Lost Boat on Souris River

[Fishmission]

Cranes lifted this up over the weekend by the Broadway bridge. Interesting find. I would think its been there a while. Several lowhead dams in town would be impossible to even have launched this baby unless it was from 2011 flood timeframe when water was way above the dams. Thoughts?
Almost looks like a fiberglass hull.

 

[fnznfwl]

Cant tell from the picture but are you sure it isn't a boat being used in the construction/demolition of the bridge?

 

[lunkerslayer]

I agree too far to make a judgement call

 

[pointer]

it might need some boat cleaner and I wonder how fast it goes

 

[Fishmission]

Who knows. The person I talked to that saw it this weekend said it looked old and beat up. Under the bridge they have a big Floating platform so I'm not sure if they need a boat, but who knows

 

[Tillerman2095]

Its gotta be for the building of the bridge. It was hanging off a crane on a week ago Monday evening when we were in town.

 

[RustyTackleBox]

i heard it was stuck on one of the piers... probably from the flood

i'm waiting for the city to put out an ad saying "slightly used boat for sale"

 

[Fishmission]

If I get a chance I will talk to the construction guys

 

[ndskeeter]

It's for the construction guys. It has a frame built all the way around it for them to be able to hook the crane to it and it's been in the air for over a week. If it was something they found it would have been discarded off to the side but they are protecting their assets by keeping this hooked up and away from vandals.

 

[Fishmission]

Ahh, Sounds like the mystery is solved

 

[Migrator Man]

How does a rumor like this start? When I saw that it never crossed my mind that they could have pulled it out of the river

 

[Fishmission]

Person told me it was pulled from river. Sounds like a few had different stories. I didn't get a chance to see for myself.

 

[Kurtr]

i heard some one was out for a rip

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Well it was pulled from the river just that it belonged to the bridge crew and ''they'' pulled it from the river.

 

[johnr]

Was the water protector still in the boat?

 

[RustyTackleBox]

Was the water rioter still in the boat?

Fixed it

 

[wslayer]

So many feet above water working on bridge , I believe boat or floatation raft is require. Osha

 

[tikkalover]

From KMOT news. Here is way the boat is hanging from the crane. Beings they are working on a bridge over water the boat is hanging from the crane for safety purposes. In case someone falls into the river they have quick access to the boat.

 

[Kentucky Windage]

You guys are all wrong. It was riverfisher's boat before he bought and totaled out the Lund.

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it might need some boat cleaner and I wonder how fast it goes

Stay tuned for the official speed in the "How fast does your boat go" thread.

 

[tikkalover]

I kind of like the name riverfibber instead of riverfisher. ;:;rofl