Always good to have a mental checklist to go over in the parking lot as you get your boat ready, before you put it in the water. I also get irritated by waiting for people to load gear and coolers in their boat on the ramp vs in the parking lot. People need to find an open parking lot to practice backing up in, but I also remember the fear and hot flashes from my first attempts at backing a boat down a ramp with an audience.

I've seen plenty of guys side swipe the dock while backing down. I've seen people tie the boat to the dock then back it in breaking off the cleat. My last dock encounter was a guy who backed his boat into the water then it would not start. He blocked a busy ramp for 45 mins trying to start his boat. (if I only had a gun).

My nemesis is the damn boat plug. There is no greater evil on the boat ramp. The silent part that cost $1.50. The evil thing about it is that your boat starts and runs just fine without it. All the while your slowly sinking to the bottom. You would think a part with such importance would have a safety switch.

As for the photo John. Watching a jet skier sink his truck at the boat ramp brings a little smile to my face.

We used to picnic after work in the Spring at the local boat ramp. You can't buy that kind of entertainment! Seen it all! LMAO

Sometimes the boat ramp can be just as good as your favorite comedian. Sometimes it gets so funny seing people trying to get their boats into the water and constantly having to pull up and back up again. I offer to help after getting my good share of laughs, but there was one time where one man was rude and would not even allow me to help. I think he was pissed because it took him another 30 minutes to launch.

Can we get back to a "fishing" blog.

Saw a two guys dump a brand new 24' Grady-White with the drive down on the ramp at Mukilteo, WA once. I thought those two guys were going to shoot each other right there! Try winching that one back on the trailer!

The saying goes a bad day on the water, not a bad one with your truck in the water. lol

I like to take my step son (6yrs old) fishing on the weekends and i always try to launch my boat as fast as i can and be safe about it, luckily the boat ramp i go to nobody minds helping me out because sometimes it can get rough with one person doing all the work.

I fish with a bunch of guys that drive trucks for a living so when we went Friday and some JACK@$$ has his little Ford Escort parked in the backing lane and was actually fishing on the ramp they just backed around the car turned the 90 to hit the ramp and put her in. I'm not bad at backing myself but that feat was awesome. I've also been caught on a frozen ramp during duck season. No fun! But we got out and learned to bring 2 trucks and enough rope! Seeing the Jet Skis and truck in the water though well, PRICELESS!

Good pic. I love it when my wife tries to back the trailer down while I pull the boat on. She usually gets help though, funny how helpful fisherman are when a beautiful women's involved.

My first day with my boat will always be with me. I pulled up to the launch and actually backed it is on the third try which I thought was good, but had to pull it right back out because I forgot to unstrap the boat. That was luck for me because I put the drain plug in the live well hole, after I go that fixed and put the boat back in the water I park my truck and went back to where the boat was beached to start it up a get going. FO rthe life of me I could not get the boat started and I was getting more and more embarrassed with each failing crank of the key. Finally one of the other boaters there offered to help me out and started the boat in two seconds. I had forgotten to check the kill switch. I can still hear them laughing as I pull away.

I think u were confused which one was ur jetski.