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Justin Rackley, known as Lakeforkguy in the fishing world, creates fishing and outdoor videos on youtube and other social platforms. LFG provides fishing tips and techniques for mostly largemouth bass fisheries but also travels to other freshwater and saltwater fishing spots to explore new fish species and fishing techniques to help you catch more fish. Lakeforkguy likes to hang out on any fishing vessel or go bank fishing with his other KZbin Fishing friends and vlog with his Wife Stephanie AKA Ocean Spoon Girl and french bulldog Winston.
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[@jazzymoe8300]

“Please lord let this rope go around this power pole” as soon as he catches the boat “Hell Yea” lol

[@Deathmperor]

Didn't catch the power pole lol

[@willthigpen4889]

I've unfortunately gone swimming after a jon boat in 40 degree temps before. I'd have dived in head-first chasing a boat that nice.

[@59BigWalt]

Yes LFG, I was entertained. Glad that I'm not the only one that has happened to. Feel better.

[@larrylarry5300]

That happened to me when my boat was new. Same kind of day, but the wind was blowing and I had to swim way out into the lake to catch my boat. Couldn't get in it, had to swim and pull the boat with my finger in the front ring! Thought I was going to drown. Just made it back to where I could touch the bottom with my big toe, then I knew I was ok. Ever since, I use a rope to hold the boat when I am launching it by myself.

[@conniebennett6646]

Wow.

[@jaywest4102]

The boat was so READY to fish it didn’t want to wait.

[@strykeghstbrnr4812]

Lol y'alls need to use that paracord an tie it down. It was eager 😂

[@interminablyperplexed4903]

Once upon a time my girlfriend, now wife tossed my anchor down and said it was set. I was in the water spearfishing at a jet when all of a sudden I look up to see my boat about to run over me. I quickly climbed in and moved it away from the jetty. She somehow had untied the anchor rope from the boat and forgot to secure it back. I had to dive down and retrieve everything. She still tells the story to our kids. Oh the good old days of being young and durable. Carry on.

[@Fox1nDen]

I built a garden cage the size of a chicken coop with $25 worth of wire fencing a few years ago. I ran out for the fourth wall, so I finished it with deer netting. Later that summer I saw where deer had tried to doze through the deer netting and it held tight. To be fair to them it was made of black plastic and they could not not see what was holding them back from bumper crop green beans, cukes, and other vegs. I made a door into it by sewing on the zippered doorway from an old unusuable tent. Keep those chickens safe, they are counting on you! By and by your yards will be beautiful. Good rope work, way to stay calm in an emergency.

[@robertevans8024]

I suggested completely covering the coup with chicken wire several times before. Glad you are going that route. Every place I and my family has visited with coups like yours have been completely covered that way. So cool to see Emmy out enjoying the snow and improving her vocabulary. I don't understand why more of LFG subscribers don't sub to LLF... Almost there. Can't wait for you to hit that mark to get the comments turned on. And for LFG to get to the 1,000,000 mark. God bless LLF !!!!! 🕊️🙏❤️🕊️🙏❤️🕊️🙏❤️From Philly 🥨🥨 🥨🍺🍺🍺👍👍😜

[@ffschoblocher]

It is situations like this where I am glad I have an Ulterra trolling motor. I have never used it to launch or had to use it to get my boat back but I could tell it to deploy and come back if needed.

[@MrGambit-fl4yh]

I see you had your classic bill dance moment this is one you got to remember LoL

[@brandonriddle4418]

LFG, if it makes you feel any better I had to wait about 4 hours for the wind to blow my boat across Lake Eufaula during a storm 2 weeks ago. Talk about nerve racking. Hoping my boat got to me before the pouring rain filled it up!

[@bassnbucks3238]

LFG vlogs are the best baby! Love making fishing content! Lots of work to keep on pumping out content! Love these uploads man! Keeps me going!

[@bencastaneda2919]

BassNBuck’ s talking about keep on going. Your videos keep me going. Love your channel man. When’s your next upload?

[@rogermuldrow2994]

😂 U got way luckier than I did though! My boat floated to the middle of the creek with the outboard still running.😂 Then I had 3 other people pull in the beginning of the creek then turn around, so I couldn’t get them to help me. Eventually I said forget it and swam for it. I’m glad it was summertime though. Welcome to the club!😂😂😂

[@FNxmm]

You are my favorite googan you are real about everything I wish you the best and I hope your health stays amazingly good. Much love brotha!

[@TylersReelFishing]

Justin, I made you a roping exercise appointment for next Thursday. Mark it on your calendar 👍🏼

[@truks1458]

I thought everybody in Texas knew how to lasso….and I was right. Dale yeah!

[@adamsmith8533]

5:50 it's a good thing your a real Texan. Never know when yer gonna need to lasso something. At least ya caught a boat !

[@joesguiltyguitar]

I was saying the same thing lol

[@adamsmith8533]

@@joesguiltyguitar . I'm the drastic drummer. Hello from N.Y.

[@minkenator]

Except he clearly has never roped in his life LOL

[@lancerogers6588]

" this is no taco bueno"😂🤣

[@undergroundchuckeytennesse2526]

I know it wasnt funny to you but I was highly entertained. Long time ago a buddy and I put my jon boat on a river that had about 10 feet of 2 inch ice along the bank where we could launch. I backed the boat and trailer over near edge of river. We then eased off the trailer on to the ice where I thought it would break through. But it didnt, but figured after we boarded it surely would and we could hang over the front with a paddle and crack a path in the ice to open water. When I went to park the truck and trailer, my buddy decided to get in the boat. He bent over and grabbed the front of the boat and slipped pushing the boat out on the ice almost to the open water where the back 3 ft of boat was in river and rest on ice.. No way we could walk out on ice and only rope was in the boat tied to front. eventually the current pulled the boat on the slick ice right out in the current. then current pulled it around and down the river it started to float. There was a low bridge about 8 ft off the river and the boat would have to pass under it. We got to the bridge and as my boat approached I crawled down and hung by my hands over the river and when the boat passed under me I dropped about a foot into the boat, lowered the motor and pulled over to the bank and picked up my buddy and off we went. Young and stupid...never would I now hang off a bridge over 35 degree water and drop into a boat..., no way....,

[@dlbmpb]

If you want to keep the water from pooling up on your boat cover... use 1/2 inch pvc to make arches to create a raised cover. The water will roll off and not pool up. Each arch made of 2 T fittings and 1 straight piece trimmed to desired length for height T fitting on each end with 6” feet to each side. Works great.

[@philliphamberg4226]

LFG, that was entertaining to be sure. So glad you video the "bad" times along with the "good" times - it makes you REAL !!! YEA ! FOR YOU !!

[@carbonflinger1]

I always leave the wench belt hooked up and release about 3 ft then lock the winch when I’m by my self. Good catch on getting it back!

[@ScottMikles]

"Things are going in a southward direction.." lmao

[@Kizortv]

No fish but a very entertaining video. Thanks for sticking in there. 🖒

[@NathanSchneiderOutdoors]

2019: Fishing for big bass 2020: Fishing for your own boat 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TexasJungle]

Man I just want to say that you are one class act! I recently started an outdoor channel and just got 1000 subs last week, it’s your channel and others like yours that motivate me to keep going with the grind!

[@rockyreynolds4027]

Texas Jungle I just subscribed and have not finished this video yet I'm in Tyler area of Texas so I'm just making sure our own is followed good luck with your channel

[@TexasJungle]

Rocky Reynolds thanks!

[@FireTurtle75.]

I think I subbed your channel on my personal account. Good stuff. It was all the pet tortoises that sold me even before I started watching the other videos. LOL Just subbed from this one too.

[@TexasJungle]

Fire Turtle Adventures thanks!

[@bradleyhouston9037]

I love that you respect the building enough to wash the truck and boat before bringing her back!

[@ste-bow771]

For the Crispy Collector-Build an inverted-V shaped PVC Frame the length of the boat, attach with hinges to a 4x4 frame built from the ground at the end of the driveway, add tightly pulled tarp with grommets, lift frame/tarp, and park Crispy Collector underneath, lower frame/tarp and secure at the bow.

[@JenkinsB]

Use the black plastic safety fence for the chicken coop enclosure. The chicken wire will rust out in a couple years and develop easy access holes for critters. Or better yet, use the same welded wire on top that you have on the sides, she'd be bullet proof then.

[@MaxMeridius0920]

I literally just purchased an Ulterra for its self deploying abilities - this is perfect affirmation! 😂 I have to say it’s always nice to see when someone that’s not me make a bonehead move! Thanks for sharing and not editing it out!

[@kylebarn9389]

Your boots got wet but you didn’t have to go for a swim, I would say that’s a win!

[@Chiefdixon]

I have to tell you LFG I was quite entertained watching you retrieve your boat.

[@RcBasher5000]

I can’t remember exactly how but my grandpa always kept a rope tied to where the winch hooks on the front of the boat and then tied off to the trailer but with enough slack to get it off the trailer and then he would climb back and untie her and tie her up to the dock at least that’s how I remember it being until I was old enough to hold the rope

[@cliffwilliamson8124]

RcBasher5000 I do the same

[@Truckerraf]

your grandpa was not a googan.

[@sirronbailey3109]

Oh man happy you saved the boat!!! You are a better man then me I wanted have went home ASAP.

[@jeffbrace9494]

I fish that lake all the time. Usually why I'm late to work. Caught a 30lb flathead in the spillway with a cast net this past summer. Good vid.

[@handicapitation3250]

That aint nothin'. I was putting my floundering boat in during a strong outgoing tide and forgot to latch the rope to the trailer. I had to jump in with all my crap in my pockets, shoes, hat, etc. Had to swim at least 100 feet. All while another guy was waiting to put his boat in watching me. Well that was embarrassing.

[@robertwright3139]

Glad it wasn't a fast drifting boat ! I went out this afternoon and got skunked.. called it a day around 4pm and headed home here in Central Texas

[@mrfish1991]

I did that a couple springs ago. Water temp was just over 40 degrees and I had also forgotten to put the plug in. It was a cold swim to drag the boat back to shore.

[@bobbydobra5234]

Solid start. Way to stay calm under pressure

[@earlklinestub2167]

Showing this made me subscribe. Shit happens and most people don’t show a fail. Thanks for being real

[@Ubette-th7kw]

Haha... Been there done that ! It was like 45,° so swimming after it was NOT and option... Thankfully we had a nice guy grab it for us and brought it back to the ramp.... Everyone got a good laugh at my expense but hey... got the boat back without getting wet... Anything can happen on the water...

[@huntersteel6444]

That's when your inner cowboy comes out. Lasso that boat back to shore.

[@peterf1001]

0:37 looks like OSG has a new ride to👍👍 if I am not wrong, it is the VW Atlas, great choice!!

[@Z71Ranger]

LMFAO!!! He ask the Lord to help him hook the boat... He hooked it and said HELL YEA!!!

[@jmhavins]

Glad you got your boat back. Feel better sir. Love your vids

[@nicktaylor4193]

Can you do a video all about boating. From launching to plaining,trimming, how shallow is to shallow and loading.

[@ceebfwmmuas1114]

You’re a brave man and that was very entertaining. It’s all good LFG! Things happen to many of us, and that’s how we learn. I’ve had my fair share

[@WestCoastChris138]

Definitely a racklinsky moment! Lol rough day at the ramp! Love the channel and your vids Justin!

[@billljones979]

Hey the good days and the bad days, most people would've shut camera off and acted like it didn't happen, hats off for showing: , plus keeping your composure like that, taken lessons

[@lukehaglund7592]

You'd think with all this craziness going on in this misadventure that Rob would be a part of it. LMAO

[@dkjphills79]

Lfg great call on a full enclosure. The hawks and eagles can get your birds also if it's not 100% closed. If your up to it I can send you a few baby chicks in the spring. Free.

[@nascarmommam5915]

Just getting out one the Lake, is worth a big thumbs up. 👍🏻 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 loved the lasso tries. Amazing we give it to God and it all works out. ~ Texas

[@j.j.clingman4083]

LFG I hope you get to feeling better soon buddy!! I’m guessing your lovely daughter gave you what she had?? Well she is very sorry for making you sick also!! Lol get better soon buddy!!

[@TheSandPro]

Add me to the list. Only difference ... growed up in Texas ... knew how to lasso. Bad news, no rope. I had to go swimming to catch the boat.

[@homey3051]

Still need to run a wire skirt around the bottom of the cage to keep things from digging under it. And make some half wire hoops or stands with a board between them that sits in the boat to hold the tarp up so the boat don't fill with water

[@Kenaishirkey]

Team LFG 🎣🐟

[@emptyblank4320]

That's why I always tie a 25-foot 1/2 safety rope on the bow of my boat to my trailer. With Clips on both ends. During launch in the boat remove the clip. Park the boat on the dock. Unclip the Rope 2 the trailer and park the trailer. Always

[@ronronburgundy4575]

That was rough.. sorry about laughing so hard at you bud...lol

[@tanneradams20]

Honestly surprised you don’t have one wrist mount controllers. They’ve saved me before. Not to mention I juts launch my boat, go park, then use the remote to bring it to the dock lol.

[@paxxsford]

LFG they make a troller motor that's wireless and goes around your wrist. You can Launch it unattended and then have it come back to you at the dock

[@jelati28]

Literally did not stop laughing that whole time 😂 just made my day

[@joesguiltyguitar]

Did he call himself a Texan?

[@nescafeshorts1900]

That smallmouth was a monster! Way to lasso your boat! :)

[@patrickbenoit5495]

Finally, some Cowboy Stuff with the Lasso !!

[@nascarmommam5915]

Patrick Benoit lol 😝 ~ Texas

[@charlespinson6693]

Health & Safety First! Get well soon...

[@SloMotion66]

Since your home suffers from too much moisture, do you really need irrigation? Or perhaps you mean French drains? BTW, it's side steps, not stepside. Stepside is a truck with the bed completely inside the fenders with no fender wells inside the bed. Good video.

[@stephenpiper2052]

Highly entertained! I was backseat driving the whole time you were running back and forth like, I KNOW LFG has some rope in that truck.

[@tp5401]

Thank the God that commands the wind for a calm day!

[@darwinmcreynolds3278]

yes that cold crap is everywhere I had it for the last three days but feeling better now but hang on it gets kinda rough

[@TechBassin]

Off the subject my company NDS makes drainage stuff pretty cool to see our parts in the video, fish on LFG

[@dantwaites7097]

Mine has done that to me. The safety cable broke when i was backing it in right after ice out on pool 10 of the mississippi. Water temp that morning was 34° so you could say that was one cold swim lol.

[@jaywest4102]

Why hasn’t anyone invented a remote controlled trolling motor in the back of the boat for single handed boat launches?

[@trueaussie3097]

jay west been around for years.

[@enigma9789]

they have that, but you cant deploy the trolling motor while on the trailer, unless you want it broke off.

[@OanhHuuNguyen78]

Minn kota ulterra on my boat does that.

[@randys8298]

@Josh Smith If I understand it correctly he basically gets to "use" these boats for a year or two in part from a local boat dealer Fun n Suns for his endorsment.

[@AmericanMan961]

Just put a s-clip on your belt and tie a long ass line to the boat, then it witn drag you and you can pull it to you

[@jonathanhenry7289]

Man I would have jump in head first to get that boat. Glad you were able to recover it.

[@eggbert191]

Everyone has been telling you forever to make the chicken pen full enclosure. Good to see you're doing it right

[@aaronpeart4944]

Time to get the power pole remote lol good stuff

[@RussIsRight]

You have to work on that Lasso technique a bit more! That was fun, but I'm sure it wasn't for you at the time your boat was floating away! :)

[@catfish6138]

I'll never have this problem. At least with this nice of a boat. LOL But, ya' still got out and wet a line, weather gods be damned. Proud of ya'!

[@dlbmpb]

Awesome video, been there myself ONCE. Thanks I admire the effort.

[@bryanb3778]

The only thing that would have made that more comical was if Rob was there in the middle of it too lol

[@atozrecovery518]

I'm betting lunkers is crying right now laughing so hard

[@dukecity4650]

Hope you feel better soon Mr.LFG..

[@MooseGAMING31]

3:38 for your chickens, place down a radio next to or under the coupe, on a random talk show. Shouldn't have have a problem with wild animals.

[@niagarafallsnewyork3659]

Sounds like a good idea never heard of it, wouldn't stress out/ drive the chickens crazy? Just curious

[@MooseGAMING31]

No it doesn't. My father has had a radio under his coupe for years. He hasent had a problem with wildlife since. He did that after he found one of his ducks heads ripped off. The constant sound of a talk show makes it seem like there is always someone always there. With wild animals not liking bein around humans or sound. It works very well.

[@jasonclauss267]

Agreed... we do it with garages so mice dont come in. It works like a champ!

[@titanuranus]

Chickens prefer classical music. Opera, not so much.

[@davet6567]

Yep, we have all had some hellish days starting. lol.

[@russellpennington2636]

Cheap way to keep that water out of crispy. Get a cheap round river float tube and stand it on its end under your cover to create a tent. Might as well get two.

[@EdDro510]

I got skunked today here on the CA Delta. You make me not feel as bad lol thanks

[@kbwolf8338]

Hey atleatd you caught two things a cold and a bass boat. Great job.

[@georgesimpson3113]

I'm sorry, but that was funny! And yea, I've swam after a boat before... an old man that bought a brand new big Grady White without ever having a boat... I felt sorry for him.

[@djsealey]

Lakeforkguy out here ranglin’ boats!!! 🔥😂 you gotta do what you gotta do to get the dangle!

[@shockerpb03]

Gotta give props for lassoing your boat in

[@fxpestoperator5527]

I have cast my Lure and just reeled the boat in with 12 pound line years ago when this happened to me. :)

[@larrytidwell4866]

AWESOME START TO FISHING

[@dewaynegarrett6325]

Lol I thought I was watching bill dance bloopers.

[@ronmeadows3153]

Glad I'm not the only one this has happened to.....I can finally relate to one of your videos :)

[@lorenoconnor6448]

Busting a gut here lol. That was classic, thanks for showing the flubs. Great video bub

[@patricfithian7190]

I always have a rope on my boat attached, fish by yourself enough come up with a few tricks so that never happens again lol I launch alot by a river and the current will take your boat quickly if you don't keep it attached some how 😂

[@debbiebissel50]

Where the hell is your cowboy hat? That's why you couldn't lasso the boat and why were the fish suspended because they were bad fishes. Great video.Thank You Jake Bissel.

[@johndrx165]

You are going that extra mile for our entertainment! Take care LFG!

[@ianfarquharson3772]

Have you tried making your own rod? Looks really interesting how to get rods "on spine" as apparently most companies don't check as it's all automated.Maybe a 10ft role tied from trailer to boat lol.ThankQ.TkEZ>UK

[@TABrown-xh7xc]

I was afraid LFG was going to have to strip off and go in to save it ! Now he knows to keep a nice long rope between the boat and trailer now so lesson learned.

[@anahudon2109]

Love the chicken sounds when you cuss lol if this happened to me all you'd hear is cockadoodledoos. Lol hope you get to feeling better!

[@jeannephifer4183]

I truly hope you aren't sick but if you are I hope you get well soon please take care and may God bless