Ramp blockers or why are you parked there?

[Tyme2fish]

On our fishing trip on Friday I had a few obstacles in launching the boat. At the turn in to the New Albany ramp there was a car parked way up on the ramp where one straightens the truck/trailer just before backing down.

He/she was right where I wanted to be. I avoided that obstacle only to see another car parked on the Indiana side of the ramp where I needed to launch the boat. It was a work out for me in reversing in an S pattern to traverse from left to right and back to the left and again to the right. @#&**@

A male occupant was just sitting there messing about with an i-pad type devise oblivious to the world around him. I could understand if he wanted a nice view of the river and the scenery but geez Louise, what the hell are you doing here at the bottom of the ramp?? There are better places for you to play with your wingding.

I thought about educating these ramp squatters but I was anxious to fish and I wasn't concealed carrying. Life is too short to sweat the small things.

When we returned to the ramp I once again encountered a ramp squatter. A young lad of about 20 or so was parked on the Kentucky side of the ramp at the waters edge.I did notice that he had a fishing pole in the water. While I was preparing to jump out of the bow and proceed on foot up the ramp to retrieve my rig he moved his vehicle to the exact spot I needed to place the trailer in the water. I very politely told him he was fine where he was before but not to where he moved his car.
He was very apologetic and then moved backed to his previous location.

Once I retrieved my boat, I stopped at the water's edge to drain my live wells and offered him the left over shad we had. He was very grateful for the bait.

Another peeve. Why do cars park in the tow vehicle/trailer spots? When we arrived there was a truck parked in the prime spot with no trailer. Hey you moron!! There are a ton of parking places so why do you have to take one of the few vehicle/trailer spots. Grrrrrrr.

I realize that the ramps are "Public" but I just get peeved when the idiot public want to squat in the way of boaters wanting to launch and retrieve. Gol dangit, the ramps are ramps, not parking places.

I feel better now that my harrumph is over.

[DJD]

On our fishing trip on Friday I had a few obstacles in launching the boat. At the turn in to the New Albany ramp there was a car parked way up on the ramp where one straightens the truck/trailer just before backing down.

He/she was right where I wanted to be. I avoided that obstacle only to see another car parked on the Indiana side of the ramp where I needed to launch the boat. It was a work out for me in reversing in an S pattern to traverse from left to right and back to the left and again to the right. @#&**@

A male occupant was just sitting there messing about with an i-pad type devise oblivious to the world around him. I could understand if he wanted a nice view of the river and the scenery but geez Louise, what the hell are you doing here at the bottom of the ramp?? There are better places for you to play with your wingding.

I thought about educating these ramp squatters but I was anxious to fish and I wasn't concealed carrying. Life is too short to sweat the small things.

When we returned to the ramp I once again encountered a ramp squatter. A young lad of about 20 or so was parked on the Kentucky side of the ramp at the waters edge.I did notice that he had a fishing pole in the water. While I was preparing to jump out of the bow and proceed on foot up the ramp to retrieve my rig he moved his vehicle to the exact spot I needed to place the trailer in the water. I very politely told him he was fine where he was before but not to where he moved his car.
He was very apologetic and then moved backed to his previous location.

Once I retrieved my boat, I stopped at the water's edge to drain my live wells and offered him the left over shad we had. He was very grateful for the bait.

Another peeve. Why do cars park in the tow vehicle/trailer spots? When we arrived there was a truck parked in the prime spot with no trailer. Hey you moron!! There are a ton of parking places so why do you have to take one of the few vehicle/trailer spots. Grrrrrrr.

I realize that the ramps are "Public" but I just get peeved when the idiot public want to squat in the way of boaters wanting to launch and retrieve. Gol dangit, the ramps are ramps, not parking places.

I feel better now that my harrumph is over.

This is a change.....when a ramp issue comes up its usually folks who load and unload gear on the ramp as opposed to the staging areas! No doubt some people just don't understand what they are doing. Sounds like you handled it well though.

[riverrat12]

On our fishing trip on Friday I had a few obstacles in launching the boat. At the turn in to the New Albany ramp there was a car parked way up on the ramp where one straightens the truck/trailer just before backing down.

He/she was right where I wanted to be. I avoided that obstacle only to see another car parked on the Indiana side of the ramp where I needed to launch the boat. It was a work out for me in reversing in an S pattern to traverse from left to right and back to the left and again to the right. @#&**@

A male occupant was just sitting there messing about with an i-pad type devise oblivious to the world around him. I could understand if he wanted a nice view of the river and the scenery but geez Louise, what the hell are you doing here at the bottom of the ramp?? There are better places for you to play with your wingding.

I thought about educating these ramp squatters but I was anxious to fish and I wasn't concealed carrying. Life is too short to sweat the small things.

When we returned to the ramp I once again encountered a ramp squatter. A young lad of about 20 or so was parked on the Kentucky side of the ramp at the waters edge.I did notice that he had a fishing pole in the water. While I was preparing to jump out of the bow and proceed on foot up the ramp to retrieve my rig he moved his vehicle to the exact spot I needed to place the trailer in the water. I very politely told him he was fine where he was before but not to where he moved his car.
He was very apologetic and then moved backed to his previous location.

Once I retrieved my boat, I stopped at the water's edge to drain my live wells and offered him the left over shad we had. He was very grateful for the bait.

Another peeve. Why do cars park in the tow vehicle/trailer spots? When we arrived there was a truck parked in the prime spot with no trailer. Hey you moron!! There are a ton of parking places so why do you have to take one of the few vehicle/trailer spots. Grrrrrrr.

I realize that the ramps are "Public" but I just get peeved when the idiot public want to squat in the way of boaters wanting to launch and retrieve. Gol dangit, the ramps are ramps, not parking places.

I feel better now that my harrumph is over.

Tyme there is a guy that is camped on the ramp..IND. side about every other Fri. night with lanterns out...GGRRRR. I can't stand it,hard as he!! to see the ramp and judge running your boat up on it. The guy has some sort of speech problem and I end up feelin sorry for him and given him my left over bait. I just wish he understood what he's doing..I to have done the S pattern trying to retrieve my boat, where's the DNR for these guy's.OK there's my rant

[mhall]

Hey Chuck tell him about that big ole snake he might not sit there anymore, lol..

[onemorecast56]

As I am the one that always loads the boats I can`t say much but YOU TELL UM BOYS! Back when i could walk the ramps I`ve been cussing them just like you all!

[Moveon]

I was thinking about fishing at night by the launch ramp and setting up some propane lanterns. I've done this once or twice around midmight but not very often. I never thought about the light having an affect on a boat coming back to the ramp at night.

I normally will dim my headlights when driving around by the launch ramp to avoid shining a bright light into people's eyes while they are launching or recovering a boat after sunset.

I know that some types of lanterns have shields that help focus the light in one direction. Those type of lights might be turned so as not to focus out into the boaters eyes. Good point and glad you brought this subject up for discussion.

[Tyme2fish]

Tyme there is a guy that is camped on the ramp..IND. side about every other Fri. night with lanterns out...GGRRRR. I can't stand it,hard as he!! to see the ramp and judge running your boat up on it. The guy has some sort of speech problem and I end up feelin sorry for him and given him my left over bait. I just wish he understood what he's doing..I to have done the S pattern trying to retrieve my boat, where's the DNR for these guy's.OK there's my rant

He may just not know any better. The next time you see him and give him bait, explain the proper etiquette in a casual conversation with him.

If he still does it, well then beat the carp out of him. It's not like he can tell anyone with his speech problem. Oooh I'm bad for even thinking that!!

[MrSplitshot]

You said the P-word..."Public"...far too many of them are moronic inconsiderate self-serving assholes.

Back over them once with the trailer and they'll learn.

That's why I'd like to drive an old C-series Blazer with a pipe bumper on the front, but I'd probably lose my insurance in a week...lol

[kygorski]

What got me, was the guy who back down, uncover the boat, load the gear, talk to the driver of the boat, and then go park the rig.Just as bad as the the "boat detailer" who wiped his rig down, and puts the cover on and then pulls out, but not anymore, no boat no problems.

[RoadToad]

You said the P-word..."Public"...far too many of them are moronic inconsiderate self-serving assholes.

Back over them once with the trailer and they'll learn.

That's why I'd like to drive an old C-series Blazer with a pipe bumper on the front, but I'd probably lose my insurance in a week...lol

I'm with you, I'd like to just head down the ramp, and pity be on any idiot with his head up his ass. "Oh, I'm sorry, my vision isn't so good, and besides, I didn't expect anybody to be parked RIGHT ON THE **** RAMP!"

[bassin_bug]

You said the P-word..."Public"...far too many of them are moronic inconsiderate self-serving assholes.

Back over them once with the trailer and they'll learn.

That's why I'd like to drive an old C-series Blazer with a pipe bumper on the front, but I'd probably lose my insurance in a week...lol

Oh goodness! You made me remember my husband and I unloading our boat at a ramp where a man was walking around, in the way, yapping at everyone who came in. "Gonna catch a biggun? You from around here? How long you going to stay? Got a good lookin' boat, is it new?....and on and on." My husband drove the boat off the trailer and was moving it to a loading area while I drove the truck up the ramp to a parking space. The ramp was steep and I gunned the truck. The man stepped in front of the trailer and leaned on it to talk just as I gunned it. I heard a scream but didn't see anyone until I got to the top of the ramp and saw that his shirt had gotten caught on the trailer and I had dragged him about 75 ft. up the ramp. The man was lying on the ramp with his t-shirt torn off, the skin peeled off his knees, arms and ribs, and in a mess of pain. I was so blazing mad I didn't offer an apology and just walked over to our boat, boarded and went fishing. We never saw him hanging out around that place again.

[GeoFisher]

Oh goodness! You made me remember my husband and I unloading our boat at a ramp where a man was walking around, in the way, yapping at everyone who came in. "Gonna catch a biggun? You from around here? How long you going to stay? Got a good lookin' boat, is it new?....and on and on." My husband drove the boat off the trailer and was moving it to a loading area while I drove the truck up the ramp to a parking space. The ramp was steep and I gunned the truck. The man stepped in front of the trailer and leaned on it to talk just as I gunned it. I heard a scream but didn't see anyone until I got to the top of the ramp and saw that his shirt had gotten caught on the trailer and I had dragged him about 75 ft. up the ramp. The man was lying on the ramp with his t-shirt torn off, the skin peeled off his knees, arms and ribs, and in a mess of pain. I was so blazing mad I didn't offer an apology and just walked over to our boat, boarded and went fishing. We never saw him hanging out around that place again.

I'm calling ********...............I used to have to eat a chunk of Ivory soap for whoppers like that.

I suspect if you drug a guy 75 ft up a ramp, ripped his shirt off, tore some skin, etc, etc. the're BE an AMBULANCE there too.....

And if you had drug me up a ramp like that, and no offered an apology, you would have came back to a **** HOLE of a truck. I would have cut the tires, broke the windows, poured coke in the tank, and drilled holes in your battery.

Yea..........Good story though.

Later,

Geo