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 Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 07:07 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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Man. I’m buying a leash today. I ain’t waiting. My wife can just keep her mouth shut about me buying boat stuff. Haha
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 07:15 PM
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OkAce
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My ex brother in law had a small engine do that a couple years ago. He had 4 big gashes from the prop on his head and ended up with a fractured skull.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 07:23 PM
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DillonCan'tFish
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Man oh man! That is some scary stuff right there. Prayers for anyone in the boat. This just sold me on The Leash. It will be on any boat I own.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 07:24 PM
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Rescue Fire
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One of our members, Ken, had that exact same thing happen in his BassCat in Glade on Fork. He was following a guide lanes chip too. Hopefully he will come along and share his experience. Luckily, I think the only injury he and his a partner sustained was pride and maybe some under-Roos were also ruined in the experience.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 07:25 PM
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Rescue Fire
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 07:27 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: SoonerDG]
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02/27/23 07:56 PM
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Dubee
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OMG! Prayers for the driver and anyone else in the boat. Looks like the driver had a pretty hard impact with the console and graph. Hope he makes a full recovery! It looks more like the prop hit it. Not the drivers head
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: Dubee]
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02/27/23 07:58 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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OMG! Prayers for the driver and anyone else in the boat. Looks like the driver had a pretty hard impact with the console and graph. Hope he makes a full recovery! It looks more like the prop hit it. Not the drivers head Looks like the prop hit a LOT of things.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
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02/27/23 08:09 PM
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grandbassslayer
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Don’t run where you don’t know the water and this won’t happen. You could still hit a floater or a loose dock float partially submerged, lots of [censored] to hit even on a lake you know like the back of your hand.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 08:24 PM
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Dogfish_Jones
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I have the Leash on my Mercury 250 4 stroke. It is very cheap insurance for those aboard and myself.
Fishing the Coosa River here in Alabama you do not know what is coming down it when it has rained a good bit. Luckily I have never hit anything large enough to jack the engine up.
But..it only takes one time and I would hate to know that ( If I lived through it) for less than $300 I could have not had this happen to my co-angler or myself.
Last edited by Dogfish_Jones; 02/27/23 08:26 PM.
2020 Nitro Z20, Mercury 250xp 4 stroke
"Sometimes I have to remind myself that it is called Fishing and not catching"
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: 572Fitter]
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02/27/23 08:59 PM
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SC-001
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That leash a life saver, I have a story from my a tourney partner where they hit a stump and the motor kicked into the boat still running, prop engaged bouncing all over the back deck. It was just pure luck neither him or the boater got chopped up by the prop.
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Re: Be careful out there happened
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02/27/23 09:15 PM
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ToasterWEyes
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I had no idea this was even possible. Figured it would break off and that would be that.....
It's only a good cast if you catch a fish...
Personal Best: 11.62 lbs
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Re: Be careful out there happened
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02/27/23 09:25 PM
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deucer02
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Slow down to a safe, reasonable, speed and you won't need a leash. The lake is the last place one should be in a hurry.
Biden famously said in the New York Observer, “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: deucer02]
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02/27/23 09:35 PM
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Dogfish_Jones
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Slow down to a safe, reasonable, speed and you won't need a leash. The lake is the last place one should be in a hurry. Anything over 30 mph this can happen to you. I rarely run wide open, meaning over 60 mph. I do run in the low 50's a lot but my cruising speed is around 45.
2020 Nitro Z20, Mercury 250xp 4 stroke
"Sometimes I have to remind myself that it is called Fishing and not catching"
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Re: Be careful out there happened
[Re: deucer02]
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02/27/23 09:42 PM
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grandbassslayer
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Slow down to a safe, reasonable, speed and you won't need a leash. The lake is the last place one should be in a hurry. Lol that’s not going to happen. Should tournaments have 30 mph speed limits
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