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stevarama · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: Need help!!

If anyone can help. I'm right off one of the canals by pita island. My battery died on the boat and new a quick jump. White 19ft blue wave with 90 Hp Johnson.

stevarama · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject:

Phone number is 361-290-7915. Steven

stevarama · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject: We're good

We've been rescued! Thanks for the help!

Coach · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:43 pm Post subject:

Call those boat tow people. Should only be a couple thousand.
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SaltyCuda · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:22 pm Post subject:

Dual Batteries and a Perko will stop that from happening in the future Wink

cctxfish · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject:

Glad you were helped out. Karma will come back and your turn to help out another in the future. Long ago, I ran a spot light at night through Baffin and ran my battery down. While idleing toward the lights in the ICW markers I came right across mud in the badlands. Turned off the big motor and she was dead. Had to pull start the motor in the dark. Made it back to Bird Island only to find out I had left the lights on the truck on. Truck was dead. Jumped started the truck with the boat battery and I was on the way home. Luck was with us or was luck just giving me a hard time? I did find a commercial fishermans boat within the King Ranch shoreline about 100 feet on the bank from running in the fog. He had been there a while and was very thirsty. 75 years ago he would have been shot for tresspassing.

bollie · Pony Mullet Joined: 04 Mar 2011 Posts: 76

Coach what boat are you driving. Just wanted to know so I will know what to do when I see you hailing when I go past

mickeyd · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:19 am Post subject: Help!

X2 on the boat hailing thingee. I will toss him a couple of beers as I motor on by!
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MakoJJ · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:43 am Post subject:

I usually have four batteries on board. Two for the trolling motor, one cranking, and one extra just for fun! Very Happy

SaltyCuda · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:09 pm Post subject:

stevarama · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:22 pm Post subject:

No doubt I'll have at least an extra battery with me from now on. On a side note, if I recall correctly, it is illegal for someone to NOT help a stranded vessel correct? There was someone fishing not more than 300-400 yards away from me that could clearly see me waiving a white towel and blowing an air horn multiple times and did nothing but fished off the back of his boat. I wanted to swing by and say a few choice words but had the wifey out there with me and didn't want to cause any more drama than was already had for the day. Fortunately there were a couple of guys coming back in that gave us a quick jump and we were off. The water was still nice and brown over there but we had some fun catching trout with live shrimp under an alameda. Wife caught the only keeper coming in at 16".

Matt · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:51 pm Post subject:

Technically, yes, you're supposed to stop and "render aid" to any vessel "in distress".
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FALFURRIANO · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:31 pm Post subject:

this is a story that could have gone bad had it not been for the attentive fisherman that stepped up when they needed to. as for the rest of u that flew by thinking only of getting home well karma is tough ...about four years ago i was fishing near williamsons boat dock in riviera one sunday morning and my son jumped in the kayak without us knowing. he had never even paddled one before next thing u know i looked up and he was moving backwards wind and current and not knowing what to do had him going fast i tried to swim after him and there was no way i was gonna catch him.at least a half dozen boaters were returning to the launch and passed him up while he was waving his paddle and we were yelling our a##'s off he was already way out finally some decent people payed attention and realized what was going on and went to his aid .what i don't get is. how can boat loads of fisherman see a kid waving a paddle a quarter mile off the shoreline and whiz by and think nothing of it.any ways i thanked those guys and i'm thanking you again if ur reading this, so thanks a million...
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blackened302 · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:37 pm Post subject:

a similar thing happened to me: forgot to take my extra battery (stupid, I know) & got stranded a couple miles south of Pita in my John boat. at least 5 boats passed me by as I waved -- there was even a guy that drifted past me thrice & nothing. had to walk the boat back 3+ miles along the shoreline back to Bluff's in a foot of thick weed for most of the way.

Bluffer · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:58 am Post subject:

Ya if you carry a spare battery your main one will never go dead. Part of your boat survival kit along with a spare prop, some tools, wire, oil ect.
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