The Leash saves Wes Logan from outboard motor
Wes Logan, a professional bass angler for Yamaha, fished in the 2024 Lake Champlain Bassmaster Elite tournament. On the morning of Day 2 (August 9, 2024) he caught 4 fish. He was on the move with his Skeeter bass boat out in the middle of Lake Champlain. His outboard motor struck what was thought to be part of a floating dock that broke loose during the storm the day before.
The Yamaha 250 outboard motor broke loose from the boat. It was constrained from flipping into the boat by The Leash.
Wes Logan’s Yamaha outboard motor broke off his Skeeter boat in the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Lake Champlain tournament. The outboard was restrained by The Leash. Note, The Leash was cut off to get the motor off.
Photo posted on Bass Boat Central (BBC) by Mark Perry on August 12, 2024.
Wes Logan was injured from being tossed around in the boat during the impact. He was able to place a phone call for help.
Wes was taken to the hospital. They found he some broken ribs. They did some some CT scans and gave him several stitches. The stitches were mostly in his head and face from hitting the passenger grab bar with his head.
After Wes was released from the hospital, he was able to get back on the water and catch one more fish. Although he did not make the cut for the next round, that last fish will help him significantly in the point system to make it to the 2025 Bassmaster Classic.
Media Coverage of Wes Logan boat accident
Several photos and videos of his accident have been placed on Bass Boat Central (BBC), You Tube, and tic tok. Some of them can be seen below or from the links below.
Multiple times, Wes notes he might not be speaking to them if he had not had The Leash from Precision Sonar on his boat.
Wes Logan Fishing YouTube full video of the accident
Wes Logan Fishing tic tok video August 12, 2024
@wesloganfishing Here is the video of the accident from Day 2 at Champlain. Thankful to be alive, please wear your lifejacket and kill switch whenever you are operating your boat.
Bassmaster Covered The Accident
Bassmaster covered the accident as part of their coverage of the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Lake Champlain tournament.
- 1. Wes Logan: “Its a blessing I’m alive” Bassmaster coverage and video.
- 2. Wes Logan gives update on boat accident and video.
- 3. Wes Logan recaps boating accident on Day2 and video.
The Bass Fishing Media Went into a Frenzy Over This Accident and The Leash
There have been several recent “saves” by The Leash. This last one seems to have caused the dam to break on chatter about the issue and The Leash in bass forums.
For example, below are some links to Bass Boat Central (BBC) forum threads resulting from this accident.
- Champlain elite accident. 14 comments at time of our publication
- Wes Logan with a bad start of day 2. 28 comments at time of our publication
- Here’s Wes Logan’s video. 89 comments at time of our publication
- After seeing Wes Logan’s incident should BASS make a new rule. 75 comments at time of our publication
Precision Sonar
- Precision Sonar’s Facebook Post dated 12 August 2024 includes several photos, a video, and hundreds of comments about the Wes Logan accident.
We even found some coverage of this accident in Ghana.