My nephew

[jerryjerry05]

This happened 20 years ago.My nephew. He is an avid fisherman,but a poor captain.
He and two other nephews were fishing the St.Clair river in the Detroit area.
They were anchored up fishing for walleye.They had short lined the anchor and it had caught. Every one knows you need to let out extra line when you anchor.The short rode bit him in the butt!!!
They had been fishing when a big military ship went past making a 5-6 ft surge wave. Well the wave went up and the boat stayed right where it was anchored.
Everyone went in the water the boat sank and all had a good swim.Luckily someone was close and pulled them out.The boat is still there somewhere along with everthing else.One nephew hasn't been on a boat since.Gotta be careful out there. Jerry

 

[freddyray21]

Re: My nephew

surprised they let him leave the boat in. It's illegal nowadays. Might not have been so 20 years ago. I was at Ken lake this last Memorial day. Sunday morning we get up and goe down to the marina where our boats were slipped. There was a boat in a slip just down from us sunk. Only the rope keeping it up. seems he had a leak and was relying on his auto bilge to keep the water out. Seems the battery ran down or some other issue which cause his auto bilge to not work.

 

[jerryjerry05]

Re: My nephew

The boat was lost in a major river and had no idea where it ended up.Jerry

 

[chiefalen]

Re: My nephew

bet he never did that again

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: My nephew

This happened 20 years ago.My nephew. He is an avid fisherman,but a poor captain.
He and two other nephews were fishing the St.Clair river in the Detroit area.
They were anchored up fishing for walleye.They had short lined the anchor and it had caught. Every one knows you need to let out extra line when you anchor.The short rode bit him in the butt!!!
They had been fishing when a big military ship went past making a 5-6 ft surge wave. Well the wave went up and the boat stayed right where it was anchored.
Everyone went in the water the boat sank and all had a good swim.Luckily someone was close and pulled them out.The boat is still there somewhere along with everthing else.One nephew hasn't been on a boat since.Gotta be careful out there. Jerry

Lets hope a lot of people learn from this mistake and you pointing it out in this post. Not everyone knows about letting out extra. Glad the boat was the only casualty.