01-18-2004, 01:57 AM
same thing here almost , out on lake erie walleye trip , had one full tank of gas one 1/2 empty . i put the half empty one on at the launch and headed out , figured the full one would be plenty to get us back .
we got out a couple miles and the tank finally went dry . told my buddy to put the full one on .
uh oh , he says , i switched tanks on the way out !
i used the electric trolling motor till the batery went dead , from then on it was paddiling with one oar and tossing the anchor out ahead of us and pulling ourselves closer to shore .
we finally got close enough to shore and another fisherman towed us to the closest dock , 15 miles from our launch site and no gas stations around .
i had to walk back to my car , get to the boat , and get home just shy of 12 hours late for the wife's deadline to be home .
i know why she calls them deadlines , you cross that line and your dead ! lol !
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we got out a couple miles and the tank finally went dry . told my buddy to put the full one on .
uh oh , he says , i switched tanks on the way out !
i used the electric trolling motor till the batery went dead , from then on it was paddiling with one oar and tossing the anchor out ahead of us and pulling ourselves closer to shore .
we finally got close enough to shore and another fisherman towed us to the closest dock , 15 miles from our launch site and no gas stations around .
i had to walk back to my car , get to the boat , and get home just shy of 12 hours late for the wife's deadline to be home .
i know why she calls them deadlines , you cross that line and your dead ! lol !
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