You might a boater if/fisherman if......

Tyme2fish

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These should be said in the same manner as you might be a redneck if.....

You might be a boater if.......you attempt to repair a cracked fiberglass bathtub with 5200.
You used a Rule Automatic bilge pump in your basement, when the floor drain backed up due to high ground water.
You convinced yourself that you really did need a "teak" toilet seat
You buy ONLY stainless steel hardware.
You routinely use a boga grip to weigh stuff.
You have about nine or ten old marine batteries sitting on the garage floor.
You wear Grundens to work when it rains.
Some of your best kitchen knives are Dexter Russells
You consult the NOAA marine forecast before scheduling appointments
You tell your friend they have something stuck in their teeth. Starboard side.
You don't own a "raincoat" and show-up at the office in yellow foul weather gear.
You can accurately estimate the wind speed by looking at a tree.
Your sister has given you lighthouse nick-nacks for the last 12 Xmas's
You have a boat in the yard that hasn't run in 15 yrs. But you still tell the wife your going to fix it and go fishing.
You use 150lb rated snap swivels to replace the button that fell off of your pants and/or shorts...

You are driving down the road and will speed up just to take a look at the boat thats a few car lengths ahead.. Not because you necessarily like the boat, but because it is a boat, and you wanna look at it.

You are driving down the road with you girlfriend and you see a boat in the distance and accurately name the make, model, and engine manufacturer before you even get a good look at it and it is too far away to read a name or engine make on it.. Your g/f then proceeds to call you a dork..

You have red and green side lights that work installed on your desk at work.

You have a fish mail box .
You get at least 6 boating/fishing subscribtions
You wear sperry's 7 days a week
You have one of those gold anchors or fish around your neck
You think that Capt Ron is the man
You get off at a good boat show
You love the smell of teak or fiberglass in the morning
You record all the boating and fishing shows
You know what sea foam is used for
You have an old dingy/rowboat in your yard that's used as a planter.
.Your basement or garage looks like a West Marine store.
You know what woody wax is
You buy your wife an anchor ball for a Christmas present
The folks at BassPro know you by name.
 

bassboy1

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

Wow! So true. This would be the reason I am the butt of all gossip.:D

Lets see, 5200 gets used to repair anything,
We do use a bilge pump and 12v marine deep cycle battery as a handy portable pump quite often,
The shop is full of marine batteries,
My only "raincoat" is fowl weather gear,
We do have that boat in the yard that hasn't been running for 14 years, and keeps getting asked about by younger siblings,
I do have the snap swivel on a zipper on a pair of pants, where the little end broke off,
Dad and I will speed up or slow down to look at ANY boat going past,
See footnote on the one that has to do with IDing a boat from the distance.
Captain Ron is the man,
A good boat show is always exciting,
Ya gotta love the smell of a boat - no matter the material, they still have that "smell." That, and 2 stroke oil.
I got friends that say one half of my basement looks like boaters world, and the other like Home Depot.

Footnote - Once, we were loading up from a scout hiking trip, where we had hiked along a trout river. I was hooking the trailer back up, and saw a drift boat in the distance, coming up the road. When it got the parking lot, and few of the younger smart$$$es decided it would be funny to ask me what kind of boat that was. Without turning around, or looking toward it, I said "drift boat." They thought it was the funniest thing that I was able to "sense" what type of boat that was, seeing as I didn't turn around to look at it. To this day, I have still not lived that down, and it was 10 months ago.
 

oops!

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

now it works....the post reply didnt work earlyer....

yeah ...what bass boy said......i got a yes to around 10 or twelve of em too

do you think this is some kind of diesease?.....:D :D :D :D


mbs mabe
 

Drowned Rat

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

You are driving down the road and will speed up just to take a look at the boat thats a few car lengths ahead.. Not because you necessarily like the boat, but because it is a boat, and you wanna look at it.

Your basement or garage looks like a West Marine store.

I love it! So true. :)
 

SpinnerBait_Nut

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

Yep.
ShoafinMarina.jpg

Look familiar anyone?
 

Don S

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

That ain't no spinnerbait :eek: :p :D
 

Reel Poor

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

I scored a 20 out of 32. :D :D
 

puddle jumper

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

Does it count if you look around your neighbourhood and every one has at least 2 to 3 boats in just about every yard and thay don't all float. Yup my whole town is like that.:eek:
 

kenmyfam

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

I only scored 16...but the smell of a freshly started 2 stroke motor is better than coffee in the morning !!!!
I have been in withdrawl so bad since last October that I have fired the weed whacker up a couple of times over the winter !!!
 

arboldt

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Re: You might a boater if/fisherman if......

I have been in withdrawl so bad since last October that I have fired the weed whacker up a couple of times over the winter !!!

You can always fire up my snowblower in the winter:p
 
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