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How would you handle this? #10633555 02/20/15 08:16 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqj7cpsSg28

I copied this link off the crappie section. Some of you tournament fishermen have no doubt been caught in water like this. What's the best course of action to get safely back.


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Re: How would you handle this? [Re: bush hog] #10633665 02/20/15 08:56 PM
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No wonder I don't crappie fish.... helpsign






Re: How would you handle this? [Re: bush hog] #10633676 02/20/15 09:00 PM
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I would stay at home.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: 2014NITROZ-7] #10633700 02/20/15 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted By: 2014NITROZ-7
I would stay at home.


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Re: How would you handle this? [Re: bush hog] #10633717 02/20/15 09:20 PM
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Good grief! I would be pretty puckered up in the bottom.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: bush hog] #10633721 02/20/15 09:24 PM
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If you get caught like that, the first thing to do is either get into sheltered water and wait it out or darned well slow down.


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That dude is nuts. You would have the lake to yourself on a day like that haha



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always caught fish when the water was rough though.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: Bissett] #10633840 02/20/15 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted By: Bissett
That dude is nuts. You would have the lake to yourself on a day like that haha


That guy was shooting a commercial to demonstrate that a Ranger boat is no different than any other boat of that day. It floats. You would be crazy to go into that, but if you were in it, you would want to go a lot slower than that guy and B-line straight for a shore that the wind wasn't hitting or a cove.


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That dude is nuts. You would have the lake to yourself on a day like that haha


That guy was shooting a commercial to demonstrate that a Ranger boat is no different than any other boat of that day. It floats. You would be crazy to go into that, but if you were in it, you would want to go a lot slower than that guy and B-line straight for a shore that the wind wasn't hitting or a cove.


Yeah I know, this pops up on youtube somehow every time I get on there. but he's still nuts! He definitely knows what he's doing



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makes my back hurt just looking at him..

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: bush hog] #10636629 02/22/15 09:19 AM
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As an offshore fisherman I have been in conditions like that and worse when flash storms popped up out of nowhere on the Gulf. Rolled in 20+ miles years ago during Deep Sea Roundup with rain blowing sideways and barely 100-150 ft visibility and waves much worse than the video but granted it was in an offshore center console and not a low, flat deck bass boat (glad I had a Cape Horn that day!!). I can tell you it is white knuckles the whole way no matter your experience. Its all about angles and the proper speed when there is no protected water to run to (a true luxury on a lake in these conditions). Following seas are WAY better than dealing with header seas and that's obvious in this video. Getting a little angle on the waves is the best option...perpendicular is the worst (more likely to punch a wave or flip backwards). Too fast will sink you as well as too slow. Best option...about a 25-40 degree angle (depends on how close the swells are stacked together) and slightly faster than the swells in following seas, just fast enough to keep your bow up on header seas and possibly a little less angle. Tack like a sailboat as needed. With freak storms on lakes much rarer than on the Gulf, obviously it is just best to avoid days like this all together. No fish is worth your life.

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Lake Texoma!!! Ya'll ain't fooling me any! roflmao Been there done that, don't EVER want to do it again either!!!! bolt


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