Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Lost, Found & Stolen => Topic started by: Every Day on November 13, 2011, 01:46:37 PM
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Hey guys.
We found a pontoon boat on the Thompson.
Found it at around noon, and figured we should leave it just in case someone had left it there and was coming to get it later.
Went back after dark and it was still there (over 5 hrs later) so we grabbed it. Just seeing if anyone knows anything about it.
Give me colours, approx length, brand and we'll arrange something...
Cheers,
Dan
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How can one forget a pontoon boat ? It's not like it's a small thing.
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hmmmm, thats pretty strange, was it just the boat?, or was there any gear or anything else with it?....holmes*
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Boat with the oars locked in.... that's it, nothing else.
We thought someone just left it and was coming back for it after walking to truck, but after 5 hours and half an hour past dark you woulda thought they had gotten it by then?
Small boat too, can't believe there are people that would drift the T in that alone ???
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Boat with the oars locked in.... that's it, nothing else.
We thought someone just left it and was coming back for it after walking to truck, but after 5 hours and half an hour past dark you woulda thought they had gotten it by then?
Small boat too, can't believe there are people that would drift the T in that alone ???
only a man with some serious brass....
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I don't like thinking of the worst but what if there used to be a person on it and ended up in the drink. Pretty scary to think of that.
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maybe it camefrom upstream?, seems very strange tho..... ??? ....holmes*
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I would post a message on Fly B.C. about this. Someone might know who the owner is if it got away from them and washed downstream, especially if they were flyfishing.
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if you dont find the owner you should put it up for auction on here and donate the money to a good cause. ;D
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what size was the pontoon boat ? I have a bucks newer southfork with PVC outer skin 8 foot. I was going to drift and row the T. this June. I would be following my buddy who is in his 13 foot inflatable row professional drift boat.
My concern is the T might be too fast for me in the bucks even though it is rated class 3. I am 60 years old and in real good arm strength shape. But even that may not be enough for the T if it is in fast flow.
My buddy and I did the T 3 years ago in in inflatable drift boat and it was exciting to go down the class three rapids.
WE got expert advice from Steve Jennings at the Little Fort shop about which side of the T to be drifting down. Some parts were absolute nightmares to be avoided.
thanks
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was it a drift or was it tyed up,or sitting on the beach .....
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was it a drift or was it tyed up,or sitting on the beach .....
Wasn't tied up... was on the beach. Like I said we left it alone for more than 5 hours and came back to still find it there in the dark.
Hard to believe some one would just leave it on the beach during a period with lots of anglers on the water...
Cohojoe... I wouldnt try it, but that me.
I do lots of tubing in the Vedder just below tamihi to bridge, but wouldn't even think about the T in an 8 foot pontoon lol
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Wasn't tied up... was on the beach. Like I said we left it alone for more than 5 hours and came back to still find it there in the dark.
Hard to believe some one would just leave it on the beach during a period with lots of anglers on the water...
Cohojoe... I wouldnt try it, but that me.
I do lots of tubing in the Vedder just below tamihi to bridge, but wouldn't even think about the T in an 8 foot pontoon lol
well thats good aleast you know someone just forgot it.. rather than wondering if they flipped it on the river or something
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Prob should have left it. I myself have left pontoon boats in places along the T for days to row across.
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It was not mine but I know know if I leave one on the beach I better chain it to somthing cause someone will take it