14'x44" john boat will cure the stability problems. Ladder on back is already installed on mine. I ain`t but 60 but multiple surgerys and 5 bypasses have taken thier toll on the upper body strength. The bigger boats with tilt and trim, all need a power tilt switch on the motor, You can crawl up on the fin and tilt uourself up to an easier entry to the boat.

Bob#1,
Thanks for the reminder, sorry that incident had to happen for a reminder... We often don't think of things such as that as we are always interested in the fishing instead of the saftey....
Thanks again, wish I knew what would be the cure for the boat.....
Matthew
aka JIGUM

Glad your ok, and were wearing your vest...your post might wake up some folks

I have fished all my life (I'm 35 now) and I have only seen 2 people fall out of any kind of boat and both of them were in a 12' jon boat with a lawn chair! I'm glad that you had a life jacket on. Maybe next time leave the lawn chair in the truck? Good luck and stay safe.

Glad you were OK, Bob.

And I hope DLee doesn't see this. I'll be humiliated again.

Great actual happenings. Great that you wore a vest.
I've emphasized about wearing a vest number on times in here. Hope everyone is safe at all time.
Happy to see you are perfectly WELL

Happy to hear you are O.K. Bob!

Something like that will put an end to an otherwise good day.

yes Bob glad to hear you are safe and ok, and thanx for the reminder about wearing our life vests, again glad to hear you are ok.

Mavs

I'm glad you're okay and hey it happens. I had a guy fall out of my ranger last year. Needless to say I was laughing when he popped up. THe funniest one I ever saw was a small alumminum on a private lake. A group of us in a frat went fishing one guy brought his small boat and motor and thought he'd be a stud. Well he loaded the boat with a 1,000 bucks worth of tackle and took off. Problem....he forgot the plug. We watched as the nose kept getting higher and higher as he trurned circles before it rolled...down goes the tackle. He was okay but we had to wait for a long drift to get his ice chest and he had to go back with scuba gear to get his rods and reels the next day.

details man, we need details

Thanks guys for the nice responses.

One lady said Quote: "I make my small kids wear vest, but you got me to thinking what help would they be if I fell in and was knocked out. Going to get one of those self inflatables now!"
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If nothing else I reached one lady and her kids.

Glad everything worked out and you are ok. You just never know. When I go fishing by myself I always have mine on and it is a rule I never break.

Yea you fish with Carl he is real devoted to holding onto the dock and the boat. Not wanting let either go. He will even take a dip in the water if he has to. Sure wish I had the camera out that day.

Glad you had the vest on or it could have been worse,I never told this but about 5 years ago fishing out of my skeeter in high winds I had the trolling motor turned all the way to the left and set on high 24 ,I had just took a fish off and was not watching where I stepped and hit my hot switch,the front of the boat went left and I went right into lake grapvine,still holding my faverite spinning rod,I was able to throw the rod in the boat and swim to the back and get in before being washed up on the rocks,it was as close to getting in trouble on the lake by myself as I have ever come,I was lucky I did not hit my head on the way in.