Boat Landing Etiquette

[cold one sd]

Years ago in South Dakota we used to drop someone off and hang on to the dock while they brought the trailer down to load. I know that when we started getting a lot of people comming from other states this must have caused some problems as they would drop someone off to get their rig and when they got to the launch someone from SD would be hanging onto the dock. I believe it took a while to learn that dropping someone off and then getting away from the dock was a better idea. What has always been hard for me is people that back down the launch, stop short of backing their trailer in the water and then take everything out of the back of their pickup and load it into the boat. I can remember a day when some people had backed their trailer into the water and gone fishing while their pickup was left sitting on the ramp with the trailer in the water. This has a tendancy to really tee some people off.

[archer59]

Wouldn't it be great to just lower the boat lift?

[LoonASea]

Cold One,,,the trailer parked on the ramp has happened to me too ,,,I now carry a tube of bright red lipstick in my tackle box and write a few words on the violators windshield ,,,I should have stuck around for the one where i wrote "You got me pregnant You ba$tard"

Randoid

[wayne123]

Boat lifts are great. I think some people need to take a deep breath, relax and help out if you can. At busy launches you are going see things that are wrong almost every time. Try to enjoy the view of the lake, clean up your boat or the landing a little, anything but waste energy on being angry about something that is out of your control.

[youngie22]

UJ was just trying to find something good about that mans misfurtune... a good laugh. I hope nobody can find something "good" about me @ the launch this season!!!

[CrappieAttitude]

There is always someone doing something at a landing that will make an impatient person angry. From unloading the pickup while the boat is tied to the launch side of the dock, to people not moving fast enough while returning to their boat after parking their truck.

I feel that if anyone should happen to get a little impatient, it should be the people who are in line waiting to launch their boat, not the people who are "hovering" out away from the dock. These people returning have probably spent the last 4+ hours relaxing and spending time on the water, while the guys launching their boats "just want to get in."

I don't feel that getting confrontational with someone for being a little sub-par at their landing skills does anything good for the situation. The only thing that it will do is create a more nervous state for the inexperienced, (which would probably turn into an even longer wait) And for those who want to be jerks about it, they will more than likely "putz" a little more because they know your blood-pressure is boiling.

Be patient guys, not everyone is as good as you!

CA

[Shack]

Crappie,

Are you sure?

Just kidding, good post.

[cold one sd]

When I feel pushed or rushed, I have a tendancy to screw everything up right on down the line. It can make a simple task into something complex. I have tried to launch my boat with the transom tie downs still in place and I have launched my boat without the plug in place because I felt that I was holding others up. I'm getting to the point where folks will just have to wait for me to make sure that everything is right before I launch, but I do it in the parking lot where they can pass me. Someone on here was rihgt when they said to do it yurself and not depend on someone else.

[slipperybob]

I've seen people driving their boat with the anchor down... coming in to load their boat.

[McGurk]

I will say I had my best catch of the year last year while trolling in my Father-in-laws boat with the anchor down. After pulling all of the muck and weeds off the rope; lo and behold there was a Christmas Tree with a cinderblock roped to it on the anchor. I CPR'd it so someone else can have the chance to catch it, too. Unfortunately we didn't mark the spot.

Let's just say my duties as first mate were discussed in great detail after we got back to the rest of the party.

[MntkaFishin]

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I will say I had my best catch of the year last year while trolling in my Father-in-laws boat with the anchor down. After pulling all of the muck and weeds off the rope; lo and behold there was a Christmas Tree with a cinderblock roped to it on the anchor. I CPR'd it so someone else can have the chance to catch it, too. Unfortunately we didn't mark the spot.

Let's just say my duties as first mate were discussed in great detail after we got back to the rest of the party.

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That just made my day, great story McGurk!!!!!

[muskiechaser]

Now that's funny.

Man there are some good stories told on this site!

[united jigsticker]

Who said anything about being perfect?

I've had to crap in my own minnow bucket and wipe my butt with my t-shirt.

Nothing like being baitless and sunburnt, and then not being allowed in McDonalds on the way home.

[Nate McVey]

UJ, I might have to use that as my signature............that is GOOD stuff......

[united jigsticker]

Hey, that was one expensive Duker I took; 2 scoops of Crappie Minnows, a white "Got Fish" t-shirt, and a limit of fish, all to spare one pair of skivies.

Oh well, I guess if I made a fresh loaf of banana bread in my shorts and let it bake all day, they still wouldn't have let me in McDonalds, even though I would have been wearing a T-shirt...

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