How to Launch a Boat by Yourself! Beginner Tips From Realistic Fishing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Looking for beginner tips on how to launch a fishing boat by yourself? Here are a few tips from Realistic Fishing. In todays video I go over the steps I take to prepare and launch my boat. Starting with the drain plug and talking my way through the launch, I hope these tips help your boat launch go more smoothly. Not only do I explain the launch, I also go over how I trailer the boat at the end of the trip. The approach, and trailer position are just a couple of the things I talk about. If a beginner boat fishermen like me can launch a boat by myself, so can you.
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My kind of a guy right here folks. A old aluminum boat and a old ford ranger. Stay with it my man
Keeping it Realistic 👍
I’m a year late to this party, but I’m about to buy my first-ever boat (at age 50!). Imagine my delight when I found this video, featuring your no-bs approach to explaining everything. Thanks Alex.
Im about to get my first boat too at age 45. Hopefully there are people at the boat ramp that will help me when i mess up loading it.
👍🏻😎 Killer photo bomb by the paddle fish! 🤘🏻
great advice
that was sweet seeing the paddle fish jump
Just purchased my first boat also, and this hit right on time. Even though I recently finished the boaters training for my state, this was still great to actually see. Thanks for the great info
I've owned quite a few boats. Buying my dream boat in 1 month. I have no problem launching by hand getting my feet wet. But this next boat I want to drive on trailer. This was perfect. Best video I've seen yet on launching and retrieving. Great job!
Love the logo at the start 'No Bullshit', and there certainly is no bullshit with the simplicity of this video. Well-kept and lovely boat btw. Many thanks.
PS:The only thing I'd change is 'Coke' to 'Rum and Coke' 🤣
No DUI for me 😉
@@RealisticFishing Thats good. Means youre not a pirate, ....like me, 🤪
Dude, 7:50 is fricking cool as hell. Thats amazing.
👍👍
I just got a Sea Nymph TX-150. It is decked out with electronics and a 70 pound thrust trolling motor. I usually fish a shallow river with shallow ramps with no dock. My trailer does not have guide bunks and trailering is a real pain. I also do not have a truck, but a SUV. You have yours set up pretty good.
You have a fantastic place to launch. Great video how to launch in perfect conditions. There are lots of tricks on how to launch it places where you don't have a ramp or good ramp and there is no dock. Hope you get to show them someday. It can be a pain but bass are often where it's hard to launch a boat. Had a boat like yours for years I could tell you some horror stories. Now, I have a baby bass boat and can launch it almost anywhere.
Great video! Most beginners back their trailer to deep when loading the boat on the trailer and the guide boards can't work right. Wind is never your friend at the boat ramp. Way to keep it realistic!
Noticed there were a lot of hints [a couple of them mine]. I'm glad you didn't put all that stuff in your video. Too much stuff in an instructional video defeats the learning purpose by confusing the main issues. Great teaching technique! Never do like the comments that say you should. Never do that in my comments. You SHOULD do what works best for you. 😉 Hints are just ideas you might consider.
Always a good time launching and loading a boat by yourself good video fish on
I am launching a boat for the first time this weekend. This video made me a lot less nervous. Thank you!
How did it go?
Another well done instructional video Brother. You never let me down and i appreciate that about your video's. One of these days i would like to sit down with you and partake in gaining some of your wisdom while wetting a line! As always keep up the good work and "Keep it Realistic Brother"!!
literally telling my parents how i need a fishing boat to go out by myself and you post this video lol thanks for backing me up on my reasoning for being able to do this on my own :)
I was in the middle of watching fishing with flair. And you posted so I'm watching you now. Thanks bud
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Did flairs video start by him being excited as he got out of his truck. Not realistic enough for me.
Googoogagas are the Kardashians of fishing lol
Guess your boat is too small to use port and starboard. 🤣 Those terms confuse lots of people. Just remember that left ends in t and port ends in t. Port is left. I spent years sailing and sailors are really fussy about sea going terms. ⛵ Just a bit of useless information. LOL
Lisa Twitchell righT also ends in T. Not a very good memorization tool. Try same number of letters. 4-left,4-port.
@@wadechezem658 I have to agree. But starboard doesn't end in t.
Keep on keeping it realistic broski
Great video, very helpful
Thanks for the tips!
Nice little how to video for solo boaters. Have you ever done a spinning vs baitcasting video and your thoughts on the pros and cons of each?
No, not yet. Maybe in the future
Good video, that’s pretty much how I do it as well. Sometimes I’ll attach a long rope to the boat and truck then back up until the boat floats. Then grab the rope from the truck and pull the boat to the dock and tie off. The docks are a little closer on the lakes up here though.
Thank you been a while since I've been out when my father takes the lead u would think we were preparing to storm the beaches of Normandy lol
Great Video!! Very informative!! Enjoyed
Just a little information you can use purple power aluminum brightener
Just spray on and hose of to make your boat kook new. Buy on line
I liked it.
Paddlefish are my favourite freshwater fish species. Fucking spectacular seeing one leap out of the water like that.
Very informative. Thanks for the tips 👍🎣
I studied your review mirror for a good minute, wondering what the heck is floating in the air in the background. Looked like a water tower. But on a lake? ... Then you to a drink of coke. It became Realistic. LOL
Great video bud
I was watching another fishing video then saw the notification for this, i watched it even tho i dont have a boat. Lol
Great video! You took a lot of the intimidation out of boating.
I was always a weenie getting the battery hooked up. Just waiting to hear that CRACK of the thing electrifying me 😂
I'm gonna make one of these videos for the river with a jet boat once I get mine fixed LOL
Jet Boat!
Sweet running motor!
jesus christ that paddle fish was massive
it startled me 😅
Nice truck. I have a Ranger myself. They are great trucks.
hamilton5071 amen brotha me too they are good reliable trucks
Realistic: "Have a sip of Coke."
Me: "Damn it, that's what I've been doing wrong"
Have a coke and a smile
Great video, very informative.
Super info. Love it.
Still watching Craigs and a few other places for the boat I want.. Similar to yours, V Front for a easier and smoother ride Alum Flat Bottom but I need at least 48 wide as wife had both hips and both knees replaced.. Hopefully I will find what I want this fall or over the winter when they are selling at a reasonable used price instead of a USED but NEW PRICE... lol... Keep it real..
Awesome! Alex have you considered Kayaking? I've been looking into getting one. Not ruling out the boat option though.
not really, I already have a few jon boats
Thanks for showing us your way. I don't own a boat yet but will definitely be coming back to your video for pointers once I do. 👍
Great video great info. But how was the fishing? Thank you for showing us.
That was pretty cool seeing the paddlefish jump, can you catch them?
They are not in season right now. They have restrictions
The big tip don’t forget your parking brake
Great video!
Gallop, you noble steed...
good man. I hope I get the honor of fishing next to you one day. Have you thought about guiding...? I'm in Memphis. I'd pay TN prices ; ) Seems like a good idea at midnight. You're not too murdery compared to me
Maybe one day, I am not very murdery
What is a paddle fish? That thing was huge
Is that power station like the flux capacitor?
Nice boat man 👍🏻
Good solid advise. 💯✋🏻👌
Love the truck! The most important question here is : how many timed did u put the boat IN without the plug! : )
Once in a different boat.
I wonder if Bill dances camera crew did that for him? 😆🍻👍💪
Another hint from someone who has found out the hard way. Make sure that all the spools on your reels are locked, if you're going to leave your rods on the boat. It's a real mess, if the wind catches your line and you get a giant loop of monofilament slapping down the side of the boat and along the road.
Good job 👍
Another hint. If you're moving from one lake to another, make sure to drain your live well and anything else that holds water to be sure you're not moving a foreign species into the new lake. That also goes for any weeds that maybe I hung up on your boat or trailer.
We really need to be careful about introducing invasive species from one body of water to another. That has caused serious problems in some lakes. It is a real problem with invasive weeds.
Your boat registration is "No BS". Perfect!
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*Hug!!!* 👍
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With my last trailered boat, I took a two-week vacation and fished spots all the way from Long Island to the Florida's Gulf Coast and back. Set up my boat batteries so that they could easily be connected to my truck's electrical system and my batteries were always fully charged ⚡ by the time I got from one spot to another. 😉🤗
I feel spoiled this year for my birthday I got a $177 dollar baitcaster and I’m 13 by the way could you do another power worm video I love them thanks for keeping it realistic
Expensive stuff doesnt impress me 😉
Sorry wasn’t trying to impress you 😬
I’ve never seen a paddlefish in person 😱
Like your boat. How long is your boat? Is your Ranger a 4 or 6 cylinder? Looking to buy a tracker grizzly with a side console and just wondering what i could get away with to tow it.
the boat is 16.5 and the Ranger has a v6
Do you have 4 wheel drive on that truck?
That was a nice paddle fish thank you for the video it was informative like always tight lines man👍😁
I've saved this to my fishing-related playlist so I can refer to it when I finally get a freakin' boat!
Hey, before I keep forgetting, I'll assume you drove to the Gulf Coast when you posted those videos from Alabama. I live somewhere between where you are and where you filmed. Hit me up the next time you travel through! I can recommend a place or two. I'm not trying to get my ugly mug on camera, so no worries there. But if it interests you, let me know.
edit: I do have one odd question: What about bodies of water without a nearby dock? Are there any practical tips? I've been trying for months to work out a day with a buddy of mine, so as life is life, it can be extremely difficult to arrange fishing with buddies, and as it is now with my kayak, I'll likely be fishing alone the vast majority of the time.
(technically the second edit) I saw the instagram post with the paddlefish. I wondered if it was also in the video!
I figured youd be doing a "how to" boat launch vid sometime soon. Awesome stuff homie.
Man, nice but what if you're at a busy boat launch with people waiting to launch there boat !
Bring help
Realistic knowledge = Realistic power !! cool vid, thanks!
I never understood why a step side truck bed would be useful, until now. Thanks!
Absolutely fantastic video thank you very much for sharing this is my biggest fear and why I don’t use my boat The fear of unloading and loading the boat this video is going to help me👊
Title should of been realistic ninja moves, cause I would of ate it walking the trailer hitch area. Great video!
Ninja!
Good instructional video man , always wondered how people launch boats when fishing alone
Fishing_With_BIG-D my old boat would just lay in my truck bed and it was a hell of a job to get it out and in with one person. Always recommend a trailer for a boat 10FT+
Great video....Thanks!
I was cracking up when the paddlefish jumped straight up! That's a good place for them.
I see them jump every so often, sometimes it startles me. 😅
@@RealisticFishing Me too, but not usually straight up. I have to give him a 10 on his execution.
It's easy to go to an auto parts store and get a battery connector so you can plug and unplug the battery without having to remove the wires from the terminals. 😉 I find using a boat regularly make sure you constantly think of new ways to modify things show that anything you do on the boat becomes easier.
7:46 that scared the shit out of me!
I loved this vid. What's more realistic than prepping the boat and launching it? I wouldn't even mind if you did a video of scouting potential future spots you plan to hit up. This video was a good way to keep the channel feeling fresh. Fishing is great, don't get me wrong, but every now and then it's also nice to have a change of pace and this one did a good job. Plus we got to see that awesome paddlefish photobomb at 7:45 haha
Right on cue!
I wish the boat ramps I use were that calm. There seem to always be some yahoos dicking around when I go launch our boat, or a "pro" with more decals than sense glaring at everyone to get out of his way.
I try to go when its not busy. I know exactly what you mean. 😅
You still have the boat?
Grabbing the dock wasn’t going easily for ya at 5:20 😂😂
Easy enough
Just bought my first boat. This is extremely helpful! Thanks!
Don't have a boat yet but now I know what to do once I get one, thanks for keeping it realistic
Thanks for the tips I'll have to keep this in mind when I purchase a boat for my channel.. always keeping it realistic !!
I like that you didn't prep for launch while sitting on the ramp.
If you have a step platform fitted to the trailer tongue - it makes unhooking and winching a lot easier, and a little safer.
Oh man, launch preppers in the way 😅
Dude love your boat thanks for sharing
I have a Red Ranger as well, sir. Very nice.
Nice video, man! First I've seen of your stuff. I'll be perusing the other videos you've made now. FYI, in North Dakota, where I fish, those inflatable life vests don't count as PFD unless you are wearing it. I just found out recently.
Hey realistic great video as always but I would like to see u do a video fishing for catfish
I wrote down the “sip of cokes” on my note pad. Crucial step lol
Great video. Check out those step plates that mount to your transom. You won't have to do the balancing act everytime.
Id love to get myself a Jon Boat. But I don't need to spend the money and I would have no where to put it. :/
Yep, the paddlefish made me jump too. A nice video just got me a trailer for my Jon Boat cannot wait to get her loaded up using it.
Take nothing for granted when launching or recovering. WE all trust thee "Park" position on our cars/trucks but as an important safety measure when leaving the vehicle to do the actual launch/recovery, ALWAYS put the parking brake ON. Haven't we have all seen those videos with the truck under water? Well they didn't put the brake on.
Nice realistic video....I'm sooo jealous..... One day I'll be launching my boat alone too..... I'll let you know when that day comes.....
Hopefully soon
I've still never seen a paddlefish in person. All I know about them is that here in Texas there is no harvest allowed
This is all wrong. Where is the swearing? Why didn’t you attempt 3 times to back up the boat? Why didn’t you forget the plugs?
Man…I needed this for the passed 6 years or so. So I cut my a surfboard and replaced my skids on my trailer with the surf boat so my boat just slides off. I usually unhook everything and just launch that bad boy park then take a little swim to the boat. Whole reason I thought it had a boarding ladder…little embarrassed now that I see the error in my current ways. I now no longer need a spare change of clothes atleast.
Easy peasy!
If I can do it, anyone can.
Or if an old lady like me can do it....lol