How to run rough water with Gerald Swindle

I show all my guys this video before they ever get in one of our boats. Gerald explained this perfectly.

Gerald that really came across as a guy who has been there. No stammering looking for words it came off your tongue like its been rehearsed thousands of times in your mind. Thanks for the tips I think I'll be drier in the future.

Spot on ! you cant beat experience for advice, Thanks for sharing buddy and greeting from Greece

I'll try to watch this again tomorrow when I am sober

Mr. Swindle seems like an outstanding person. I love his honest assessments and his ability to communicate clearly. I don't own a bass boat, but a "multi species" boat. It's a nice V Hull aluminum 16 foot Crestliner Super Hawk from 2004 with a 60 Hp Honda. It's been great to me, even though I was new to boating four years ago when I purchased it used and have really run and dinged the heck out of it trying to learn the basics of loading/unloading, trolling, etc. My greatest fear as an inexperienced boater is wind, especially when I'm fishing up in Wyoming where gusts can commonly ambush you in the 60 to 70 mph range. So this video is really helpful. In my inexperience, though, I'm not sure of some of the vocabulary Mr. Swindle uses. What, for instance, is a "hot foot," and what is a "jack plate"? I can look them up, of course, but I'd rather hear from some of the experienced boaters, plus any other tips for not just how to navigate across the water, but how to fish it in high winds, especially trolling. Great video and thanks!

Life jacket And KILL switch on every time the big motor is running folks, Please. Can't express that enough

Awesome information thanks!

Thank you... Great advice....

Good info. Gman is the man.

great tips.. Gman..

Videos like these should be done far more often. I’ve been a co-angler on a lot of boats where my boaters could afford very big boats that they had no business running.

Thanks for the good advice.

Swindle is the man. It seems like he really wants to help people here.

Bada$$ explanation on how to ride in rough water 💪🏼👍🏼

Good stuff G

great video

I have a 14' F7 with a 9.5 Johnson. I know you got every bell and whistle but this was a really nice vid and showing what you mean.

Try a 20.5' nitro z8 at Calville Bay Nevada. I just pulled out of a deep cove after spending the night with my wife, catfishing, wind came up a bit at night but was only due to get up to 17mph at night and Sunday morning heading out 12mph by 10:30. I figured we'd be into bass way earlier than that and would be gone by ten. After a couple coves of work and a couple bass, daddy had to hit up the floating potty. That cove was a deep one as well so water was pretty calm. Some little white caps before getting back in there but it was only 8am. After hopping back on the boat I told the wife it was time to go. She didn't understand why we had to leave so early but I had a feeling. Once we broke back out of the cove, those little white caps were 2ft swells and the wind was blowing the tops off. I knew that wasn't even the main channel we had to hit before heading back to Calville. When we got out into the big body of water heading all the way from the narrows to Boulder city, it was literally an OCEAN. We didn't have our life vests on, and I knew there was no way either one of us could get out of our seats. I told the wife to hold on and told myself to stay calm. I have been running all kinds of boats since I was a kid on that lake. Handled very close to the same water in a 13' Valco with a couple guys over 330# and my dad myself about 360# between the two of us at the time. Every two ft forwards was a foot back. It had a deeper V hull. Bass boat doesn't. If you make it back to tell the story as I am now, you/myself did exactly what was needed to survive. We caught air about 4 or 5 times and came down hard. Other times I was able to slow it up at the right moment to bring the motor down on the other side of the wave. Some sets of waves were closer than others. And there was no run long enough to cruise down the valley of it. Weather reports are key. Had it not been for it being my dad's five year death anniversary and wanting to be where him and I were the closest, I wouldn't have made it a point to go. I don't like water anything over ten mph. My rule of thumb. So even if they're wrong it is more doable. I looked this video up because I'm glad to be alive. Just get tired of everyone saying they've experienced the same thing or worse. If you told me your story I would just say, "I'm glad you made it." Thanks for the video!!!

Good job G Man

Well said...Spot on.