Ski boats normal wait until they are on the water to try and run you over.

HMMMM.....must be spring time in Texas.

I think guys with boats like that think they are the only ones on the water... I think I'm glad we missed that part.

It looked like they forgot something at home and was unhooking it so they wouldn't have to pull the boat home then back.

This time of year I try to fish mainly on week days but do go to the marina when I need a good laugh on weekends

One of these days, I am gonna write a book about boat ramp stories. I am not kidding. You can take a family of four to a public boat ramp in the springtime and summertime and entertain them all day long with the sounds and sights of a public boat ramp. My favorite's are the wife's trying to back down the ramp while their husband is yellin obscenities at them from the boat over the sound of cigarette boats, outboards,kids splashing and screaming in the swim area right next to the ramp and the squeal of bald goodyears on a 1991 nissan truck trying to pull a 28 foot pontoon full of overweight aunts nd uncles up slick algae coated concrete. I could just go on and on.......................................................................

But with the goofballs in wake board and cig boats come the beauties , on Hubbard anyway there is always awesome scenery at the boat ramp. I just wait patiently and enjoy the view.

We waited in line for 34 mins yesterday at the 66 boat ramp. waiting on 2 pontons & 2 ski boats to load.

If you want to have the best seat for viewing just look for Tiltman. He will be the one in the raincoat......

I saw a dude at eagle mountain with a nice bass boat trying to load by himself over and over and over.. I finally got out of my truck while parked waiting to launch.. He kept running the nose of the boat into the winch.. I finally yelled out to him telling him he had his trailer to deep in the water and would he like me to pull it up a little so his trailer would be at the right angle so the boat would go up it correctly.. I did.. He came over later after I launched mine and told me thanks for the free lesson.. Guess skiers aren't the only ones with more money than sense.. lol.. I usually shyt and get at the boat ramp just to not be in the line of fire of the amateurs.. Lots of drama usually..

Gotta love fork being high enough that the private ramps are usable again.

If you ever want to see a marriage crumble right in front of your eyes, watch a husband wife combo try to load or unload a big ski boat or pontoon. Especially bad on windy days.
The yelling and crying will put any episode of COPS to shame.

I hear ya Tiltman, that's why I always have my wingman in the boat. Those beauties you speak of, have just got to pet the cute little dog.

My buddy was launching his boat in highport last month during the BLT tournament. He unlatched his boat just like every other trip at the ramp. Shen it was his turn, he swung a 180 on the ramp and proceeded to back in. The boat slipped off the trailer, sticking the nose up in the air. If the skeg hadn't caught on the ramp, the whole boat probably would have been off the trailer. A few guys helped pull the nose down so they could get it in the water. No damage was done to the boat, just a bent skeg.

He had fished the day before and that night the temps were in the 20's. The bunkers had froze to ice and acted like a slick ski slope.

I have to admit I unhooked my boat in my driveway last year after a looong day on the water and forgot the chalks...... I guess I was just worn out from the heat that day, but it drug me and my little flip flops all the way down the driveway and into the neighbors yard (luckily they don't have a fence). I was using those flip flops as concrete water ski's. My neighbor was sitting his back porch bbq'ing. When he finally stopped laughing he helped me line it up so I could back the truck back down the driveway and pull it forward. LOL He still makes fun of me when I see him, hahaha. It happens.....