#2399136 - 05/22/11 08:45 AM
Re: Wake Boats
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fishboy1
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There needs to be a ramp etiquette class too.
#1. Prepare your boat for launch in a location that does NOT block any access coming or going to the ramp. (Thats what all those parking spots are for)
#2. See #1 above....that means YOU doofus with the pontoon boat and poodle thats gotta wiggle out a chaloopa on the launching ramp while 6 boats wait on you.
3. Once you get your boat off the trailer, secure it and quickly go park your vehicle. Come back, push off from the dock and sort your cooler of brew, rig up your fishing rods, and yell at your wife. Don't do that crap sitting in your boat while it is on the trailer in the water blocking the ramp.
4.Don't leave your truck and trailer blocking the ramp while you "warm er up" by taking a 20 minute cruise around the lake.
5.If you do #4 above, don't complain if your parking break mysteriously releases and transmission shifts from P to R while you and Gilligan are out for a test cruise Skipper.
6. If you push a wake and screw up someones launch/recovery, they should have the right to empty their bait bucket under your launch vehicle seat.
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#2399152 - 05/22/11 09:26 AM
Re: Wake Boats
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monsterbuck07
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Loc: Huntsville, Alabama
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Well fellas I own a runabout an I am not going to lie...I love to have some fun on that thing skiing/tubing...however I love to fish and respect guys who I see fishing so I will throttle down and go as far around them as I can. Also if I notice alot of bass boats in a area I try to avoid it. We are not all bad, but most can be pretty dumb.
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#2399184 - 05/22/11 10:24 AM
Re: Wake Boats
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fishboy1
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Loc: Warren Co
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Seriously though...
Marine law states that you are responsible for your wake and any harm/damage it may cause.
Saw the GW climb all over a clown for deliberately waking some old dudes fishing. Nearly swamped his jon boat, dumped his tackle box, and put about 3" of water in his boat.
I thought the GW was going to reach down that jokers throat and beat him to death with one of his lungs.
Talked with him (GW) back at the ramp and he filled me in on the law regarding boat wakes. Funny boy was ticketed for multiple offenses to the tune of about $580 (this was back in 1992)
Also saw a guy get nailed for waking a bunch of boat docks with his boat in a Ft.Lauderdale canal. Wasn't a no wake zone but his wake was slamming boats against the docks and causing damage. No idea what that cost him.
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#2399189 - 05/22/11 10:27 AM
Re: Wake Boats
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SilverFox
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Registered: 10/16/10
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Loc: Kodak TN
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I watched a 14 or 15 foot 1980-something boat back down yesterday with 3 people already in it. They blocked the 1st ramp waiting on the driver of the truck... who came up with 3 more people... 7 total. The boat was well overloaded and they had a 2 small children on the boat.
Then they pulled right out from the ramp and started pulling the raft.
People amaze me.
I was trying to load the picture my wife took but photobucket will not come up.... dang it.
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#2399191 - 05/22/11 10:29 AM
Re: Wake Boats
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rukiddin?
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Loc: E. Tenn
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i don't really mind the boats, it the jet ski's I hate. There must be some rule written in the paperwork that you must go within 30 yds of a fisherman, regardless if the lake is a mile wide. I hate those b@$tards with a passion that can't be put into words!!!!!!
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#2399206 - 05/22/11 11:18 AM
Re: Wake Boats
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mike243
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seen a 24' pontoon on norris last year that must have had 30-40 people on it,the deck was level with the water,would love to have seen somebody with a badge as it was loaded with small kids.bet there wasnt 6 lifejackets on board
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#2399215 - 05/22/11 11:32 AM
Re: Wake Boats
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stik
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I’ve about give up on the lakes during the summer. just way to people these days and half of them don’t know a thing about how to drive a boat. It wouldn’t break my heart if the state started to require a boating license for anyone operating any water craft. boating safety is required for a certain age. eventually, as those grandfathered in die off, it will be required of everybody. for a good source of entertainment, go to a popular ramp on a saturday evening and watch the drunk boaters try to load their boats. Stik, have you ever been to concord ramp and watch all the rich people put in/out of the water with there $85,000 ski boats? My buddy and I fish a tournament out of poland creek but we put in at concord and water track over, its a short tounament, weigh in at like 12:00 but we stick around after just shooting the bull so we can watch all of them unload/load there boats. Its a show sometimes
never watched concord but the canal ramp is a good one.
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#2399308 - 05/22/11 03:43 PM
Re: Wake Boats
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Rackseeker
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The lakes are made for everyone to enjoy. Why can't fisherman go elsewhere to fish while people ride their jetskis. Jetskiers deserve to use the lake just as much as fisherman, if not more.
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#2399312 - 05/22/11 03:55 PM
Re: Wake Boats
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SilverFox
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Registered: 10/16/10
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Loc: Kodak TN
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I don't have a problem with anyone using the lake... it's the people who abuse it that I have a problem with.
If you pass by me fishing in a few minutes it's back to smooth water. If you pass by so closely that it washes me up on the bank from 20 foot out, then I would like to smash your head... it's not only the riders that do it, the fishermen are just as guilty. I had a boat come up a narrow cove on me yesterday. They could see me from 200 yards out and they only slowed just enough to make the water have 2 foot swells. Some people don't have enough common sense to have a boat... this boat had one of those nice wraps on it with sponsor names on it. That's sad. I should have called the sponsors and told them just how big of an idiot their "PRO" is.
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never been pulled by 1 so i dont know what im missing 
