going overboard

[mellowyellow]

was wondering how many people (like me) have<br />taken an un-expected swim while fishing/boating?<br />my last one was when my buddy hit reverse hard<br />while I was on the bow getting ready to dock.<br />I did get a good round of applause from the<br />30 or so people around the launch....

 

[ebbtide176]

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i only wish i was there to lmao too <br />thats one of the few highlights one can wish for when boating; to see another captain take the 'nestea plunge' hehehe<br />i've laughed b4, and i can't help it- the sound of someone falling overboard just cracks me up. but then i wondered why some didn't laugh... i realized its because i'm from the freshwater-inland crowd. i've seen this scenario several times, but it was always in non-shark infested places,where halfway safe acceptable/drinkable water was concerned- other than alligators... but i would not laugh at falling in shark infested waters,no siree. <br />anyhow, back to the post; nope, i've not, or have conveniently forgotten the time for myself. the worst near-plunge experience i had was probably worse. i had only been in the swamps @ 6mos, and was dying to fish. so i borrowed some waders and set off for a wilderness pond off a powerline right of way. i got there at daylight, and had my baitcaster spooled with 20#. i waded out thru the cattails, got almost to the edge of clearwater, stepped over an old pine log, and fell in a hole ?deep. all i know is i dropped my pole and my outstretched hands saved me. all i could think of was 'gator den'!!! i did a ******stroke(with pole,waders,net,etc)that woulda made greg luganis jealous- for a good 50yds, including kneewalkin, screamin, hurdles, fwd flips and younameit until i hit the pasture! i went straight home and sat in the garage til sunup, when i could compose myself and go in for breakfast.

 

[DJ]

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mellowyellow,<br /><br />I haven't fallen out fishing but I have fallen out of the boat (more than once) while duck hunting. It has always happened while making a "swing" to follow a duck and decided not to shoot.<br /><br />DON'T get crazy on me all of you out there-the firearm was never taken off of "safe" and was never pointed at anyone.<br /><br />The only problem with this is that my duck hunting is done in Michigan or South Dakota in the LATE fall-read very cold water and sometimes ice.

 

[DIRTPOORE96]

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My brother & I decided to go duck hunting one sat. morning out on the river. He called me the day before & told me he had just bought a 10 gauge shotgun at a yard sale and wanted to try it out. Big gun, shoots farther, right? A few ducks fly by, way out of my 12 gauge range. I'm looking the other way for more duckey's when he stands up & lets loose with the 10 gauge. First shot pushes him 2 feet across the deck, second shot goes off & my brother disapears over the side of the boat into the ice cold water. He comes up yellin, how cold the water is. I get him back in the boat & he asks where is his 10 gauge. Went swimmin I said. Great gun he said, but expensive. $150.00 dollars a shot. Never found the gun. We decide to go home & get warm. 20 years have gone by & we still remember that huntin day & laugh.

 

[ehenry]

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I've taken a dip or two in my time. The last one, I was answering the call of nature. I walked to the back deck of the old marsh boat I had at the time to tend to business. Just as full flow was achieved the rotten plywood deck gave way and down I go!!! I fall out of the boat with my legs hung under the plywood!! I flailed around in the water, **** near drown util I calmed down and let the life jacket float me. Bear in mind my legs are still hung in the boat. It took me a little while but I finally got myself back in the boat. I took it home and stripped all the decking out and installed new.

 

[Fishbusters]

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Only 3 times in all my life. One was when my father told me to hop out and pull the boat up and when I did the water was 4' deep not inches. Not actually falling out but I did get soaked. The second was when I was drunk and pushing my own boat out then could not get onboard and splash. The last was a little tippy canoe bit a buddy and I did in January. However I have taken more unexpected falls while fishing just not in a boat the latest was Sunday afternoon I slipped in the river off a rock as I was wading and ended up in a sitting position in about 3' of water on the other side. I had a couple people worried but I got up shook it off and continued fishing.

 

[BassScratcher]

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Happened once to me while fishing. Luckily it was during the warm months. I was pitching in under some trees and unexpectedly got bit as soon as the worm hit the water. I quickly set the hook and the rod slipped out of my hands. I thought it was headed for the water, so I was trying to stop it. I then realized that the rod was not going to take a swim, but too late for me. Momentum took over and I went head first. My partner ran to the front of the boat and grabbed the rod. When I finally climbed back in the boat, he's standing there with a 12" bass on the end of my rod. A word of advice: Take everything out of you pockets while boating unless you want it to get wet. Took a couple of days for my wallet to dry out and had to throw away a new can of Copenhagen.<br /><br /><*}}}><

 

[divepat]

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to ebb,you win that is the funniest one yet.i can actully picture you doing all those moves,and cant stop laughing.

 

[Scoop]

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Not proud of the fact, but I fell out of the same boat 4 times within minutes. My wife asked me to go canoeing with her. Unfortunately, I am uncoordinated and it was a very tippy canoe. After dumping her in the drink for the 4th time, she decide she would go alone. She has never asked me to go again, but has reminded me of the time we tried to go canoeing for the last 12 years. Even if I could forget it, she wouldn't let me.<br /><br />There was another time I did not go in but it was close. I was fishing with my brother-in-law in Canada in a small v-hull aluminum boat with no deck. We were in the middle of nowhere and I had to go. Since I was in front, I knelt on the seat and started to go. Just then, I got a huge Charlie Horse in my thigh muscle. I almost pitched in the extremely cold water, but caught myself. Unfortunately I could not stop peeing in time. Got the side of the boat, my seat and my pants. I thought my brother-in-law would never stop laughing.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Been there a few times. When I used to fish the BASS circuit I used to tell my partner in the morning...."sorry in advance partner" then I would go on to explain that I would be laughing out loud if either one of us plunged in...<br /><br />Bob

 

[mellowyellow]

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ROTFLMAO!!! there's a whole new thread here...<br />my wife's bladder is a bit overactive after 3<br />kids and she likes to sit on the splashwell .<br />it's also important to check wind direction before<br />you whip out the pocket fisherman

 

[CalicoKid]

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We had a bottle rocket war between two canoes on the WI River during a camping trip. My boat lost, the guy behind me was way too squirrely for a canoe and tried to duck the rocket screaming towards him. The canoe rolled like a barrel and spilled us and all our gear into the river. And our rockets got soaked!

 

[Red Rider]

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Earlier this year, my son was home during spring brake, and we decided to take advantage of the great weather, go fishing for some specks.<br /><br />We were fishing in brackish creek near where it empties into a bay. (I forgot to memtion to my son that as a results of the five Hurricanes we had several years ago that the water is 20 feet deep). We were not anchored an were drifting, and were over toward one side. My son got hung up in a tree branch, and started yanking. I was looking the other way, when I heard a Helpglubglubglubglub. (He claims he stepped out of the boat, but I think he fell out). I looked around and there he was with his head bearly out of the water.<br /><br />I expected him to get up and get back in the boat, as the boat was only five feet from the bank. Problem was, though the water was only about a foot deep where he was, the mud was bottomless. Between him hanging onto the boat and my pulling on him we finally got him unstuck and back into the boat. I always have dry clothes in the boat so he changed clothes.<br /><br />But you should have seen his face a few minutes later when another boat came by slow trolling, and one of them pointed about 30 yards down the other side and said "That's the biggest gator I have ever seen around here"!<br /><br />Sure enough there was a 12 to 13 foot gator sunning on the bank, that we hadn't noticed.<br /><br />mellowyellow<br /><br />My wife also has a weak bladder. She used to use the live well, until she got splashed one day. I thought she was going to jump clean out of the boat. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt, and then I had to change clothes. My wife carries her own plastic bucket with her now. <br /><br />I am going to get sick from laughing just thinking about that.

 

[Dhadley]

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I too have exited the boat unexpectedly a few times. Once I was standing on the rear deck thinking about getting out and just plain slipped. Going out feet first is one thing but going out on your side is different. <br /><br />It wouldnt have been so bad if the boat wasnt still in the garage. I never did wax that boat again.

 

[mellowyellow]

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question:<br />if you fall out of the boat and no one sees it,<br />is it still a stupid human trick?

 

[RICKRICK1]

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NO its an experience!!!

 

[88spl]

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I like to think I have good cordination (sp) for my age, but I must admit this summer I did take a **** of a spill off the bow. Me and my daughter were takein the pulling up to the ramp, after waiting 30....alot of boates that afternoon....got to the ramp, raised the motor up, and headed to the front of boat to get out, got one leg out, then allmost the other when my shorts cought hold of that crome rope tiein thingy (one on each side of bow) and I did a summersalt head first over the bow, came up and hit my head on the side of the boat, don't even laugh yall..........I was so imbarased.....my daughter Brooke, came up to me and said Daddy U OK??? I looked at her and we both busted out laughing....and so did 30 other people around the ramp. Oh well, thats gona be somthing we laugh about many years to come

 

[Remkid]

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Me and my cousin were fishing one time and we were pulling red fish in the boat left and right. This was good until the bees in his boat decided to wake up. He was on the bow of the boat when 4 bees came out of one of the ribs and were buzzing around him. At the same time, i was in the back of the boat putting a piece of bait on my pole and when i turned around, i saw him jump overboard. I was just about to jump, but i waited the bees out and they flew off. It wasn't too bad, the water was only about 4 or 5 feet deep and he was standing up. The only bad part was that we had to find a new fishing hole and the rest of the day we were battling bees with the paddle.