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That water wasn’t too skinny, you either slowed down too much or your jet boat  runs deep. What’s the length and width?

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Posted
1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Truth. 

I recommend everyone do it ON PURPOSE just so you know what "too skinny" really looks like. 😊

Sometimes it just sneaks up on a guy. I stuffed my boat worse than ever this past fall in an area I've ran several times on the Osage. The water was falling out and I thought I had enough water left to take a straight shot through a spot that I usually have to swing wide on before cutting back towards the middle.  I quickly realized my assumption was wrong. A boat had just went by 5 minutes prior and then we had to wait darn near 2 hours before another boat came by and helped get us unstuck.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Seth said:

we had to wait darn near 2 hours before another boat came by and helped get us unstuck.

Next time you're playing with a chainsaw, find a piece of a 4x4 and cut a V in one end, then whack it off about 15-18" long.....and keep that in the boat.   

With a little imagination (and that piece of 4x4) you can turn that ETEC tilt/trim into a backhoe, and back yourself right outa there,  6-8" at a time. 😁 

Posted
11 hours ago, Seth said:

If you haven’t ran out of water with a jet boat at some point then you just ain’t using it right!

Absolutely.  that was part of the idea.  I looked at the shoal pretty hard but neglected to look ahead lol.

10 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Truth. 

I recommend everyone do it ON PURPOSE just so you know what "too skinny" really looks like. 😊

Absolutely, everyone should push the limits somewhere safe to see what it will do.

10 hours ago, Mitch f said:

That water wasn’t too skinny, you either slowed down too much or your jet boat  runs deep. What’s the length and width?

Its a 16x48 with a 3" tunnel and pods.  Currently I am having some carb issues on top end so I am not getting the speed I need, also my liner is wore past the wear limit.  I have a stainless impeller and new liner coming now.

 

that being said, the place we ground out was only 2 inches deep so I am not upset with its current performance.

9 hours ago, Seth said:

Sometimes it just sneaks up on a guy. I stuffed my boat worse than ever this past fall in an area I've ran several times on the Osage. The water was falling out and I thought I had enough water left to take a straight shot through a spot that I usually have to swing wide on before cutting back towards the middle.  I quickly realized my assumption was wrong. A boat had just went by 5 minutes prior and then we had to wait darn near 2 hours before another boat came by and helped get us unstuck.

 

The steelflex 2000 epoxy made short work of getting off the shoal.  I should have recorded @Daryk Campbell Sr pulling the boat with one hand with me in it.

everything in this post is purely opinion and is said to annoy you.

Posted
36 minutes ago, gotmuddy said:

 

The steelflex 2000 epoxy made short work of getting off the shoal.  I should have recorded @Daryk Campbell Sr pulling the boat with one hand with me in it.

            Thats why you should always have a buddy fish with you. Always have a wittness and someone to get you out of trouble! 😆

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Posted
9 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

            Thats why you should always have a buddy fish with you. Always have a wittness and someone to get you out of trouble! 😆

Especially handy when they are wearing waders, because I was wearing tennis shoes

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