7mm08
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If only…..
Idiots on the lake
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I saw this video yesterday and couldn't believe it. Id suggest watching on mute due to some language at the beginning. No confrontation but there sure would have been afterwards if it happened to me!! Careless idiots out there.
Since moving to the lake I have seen more bonehead fisherman than pleasure boaters. They aren't at jetski level yet though.
The lake I fished yesterday had 3 boats and two kayak type vessels on it after launched.
75% of the time I was there it was me and 1 other boat.
Makes it very enjoyable lol
Caught 88 kept 25
75% of the time I was there it was me and 1 other boat.
Makes it very enjoyable lol
Caught 88 kept 25
Willysman
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It's not only on the lake. Idiots everywhere. Those same idiots on the lake are the same ones out on the road.
Oh my!! Hate to know what I would have done.
CliffordN
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I took three friends out on my boat, on Percy Priest last Friday. As we were passing one of the islands at about 35 MPH, a ski boat cut right in front of my bow with a skier in tow. There was no observer in the boat, and he could have easily just gone behind me. As you said, IDIOTS!
I cut hard left and managed to miss the skier, but everyone on my boat had big eyes!
I cut hard left and managed to miss the skier, but everyone on my boat had big eyes!
Setterman
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The lakes are unbearable any more. I used to cuss the jet skis, but they are tame compared to wake board boats. The wake those boats throw is ridiculous and trashes a bank in seconds. How on earth no one has stopped to consider the damage they cause to the bank is beyond me
cowhunter71
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At 45yrds I would have "opened up" on them with 00 buck from my trusty sawed off 500 "boat gun"
another kid died this weekend. run over by the pontoon that was pulling the tube.
What lake?
Tennessee River in Decatur county
Back to the original post…tons of folks on the lakes are clueless. The majority of my time on the lake is with my wife and yes we're on one of those awful wake boats. It's actually more of a crossover but we mainly ski and wake board with a little surfing built in. My head is on a swivel all the time unless we're anchored in a cove out of the way. Pleasure boaters, fishing boats, jet skis…each group has their fair share of douchebags. Glad you kept your cool Josh and it worked out!
TWRA officers monitor marine radio channel 17 and can also be contacted through the regional TWRA dispatcher at the toll-free number. I know they had officers out on all major bodies of water. Not sure what region you were in. The way I see it. You very well could be saving someone's life completely unknown to your self. A hand held walkie Talkie most likely could have got someone there pretty quickly.
CliffordN
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What drives me nuts is that, with all of the open water, so many will come as close as they can to another vessel. Forget them knowing navigational rules. They are either trying to jump your wake, or trying to avoid it by cutting in front of you. But, either way, you get a close up view! I had two jet skiers come right at me the other morning splitting on both sides. I was waving them off from 150 yards away, but I swear they were too busy looking at each other till the last few seconds. I had already told everyone to hold on cause I fully expected a collision.
CliffordN
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They run over big brightly colored planer boards all of the time.
moondawg
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Stuff like this is one reason I stick to smaller lakes that only allow trollling motors.
Holy crap. I would NOT have remained calm in that situation. I would have spent the night in jail because I would have beat the absolute piss out of that driver.
Headhunter
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Wake boats are a problem. Bad part is they don't even have to be close to you. I know many in bass boats run wide open, and yes the large wakes can be a major issue for them but the worst part about the wakes from wake boats is they are an issue for EVERYONE. And they can be a danger even to someone a half a mile away. I saw wake boats on Priest yesterday (never even got close to me, not remotely close) but you had to be ready when the waves from the wake boats showed up. Those "rollers" can easily throw someone overboard and even at 25 or 30 mph can cause an accident or even worse a death. Ski boats, jet skis, etc. can run all around me (stay outside of casting distance) and they don't bother my fishing at all this time of year, actually they help it most of the time. The wake boats are just a bad thing IMO and beyond dangerous. As far as I know, ALL boat owners are responsible for the wakes created by their boats and any damage they cause. Just wish that was enforced.
down around perryville is dangerous as ****.
