with winch??? Can COE help? Lookin like Sunday unless he gets it before then?
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Not sure of the water color down there but it would be nice to have one of those under water cameras that are used to find fish after we find it to see where to hook it, never used one so I'm not sure if it would work. The boat and motor should not weigh that much, I think if we hook it by the motor and get it off the bottom it should be easy to drag, but still thinking about where to hook it to a boat without tearing stuff up or capsizing. Not sure how big of a boat the water patrol or COE has got or if they would help.
Last edited by Bigby; 02-08-2012 at 04:02 AM.
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