RangerGuy Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 Managed an 18" ...started at 8 finished at 11:30 do to the wind and waves. Plowed back to glenora ferry from east of shermans. Those big boats are gonna have a good day out there today marked a ton of fish. This was my first trip in our 1800 Alaskan in rough water. WOW! Awesome I got back dry...in my ranger 680 tiller I would have been soaked.
lew Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 Good to hear the new boat worked well in the big waves Greg.
Terry Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 18 ft tracker went down 4 guys were pulled out of the water by a charter boat. Nasty weather We had a good day.
Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 damn .... hope everyone was ok....sounds hairy. good to hear you were happy with how your boat handled Greg. much higher sides on your lund over a ranger.
misfish Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 18 ft tracker went down 4 guys were pulled out of the water by a charter boat. Nasty weather We had a good day. Glad all were helped out. Man was thinking of you guys. Glad yer safe bud.
Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 sounds like it was Scott Walcott (Bay of Quinte Charters) and Sheldon Hatch (Ezelo) who did the pickup. great job boys!!!
lew Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 I heard about a 14' tinnie with 2 guys aboard that was missing from the Trenton area, anyone hear anymore ??
Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 no Lew, guys are still missing. very sad. went out last Tuesday evening out of Trenton. Never returned. Fellow was a member of Quintefishing.net been a tough week on Quinte.
Sinker Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 Still no sign of them Lew. Pretty sad. Glad everyone made out OK today, but I'm really curious to know how you swamp an 18ft boat on quinte. They must have either done something wrong, or had mechanical failure. S.
Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 boards out and/or riggers out, wind causes boat to turn, something gets caught in prop (rigger cable, line, etc), wave in back, done. (not saying that is what happened) but it is easy to happen. had a close call in 2007. only difference was it was in december and i was the only boat on the reach. scared the crap out of me.
lew Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 Sad to hear the 14'er is still missing, Quinte can be nasty this time of year, specially in a small boat.
Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 ya, the family of the poor fella has posted on quintefishing.net just asking anglers to keep their eyes open for any debris or anything.... now its just a recovery mission ....
Sinker Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 boards out and/or riggers out, wind causes boat to turn, something gets caught in prop (rigger cable, line, etc), wave in back, done. (not saying that is what happened) but it is easy to happen. had a close call in 2007. only difference was it was in december and i was the only boat on the reach. scared the crap out of me. Like I said, a mistake. Sure it can happen. Days like today, one guy has to be dedicated to running the boat. Nothing else. Just drive. S.
Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 absolutely Shane. I know we always have the debate of tiller vs console. in this case, tillers can be safer. I sit on the motor and don't leave. plus, you can lock down the tiller so it doesn't move/turn. i've seen folks with steering wheels having a helluva time controlling their boat..... two guys in boat, one on rod, other with the net, who has the wheel? be safe out there guys!
lew Posted November 23, 2013 Report Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) A bu but I'm really curious to know how you swamp an 18ft boat on quinte. A group of us from this board did a November trip to Quinte a few years back and it was very rough that weekend too. Lotsa boats on the water and the only one to flounder was a bass boat. Guess the waves were just too much for them and he sunk to the gunnels and left the 3 guys terrified One of our group towed them in and everyone stayed safe, but it sure could have had a much worse outcome. Edited November 23, 2013 by lew
RangerGuy Posted November 23, 2013 Author Report Posted November 23, 2013 Wow! Man, that is aweful! I'm glad I pulled out. I would love to learn what happen we could all learn from how this happened. while we were launching there was 3 guys in a 17' boat with a Honda they couldn't get started. Finally they got it started and left. I would have not gone out, especially this time of year. Hope they were ok!
RangerGuy Posted November 23, 2013 Author Report Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) Hey Terry Did you guys get many, just curious. I ran td-11's in clown, rainbow,firetiger and some purple/blue/pink silver color lol! We ran over a ton of fish 5-6 big balls of bait or baits were running between 15-30' but only had one take, our boards were run at 100' & 50'. Also I was impressed that trolling with the wind I got down to 1.9mph with the yammie, no trolling bags out either :-) We were only out for 2 hours so didnt get alit of lure changes in. I need more different baits lol! Edited November 23, 2013 by RangerGuy
Terry Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 15 yestarday and 11 on a short day today
mike rousseau Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 15 yestarday and 11 on a short day today Nice... Any piggies?
Terry Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 12lb was the biggest this year I think it was an ofc members boat that sunk
Terry Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 (edited) 12lb was the biggest this year I now think it was an ofc members boat that sunk So I won't say anything more. If he wants to post fine if not. It's all good. Edited November 24, 2013 by Terry
Steve Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 it was an ofc member? damn. it will REALLY be interesting to find out what happened.
RangerGuy Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Posted November 24, 2013 Well sounds like they were saved, that is the most important. Wonder if the boat can be recovered. I feel awful for them to have to go thru that then loose such a nice boat on top of it all :-( Wow good job on the eye's! I've never gotten more than 4 or 5 there in a day lol!
mike rousseau Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 Hopefully they do post what happened.... Then we can all learn a lesson... Something must have happened to sink an 18 footer....
Steve Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 i agree. it would be a valuable learning experience for everyone that fishes big water.
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