Be Safe my Friends, Head on a Swivel

[Buccaneer]

The Lake Lice are coming out. Have complete awareness. Some don't, http://www.wsmv.com/story/38132924/twra ... ckory-lake

 

[RUGER]

 

[Spurhunter]

Most, and I mean MOST people on the water have NO idea about right of way. Add hard to see jet skis racing around at 70 MPH, alcohol, and the lake lice motto "let me see how close I can get so they can see how cool I am" and it's a recipe for disaster. Considering the encounters I have with jet skis while fishing it's hard for me to be very sympathetic. If you spend all day seeing how close you can buzz other boats, sooner or later a mistake happens and you get too close.

 

[nitro_z17]

Most, and I mean MOST people on the water have NO idea about right of way. Add hard to see jet skis racing around at 70 MPH, alcohol, and the lake lice motto "let me see how close I can get so they can see how cool I am" and it's a recipe for disaster. Considering the encounters I have with jet skis while fishing it's hard for me to be very sympathetic. If you spend all day seeing how close you can buzz other boats, sooner or later a mistake happens and you get too close.

Agree with all. However, same goes for several bass "boaters". Guys get pretty stupid, rude, inconsiderate and unethical running around in their bass boat for a $125 pot. and I use to tourney fish, but because you're in a tournament doesn't give you special rights and rules. There's 39,000 acres to fish on watts bar

 

[Spurhunter]

Guys get pretty stupid, rude, inconsiderate and unethical running around in their bass boat for a $125 pot. and I use to tourney fish, but because you're in a tournament doesn't give you special rights and rules.

Agree. Last year my dad, my son and myself left the ramp at daylight ahead of a club tournament. We ran to our spot and were fishing lilypads when they blasted off. Two of the boats were racing and the one falling behind cut the corner to try to make up ground. He missed us by literally 20 yards.

I always laugh at the guys with the $60k boat and $50k tow vehicle in debt up to their eyeballs fishing for a $150 pot like it's the Bassmaster Classic.


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[nitro_z17]

I always laugh at the guys with the $60k boat and $50k tow vehicle in debt up to their eyeballs fishing for a $150 pot like it's the Bassmaster Classic.

:rotf: EXACTLY! :rotf:

and you can see it every saturday morning on WB. op:

 

[WTM]

Most, and I mean MOST people on the water have NO idea about right of way. Add hard to see jet skis racing around at 70 MPH, alcohol, and the lake lice motto "let me see how close I can get so they can see how cool I am" and it's a recipe for disaster. Considering the encounters I have with jet skis while fishing it's hard for me to be very sympathetic. If you spend all day seeing how close you can buzz other boats, sooner or later a mistake happens and you get too close.

technically, no vessel has a right of way over another vessel, only instances of stand on and giveway vessels and 2 power boats will almost always be the giveway vessel except when meeting another power boat on a water crossing.

to be honest, i believe everyone should be required to take a boating safety course regardless of age, especially the PWC operators.

 

[Spurhunter]

technically, no vessel has a right of way over another vessel, only instances of stand on and giveway vessels and 2 power boats will almost always be the giveway vessel except when meeting another power boat on a water crossing.

to be honest, i believe everyone should be required to take a boating safety course regardless of age, especially the PWC operators.

There are rules governing right of way everyone operating a boat should know:

https://www.boat-ed.com/tennessee/handb ... ion-Rules/

 

[WTM]

technically, no vessel has a right of way over another vessel, only instances of stand on and giveway vessels and 2 power boats will almost always be the giveway vessel except when meeting another power boat on a water crossing.

to be honest, i believe everyone should be required to take a boating safety course regardless of age, especially the PWC operators.

There are rules governing right of way everyone operating a boat should know:

https://www.boat-ed.com/tennessee/handb ... ion-Rules/

yes that is what i was referring too. the first sentence in the hand book states that neither boat has a "right of way". i imagine some boaters think there is right of way. last year i had a bass boat cut in front of me as i gave way to the right. he should have gave way to the right before turning left into the creek. i ended up having to cut to the left to keep from colliding.

another thing some catfish anglers dont realize is that larger boats and barges have stand on privelege and they need to get out of the way and not block the navigation channel. even commercial fishermen have stand on privelege.

its pretty much common sense, but like you know, a lot of these pleasure boaters lack any.

 

[GRIT]

More and more people on the lakes now boats and jet skis are way faster than they use to be add inexpedience and alcohol\drugs into the mix and you have the perfect storm.From what i have seen the ones that live on the lake think they own it.