Had quite a scare on Saturday when we noticed a 20' (maybe bigger) log/tree right in front of the boat as we were trolling. We saw it at the last minute and didn't have time to react, so we just hung on tight.
It momentarily was lodged in the lower unit, but then it cleared itself. Then it floated right into our spread and we feared the worse. Thought for sure it would at least take out all of our boat rods. Right at that moment we hooked a fish on a deep boat rod. The fish came up and over the log, and every other line must have done the same thing. Never lost any tackle. Pretty amazing.
Got it on video, but the quality isn't great. Lots of wind noise....
http://youtu.be/_BeJcUQGyYM