FinanceDude
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My scariest moment was on the Mississippi River. A friend and I were fishing in the main channel on a wingdam about 1/2 a mile from the dam. The water was high but we were being careful.
We decided to pull the anchor and go upstream a little further. We got into the main channel and his 25 horse Johnson flat out DIED. He furiously started cranking on it, but it kept sputtering.........
The current was pulling us further and further towards the dam. There were NO other boats in sight...... I was in the front, and tried to figure out what to do. As my friend pulled the cover on the motor and was trying to get it started, I moved the electric trolling motor to the front of the boat, set it on high, and tried to slow our drift toward the dam. I took the oars we had and started rowing to slow our drift. I should mention that we tried to drop the anchor, but the current was too strong and it wouldn't hold, the bottom was mud.
We were about 50 yards from the "Oh God" wires the Corps of Enginners puts up thst you can grab and hold onto as your boat goes over the dam, when the motor sputtered to life.........He hit the gas and we got out of the current and into a slough away from the dam and current........
We decided to pull the anchor and go upstream a little further. We got into the main channel and his 25 horse Johnson flat out DIED. He furiously started cranking on it, but it kept sputtering.........
The current was pulling us further and further towards the dam. There were NO other boats in sight...... I was in the front, and tried to figure out what to do. As my friend pulled the cover on the motor and was trying to get it started, I moved the electric trolling motor to the front of the boat, set it on high, and tried to slow our drift toward the dam. I took the oars we had and started rowing to slow our drift. I should mention that we tried to drop the anchor, but the current was too strong and it wouldn't hold, the bottom was mud.
We were about 50 yards from the "Oh God" wires the Corps of Enginners puts up thst you can grab and hold onto as your boat goes over the dam, when the motor sputtered to life.........He hit the gas and we got out of the current and into a slough away from the dam and current........