|
|
Post by SPLASH on May 28, 2012 11:38:16 GMT -5
Our Bay trip was one I'll never forget. It was OJ, myself and his Brother in law. We got to Sunset Bay Marina early and waited out a storm for over an hour. Once we got out we caught 2 shorts and then a storm we never knew about rolled in FAST! The motor stalled and wouldn't start as the wind picked up and the rain started, waves 5 feet high came over the back of the boat. As they are working on getting the motor started I started flagging down the only nearby boat to tow us in. It got pretty dark with lots of lightning, we saw water skipping over the waves if that makes any sense. The motor finally started and we started to head in, but we couldn't go parallel with the waves or the boat would've for sure flipped. We headed straight to shore but then got stuck in rocks. Lightning everywhere while they hopped out of the boat to push it while I kept working the throttle so it wouldn't die again. After well over an hour we got in the marina and exchanged stories with others that made it in before us. The motor was smoking and we then noticed rope around the prop.
We made it back alive, but 100% soaked. Once in land we saw trees and branches down, it was no joke of a storm. 5 footers in a 16 foot boat is no fun.
|
|
|
|
Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on May 28, 2012 22:03:11 GMT -5
Was a trip I will never forget. Spent a few minutes out there hoping i would be able to see my kids again.
|
|
|
|
Post by ScoutB on May 28, 2012 22:06:28 GMT -5
That is exactly the kind of story that keeps me off the bay. I go walleye fishing every fall with a bunch of guys from work and every time we start looking for a new spot the bay comes up. Of the 4 boats we go with my 16' flat bottom is the least suited to big water. The other boats aren't much better off. I guess we'll stick to inland waters. My weekend finished just like it started with another mess of gills. A few more this time and still no bigguns. They're all about 7". Not sure where the big boys are if they are in my lake at all.  |
|
woodeye
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
Backbone 2012 Greenthumb
Catch and Release Straight into the Grease!!
Posts: 250
|
Post by woodeye on May 31, 2012 20:30:58 GMT -5
We caught about 160 fish on Saturday with gills, sunfish, crappie, perch and bass. Kept about 40 fish of the gills, sunnies, crappie and perch. Spent about 12 hours fishing!! It was awesome. Caught some fish friday night, and sunday too. I love the irish hills lake we fish!
|
|
Swampbuckster
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
The Master Baiter
Posts: 1,218
|
Post by Swampbuckster on Jun 14, 2012 5:45:41 GMT -5
Wow Splash. Sounds like quite an adventure! We ended up coming home from our canoe trip on Sunday because the group of "diehard" campers we were with all decided to leave in the morning because of a 3 hour rain storm!!!! On the way home the sun came out and got hot again! I was upset until I got home and my moms cousins boyfriend invited me and my fiance and her dad to go down to erie after some eyes in the morning. We ended up fishing all day Monday. Weather was hot and sunny, lake was flat, and we finished with 20 eyes, about 150 white bass (threw them all back!) a few drum (also returned) and one nice perch. Running 4 lines off each planer board and 2 straight lines off the downriggers. All on spoons.
|
|
