THIS STORY WAS NOT FUNNY AT THE TIME BUT WHEN I THINK BACK ITS KIND OF FUNNY. I WAS ON THE COWLITZ WITH 2 GOOD FRIENDS WE FISH HARD ALL DAY IN HIGH WATER AT BLUE CREEK(ABOUT WHERE THE POINT USED TO BE)ONE OF MY FRIENDS WALKED BACK TO THE PARKING LOT TO GET THE TRUCK,SO WE STARTED TO FLOAT DOWN TO MISSION BAR TO TAKE OUT.ERIK BACKED THE TRUCK DOWN THE RAMP JIM AND I GOT OUT OF THE BOAT AND STARTED LOADING ALL THR GEAR INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.JIM WAS STRADDLINGTHE TRAILER WHEN i TOLD HIM I THOUGHT IT WASNT A GOOD IDEA TO DO THAT ,ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AS I WAS LOADING THE LAST ROD IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK,THE NEXT THING I KNEW THE TRUCK HAD KNOCKED ME DOWN AND WAS HEADED DOWN THE RAMP AND INTO THE WATER WITH THE BOAT ATTACHED,ALL I COULD DO WAS WATCH AS IT FLOATED DOWN THE RIVER IT FINALLY STOP ON SOME BIG BOULDERS UNDER THE WATER AND ALL YOU COULD SEE WAS THE MARKER LIGHTS ON TOP OF THE CAB!!WHEN IT STOPPED ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS TO GET HELP SO I RAN ALL THE WAY TO MARYS CORNER TO CALL FOR HELP!!!! BUT I COULDNT GET AHOLD OF ANYONE WHO COULD HELP SO I CALLED ERIKS WIFE TO COME PICK ME UP AND TAKE ME BACK TO THE RIVER. ERIK HAD A FRIEND AT THE TOLEDO AIRPORT SO WE STOPPED BY TO SEE IF HE COULD HELP, HIS NAME WAS MATT.MATT SAID HE COULD HELP BUT IT WILL TAKE TILL MORNING TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO WE CAN GET THE TRUCK OUT OF THE RIVER.WE WENT BACK TO THE TRUCK AND I STRIPPED DOWN TO MY UNDER WARE AND SWAMOUT TO THE BOAT AND CUT IT LOOSE FROM THE TRAILER THEN WE PUT IT IN THE BACK OF MATTS TRUCK AND TOOK IT TO THE AIRPORT. IN THE MORNING WHEN WE MADE IT BACK TO MISSION BAR THERE WAS A CROWD LOOKING AT MY TRUCK AND RIGHT BE HIND IT WAS A BUCK JUMPING.EVERYBODY CHEERED WHEN WE GOT IT OUT!!!!!!