Tip

  • Charlie “Turk” Gierke
    Hudson Wisconsin
    Posts: 1020
    November 20, 2006 at 5:50 pm #1227948

    When launching your boat to go fishing in below freezing weather or close to freezing weather, make sure you have a 5 gallon pail of sand in your truck If the launch ramp freezes up the sand helps greatly in providing traction. This sand comes in very handy in situations where you are leaving later in the day and the anglers before you inadvertently drained water from their trailer all over the launch and created a thin layer of ice on the ramp for you to deal with.

    dan-larson
    Cedar, Min-E-So-Ta
    Posts: 1482
    November 20, 2006 at 6:01 pm #501363

    Did you need your bucket of sand this weekend?

    Chris
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1396
    November 20, 2006 at 6:30 pm #501374

    Great tip!

    Thanks

    Todd_NE
    Posts: 701
    November 20, 2006 at 7:22 pm #501406

    Great Post! was just thinking of this myself after duck hunting this weekend. I actually mix some gravel and a little salt. The Corps of Eng actually keeps a 55 gallon barrel of the stuff below Yankton on the Missouri at the boat ramp for convenience.

    I’ve heard Kitty Litter is great too, never tried it.

    the other nice thing to say is…. let your trailer drain at the water’s edge this time of year!

    T

    Charlie “Turk” Gierke
    Hudson Wisconsin
    Posts: 1020
    November 20, 2006 at 9:12 pm #501459

    No, I didn’t need the sand this weekend (I was buck hunting in the great state of Wisconsin). Though about twelve years ago, I did…I was in a bit of trouble down at the Stillwater Boomsite landing landing, it was a cold November day after Thanksgiving, when I just had the two wheeler pick up. I had to dig up soil and rocks and whatever to get some traction, it was looking grim – a real sticky situation, Spinnin wheels spinning wheels, I couldn’t get the boat out no matter what I did. I thought maybe I’d have to unhook the trailer or something, and get the boat later. Then finally I figured it out, I just took the fish out of the livewell and put them on shore and the ol’ grumman popped right out of the water.
    Keep Catchin’
    Turk Gierke

    steve-demars
    Stillwater, Minnesota
    Posts: 1906
    November 20, 2006 at 10:40 pm #501499

    OK Turk – Your jokes are just a little too subtle. It took me a while to get your point on the last post. So all those “HEAVY” fish were holding you back from getting the boat out of the water.
    I get it!

    ratherbfishn
    St Paul Park MN
    Posts: 220
    November 21, 2006 at 4:04 am #501619

    It was getting pretty slick down at Lions on P2 sunday about 7am. Lots of duck hunters though. Must have been a race that spot Good tip Turk. Also helps the guy behind ya!

    Charlie “Turk” Gierke
    Hudson Wisconsin
    Posts: 1020
    November 21, 2006 at 11:41 pm #501977

    Ahh I couldn’t resist that joke, it just came to me – But on a side note that’d be a good one for a Red Green skit!!

    steve-demars
    Stillwater, Minnesota
    Posts: 1906
    November 22, 2006 at 3:58 am #502136

    Red Green. I knew you reminded me of somebody – yes, there is a similarity.
    I have to admit it was a good joke –
    By the Way – Great Tip too.

    ratherbfishn
    St Paul Park MN
    Posts: 220
    November 25, 2006 at 3:55 pm #503127

    Quote:

    Red Green. I knew you reminded me of somebody – yes, there is a similarity.
    I have to admit it was a good joke –
    By the Way – Great Tip too.

    Turk, I remember another tip you gave me that I used making an ice pole from a broken long one and there was duck tape included in the mix there Now I missed that Red Green show too but sure was another great tip

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