Forums59
Topics1,051,850
Posts14,185,217
Members144,470
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
#15271412
12/13/24 12:31 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975
fivebites
OP
TFF Team Angler
|
OP
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975 |
Back when Ray Bob first opened up I was out at first light around Wallling hump one Saturday morning. Evidently there was a tournament that morning because just as I dropped my t.m. a wave of boats came flying by. About 300 yards from me near the "boat lane" (we know there ain't no boat lanes at RB) I see and hear a guy waving his arms trying to flag down one of the boats flying by him less than 50 yards away. I'm thinking, damn, I hope one of these guys close to him stops, cause it's first light and I really don't want to tow him all the way back through the trees that took me forever to get here. LOL, not a chance. 20 boats go by him and nobody stops, so I pull over to him and ask what the problem is. Him: "I just bought this boat Wednesday, and took it out to test it and do some fishing yesterday evening. The boat won't start and my battery is dead. My wife is probably losing her mind." He didn't have a cell phone in his boat, and was obviously stressed out. Honestly I thought he was gonna cry. I asked him, "you have two trolling motor batteries, right?" Him: "you can use those?" SMH. "Yes sir". Tied up my boat next to his, helped him switch out one of his tm batteries, let him borrow my cell to call his wife, and off he went.
2019 Chevy Tahoe 2018 Basscat Eyra 250 Proxs PB Wife of 32 years! PB Largemouth 9.56 Ray Roberts
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15271437
12/13/24 12:58 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 13,646
Ken A.
Groovy
|
Groovy
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 13,646 |
Back when Ray Bob first opened up I was out at first light around Wallling hump one Saturday morning. Evidently there was a tournament that morning because just as I dropped my t.m. a wave of boats came flying by. About 300 yards from me near the "boat lane" (we know there ain't no boat lanes at RB) I see and hear a guy waving his arms trying to flag down one of the boats flying by him less than 50 yards away. I'm thinking, damn, I hope one of these guys close to him stops, cause it's first light and I really don't want to tow him all the way back through the trees that took me forever to get here. LOL, not a chance. 20 boats go by him and nobody stops, so I pull over to him and ask what the problem is. Him: "I just bought this boat Wednesday, and took it out to test it and do some fishing yesterday evening. The boat won't start and my battery is dead. My wife is probably losing her mind." He didn't have a cell phone in his boat, and was obviously stressed out. Honestly I thought he was gonna cry. I asked him, "you have two trolling motor batteries, right?" Him: "you can use those?" SMH. "Yes sir". Tied up my boat next to his, helped him switch out one of his tm batteries, let him borrow my cell to call his wife, and off he went. Good on you Randy! I thought you were gonna say he had gotten up & pulled his kill switch.
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15271442
12/13/24 01:07 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 13,646
Ken A.
Groovy
|
Groovy
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 13,646 |
I have a 100 stories but here's one of my faves.
Early one morning I get my Bullet ready to launch. I put Jack in the boat with me. His son-in-law, Jim backs us in. Jim is a BIG Ole boy about 390. The boat slides off the trailer as I fire up the Merc 300. Jim parks my Tahoe and walks back to the dock at Hwy 154 Public ramp. The lake is about a foot low so it is a pretty good step down to the boat from the dock.
I idle up to the dock and Jim steps down off the dock onto the bow of my boat. He is so heavy the bow drops about a foot and he loses his balance and does a back flop into the water. He starts panicking and flailing around. Jack runs up front and is trying to grab his arm as he flops around, yelling at him, Jim, Jim, Grab my hand!!
I am trying to shout to Jim but the screams of bloody murder from Jim and Jack are "drowning" me out. I watch this scene for a few seconds from the drivers seat. Finally I get up and walk up to the bow.
As loud as I can, I yell, JIM, STAND UP!!
Jim stands up and the water is 4' deep. My customer almost drowns in water chest deep at the dock.
*No persons were harmed during this episode and Jim is no longer Jack's SIL as he & his wife divorced a few years later.
Last edited by Ken A.; 12/13/24 01:08 PM.
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: Ken A.]
#15271552
12/13/24 02:57 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975
fivebites
OP
TFF Team Angler
|
OP
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975 |
Good one Ken! I bet that was hilarious! Merry Christmas to you and the fam! You get a boat back in the garage yet???
2019 Chevy Tahoe 2018 Basscat Eyra 250 Proxs PB Wife of 32 years! PB Largemouth 9.56 Ray Roberts
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15271582
12/13/24 03:10 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 13,646
Ken A.
Groovy
|
Groovy
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 13,646 |
Good one Ken! I bet that was hilarious! Merry Christmas to you and the fam! You get a boat back in the garage yet??? Same to you bro. No boat yet but I am hankerin to get one. I now live 20 mins from Bois 'D Arc Creek and 30 mins from Ralph Hall (when it fills)
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15271643
12/13/24 03:46 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 73,888
Mark Perry
Super Freak
|
Super Freak
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 73,888 |
Several years ago I was fishing Grapevine and I saw what looked to be a father, grandfather and a kid fishing from the bank on a shoreline I was fishing down. I asked the Dad if he minded if I gave the kid some baits. He said sure so I trolled up and pitched a few bags of plastics and some handbaits to him ad told him to have a great day catching. I spun the boat around to head out and my trolling motor hit a rock and wrecked my trolling motor ending my day.
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: Mark Perry]
#15271665
12/13/24 04:06 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 7,576
Jon
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 7,576 |
Several years ago I was fishing Grapevine and I saw what looked to be a father, grandfather and a kid fishing from the bank on a shoreline I was fishing down. I asked the Dad if he minded if I gave the kid some baits. He said sure so I trolled up and pitched a few bags of plastics and some handbaits to him ad told him to have a great day catching. I spun the boat around to head out and my trolling motor hit a rock and wrecked my trolling motor ending my day. I think it's reverse Karma. No good deed goes unpunished. That one has bitten me many times in my life. I don't understand it, but in the grand scheme there's bound to be be a reason for it.
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: Jon]
#15271691
12/13/24 04:27 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 73,888
Mark Perry
Super Freak
|
Super Freak
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 73,888 |
Several years ago I was fishing Grapevine and I saw what looked to be a father, grandfather and a kid fishing from the bank on a shoreline I was fishing down. I asked the Dad if he minded if I gave the kid some baits. He said sure so I trolled up and pitched a few bags of plastics and some handbaits to him ad told him to have a great day catching. I spun the boat around to head out and my trolling motor hit a rock and wrecked my trolling motor ending my day. I think it's reverse Karma. No good deed goes unpunished. That one has bitten me many times in my life. I don't understand it, but in the grand scheme there's bound to be be a reason for it. I'm sure I've earned some bad kharma along the way. Just checks and balances I guess.
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: Ken A.]
#15271738
12/13/24 04:56 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 6,266
David Welcher
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 6,266 |
[quote=fivebites]
I now live 20 mins from Bois 'D Arc Creek and 30 mins from Ralph Hall (when it fills)
Should be less than 3 years to fill Ralph Hall as it’s began the filling process started earlier this month
Last edited by David Welcher; 12/13/24 04:57 PM.
Joke of the Year "Dallas Cowboys"
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15272154
12/13/24 11:01 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 3,452
Champion1
TFF Team Angler
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 3,452 |
A few years ago on Fork I saw a guy waving at me as i was idling out of a cove. We were fishing a tournament. He said he had hit a a stump and trashed his lower unit and asked for a tow. It was only about a mile from the boat ramp. I gave him a tow, as I didnt mind because I had bent my prop shaft earlier and my boat wouldnt go over about 15mph anyway!!!
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15272180
12/13/24 11:32 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 365
Tin Star Cajun
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 365 |
My Dad told me this story about my uncle (Dad’s brother). Uncle Garland was fairly well known as a badass around south Louisiana as a prior Navy boxer, crawfisherman, construction worker who always helped others even though he was fairly poor family man with 4 kids. He was also known as a poacher who fed his family on whatever game he could find in the Atchafalya basin swamps, even out of season. And, of course, who could afford a hunting license! One day, Uncle Garland had a dead deer in his John boat when the game wardens started chasing him. He went into a wide open area with a lot of stumps and started zig-zagging (before boat lanes were named) while the wardens tried to cut him off. Game wardens hit a stump and motor died. My uncle circled them until they promised not to arrest him. He towed them back to the ramp, became friends and they never bothered him again.
The only difference between a little girls scream and a warrior's battle cry is the direction your'e running!
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15272437
12/14/24 10:21 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 34
killabooner
Outdoorsman
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 34 |
Many years ago, at Squaw Creek, I approached the loading dock and there was a boat sitting along the dock. The other fisherman was sitting down and holding onto the dock. He asked if I could give him a hand. He said he was stuck. Apparently, there was a deep diving crankbait on the seat, when he sat down. It was imbedded in his seat and backside. I got some sidecutters and cut the hook. I walked up to the top parking area to get his truck and loaded his boat on the trailer for him. He headed to the Granbury hospital, leaning on one cheek, for hook removal. After that, I am very cautious where I put lures.
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: Tin Star Cajun]
#15272450
12/14/24 11:46 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975
fivebites
OP
TFF Team Angler
|
OP
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975 |
My Dad told me this story about my uncle (Dad’s brother). Uncle Garland was fairly well known as a badass around south Louisiana as a prior Navy boxer, crawfisherman, construction worker who always helped others even though he was fairly poor family man with 4 kids. He was also known as a poacher who fed his family on whatever game he could find in the Atchafalya basin swamps, even out of season. And, of course, who could afford a hunting license! One day, Uncle Garland had a dead deer in his John boat when the game wardens started chasing him. He went into a wide open area with a lot of stumps and started zig-zagging (before boat lanes were named) while the wardens tried to cut him off. Game wardens hit a stump and motor died. My uncle circled them until they promised not to arrest him. He towed them back to the ramp, became friends and they never bothered him again. Lol...who dat?
2019 Chevy Tahoe 2018 Basscat Eyra 250 Proxs PB Wife of 32 years! PB Largemouth 9.56 Ray Roberts
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: killabooner]
#15272452
12/14/24 11:48 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975
fivebites
OP
TFF Team Angler
|
OP
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,975 |
Many years ago, at Squaw Creek, I approached the loading dock and there was a boat sitting along the dock. The other fisherman was sitting down and holding onto the dock. He asked if I could give him a hand. He said he was stuck. Apparently, there was a deep diving crankbait on the seat, when he sat down. It was imbedded in his seat and backside. I got some sidecutters and cut the hook. I walked up to the top parking area to get his truck and loaded his boat on the trailer for him. He headed to the Granbury hospital, leaning on one cheek, for hook removal. After that, I am very cautious where I put lures. I've been hooked several times but NEVER in the arse! Funny!
2019 Chevy Tahoe 2018 Basscat Eyra 250 Proxs PB Wife of 32 years! PB Largemouth 9.56 Ray Roberts
|
|
Re: Your funniest "helping out" a fisherman story
[Re: fivebites]
#15272460
12/14/24 12:16 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 24,137
lconn4
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 24,137 |
Years ago I was kayak fishing offshore and coming back in through Port Everglades Inlet into the Intracoastal Waterway, making my way back to the ramp, another mile away. Tide is going out, lots of boat, freighter and cruise ship traffic in the port, when I see two guys in a beat up 10 ft john boat struggling to go up current. Only one boat paddle which guy in front is using. can barely keep his bow into current, much less move forward.. No life jackets in boat, no rods, just a cast net. I think they were from Nigeria, originally. Offered to pull them back to the ramp. Get rope tied on, and start paddling. It was tough sledding as I dont believe they had any real experience in a jon boat and it was swinging back and forth behind me... was making progress at about a half a mile an hour with me paddling my aZ off... I was thinking what did I get myself into. Then the coast guard showed up.. and they werent happy. Couldnt believe the tone of voice they used at ME... I didnt even try to explain.. got untied and kept paddling while coast guard towed the john boat.
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|