PONTOON vs ANGRY TEXAS PANHANDLE THUNDERSTORM!!!! Lake Meredith Texas
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2021
- Texas Storms are no joke...they're even worse on the water!!!! We spent the weekend camping at Lake Meredith, our local lake, in the Texas Panhandle. We took our boats out on the water for a day of sun and relaxation. After a couple of hours we started to see rain in the distance to the West of us. We decided to start heading to the boat ramp about 4.5 miles to the east of “sandy beach”. We didn't get far at all when the rain started to get heavy. By the time we got halfway, a severe thunderstorm had began to move in our path to the boat ramp. The winds reached over 60mph and we received small hail which felt like needles piercing the skin each time it made contact. I could not see past the front of the pontoon. My son was on the pontoon with me and helped to guide us to the marina safely. Two of the boats with our group took damage and my younger son fell off one of the boats hurting his shoulder on the dock. Overall we all made it back safely to camp. Lake Life!!! It starts getting rough around 2:30
Lake Meredith is our playground. We’ve been caught a few times in storms like this, before cell phones with weather apps. About 28 years ago, we were trying to get off the lake as a storm blew in. It’s raining, hailing, the wind is crazy and as we’re headed to the ramp, like everyone else, my husband tells me I have to be the one to go get the trailer and back it in. I had NEVER done that. I panicked and told him, “I can’t!” he said, “you HAVE to babe. You HAVE to. You can do it” I was terrified. I ran up the hill, got in the truck, followed everyone else to the line to proceed down the ramp. I had watched my husband do this many times. I was relying on that to help me but I was shaking and freaking out. As I got closer to being the next in line and drive up the ramp to start backing in, I lost all confidence and looked over at the guy about to back in and I said “ I can’t do this” ( somehow hoping he would offer to do it for me. Dumb, I know) he said “Yes you can. Just take it slow and easy. Don’t worry about everyone else. Just slow and easy”. Then I switched to being mad at myself for being such a wimp and determined to getting my husband off that water. I did it. I’ve been backing the trailer in ever since. I’m so good at it now that I often get verbal compliments . I even had a marriage proposal once from a guy after he saw me back in. 😂
That’s funny…yeah meredith is unpredictable. The boat ramp was stressful once the water levels dropped and it went down to one lane. Hopefully all this rain will make it easier to load and unload. Thanks for watching Laura!
Me and my brother in law was bait shrimping on the Galveston bay when a waterspout appeared, we pulled in the net and he gave it full throttle but we barely crawled with the 50 h Johnson , we made it to the ramp and went directly to the boat shop and bought a 85 h Evinrude!
@@edwardwright5377 great story glad you made it back safely. I should have used this as an excuse to upgrade as well🤣😂🤣 thanks for watching!!!!
@@edwardwright5377I don't understand the context of the water spout and everything, was it like sucking the boat in or something?
I have been at the mercy of more than one of these squalls. I have never done it in a pontoon boat. I was going to say that would top the list of least favorite. I thought long and hard about the last 7:00 minutes or so of the video.😂😂 Watching the sun shade torn and what seemed to be endless amounts of water soak you and every part of that boat. The pontoon boat doesn't hold that water in. It rids itself of the rain water quite nicely. This leaves you to stay out of the trough, increasing you getting to safety. A mid-size open bow can't bail itself and could make it no fun. The picture just a short time after the storm is typical Texas weather. Simply put, if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes.😂😂
Always put your top down when the winds kick up.
But you know that now, right?
Fun times 😁
Lol…that storm came out of nowhere and it was probably more dangerous to try and fold it down in that wind. The company I bought it from sent me a replacement top no questions asked. Thanks for watching!!!!
I grew up skiing and scuba diving and sailing on Meredith. We once were heading from Blue West back to the Marina, full boat, 5 divers, lots of scuba gear. A big storm blew in suddenly and we didnt know if we were going to make it back. One of out divers was a NAVY SEAL, and hard hat rig diver. He said it was the scariest ride of his life. That was about 1973. I have kept a sailboat at Meredith for over 20 years and been in some scary storms there.
people that have never experienced Meredith dont realize how the storms develop out of nowhere here. Its easy to think we are just careless on the lake but the storm patterns here are not typical. Glad you all made it safe back then. We love having this lake so close to us and will continue to spend time and enjoy it, thanks for watching!!!
Got caught in a storm like this once but with golf ball sized hail. Luckily we thought Quickly and emptied the cooler and put it over our heads. I had a 16ft boat with a 75hp motor, when the swells got big that little motor would barely push the boat. The next week I traded it in on a 21 ft Boston Whaler with a 115hp Yamaha. Much better at handling rough weather.
Glad you made back safely the cooler was a smart move. Stay blessed and happy!!!!! Thanks for watching!!!!
It is amazing how fast storms pop up and how angry the water can get. I have lived within a mile of Lake Michigan for 40+ years and have seen it first hand. Glad all made it back safely.
The weather here can turn in a matter of minutes. The video doesn’t really show the intensity of that ride. We had three boats in our party that day and about 15-20 people.one of my sons fell out of one of the boats as they tried to dock but everyone else made it back safely. 2 of the boats were damaged during the storm. Thanks for watching!!!
@@jmontoya1677 I always keep that in mind the videos never show the true reality or true nature of the event! Neverless good footage though glad you guys all made it back safe and I hope your son was ok after falling out! Thank you for sharing...makes me miss roof seas especially while doing an unrep.. cheers and blessings!
@@BillMar-jj8vr thanks for watching Bill. I handed the GoPro to my son and didn’t realize he kept it recording. I’ll be ok if we never have an opportunity to record another video like this🤣
The lake was angry that day, my friends, like an old man, trying to send soup back in a deli. I'm happy y'all are okay!
It can be an angry lake. There was a tornado over the lake a few weeks ago. Thank you watching!!!!!
Nicely done navigating through all that! Glad you made it back safely too. If you own a boat and spend enough time on the water, this situation is inevitable eventually. Scary ordeal for sure.
I appreciate the positive comment. I agree we have been on that lake 100’s of times and it was our turn that day. More stressful than scary and yeah just glad to get back to the dock and see the rest of our party safe as well!!! Thank you for taking time to watch!!!
This should be on Sun Trackers website. Lol. Good job gents. Way to stay in the fight.
@@cityslickerf1507 lol maybe I could get a new pontoon out of it😂😂 thanks for watching!!!
I grew up on that lake, been through a few fierce storms myself. Glad you made it back safely.
Thanks…it’s a Great Lake if you have a boat. It’s also a dangerous lake if you have a boat. We have seen quite a few bad storms here even at the campgrounds. Thanks for watching!!!
Wow. Good job Captain Montoya! Same thing happened to me in 1988. I was in a 17' inboard and had to ride it all the way from Cedar Canyon to the marina. I'll never forget it.
Lake Meredith is tricky. Three boats in our group took damage that day. There were numerous others that got caught up in the storm as well. It turned from a nice sunny day to an angry thunderstorm in minutes. Glad you made it safe during your adventure brother. Looking forward to some new 806 steelhorse vids soon!!! Have a blessed day!
I lived in Borger and Panhandle in the 90s. Jerry Chatwell was a huge fisherman at Meredith as well as owning the funeral home in Frisch and Borger. He said at the time Meredith at the time was the most maneating Lake in Texas, the curvature of the surrounding topography made it go from great to deadly in minutes. Glad y’all are safe!
Jerry was not wrong. It’s amazing how quick it goes from good to bad. Thanks for watching!!!
You guys are lucky! I was scared just watching it!
It wasn’t as scary as it was stressful because we had family on other boats (faster boats🤣😂) that left ahead of us and I wasn’t sure how they were. As it turned out we all made it back safe and sound. My younger son hurt his shoulder he tried to help keep another boat from getting damage. Thank you for watching. Check out my channel for more of our adventures👍🏾
When I was a kid in the 80s we were in the middle of Possum Kingdom when a storm like that hit. We had just made it to shore, the boat half submerged when two tornadoes went across the water where we'd just been fishing. I can still remember looking down and seeing the fishing poles in the bottom of the boat being underwater.
Glad you made it out ok. Never been to PK but I would like to soon. Lake meredith has storms that just pop up in a matter of minutes. Sounds like PK is similar. Thanks for watching!!!
😮😮😮😮 😱
Life in the Texas Panhandle!!!! Thanks for watching!!!
Very nice! Was in a walleye fishing tourney there in the 90's and hit one of those storms. The bass boat we were in started taking water and we flipped, water was cold. We were 100yd from the shoreline, swam to shore and rangers rescued us. Dangerous lake. My home town. Love to fish and hunt here!
This storm damaged quite a few boats and I heard a boat sank that day. When meredith is good, its a great recreational lake, but when she’s angry, she’s not to be messed with. Yours sounds like it was a crazier experience than ours. A couple summers ago a storm rolled in and flipped an RV over on top of a truck. Regardless it’s our lake and we love being out there. Thanks for taking time to watch, stay safe!!!
Wow certainly wouldn't be me in them waters well done you on getting through the waves
Thank you Fran, you’re pretty adventurous so I bet you would do just fine lol. Trust me brother we did not intentionally get caught in this storm I respect the waters way too much. It was an intense afternoon, thanks for watching!!!!
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailing man,
The skipper brave and sure.
😂🤣😅🤣😅😂
When I edited this video that’s what i was going to use as the background music!!!!!
We’ve been in the exact same predicament guys plus a lightning storm to boot.
Those storms come in fast and hard.
Happy to see you fared well in the outcome.
It was an angry storm we had it all and very small hail in the 60+ mph winds. The hail felt like needles on the skin. There were 3 boats in our party that day and all had some damage, but we all made back to camp that afternoon. Thanks for watching!!!
😮😮😮😮😮Glad y’all made it back safe!!!
Thank you….the marina never looked so good🤣
Eeeeeek! Glad you are safe!
Thank you, there’s always an adventure with our family😁
ONE OF THE BEST REAL LIFE VIDEOS EVER.
You should’ve seen it in color🤣 it was definitely intense!!!! For some reason Gilligans island was in my head😂
Thank you for taking time to watch!!!
I feel for these guys. I got caught out in a fishing boat in a hail storm one day. The high wind, white capping waves and golfball size hail came close to sinking us. My arms and head were beat to pieces by the hail, while the other two got on the floor of the boat. I've never been so glad to reach shore in my life.
Sounds like you understand completely. I am glad we didn’t have golf ball sized hail. We did have very small hail and it felt like needles piercing the skin. But it was driven by the force of the wind. Glad you all made it safe, do you still go out on the water?
@@jmontoya1677 I’m so glad you guys made it back ok. When you were saying you couldn’t tell where you were, I remembered the same. I never thought you could get disoriented on a lake, but you sure can. Fortunately for us, the big hail only lasted a min, but the smaller stuff continued during the storm. I had whelps on my legs and arms and betting you did too. I don’t know how my windshield survived. Mine happened in Tennessee. I’m a native west Texan but never been to Lake Meredith, but heard of it and the panhandle storms that pop up. Glad you captured that forming funnel too !
@@randyporter3491 I was very disoriented it almost felt for a long time that we were at a stand still. What part of west Texas we’re you from? Check out the video I posted yesterday showing the damage from the tornado that hit Perryton Texas last week.
@@jmontoya1677 Great, I want to see that video. I’m from Sweetwater. Lakes there are just glorified ponds. When I moved here, I was amazed at the rivers and lakes (and trees lol).
But, still love and miss Texas
@@randyporter3491We traveled to sweet water a couple years ago for my nieces graduation. I was amazed at the boneyard for the wind turbines🤣😂 it’s about 5-6hr trip from there to Borger. It poured rain all the way to Amarillo about 4 hours pulling and RV in torrential rain🤣😂🤣😂now that I think about it…that trip was the equivalent on land to the pontoon video🤦🏽♂️
Smart person would have went to shore and rode it out! Back in the day I would do the same!
Thanks for watching!!!
You should have turned left and headed to the other shore and just beached it and taken emergency shelter. When you see bad weather coming, you do as the old saying goes: Make Sure Make Shore. Stay close to shore and head to the nearest shore. But this guy is out in the middle like an idiot. As my son says: "incompetence abounds". But it made a good video (TY) & a great memory. I grew up on The Finger Lakes of Upstate, NY. Seen my share.
Great advice have a good day and thanks for watching!!!
I agree there was absolutely no need to run into the middle.
A right turn towards that shore should have been taken.
Some boats break up in very rough water or the motor gets swamped.
@@FondelMikeRotch Thank you Laverne, I appreciate your comments have a great day!!!
Reminded me of Seneca or Cayuga on a good south blow. If you're going to spend time on bigger water, you've got to learn to deal with big chop. Still, none of these compare to Erie on a bad day, and knowing when to keep the rig on the trailer is good to know as well.
Completely agree. Worked on the water doing environmental surveys for several years. Head to shore out of open and take cover. No need to take risk to return to dock.
Damn man, way to hang in there, that boat took a beating, you guys took a beating, good job bringing it in !
I appreciate that brother. I just prayed all the way and my son did a great job giving me direction. That little 1997 18’ pontoon did its job for sure!!! Thanks for watching!!!
Cool extreme video! Fine!
It was an intense ride, thanks for watching!!!
That looked like an adventure.
Yes sir to say the least🤣😂 we have stuff like that all the time during the summer. Usually at campgrounds though!🤣
In this situation you don’t try to get back to your port you head for the closest land to get on the calmest water you can! Then you wait out the storm!
Great advice, thanks for watching!!!
Waves get bigger near shore. A protected harbor is the best bet.
Live and learn I always carry a big tarp in my boat stop and cover up i have done it many times
Good advice, there was nowhere to safely stop the lake is surrounded by rocky shore. Trust me the last place I wanted to be was on the water in that little pontoon!!! Thanks for watching Gary!!
I've been in a few of those.
Wild ride to say the least.
Definitely a wild ride I’ll be ok if I never experience it again! Thank you for watching!
Keep a close eye on weather radar/reports. Wait those storms out, they never stay for long. You can either wait and get wet, or run it and get wet & damage.
Been maybe a dozen storms i shouldve let fly by before the trip back. But the idea i could act now and avoid the storm bit me in the butt. My boats are bass or performance rigs, they dont shed water off the floor like a pontoon. After having 6" of water in the floor sloshing back and forth and floating tackle boxes in the boat and a mile from any dry land i finally gave up on taking risks.
Great advice, but here in the Texas panhandle storms don’t have respect for radar. We had been watching it all day as we always do. The radar showed this storm developing on one side of us that’s why we headed the opposite direction. Then before we realized it was on top of us. We never get on the water if there is a chance of bad weather. Thanks for watching!!
Man, I know you were caught off guard, but ditch the sunglasses, fold the Bimini, and clear the deck of loose items next time. Shit is stressful enough without having to worry about that stuff distracting you. The skipper could put down the camera and get that handled in 5 minutes.
Glad you guys are okay!
Great advice the sunglasses were to keep the small hail out of my eyes. The rest was not distracting or worrying me at the least didn’t even think about that stuff until you mentioned it🤣😂🤣 now it’s gonna stress me out.!!! My son did a great job helping me navigate back to the dock. Thanks for watching brother and have a great day!!!!!
I subscribed to your channel cool content👊🏽
Holy SHIT boys. Yall went for a ride!
😂🤣😂🤣indeed I hope to never get caught in something like that again. Thanks for watching!!!
Been there , done that, not fun.
A least you were on a pontoon boat, safest boat on the water.
Had that been a v- hull low profe fishing boat,,,,,, well , I don't know If you would have made it back.
Thank God you are both safe 🙏
Thanks, pontoons are awesome. Yeah my son did a great job helping me get back to safety!! Thanks for watching and you stay safe as well!!!
Wow what a day on the water😮
It’s started out a nice day on the lake…Lake Meredith is very unpredictable!!
The power of angry water is amazing. I saw waves come over the bow of the USS Ranger aircraft carrier on to the flight deck. I worked the flight deck ,was always fun.
thank you for your service. you would probably laughed at these waves compared to what youve experienced but it was a crazy ride for that little pontoon.
8:20 I would be like IM READY TO BE AT HOME.
🤣😂🤣😂 I wasn’t scared just praying the whole way. I was more concerned with the rest of the family and friends on the other boats. I knew we were making it slowly but surely just hoped they had made it safely. Thank you for watching.
You have my sympathy. I usually check the forecast before heading out but I got caught once when a cold front blew thru faster than anticipated.
A lot of people don’t understand how the weather is here in the Texas Panhandle. It can change in a matter of minutes. Thanks for watching and stay safe!!
Ouch I know the pain! Be safe
Thanks for watching!!!
Wow man as someone who knows all about West Texas storms this is impressive! So glad you guys are safe!
I am fascinated with Texas panhandle weather but this took it to another level...Thanks for watching!!!!
The seas were angry my friend.
If only the video showed how angry😂😂 thanks for watching!!!!!
I remember my first time on a boat.
😂🤣😂🤣
Thanks for watching, I’ll check out your channel soon.
Dude this is a badass video I hope you're alright
Thank you brother I appreciate that. It was a wild ride. My son got hurt at the boat dock trying to help his grandpa keep his boat from damage. 2 boats got damaged our pontoon made back in good shape other than my Texas flag and the Bimini top got destroyed. Thanks for watching stay blessed!!!!
I'd have beached it on a lee shore and rode it out till it passed
Thanks for watching
Tell me about the toon, please. Was it a tri toon? Brand? Age? Length? Toon diameter? Motor? HP? Thanks! Glad you guys made it back safely.
Hello Lou, it is a 1997 18’ Bass Tracker by Suntracker. It has the original 75hp mercury force. It really did well under pressure. Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed the ride. Felt like I was on the boat lol.
🤣😂🤣😂should have had someone spray you with water as you watched!!! Thanks for watching!!!
@@jmontoya1677😂😂😂
I was caught in a violent storm while sailing in a 20' boat with my sister and my friend on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin back in the very early 1970s. Caught us totally by surprise, and I slid off the bow of the boat trying to put the jib back up. It's quite a long story, so I won't go into the details, except that, I had taken the jib down, and then we decided I should put the jib back up so we could sail with the jib only. I ended up being rescued by the Water Safety Patrol of Lake Geneva. There's so much more to the story, but I'll leave it at that. 🙂 We did hear later that the wind was gusting up to 60 mph.
Wow that part of the story alone is crazy. Glad you were rescued and can tell the story today. Did it deter you from sailing ever again?
@@jmontoya1677 Oh, no, not at all. I love sailing, but my parents sold our boat decades ago, and I've only sailed once or twice since then. I'd tell more of my story, but it's very long, and I'm thinking of writing about it in a book someday soon. 🙂
@@518hs glad to hear it didn’t change your love for sailing. Can’t wait to read the book.
I’m no boater but it seems to me that’s a very good reason not to skimp on power or reliability when buying a motor.
Thank you for that great comment and thank you for watching the video. That would be the motor the manufacturer placed on the pontoon when they built it. Hope you get a chance to become a boater someday!
Storm chaser meets Sun tracker
🤣😂🤣😂 bad combination!!! Thank you for watching!!
I got tickled at the end. Why is it ANYTIME you toss a line to someone on a dock, they drop it ??
🤣😂🤣😂In all fairness it was windy and the rope had got a little tangled during the ride back. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comments!!
@@jmontoya1677 I used to make excuses too. But, after two generations of family members and several hundred well meaning friends and not one has actually caught my rope once. Even attaching treats or beer to the line didn’t help. I finally understand why baseball pitchers have a pitch limit. Boaters have to stay home a day a week, just to let their throwing arm rest and recover. It’s just nice to watch this and know it’s not “just me” lol
@@randyporter3491 🤣😂🤣😂😂😂good stuff!!!!
Been there and done that and it’s not fun at all !!! I remember getting caught in a storm at 1 am and when I got back too the ramp my legs did not work scary !!!
Man if this had been at night mine probably wouldn’t function either. Glad you made it back safe hope you still get out on the water!!!!
@@jmontoya1677 that night was not nearly as bad as what you went through, happy your good 👍 !!
@@MAB1907 thanks borther stay safe out there!!
I got caught out on mosquito lagoon in Florida during a squall in a 12 foot plastic logic boat years ago. Cape canaveral clocked the winds at 93 briefly. Scariest 30 mins of my life lol
Curious but what kind of pontoon is this? Is it a tritoon?
Your incident sounds worse than ours 😮 glad you made it back safely as well. It was so intense there was really no time to be scared it’s hard to explain. This is an 1996, 18’ bass buggy, dual pontoons with the original 75hp mercury force outboard. It had been running sluggish for a while only getting about 10 mph until a few weeks before this day. I finally got it running right and was getting around 25mph on the day of the storm. I just googled 12’ plastic logic boat😲😲 you were incredibly luck my friend!!!!!! Thanks for watching and sharing your story! Stay blessed!!
So, if its windy I think I would navigate closest to the shore where the wind is blowing from? Less waves, Not drive down the center of the long, Narrow lake
Great advice, thank you for watching.
My thoughts exactly
Should be a idiots in boats clip
Great comment….Thank you for taking time to view this video👊🏽
This just happened to us yesterday in a four wins 180 could not see 2 feet all we could do is stop and pray storms dont scare me but this was a bad deal
We had small hail and 60+ mph winds. I didnt have time to get scared but definitely prayed all the way. Thanks for watching!!!
Did you get any footage?
@j montoya I wish I had video the wind and rain was so hard it blew my glasses off and phone out of my hand it was a bad deal weather channel radar was way off by 15 miles we were in the clear all day not even green and we went through the red
@@booostedtc sounds the same, we had small hail hitting us. We could see the storm building up behind us but had no idea it was ahead of us too. What lake were you on?
@@jmontoya1677 in Tennessee on the Hiawassee
bro yall got HAMMERED
🤣😂it made us better boaters!!!
Why not beach it while you could?
Thanks for watching, are you familiar with lake meredith? The radar did not indicate the storm that we ran into it showed it on the opposite side of the lake.
Lake meredith is surrounded by rocky shores very few places you can pull up to shore without doing damage to your boat. I could barely see a couple feet ahead of me. But that would’ve been my first option if it was an option. Look up lake meredith recreational area on you tube it will give you a better idea of the layout. Thanks for checking out our adventure!!!!!!
how bout going to the closest shore an sit it out maybe to easy!!!
That would’ve been the best thing, but you could not see what was ahead of you or where the shore was so yeah middle of the lake was best. The video does the actual ride no justice. Thanks for watching!
Smartest thing you should have done was find closest shore and parked boat and waited storm out! Been on a shallow lake in 17 ft tri haul and all you could see was water waves was so high! Freaked me out water did same killed motor over and over ! Never again!
Thanks for watching great advice glad you made it out safely!!!
I’ve been in a storm like that on Cedar Creek. Not fun at all
It’s nerve wracking for sure hopefully you made it back safely. Where is cedar creek. Thanks for watching and subscribing!!
@@jmontoya1677 we did but it was scary. I had a fish ski combo and my brother had to sit up front to hold the bow down. It’s in the DFW metroplex. Not far from Richland Chambers
@@allkindsofoutdooractivities I was surprised as to how well the pontoon handled it. It was much slower than a fish/ski though. DFW has so many bodies of water in the surrounding area. You guys are very lucky.
Next time go next to shore and set anchor. It’s safer.
Thanks for watching!!!!
Why do folks feel the need to get back to the ramp when a storm is rolling in? Hit the closest beach and tie your boat down then wait it out, you just put yourself in harms way trying to get back to the ramp! Look at all the people at the ramp, now it’s a pile-up with everyone trying retrieve!
Thanks for watching.
Waves get bigger near shore. What if there is no beach, just rocky shoreline?
@@jaymac2277 I never respond to people who are not familiar with this type of lake. You are the first one to hit the nail on the head. Are you familiar with lake meredith? That’s exactly why we kept pressing forward. It is a man made Lake with very little shore to safely wait out a sudden storm. I could barely see the huge dam much less seek out a safe spot on the rocky shore. Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching!!!
@@jmontoya1677 not familiar but found the information in the comments. I believe it was a comment from you but it crossed my mind immediately. I’ve been in similar situations. A safe harbor is the best choice when in a smaller craft.
Thanks for replying
Hope yours turned out as safely as ours. Can’t beat being out on the water on a good day!!!
I would’ve taken that top down for sure.
Thanks for watching!!!
You do not want to be on that Lake in a thunderstorm and when the wind blowing this Lake was swamp your boat quick
Your right…Meredith is tricky!! Thanks for watching.
Did that on lake Tahoe....
Welcome to the club brother🤣😂 hope you made back safe as well!!!
@@jmontoya1677 it was a beautiful day on lake Tahoe...didn't pay much attention to the weather but pretty quick the winds picked up and it was 4ft. Waves breaking over railing almost to the captains seat...swamping the deck. That made the toon dive like a torpedo...luckily the prop comes out of the water and buoyancy takes over 😳😮and shoots the boat backwards...did that probably a dozen times...and that wasn't the worst.. when I had to turn the boat sideways to the wind trying to put it on the shore the waves would almost roll the 20 creastliner ..did that a few times as well...lost everything that was on the deck that day .ice chest ,fishing gear, chairs,subwoofers..camera, phones.ect....we were dam lucky to make it to sand harbor...getting it on the trailer was a whole nother rodeo ...I tie those Bimini cover frames together....that shit hurts when it hits you in the forehead.. ..I ain't been back to Tahoe with my little pontoon..it's just to dangerous sometimes ..good luck man ..mother nature can get nasty....she never ceases to amaze me !!! Happy boating....be safe!!
@@jojocono4887 sounds like a crazy day lol but I like the crazy times!! You stay safe as well brother!!!
You are allowed to use your motor to dock
I appreciate your comment Dennis, thanks for watching!!!
That’s a Tuesday on Great Lakes lol 😅
That’s funny🤣😂🤣😂
Are there many pontoons on the Great Lakes?
Some die hards will attempt on calm days but Not really pontoons are mostly inland small shallow lakes around my way (Lake Erie and lake Huron ) Canada , Great Lakes are no joke when wealthier whips up
#Edmond Fitzgerald -look it up
I will definitely look it up. Stay safe brother!!!!
Pontoon you could stop and just sit ont he water and bob around lol or most boats be carefull
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Why didn't you take the bimini down before setting off? Reduce wind resistance. Learn to coil a rope so it feeds out properly when thrown. Rather poor seamanship.
Thanks for watching and your advice is welcomed and appreciated, have a great day!!!
Why didn’t you just sit it out?? Didn’t see lightning in video. Drop the sail (Bimini) and sit it out
Because the storm came from the opposite direction. The water was not rough. By the time we were half way it built up from the other side. To sit it out meant the possibility of getting hit by moving boats who also got stuck in the storm. There was a boat that sank that day and there was a boat a family of four fell out of. We made it back safe and sound so I felt we made the right choice for us. As for the Bimini it had just started to rain when we left. My wife and younger son were with us so I left the top up to keep her out of the rain. When the storm shifted and became severe my wife and son switched into my dads boat which was twice as fast as the pontoon and got them to the marina. The storm hit immediately and the Bimini top was the furthest thing from my mind. Getting my other son back to the boat dock safely was my main objective at that point. I get more responses about the Bimini top🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@jmontoya1677 thanks for the reply, I’m a boater as well and been caught in a couple of thunder storms. What I feared was the lightning. Not seeing any lightning made me say sit it out. However being an armchair critic like people are who are watching these videos haven’t been in your shoes at the time. Glad everyone was safe
@@johndemler653 well put our lake is a man made lake and the is almost no shoreline just rocky drop offs. Glad to hear you made it through your situation. Thanks for watching brother!
@@jmontoya1677 I’m in Florida and being on the river has it’s times. 👍🏼👍🏼
@@johndemler653 florida gets as wild as the Texas panhandle. Google lake meredith recreational area.
Why such a hurry
Because we thought the worst part of the storm was coming up from behind us. thank you for watching!
Or you could have just waited until the storm passed through. Either way.
Your opinion is appreciated thanks for watching!!!
Someone waited to long to come back to shore
Actually no we thought we had plenty of time but storms do what they want to do and we got caught. Thanks for watching!!!
I feel sorry for the Bimini Top. It should have stowed and not tortured.
Don’t feel sorry it has a lifetime warranty and was replaced the next week. Feel sorry for the Texas flag that I forgot to take down before we started our journey🤣
I’d rather be in a pontoon the a aluminum fishing boat
Definitely…the pontoon actually handled it well.
Texas is definitely a bad one for getting caught... I've never seen a place so flat where it can sneak out of nowhere like it does....
Agreed…I am posting a new video of the damage from the Perryton Texas tornado check it out if you get a chance.
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🤣 thanks for watching!!!!
Remind me not to go on his boat.
Noted🤣😂
No excuse for this to happen. None.
I appreciate your comment have a great day and thanks for watching.
Marina is always ones first thought for safety but that's not always the case. Any wind and wave break is where you go, secondly the closest land even if it's on the windward side. Beach that thing if you have to and get ashore, your feet on land is the best option.
Week ago Friday we had 9 go over on a pontoon, 2 didn't make it.
Great advice, thanks for watching!!!
Do that again. 😂
I’ve got a buddy with a PWC that I might get some footage of very soon!!!!🤣😂🤣😂🤣 stay safe out there brother!!!
Why not just anchor & put up the canvas? What I do with my 20’BW.
Great question…I was only concerned with getting to the dock safely and didn’t want to be sitting on the lake and have another boat hit me visibility was just a few feet ahead of me. You have to be familiar with meredith to understand why we kept going. I appreciate you watching the video.