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Old 08-23-2009 | 07:50 PM
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carptracker
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Good shootin', and kill 'em all. But be careful out there. Chris Brackett got his fiance's jaw broken jumping those fish recently. Second broken jaw I am aware of, but probably don't know about others. So he took her to the hospital, where she got wired up, and then he went back to the river with the gang to shoot more the same day.

Anyway - here is a tip - PROTECT YOUR THROTTLE mechanism. The carp can hit your throttle from the side and break it off, but also they can floor the boat, either forward or reverse, causing the boat to react violently and you can crash or end up out of the boat. (I have experienced two instances of the fish knocking the throttle FORWARD, so protect it both ways and from side hits.)
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