So with all these fishing topics abroad lets here how you handle driving your bass boat when the waves get rediculous. This is posted totally for safety and hopefully to keep your partner dry when it is bad conditions.....
So with all these fishing topics abroad lets here how you handle driving your bass boat when the waves get rediculous. This is posted totally for safety and hopefully to keep your partner dry when it is bad conditions.....
I will always sacrifice speed, or getting somewhere in a hurry... for safety! I have come accross the sound in swells so big I could not even get up on plane for. Took a beating, but always made it back to the ramp safe.
I agree speed is not important at that point, I will keep the motor tucked to keep the nose up, so I don't spear a wave, and I try to look a couple of waves ahead so that I have time to prepare for what actions I will have to take to make it as smooth as possible. I will try to ride the crest as far as I can also getting from one point to another, then come off the crest on the upwind side, that will put you in the trough and allow you to come back up to the next crest smoothly. That's how I do it?
Good topic idea Patrick!
I got caught out in the bay a couple times (yes I know it's salt water) when some pretty bad storms rolled in. Definately sacrificed the speed first, then I ran through the troughs at an angle, so I wasn't directly bow in to the waves. Takes me awhile longer to get where I'm going this way, but safety comes first. I think allot of people make the mistake of thinking if they just go in a straight line to where they're headed, as fast as they can, that they'll get out of the mess sooner.
Like Gunny said, I always try and look a couple swells ahead to get an idea of what's coming and an attack plan. I also give it a little gun as I come off the crest to help keep the bow up. I use the same method when I have to cross the wake of a large barge on the intercoastal.
yep bow up, trim down, angle the waves preferably on your partners side
slow down. but always check the weather first winds warnings and such. i was in aboat took the first wave over the bow second in the boat standing ther with the console in my hand sinkingthey guy with me said what we going to do i said i am going to start bailing real fast
Well with the conditions that I have been faced with lately I was just wondering. I wasnt driving and the situation was handled properly......Just both peeps got wet....
Rough water like you all are talking about makes my butt hole pucker up and think to myself there's no place like home...
Keep the boat on the trailer and go home. guess i am getting to old
Boat was already in the water....wasnt an option or plan A.....
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never
One of the major problems down here in the sound is Pound Nets. Some nets are marked, most are not but in rough water even the marked ones are hard to see. Nothing more scary than being in big waves and hung-up in a net. I know of at least two boats that was "pulled" under because they couldn't get the net cut loose in time. Right now the sound and rivers are full of nets.
The Potomac River is like that here in N VA but with crab pots instead...
Looking out my window at work at the Potomac right now and the water is very rough today for sure, wind is blowing the water at will with white caps and 1-2 foot swells...
You should have been on Gaston today with me. Had to have the truck and trailer brought about 10 miles to a different ramp due to high winds.
Best advice is to stay home and watch TV and play on the puter!
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Was out there wed. with Greg and it was bad then but he drove us throw the mess....
Jonboat no offense bro but 1 to 2 footers aint poop. We were in 3 to 4 on Gaston the other day and it was nasty with the cross wind.
There comes a time when you need to head towards shore. I had a near 20 pound limit once that I had caught on the Perquimans and was trying to make it back to the Chowan. I caught a net with the propeller and when I stopped to take care of that, I took a swell over the back of the boat that killed the motor and knocked me out of the boat. Needless to say I didnt make it back to the ramp until later that evening...and that was before we all had cell phones. There were moments out there that I thought I would never make it back...
With the more manageble swells, size matters! a 20' boat seems to be the magic number when it comes to bridging the swells. Even then, you cant be in a hurry. Everyone that knows me knows that I like speed...but you'll be surprised how slow this Allison can run at times!!
YOu are right Rob. On big water sometimes it is best to seek shelter and catch a ride on the dry back to the truck. If its not to big watching ahead (as someone mentioned) and 45ing across the chop and simply slow down. It is surprizeing how much water these boats can take if you slow down and not get caught in nets and traps.
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and how much they can't take but that is another story
OK, I need guidance. I know when I trim my motor down, then the bow goes down. The higher I trim, the higher the bow...
so why are y'all saying trim down, bow up when running rough water???? Sounds like an oxymoron...
I have run rough water on Kerr...and I mean really rough... as a passenger with a guy who has run the lake for nearly 40 years. He trims so the boat is pretty much level...and knifes thru....
Lea, I'm with you on this one! Trim down and keep bow close to level without spearing the waves. Speed will drop, but you will be able to power through. Most guys I have seen spear waves had bow too high and launched off one wave and stuffed themselves on the next wave.
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