Dumb people
 

I passed up 5 15ft aluminum boats heading to the weirs this a.m. 3 who had kids and none were farther than Commp pt... 2ft chop with 3,s and 25 mph SW winds.. I stopped by all of them and told em.... Turn around and go 2oo feet and that's what you will fight coming back and could sink your boat



They all said were just going to the weirs.....Dumbazzes to put kids thought that

I hope those kids had on life jackets and dont mind a little water......

They will teach their kids to hate going fishing for sure. It takes a bunch of good trips for them to forget the bad one.

Thay all had life jackets

Stupidity kills

X2!!

Its a free water ride.....its like being at water world on the same ride all day.....

I talked some young kids out of going to the weirs yesterday, I was riding in my golf cart and was taking in the sights at the launch at Heberts, that's always a blast, but they had 3 young guys in a 12ft alum boat, loaded down with ice chest and such, they had a 9.9 on the back of this boat, I asked where they were heading, they said the weirs, I asked them if they knew how far they had to go, they said they had no clue, just heard fishing was great there, I told them once they got around comercary point they would take a few over their bow and they would sink right there, they got the point, they wanted to fish so I steered them to the marsh behind pelican point, don't know if they caught but at least they could wet a line and not worry about getting killed!

great advice...possibly saved some lives and property!

I was told that a bill was put on Jesse Ventura's desk to stop people from driving on a frozen lake during the spring time because people were goin in and drowning. The story goes that he said no matter how many laws we pass you won't stop people from doin stupid things and killing themselves. That's nature's way of weeding out the weak and stupid. With that being said I've gone to the weirs in some rough conditions in my aluminum boat. I've been one of "those idiots" several times before, and will probably be one again this weekend.

It only takes one wave I seen that first hand!

Ive done plenty stupid things.....BUT WOULD NEVER PUT MY SON IN THAT SITUATION!!

I'd have to second that...I did have my family out at the barrier islands before and the weather kicked up, but luckily I had a fellow SC member out there to escort me in, knocking down the waves for me!!! I've been at the mouth of the gulf and looked out and said to the other 2 (MEN)....Guys it's going to be rough, take a vote...all said go, so we did...and YEP, It was rough...Nothing to do but crank up the deadliest catch theme song on CD, Humm the gilligans' island theme song and work the bilge...ALL FOR A FISH!!! Can't explain why I am mentally damaged....See danger, feel danger....LET'S GO...It's crazy....However, I am very timid with my family on board....

You dont respect the water it will bite you. I ran a 26' Twin Vee with Seatow after Katrina. We had to go in Lake Pontch and it was nasty. Did not look to bad until we started launching a couple miles out. Took one over the bow that cleaned the center console and almost ripped windshield. Yep, you couldnt pry my hands off the wheel.

Now with my family its different. Protected waters and calm.

The weather is just cleaning out the weak ones from gene pool.

I was crabbing this A.M. And a boat that I stopped with a guy 2 little girls and little boy
....made it about Hour after I passed them up...
They were soaking wet ...

I said well that was the easy part wait until you nose dive in the waves going back....

The crabbing sucked and they sat there about 2hours had 5 crabs and castet about 4 shrimp...
He said man this sucks.....I said again....no your ride back will suck and you better call someone to let them know when you head back

Guy was clueless......


All in all..he beat his kids to death on a boat ride than yield them a dozen crabs I'f than..m.

On the other side of the coin...I have went out in SLICK FLAT seas for a day of Snapper fishing 25 miles out....Weather man said it would be perfect....Everything wonderful....I'm talking slick as glass....Get out and start tearing in to snapper (before the limits were STUPID and it was worth it to go), Cobia, amberjack...You name it, we were in them....Boat starts bouncing up and down, no worries....breeze picks up just enough to cool us off from the 190 degree heat...no worries...then they start building....Frequency far apart...no worries....When the constant 3's start to chop up and change directions and pick up in frequency, we pick up and start in...THEN, It got bad! ankle deep water in boat, buddies bilge not working, I'm driving can't get boat to plane, circling a platform in case we have to swim, his heads down trying to fix bilge...Now he's sea sick and puking, so ABC (already been chewed) hamburger is floating on our ankles....After 5 mins of terror, bilge working...buddy still puking....get on plane and keep nose into the big one's all the way back...jogging with a compass, cause we didn't have GPS's in boats back then...That was the roughest...Coming in to belle pass we had 8' rollers that was scaring the C-Rap out of me...

yeah i was there for one of them. lol

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There is a story here that I would love to hear.....

My father use to take me out to the rigs and fish we where in a 1980 17 foot deep V center console Hydra Sport with a 115 Merc on it we would fish with 6 to 8 foot swells taking several over the bow and I survived and I would do anything to go do it again

That sounds like a bad dream right there!!!

#1 sinker today...... Just got pulled in...

I work on bayou Bienvenue in challmette and you wouldn't believe the people that pass through the gates in these little boats with the wind blowing. Crazy!!!

People have fished grand bayou (the weirs) in aluminum boats for years.
Sounds like you guys just want a little more room for your
24ft 60,000 dollar boat. Hurts to see that guy in a 5,000 rig out fish
You and all your equipment. I remember when a trowlling
Motor was s sculling paddle or a push pole..ya have fun now..

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Dude, you missing the point, I live at Heberts marina and I can not count the amount of small boats that I have seen hauled in by the Sheriffs department or by good folks. I have had plenty of aluminum boats in my time, it has nothing to do with what I paid for my rig, it's common sense. Ask the Cameron parish sheriffs department how much tax payers money, my money and others here that has gone to pulling these idiots in.

We'll continue this when I get near a computer
Dude.

How do you tow in a boat that's sunk? lol

Dude nobody in a $60k boat wants to fish the freaken weirs....

Aluminium boats get sunk all year by stupid ignorant people who think they can run to the weirs in 30mph winds....and they noise dive and fill there boat up..

Hell I took two over the front that same day in a 22ft boat

And there was a family that was pulled in by a 24ft 60k boat because they took on so much water they could not get on step..


So keep your idiotic comments to your self

Here's not one but 2 that sunk I picked up few weeks ago lol

Thanks for the picks J

Ask Evans and he can tell you, he rescued 2 guys south of turners and there boat took in 2 waves and the boat went under right as he got to them about a couple of weeks ago and he had to tow them in.

Typical holiday weekend. Williams boat launch in Kenner had a good one yesterday. Come over the levve and you see a big group by one back down.. My wife asked what was going on. I told her just watch and be quiet. Evidently they backed up too quick and when boat slid off the tilt pin pulled loose on trailer. Transom and motor under at launch. About 6-8 kids with a maybe 16 boat center console. Lake was way too rough for it to begin with. I overheard one saying his dad is going to kill him. Hope sheriffs dept is at every launch today and tomorrow with breathalisers. Atleast keep the idiots sober.

I've seen plenty of $60,000 boats fighting to get a spot at the weirs. Maybe you need to take your own advice.


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What is the cutoff price of boats that can, under big lakes hand picked bylaws, legally fish the weirs? I hardly ever fish the weirs, but sometimes go that direction. I would hate to get caught there over the limit price wise.

Take it to the Gill Net.

My boats not 60k but you will never see me fighting to fish the weirs

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depends
 

it all depends on the style of boat, type of hull, height of sides etc etc..... theres a huge difference between a 16 ft flat bottom jon boat with 18 in sides trying to cross teh lake and a 16 ft semi-v with a 15degree front bow with 25 in sides..... you just have to know your equipments limitations... aluminum is just as capable as fiberglass and in my opinion preferential for fishing inshore waters down in the marsh....just my .02

Corey

It's not a question of the type or price of a boat or were they gonna fish. It is having common sense to know when the conditions are to bad for the rig you run. I have fished biglake in a 15ft many times. I watched the weather. picked days when conditions were favorable and never putt me or my family in jepordy for a fish!! I have a 20ft CC Xpress now and you won't see me on the lake with 20-30mph winds. The boat isn't meant for those conditions and i'm smart enough to know it.