I have seen a lot worse on the props other guys have hit in different lakes. I thought I was out far enough going right along in 22 feet of water. I then saw it sharply rising up and tried to cut the throttle back as my wife was asking what was going on. Before I could say anything we was over it and my fish finder quit. The fishfinder only had a wire loosen up and the main part of the boat never hit anything. The worst I have seen a guy showed a picture of his boat that he was building a whole new transcom for it. He had hit and lost the whole back end of his boat on one. A lot of our lakes have those hidden ledges that shoot alomost completely straight up. They also have large rocks and rock piles. Next time I am up on West Grand Lake fishing for Lake Trout I will get a picture of a rock that is called Caribou Rock. It is a hugh rock that shoots out of 65 feet of water. You can actually climb up on it and dive off from it. That lake has quite a few rock piles that are under the surface and I avoid those areas. Unfortunately that is one of the down falls here in Maine with all our rocks and ledges. Mostly I am in 45 to 90 feet of water all the time. Big Lake where I sometimes fish for white perch has cost a lot of people there lower units. Some of these guys live on the lake most of thier lives. All you need to do is be off 10 to 20 feet in some cases even though you are actually out in the middle of the lake..

Yes, I am real glad no one was hurt and the main part of the boat never even touched the ledge so no damage there either. I remember reading and hearing on the news about those guys getting killed when they hit that submerged dock. That was a terrible shame.