Motor fishing

trollhole

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Went fishing in my fiberglass swamp boat with 5hp Johnson. Hit a stump and the engine broke off from transom. It and the gas tank went flying out of the boat. When the boat finally came to a stop I could see the gas tank and I thought surley the engine was gone. The only thing that let me know where it was was the gas tank which was luckly almost empty. When I paddled back to retrieve the tank I noticed it was real heavy which was strange since it was almost empty. Some how the hose was still attached to the engine. It was just sitting there floating holding my motor. Talk about lucky I was in about 10 ft of water. Its amazing how stong that hose was. As I reeled in the hose up came the motor. The only thing I caught that day was my motor but it was the biggest thing I had ever caught so I was happy. :mad:
 

Ross J

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Re: Motor fishing

Buy a lottery ticket mate!<br />I've heard of people getting their fishing tackle back after going over the side, but thats got to be the first time I've ever heard of a motor comming back over the side without diving. You lucky buggar.....<br />Ross<br /><br />PS. I can't resist adding that if the engine broke of the transom then what happened to the engine tilt. Shouldn't it have automatically tilted up out of the way once the obstruction was struck?
 

trollhole

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Re: Motor fishing

Yeah thats what I thought! But it was a pretty weak transom and the foot caught something on the stump. Maybe a couple of nubs sticking out? :mad:
 
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