trit21
Active Member
Ouch that hurts.
There is a method of putting the fish on the side of the boat and the drag of the water keeping the line tight and in a big "u" shape. Then you can stay in forward gear and chase the fish. But I never said I was a good captain....or fisherman either! lol
Before I cast blame or be too critical, I'll wait for the official answer to be found. I hope it's something simple or just easily overlooked. Good luck to the owner.
I was not implying you were a bad captain or even bad fisherman as I don't even know you or have it fished with you. I was simply trying to state that a CC boat can chase forward with much better accuracy and manueverability and rarely has to be backed down on a fish. (unless it is a large CC of course). I remember reading a story , think it was that other site we can't type here, about someone with Verado's that ingested water from an apparent shift to reverse and then shutting engines off quickly. Story went he was in forward, shifted to what he thought was neutral but was actually reverse and once the electronic controls allowed the engine to shift the boat was going reverse at a high rate of speed. Captain reached over and shut off the engines which allowed water to flow up the exhaust and into the exhaust valves destroying the engine. Story was never confirmed or denied but speculation only as the OP never came back to finish the story. Was a couple yrs ago I would guess.