Earlier this spring I was wading in about 3 feet of water using a flyrod to catch Bluegills off of their spawning beds. Three guys come down to the landing carrying a small 12 foot rowboat and put it in. After they loaded up about 150 pounds of poles, tackle boxes, and bait, they hopped in. The small guy in the trio went about 250 pounds and sat in the middle. The big guy went about 3 and a quarter and was stuck in the front. They row out in about 2 feet of water and start casting with the guy sitting in the front and the guy in the middle facing different directions. The guy in the middle gets a bite and proclaims this to half the county. In one quick move the bigger guy in the front does a 180 degree move in the front shifting the weight in the boat and tipping themselves over. All three of them call out to me as they are thrashing around because none of them can swim. I calmly suggest that they try standing up...which they did. I'm sure this damaged their pride just a little bit. <br /><br />Now it is about a week later and I am out on another lake which two of these guys are also on. I was sitting in my boat about 50 yeards off of the boat landing when they decide to leave. One guy is left off at shore to back the trailer into the lake so they can load up. He backs the trailer in and his buddy coasts into the landing and shouts, "here, I'll throw you the anchor rope so you can pull the boat up." He then takes the rope, which by the way has a fairly hefty hook on the end of it, and launches it as his friend who for some reason stops paying attention. The hook hits the guy in the side of the head and knocks him out cold for about 30 seconds. I can barely yell out to see if everyone is okay because I am laughing so hard but when I do they realize I was witness to their prior folly and start blaming me for bringing them "bad luck."
i hope they get educated on boating sooner rather than later! when i see something so absolutely absurd- it actually embarrasses me too, i'm feeling so guilty to have witnessed it. lol