Newbie on a boat, fun pranks...

[h20hunter]

So....we are taking a newbie fishing on Saturday and plan to mess with him a bit. He's a neighbor of my brother in law...pretty cool guy for a vegan. Now, before you get to rough...he is a logical vegan. The other weekend he and his wife were over for bbq....I had bear kabobs. He hasn't eaten meat in a few years other than fish because he doesn't like the way current meat is mass produced. Hunting game, killing your own, he is all for it. As soon as he found out the crab and red meat was all wild he was all about it. Cool guy. Anyway...here are a few things we have come up with

Brother in law telling him to study up on his nautical terms because that is all we use on the boat.
Asking permission from The Capt for just about anything.
Me sneaking pulls off an iced tea filled whiskey bottle.
Me yelling and berating the BIL for doing things like starting the engine while I'm parking the trailer. Possible slapping said BIL.
Letting the first fish of the day just bang away on the downrigger like we don't see it.
Making him sit in the far stern for the ride out.
Suggesting humpy heart is a tradition for your first one...I mean they only show up every other year.
Bringing a bucket and telling him to never let his very own puke bucket leave his side.
Telling him new guys need to wear a horse collar jacket at all times.
Pulling the kill cord off the ignition and faking engine failure.

What else......nothing mean....just a few fun things to mess with him.

[bknilvr00]

You could continually get his name wrong... Just pick a name that starts with the same letter as his. That'll be frustrating.

Sent from my space modulator.

[CedarPants]

 

Run the bilge pump, run back and look at the stream of water in horror, turn around and announce "that's not good" while fumbling with some tools

[pianoman9701]

If you can distract him long enough, put a 5 gal bucket filled with rocks on his line

[h20hunter]

Gonna be tough with down riggers....I like the bilge idea......

[hrd2fnd]

Forgetting the shoreline in the truck and having him run up to look for it

[runamuk]

Asking permission from The Capt for just about anything.
Telling him new guys need to wear a horse collar jacket at all times.

what kinda boat you running...

 

[Bmcox86]

I have a few

Ask him to get the prop wash.

Tell him you lost the keys to the sea chest have him look for them.

Ask to borrow his phone, act like your talking on it and drop a bolt in the water and hide the phone, just start apologizing.

[robodad]

Get a snoopy rod and tell him its for beginners.

I actually prefer to ride near the stern as the ride is much less bumpy so he might not mind that one !!

Have him in charge of the radio and act as if there is a control tower like airports and have him report your position occasionally !!

If you get a fish, put him in charge of rotating the ice to be sure the coldest ice is around the fish at all times !!

[Smossy]

Work on a lil project. Take an old glove. Find the biggest hook u can, chop it in half. And glue it to the glove to mmake it look like it went through your hand. Then at some point put the glove on and start yelling and waving your hand around frantically.

[mallard79]

When you fake then engine trouble hand him a canoe paddle and tell him to start paddling while you and your BIL keep "trying" to fix the problem...see how long he lasts 

[Smossy]

When you fake then engine trouble hand him a canoe paddle and tell him to start paddling while you and your BIL keep "trying" to fix the problem...see how long he lasts 

Then be like. Oh heres the problem. The key fell out.

[robodad]

When you fake then engine trouble hand him a canoe paddle and tell him to start paddling while you and your BIL keep "trying" to fix the problem...see how long he lasts 

Then be like. Oh heres the problem. The key fell out.

That would make him look stupid though, or like a newbe himself 

[Woodchuck]

Run the bilge pump, run back and look at the stream of water in horror, turn around and announce "that's not good" while fumbling with some tools

Then yell at the BIL "did you for get the plug AGAIN"?

[cohoho]

Get a snoopy rod and tell him its for beginners.

I actually prefer to ride near the stern as the ride is much less bumpy so he might not mind that one !!

Have him in charge of the radio and act as if there is a control tower like airports and have him report your position occasionally !!

If you get a fish, put him in charge of rotating the ice to be sure the coldest ice is around the fish at all times !!

I like the radio control tower ideal for sure, throw in a few reports of what buoys are being approached... lol...  Heck yea, throw a bean bag in the back of the boat and I know where I will be too...

[Bmcox86]

Just don't do the control tower thing on channel 16

[lostbackpacker]

have him radio channel 68 every time you go by another dock asking permission to pass by the dock

ie.. when you go buy the moorage entrance to everett marina.  then when you go by mukilteo

have him honk the horn 3 times when you pass every boat.... while underway or trolling while fishing. 

[lostbackpacker]

dont tell him there is a counter on the downriggers and that he must the count is 1 second for every foot the cable is out.  he has to verbally say the number

[runamuk]

dont tell him there is a counter on the downriggers and that he must the count is 1 second for every foot the cable is out.  he has to verbally say the number

what the heck we had to do that when I was a kid......you meant now they have counters....darn lucky fishing people nowadays all spoiled and stuff, crabpot pullers down rigger counters getting all techy and stuff

[Skillet]

Got an emergency rope starter on tbat Yamaha?

[h20hunter]

Yes, yes i do.

[Skillet]

Well, that's good.

Hey, that reminds me -  remember when you had to borrow my halibut rod that has the line counter along with a 3# sinker?  It was for calibrating your depth finder in 400 feet of water or so... you ever get that finder fixed? I imagine it really sucks to have to recalibrate by taking multiple measurements every time both downrigger balls are up.

[Skillet]

Theres going to be a lot of traffic out there... when you get within shouting distance of another boat it is common courtesy to let them know you've got a full complement of gear in the water (and therefore establishing you have rightaway) by yelling "We're balls deep!"

It's very important to maintain these traditions in crowded fishing conditions.  I'm sure you'll express your dissappointment in your fellow fishermen for ignoring this noble tradition, but *censored* - you respect them on the Northriver! Captains rules!

[sumbeech66]

 

[robodad]

OK how about this one.

Grab the new guys lunch or backpack or other personal effect sometime in the early part of the trip and look at your brother in law and just start laying into him in some made up language, then have your brother in law do the same right back then just drop it and not say another word about the "argument" the rest of the day !!

Or... take an otherwise perfectly good rod and reel set up and duct tape a bunch of it and let that be the one he uses and tell him to be super careful !!