Had an associate (his name is Ed, we called him Wilbur after Mr. Ed) a while back recovering his bass boat from the ramp on same river. He drove the boat up onto his trailer, got out, jumped in his truck, pulled up the ramp and dropped his boat smack dab onto the concrete. Never hooked up the bow winch.
On another occasion further north on Rt 13 I noticed a tow truck pulling his winch cable out toward the ramp when I saw a boat floating with the bow line still attached to the trailer. The trailer was out of site and so was 80% of the truck launching the boat. All that was showing was the driver's window and hood. I doubt he caught many fish that day.