So far I havent but I am sure my day is coming.

Last year I saw a guy in a pontoon boat take a dive off the front of the boat when he was trying to tie a rope around a tree. Guess he leaned a little too far and fell in.

My tournament partner was laying on his belly trying to get his bait unhung at Cooper one day. He slid right off the front of the boat head first into the water! Funniest thing I have ever seen in my life!

lets see. 1st time was duck hunting and leaned on the motor that was up and snap!!!! It fell down and there I went.

2nd I was trying to grab a fish that my son had hooked up and reached down and never could stop ,seemed like I fell for 5 minutes..

Once, was leaning on my seat and set the hook to hard. Seat spun around an flew back into the water. Luckily i was in open water in the middle of the summer.

My father did once as well about 12 years ago. We put in at buck creek access on Ray Roberts and were fishing in Airplane cove. He was trying to get a bait out of a tree and fell in. His was in march in probably 50 degree water. We had a john boat with a 6hp motor. It was a long ride back to the ramp to say the least.

Once. In front of about 75 people eatting at The Top Water Grill in San Leon.

Yep few times. Once the water was 48 and that was cold.

Three weeks ago on Fork. Trolling motor rope broke. Yes, it was cold, somewhere around 42 degrees. The new item on my annual checklist; replace the $1.95 trolling motor rope, wether it needs it or not.

Yes, was standing up,trolling motor on high,and hit a stump in Birch Creek on Lake Fork.

You aint cool unless you take an unscheduled swim. and yeah, ive done it twice, both times i wasnt working the trolling motor..hmmmmm

You know they make braided stainless trolling motor cable, right?

I got launched out at Fork in February about 20 years ago when the trolling motor hit a stump while I was going to get my bait unstuck. I actually then pushed out off the front a little more and bear hugged a tree. Only my feet got wet. My ex-Bro-in-law was laughing so hard he could barely get the boat back over to get me off of the tree. Lost my rod in the water but I could see the rod on the bottom. Fished it out and proceeded to continue casting like nothing happened. Chuck was at that point, lying on the back deck still unable to do much because of the hysteria that still had a hold of him.

A couple of winters ago, I was with Evan O and I was idling and then shut the motor off and did not get the trolling motor down quick enough and after I put the motor down I had to protect it from smashing into a tree. I leaned out the front a little and grabbed the tree and the tree bent for a while and then snapped off and I proceeded to fly off the bow head first. Had the inflatable on and it worked rather well imo. Wasn�t that easy getting back into the boat though with all the winter gear on. Glad I had someone with me.

only once...not fishing tho...but of course there was women in the boat...

only once...not fishing tho...but of course there was women in the boat...

Thought it was going to happen this weekend. Fishing a tournament at Oak Creek and my partner had a fish wrapped in a tree. We pulled up to it and I saw the fish so I went down to get it. He was a little deeper than I thought and I had my head and both arms underwater with my feet flying around in the air. Somehow managed to land the fish without going in. There goes one of my nine lives.

Twice:

1st time on Cedar Creek in February, water temp 48*.
2nd time on Fork in April water temp 68*, got lucky and didn't hit a stump.