There's a fish in my trunk

mdbrown · Post by **mdbrown** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 5:54 pm

My 26S is on the trailer after we pulled it out of the lake last night for the season. This evening I noticed the swing keel wasn't all the way up flush with the bottom of the boat. No problems just 6" low or so. Went out and climbed under. Pushed up in keel and heard something squishy. Figured it was just alge growth until I looked up in there. Guess what. I caught a fish. Stuck between keel and boat. Can't get it out without pullling boat off trailer.

What are the chances???????

shrektruck · Post by **shrektruck** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:33 am

That's gonna smell nice in a few days! Can you hit it with a pressure washer? That should break it up and allow you to knock it out.

Post by **Russ** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:36 am

Any stray cats in the neighborhood?

Tomfoolery · Post by **Tomfoolery** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:18 am

You might want to block up the bow or stern and use the trailer landing gear to allow the CB to drop a little, to help wash it out.

Highlander · Post by **Highlander** » Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:03 am

Now if u just drag the boat through a potato field & then park it over some nice hot coal,s u can have some nice Fish & Chips !!

J

sailboatmike · Post by **sailboatmike** » Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:14 pm

The lengths some people will go to for a fish, use a fishing rod like the rest of us, I bet when you thought using the keel as a fishing implement you never thought of the side effects

mdbrown · Post by **mdbrown** » Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:18 pm

It's turned really cold here and the barn cats haven't seemed to notice yet. I'm going to try to knock it out with a rod or something. Not much chance of getting a power washer up in there without making a mess of myself.

Interim · Post by **Interim** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:05 pm

I had one too. We pulled the cb for some winter repair, and I said "Look; I caught one fish this year." Anyone can do it with a hook and bait. No challenge that way.

--john

paul I · Post by **paul I** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:29 pm

Interim wrote:I had one too. We pulled the cb for some winter repair, and I said "Look; I caught one fish this year." Anyone can do it with a hook and bait. No challenge that way.

--john

Yes.... i've heard it said many times, real men catch their fish with their centerboard.

Another advantage for the

..... daggerboard on the

Post by **Russ** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:42 pm

I hope your fishing license was up to date. I can just see explaining it to the game warden.

Highlander · Post by **Highlander** » Wed Nov 23, 2016 9:16 am

RussMT wrote:I hope your fishing license was up to date. I can just see explaining it to the game warden.

I think I,d be more worried about a hungry shark coming up for dinner , could get nasty !!

J

Catigale · Post by **Catigale** » Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:26 am

Fish seemed out of plaice.

Herschel · Post by **Herschel** » Sat Jun 10, 2017 7:08 pm

Catigale wrote:Fish seemed out of plaice.

I guess we might say that this plaice was definitely out of place.

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