Dryzdale
Senior Member
Went to Lake Jackson Tuesday for some crappie. As a member of the lastest Nation in the world my citizenship was confirmed early in my trip. Right off I'm outting rods fish finders etc.on boat and notice that my Elite isnt coming on. I turn the key just to hit the motor fing my batteries are dead.
What Nation you ask??? ProcrastiNATION. I've know for some time that I needed to replace my trolling battery but put it off using my crank battery. Anyway I went and bought one from the store on 212.
Get to fishing the bite is slow but caught some decent fish. A fishing buddy Ryan came out at 1ish and we fished till 6 ish. Heres where the day goes to the crapper.
The boat motor stalls it cranks but putting out white smoke as soon as its put in gear is stalls. Well we are left with only the trolling motor to pull us from the bend of the South and Alcovy River to Barry. Oh yeah my trolling motor speed has been stuck on 3 for a while so we can only go .69mph. I've been meaning to get that fixed ProcrastiNATION my cell phone battery died 30 min ago, been meaning to add a cigaret lighter to boat ProcrastiNATION citizenship. Thank goodness Ryans phone has a charge (for now) but my numbers are in my phone which is DEAD.
Remember my battery that didnt crank in the am. Now we are losing power in the one I purchased. When we turn the bend heasding to Barrys we see boat lights and figure if we can get close enough we could get people to tow us in. We get close enough to hear their conversation but the apparently they dont hear me screaming Hello Hello Mayday Mayday. We call 911. DNR calls back and say we may not be able to put a boat in the water.
Now I yell for the guys fishing again "Hey Fellas Can You Hear Me"
"Yeah"
"Can we get a little help my motors broke down." I think I heard a "No" I wasnt sure about the verbal response but the physical left no question. They didnt MOVE. The only other boats (plural)on the water REFUSED to help.
If you are on this forum. I hope your boat never breaks down. But if it does I pray that God grants you more grace than you afforded me in my diar time of need. Personally I think you are lower than the lowest level of prehistoric frog feces at the bottom of the New Jersey scum swamps. Thats just one mans opinion. Im sure the guys in the other boat with you would disagree.
After 3 1/2 hours I had no choice but to knock of a someone door and ask for help. Met a wonderfully graceous guy named Ted who allowed me to use his phone to call the wife, leave my boat on his dock and drove me to Barry to get my truck so I could get home.
I Thank God for this forum because it has allowed me the opportunity to meet great people like Richard "Shoot2Grill" Malcolm. Richard had a buddy Brian "Coop" who fished today and agreed to tow me back when I got out there.
Also met my mechanic Allen Lambert from Troutman. Took my boat to him today and found out that by some happenstance the oil I added to my gas on the way in went straight inti the fuel line and thats likely why I stalled. We burned it out and ran great as usual.
Better than my best day at work....Maybe not.
What Nation you ask??? ProcrastiNATION. I've know for some time that I needed to replace my trolling battery but put it off using my crank battery. Anyway I went and bought one from the store on 212.
Get to fishing the bite is slow but caught some decent fish. A fishing buddy Ryan came out at 1ish and we fished till 6 ish. Heres where the day goes to the crapper.
The boat motor stalls it cranks but putting out white smoke as soon as its put in gear is stalls. Well we are left with only the trolling motor to pull us from the bend of the South and Alcovy River to Barry. Oh yeah my trolling motor speed has been stuck on 3 for a while so we can only go .69mph. I've been meaning to get that fixed ProcrastiNATION my cell phone battery died 30 min ago, been meaning to add a cigaret lighter to boat ProcrastiNATION citizenship. Thank goodness Ryans phone has a charge (for now) but my numbers are in my phone which is DEAD.
Remember my battery that didnt crank in the am. Now we are losing power in the one I purchased. When we turn the bend heasding to Barrys we see boat lights and figure if we can get close enough we could get people to tow us in. We get close enough to hear their conversation but the apparently they dont hear me screaming Hello Hello Mayday Mayday. We call 911. DNR calls back and say we may not be able to put a boat in the water.
Now I yell for the guys fishing again "Hey Fellas Can You Hear Me""Yeah"
"Can we get a little help my motors broke down." I think I heard a "No" I wasnt sure about the verbal response but the physical left no question. They didnt MOVE. The only other boats (plural)on the water REFUSED to help.
If you are on this forum. I hope your boat never breaks down. But if it does I pray that God grants you more grace than you afforded me in my diar time of need. Personally I think you are lower than the lowest level of prehistoric frog feces at the bottom of the New Jersey scum swamps. Thats just one mans opinion. Im sure the guys in the other boat with you would disagree.
After 3 1/2 hours I had no choice but to knock of a someone door and ask for help. Met a wonderfully graceous guy named Ted who allowed me to use his phone to call the wife, leave my boat on his dock and drove me to Barry to get my truck so I could get home.
I Thank God for this forum because it has allowed me the opportunity to meet great people like Richard "Shoot2Grill" Malcolm. Richard had a buddy Brian "Coop" who fished today and agreed to tow me back when I got out there.
Also met my mechanic Allen Lambert from Troutman. Took my boat to him today and found out that by some happenstance the oil I added to my gas on the way in went straight inti the fuel line and thats likely why I stalled. We burned it out and ran great as usual.
Better than my best day at work....Maybe not.
