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 Re: brain forts days
[Re: west tex angler]
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04/10/18 01:29 AM
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TxDanFishMan
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Okay, this one should take the DA award.
I bought my first boat back in 1975. It was a 15 1/2 ft Monarch with a 55 Johnson,,,new. The next week, we couldn't wait to get down the road to Toledo Bend. We left at 12:00PM and drove about 3 hours until the truck just felt different, so I pulled over, looked back and,,,no boat.
I left the nylon rope tied to the front of the trailer, tied by the salesman, but somewhere along the way the knot just broke. I had to make the call to the Highway Patrol, to ask the stupid question of, have you seen an orange and white boat on the side of the road. It was 75 miles back West along I20E and of course the Law didn't think it was especially funny,neither did I. It could have beed a lot worse.
This was an expensive lesson learned, we weren't as knowledgeable as we are now. Boat was repaired and I ran it for another three years
To make it worst, there used to be a sports writer for the Fort Worth Star Telegram named John Thompson.
How he got word of this I'll never know but Monday morning's sport page had a funny but embarrassing write up about my incident. That's pretty bad 
Slide right, coming in .... Fish On!
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
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04/10/18 01:40 AM
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fishnfireman
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700 reads and only 6 of use had B F days, at less we are honest. I know everyone has left the plug out at less once. I get it now  -- The title threw me off-thought he was going to a celebration day for old Calvary forts. I doubt any of us have been without some cranial flatulence. 
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
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04/10/18 01:44 AM
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Walls
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Like Bryan, I too have left the graphs at home a couple times. Not the end of the world. Drove from Houston to Amistad for a weekend though and had forgot to put all my rods back in the boat after spending hours at the house re-spooling and meticulously rigging each one.  Bought a couple walmart specials and made it work.
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710154
04/10/18 01:47 AM
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TxDanFishMan
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Had a trailer tire come spinning off in front of me in the truck while I was running down Hwy 121 in a rainstorm.
Lost a trailer axle in downtown Dallas at 4am on a Saturday. Mainly worried about drunks hitting me on Stemmons.
Ran out of gas in the boat on the North end of Eagle Mountain and had to swim the boat about 3 miles back while wearing my life jacket. Nobody offered to help until I was 100 yards from the boat ramp.
Drove all the way to Fork one trip, got there very early only to find out I forgot or lost the plug.
Slide right, coming in .... Fish On!
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710219
04/10/18 02:36 AM
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DJB
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Had my trim motor stick one morning unloading at a tournament. Couldn't figure out the problem finally had to undo the battery and go home. Got home and saw I had a rod on the deck hitting my trim switch !
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: DJB]
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04/10/18 02:44 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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Had my trim motor stick one morning unloading at a tournament. Couldn't figure out the problem finally had to undo the battery and go home. Got home and saw I had a rod on the deck hitting my trim switch !
Now THATS funny!!!
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710570
04/10/18 01:35 PM
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harvey walker
OP
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DJB your post just remind me of what happen to me just tree weeks ago, I had fished for four hour on a windy day. I ran to the back of an cove droped the t m down and hit the switch and nothing happen, I checked the breakers and they were not tripped, gave up when home. Later I was checking the wiring, the batteries only to discover that the t m plug had came loose.
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: TxDanFishMan]
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04/10/18 01:41 PM
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COWBOYSFAN008
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Okay, this one should take the DA award.
I bought my first boat back in 1975. It was a 15 1/2 ft Monarch with a 55 Johnson,,,new. The next week, we couldn't wait to get down the road to Toledo Bend. We left at 12:00PM and drove about 3 hours until the truck just felt different, so I pulled over, looked back and,,,no boat.
I left the nylon rope tied to the front of the trailer, tied by the salesman, but somewhere along the way the knot just broke. I had to make the call to the Highway Patrol, to ask the stupid question of, have you seen an orange and white boat on the side of the road. It was 75 miles back West along I20E and of course the Law didn't think it was especially funny,neither did I. It could have beed a lot worse.
This was an expensive lesson learned, we weren't as knowledgeable as we are now. Boat was repaired and I ran it for another three years
To make it worst, there used to be a sports writer for the Fort Worth Star Telegram named John Thompson.
How he got word of this I'll never know but Monday morning's sport page had a funny but embarrassing write up about my incident. That's pretty bad Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
"On the 8th day, God created the DALLAS COWBOYS"
Real men love Jesus, don't wear scarves, pop their gum, or use an umbrella....IMO
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PHIL 4:13
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710585
04/10/18 01:43 PM
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COWBOYSFAN008
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I left my 100ft extension cable plugged in and drove off the fuel up, when some guy pulled up beside me to tell me I was dragging the darn thing all over the road.
"On the 8th day, God created the DALLAS COWBOYS"
Real men love Jesus, don't wear scarves, pop their gum, or use an umbrella....IMO
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PHIL 4:13
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710643
04/10/18 02:12 PM
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M. Alexander
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Not really a brain fart, but an oh [censored] moment...must've been '95 or so & headed to Ray Roberts with my buddy and Dad's boat. Anxious to hit the water, I forgot about how bad the tracks were going to Jordan and didn't slow down. It was an old trailer and when we crossed the tracks a leaf spring snapped. The boat was thrown off the trailer into the ditch facing the opposite way of the truck. The road to Jordan was pretty busy with anglers headed to the ramp so it was a pretty embarrassing moment. A good Samaritan with a flat bed came to our aid about 1/2 hour later. With the help of 5 other anglers we loaded the boat (a 15' tri-hull) onto to the flat bed and put the trailer in the bed of my pick up. The good Samaritan towed our boat all the way back to The Colony. The look on my dad's face when he saw us pull up with the boat trailer in the pick-up bed followed by the boat on a flat bed trailer was priceless. That was just the beginning of a series of unfortunate events for me and my buddy with that damn boat. It was cursed.
Mark
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
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04/10/18 03:18 PM
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Txfiremn
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My Skeeter is the first boat I've ever owned and used. I had just bought it and was excited to hit Fork for a day. The drive is around 3 hrs and I left just before day break. Somewhere along the long drive I lost a trailer wheel and tire. I have no idea how long I drove with a three wheeled trailer but when I got to Fork, it was gone! 
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710869
04/10/18 05:01 PM
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Bissett
TFF Celebrity
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I left my wallet on the back of my boat on the top coat. I drove about 4 miles and realized I didn't have it so I pulled off the road and it was still sitting right there. I guess the leather was enough to stick to the gel coat
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710891
04/10/18 05:15 PM
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Motomax
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On a really windy day on the Vine I had my trolling motor fly off the bow and over my brother's head. I instinctively turned the boat around looking for it like it would float. Dag Gum trolling motor looked like the scene from Top Gun when they ejected out of their jet. Swam after my boat in February after "parking" it on shore, it was cold and nearly drowned. The next year in May my boat floated away from the dock (stellar knot job and learned my lesson to not swim after it). I saddled up on a jet ski with a guy to get my boat that was now on the adjacent shore. He ended up getting stuck in reeds, tossed him a rope and had to pull him out.. left the tie downs on the d-rings while launching, left the aerator on for waaaay too long. Proud boat owner for 4 years now... Hope to have got the brain farts out!
All this and a paycheck.. Live the dream
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12710929
04/10/18 05:52 PM
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Big Kahuna Fishing
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Ulterra story here, launched my boat on Belton with the remote in the boat, caught a ride out to the boat.
Came back in, loaded up boat, just finished tying down the boat when I accidently hit the pedal of the Ulterra with the mode light on. Yup, TM started to deploy, hit the pedal again, just before the blade hit the trailer.
Problem was, it had cleared the winch on the way down but was not going to clear it to stow.
Ended up unsecuring the boat, relaunching it far enough to where I could get the motor stowed.
Other one was fishing a night tournament on Stillhouse, I was co angler in my buddies BassCat.
We came in around 3:30 am, stood in the parking lot bs ing, he left, I went and used the restroom, when I got to my truck I realized I had no keys. Searched all over the parking lot, no keys. Callled my buddy and yes my keys were laying on the deck of his boat.
30 minutes later he gets back to the park, but cannot get in, gates are down. I had to walk from the ramp up to the gate.
Living the American Dream in central Texas !
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Re: brain forts days
[Re: harvey walker]
#12711009
04/10/18 07:27 PM
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fish4bass
TFF Guru
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Backed down the ramp and got out of the truck without putting it in park. Hung on the door while it dragged me down the ramp and luckily got my foot in to the brake before going in the lake. I must have been excited to fish that day. And lucky nobody was around to witness it.
Backed down the ramp once and got out to get in the boat for my partner to back me in. He got out and locked it sitting on the ramp running. With a long line waiting to launch. Luckily some nice lady came down with a coat hanger and I got it unlocked pretty quick. Thought I was going to have to break a window. I have carried an extra set of boat keys in the truck and a extra set of truck keys in the boat ever since.
And I know who "Jeff" is.
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