Boat ramp question.

[nipper]

Still, you must be a patient man. I have tried that but the Wife never got the hang of it. Heck, who am I kidding, she could not stand my bi---ing at her! I have always thought that a slick husband and wife launching/retrieving team is very cool!

[RidgeRunner]

Originally Posted by nipper

Still, you must be a patient man. I have tried that but the Wife never got the hang of it. Heck, who am I kidding, she could not stand my bi---ing at her! I have always thought that a slick husband and wife launching/retrieving team is very cool!

I too am jelous of a husband wife launching/retrieving team. Some places in Florida now have signs prohibiting "Power Loading". I try to leave just enough trailer (bunk type)in the water that once the keel of the boat hits the keel roller the back of the boat is resting on the bunks. It does not take much power from there to get the bow eye to the winch stand. I then chop the power and trim the motor the boat rests there giving me time to climb over the bow and hook her up. I have done it two or three times with success. Two or three times I missed the mark and had to either climb out of the boat and reposition the truck or get out and winch.
What I find to be a complete PITA is that my aluminum tandem axle trailer has enough bouyancy that it floats. The floating trailer makes it real hard to tell how deep you are going and the current can also play hell. I think I can remedy the float with some PVC pipe and Lead.

[randlemanboater]

Power on 4 me too, but if I get the trailer at just the right depth, it doesn't take much to get there.

Then I jump to the dock or climb down the tire like the other guys.

My wife is very good at backing straight for about 20 feet, so I get it lined up and it works great when she is there.

[Road King Cole]

Yes, lately it has been just me and my dog. The dog loves fishing, where the wife gets bored and doesn't want to stay out long. The first time the wife said "why don't you just go out without me", I was jumping for joy inside and said "well...OK".

I fish alone, yea, with nobody else.

However, next spring and summer I will bring friends at times and will also have to bring relatives.

I should probably teach the wife how to back the trailer down...

[RidgeRunner]

I fish alone,yea, with nobody else.
You know when I fish alone, I just wanna be by myself.

The beginnings of a good George Thorogood Spoof.

Trust me, keep that poker face on. Never lead on that you may have more fun fishing than you would have with the wife or child. It would give her more leverage, as if the women needed more leverage...
During the holiday weekend I plan to go on one of those marathon see you tomorrow blood and guts kind of trips, alone if need be. The girls just don't have any desire to fish that hard so they will end up at the mall for black Friday..One of life's simple pleasures

[RABBITFISH]

How about a mall at the end of a boat dock, take wife out fishing, drop her at boat dock mall, pick her up when finished fishing?
Maybe the fishing trip would cost more than planned?

Anyway, love to just go riding, pull up to dock at restaurant, store, shop, etc, and just have fun..

Any help at dock is good, sometimes I run it up sometimes not, depending on the circumstances at the time..