WIVES GOTTA POTTY TOO!

[WALLEYEJIG2000]

A common dilemma, my wife(and fishing partner)has to #1 sometimes and we are usually too far out to motor back to a toilet facility. So with my cooperation she carefully(and stealthily)uses the minnow bucket to relieve herself. At first she had a problem with it but soon got used to it. This saves valuable time and gas. We wonder what others do about this "problem" and before you ask what is a woman doing in my boat in the first place,I should say she catches as much if not more fish than most of my buddies and launches and recovers the boat flawlessly. What about your women? Will they?

[Phil T.]

A portapotty resides under the passenger's dash when we are going to cruise far from relief stations. When we had two daughters at home, it was a necessity.
By the way, the G&F wardens that enforce Devils Lake used to be well known for handing out $75 tickets to those who deposited offal in the lake. I guess it was okay if you whizzed on shore and it ran back into the lake.
Of the roughly 1000 boat-related drownings/year, 800 are men. Of the 800, about 1/2 are found with their zippers open. It's not only illegal, it's dangerous, too. These figures don't vary much by percentage from year to year.

[sib]

"before you ask what is a woman doing in my boat in the first place"

hey, she has every right to invite you fishing if she chooses. ;-) i fish with my wife alot too, we use the "bucket method" also.

"go outside and play"
sib

[cisco]

Yuk! That awful offal.

[Scott]

My wife fishes with me a lot. Most of the time I will run the boat to the nearest toilet facility. Occasionaly, if she can't wait, she will relieve herself back by the outboard into the splash-well. It drains right out through the drain holes.

[eyedoktr]

I thought that's what the second livewell is for.It even flushes.

[Box]

Ditto to the splash well. The big outboard and relatively high sides make it only visible if someone is directly behind the starboard side of boat. It looks like she is operating the little motor, and she has it down to a science as even friends in the boat haven't noticed she wasn't merely fishing.

As for guys, we also just use the splashwell now too, as it is self cleaning and not nearly as dangerous as was mentioned above.

Box in MN

[vern]

well we take a 2# can along.
she can keep up with the big boy's too.
o yes, she is my all time fishing buddy.

[Greg P.]

Best solution I have found is to purchase a porta potty. Works great.

Splashwell is a good alternative.

I think mine cost around $50.

Greg P.

[CB]

I took a 5 gallon drywall mud bucket and cut a hole in the lid. Most of the time the bucket has misc. fishing stuff in it. It sits in one of my storage compartments. I carry a roll of plastic garbage bags and put one in the bucket with the edges overlapped and held in place with the lid. When done the bag is just sealed with a rubber band and taken to shore when we go in after fishing. No problems so far. I like the porta potty idea but no place to keep it conveniently.

[River rat]

Just pull the plug out the bottom of the livewell; turn on the pump and it is all hers or the daughters, leave it run for a few minutes, that little wang taste makes these river eyes taste better anyways.:]

[GORD]

There are more and more women entering the Pro/Am tournaments all the time. Most of them are good fishermen and a lot of fun. I keep an ice cream pail and some t/p in my boat. A lot of the women even bring their own little buckets. We just laugh about it. I just turn my back and turn up the radio and keep fishing. Most times I'm more embarassed than they are. I have a small container for myself also. It's a lot safer standing in the center of the boat than it is doing a balancing act and peeing over the side.

[FlyBoy]

I watched a guy on Rainy River last year (ok I wasn't watching, I noticed).. He had about 2 1/2 feet of 2" PVC for the boys use. It looked pretty slick. Some people have trouble getting their 'stuff' over the side of the boat, and the PVC would solve the problem.

-John

[ms. harley]

we bought a travel urinal w/ a female adaptor you can put on it. works great! the boat is deep enough no one sees. if we are on the river ( lots of boats!) i have a small blanket to wrap around me. i dont want to lose fish time during the tourney neither does chuck! problem solved.

[legend]

My wife says the wide gunnels on the Lund get pretty cold in October in Michigan's U.P., especially when its raining or frosty. Fortunately, we mostly fish where there are few other anglers. She prefers this to the offered livewell and really has it down to a science.

Having a woman tournament partner is intimidating for other male competitors in nearby boats who are in need of relief. She once told a guy "as if I could see it that far away". We all cracked up, eh?
Regards.

[Glenn_S]

My wife, too, hates to lose fishing time. We bring a 3# or 5# coffee can with the lid, and that way, if a game warden is around, we just seal it and take it back to shore. Works great, and we don't lose any time.

Glenn

[Gary]

After experimenting with the macho method of whizzing over the side and almost ending up in the drink, the bucket was the next step in human hygiene evolution on a boat. The wife would not use the bucket, so along came the porta potty. Works great for her.

As for whizzing in the splash well, urine is corrosive, and aluminum corrodes very easily.

[Fish Hound]

I used to have one of those hospital urinals for the guys. Must have left it in my old boat when I sold it. My wife normally won't drink anything and holds it until we get back to shore. But I guess I'll have to get a porta potty. They range in price from aabout $10.

[Troll]

My wife and I just smash a diaper on and we're good to go, good for up to 40 lbs!

[Eyecon]

My wife prefers the Little Jon with the lady adapter.She claims it's more discreet and less splash.I think it's funny as heck but it saves me many hours of having to go back to shore everytime.

[Doug/CO]

I've nothing to offer on helping the ladies. For my wife, it takes a quick trip to the nearest shore. But for men, especially in rough water, as an alternative to the pvc idea, a child's plastic bat (about 3 ft. long) with the ends cut off, makes it much easier and safer to reach over the edge of the boat. Also easy to rinse off. Oh, remember to carefully sand the cut edge!

[chadk66]

A company called Rest Stop makes a pop up bathroom for your boat. It assembles in less than a minute. It comes with a thick sealable plastic liners that contain a chemical that turns any liquid to a thick gel. The used liners can be stowed and discarded in a normal trash receptacle on shore. You can buy the porta poti and liners without buying the tent also. I seen this in Great Lakes Angler magazine. Pricey at 179.95 but if you frequent the lake probably worth it. They have a web site. www.whennaturecalls.com

[Harry Balz]

Thanks guys! If my Princess thinks she'll have to wee-wee in a can she'll stay back at the cottage. Best deterrent I could have ever heard of.

[Greg C.]

That certainly sounds like Tom LaBeau and his infamous "piss pipe".