My brother and I got out to do some fishing this weekend and noticed some commotion on one of the boat ramps.  On our first pass there was an ambulance.  On our pass back, there was a firetruck and a flatbed accompanying the ambulance.

 

By the looks of it, we were thinking possible boat collision.  We just found the story this morning and were happy to learn that a boat collision was not the case.  Just someone who neglected their parking break!

 

https://www.tnonline.com/bmw-goes-beltzville

Wow. Both boat and car went about 70 ft into the lake. Yike! I witnessed something very similar happen at a launch on Nockamixon lake 3 decades ago. Father had backed the boat down the launch into the water and his adult son was having a tough time pulling the rope attached to the boat to get the boat off the trailer. The father got angry after repeatedly yelling at the son and thought he should get out and show the son how to do it. When he did the station wagon rolled back into the lake up to its hood ornament. They called a wrecker in to haul out the wagon, trailer and boat which had sunk due to it being attached to the trailer which is why the son couldn't pull the boat off the trailer with the rope. Not sure which was funnier, watching the old station wagon fill up with water or listening to the guy blame his son for everything bad that happened since he was born. Reminder...always take your time loading and unloading your watercraft into and out of the water. 

 

BTW @PAbasser927 how was the fishing? 

@Gundog My brother and I just finished restoring a bass boat at the end of last year, so we are not too familiar with the lake yet.  At this stage we consider it a solid day to catch one fish there... Beltzville seems to be a tough lake!  That being said, on Saturday we did great by our standards.  Caught four different species.  My brother caught a small tiger Muskie which was cool!  I caught a nice 3 1/2 lb largemouth.

 

We saw a lot of the bass sitting on beds which we were not necessarily expecting due to how sporadic the weather has been.  We also saw some HUGE bass back in the creeks and coves that we could not entice into biting. I would estimate some of them around 7 lbs.  It is encouraging to know that there are big fish in there!

Those big bass are in there but tough to get. My PB came from Beltzville back when there were more smallmouths in the lake than largemouths. I saw a school of smallies cruising the shore. Casted ahead of them and near a log in the water. Ended up landing a 7 pound largemouth. Came out of Pine Run cove, below the bridge. 

Oh ok I know where you are talking about.  We were up there on Saturday too but didn’t have any luck.  We caught all our fish up in the other creek channel to the right of the Preachers Camp boat ramp.  The one that does not eventually lead to the bridge.  7 lbs is about the biggest bass I have heard of in the Lehigh Valley, that is a monster!  With limited time to fish last year I caught a 4 lber.  But that was up north in Tioga county.  My goal for this year is to pass 5 lbs.  From what I saw over the weekend, it looks like putting in the time to learn Beltzville could be the place to do it!

Good luck with your goal. Beltzville is a good lake but fishing it can be frustrating. I wish I had taken notes when I fished it. Most of the knowledge I have of it is from memory and that can be tainted at times.