Boaters beware

[Dan the fisherman]

I was coming in this morning from a short fishing trip and as I passed deer island I seen this boat beached.  I don't know what or how it happened, but I hope everyone on the boat is ok.  That being said, hope ya'll r sticking to the channels. I know that bar they beached on is under water durning spring, but with water levels lower, they hit it at night I imagine.   Be careful out there guys.  I know I'd hate to end up like this. 

[Bg193ch]

Man,  nothing good could've come from a scene like that.  I don't know where deer island is,  but I know I'm seeing more and more land when I cruise up the river.  On a lighter note, did u have any success on the water? 

[Stump bumper]

Following those OLD GPS tracks will cause that, I was in a boat a few years back that the driver did that and it is not fun. That is the reason I clear my old tracks every time I go out and I am really looking at the 7inch hummingbird GPS just because you can set different depths to be different colors, makes staying in the channel so much easier.

[Dan the fisherman]

4 hours ago, Bg193ch said:

  On a lighter note, did u have any success on the water? 

I zeroed this morning... I was more on a scout trip.  I've been beating to death 2 channel swings and was looking for some new water.  Still was a beautiful morning. ??

[bfishn]

Last time that bar was completely exposed the skeg marks on it looked like Twiggy's ribcage... all the way from 100 feet off the shore to the island.

[Mike jones]

6 hours ago, Dan the fisherman said:

I was coming in this morning from a short fishing trip and as I passed deer island I seen this boat beached.  I don't know what or how it happened, but I hope everyone on the boat is ok.  That being said, hope ya'll r sticking to the channels. I know that bar they beached on is under water durning spring, but with water levels lower, they hit it at night I imagine.   Be careful out there guys.  I know I'd hate to end up like this. 

This happened last night in the Wednesday night derby..don't know who it was but they put it up on dry land, huh??

[Champ188]

You gotta give 'em credit for a job well done. They didn't even have to get their feet wet when they dismounted.

[Blll]

Gotta give that point 100 ft of clearance.....Always! Good tip Stump about not following older GPS tracks but that boat was going to have trouble most nights. That float is only in 3-4 " of water.

[jeb]

Still there. Quillback and I saw it yesterday while out fishing. Hope nobody was hurt.

[Dan the fisherman]

6 hours ago, jeb said:

Still there. Quillback and I saw it yesterday while out fishing. Hope nobody was hurt.

Ya that's what I was worrying about. I figured they were going pretty fast to get it up that far.