Tucanare , A.K.A. Peacock bass or Pavon

Tucanare , A.K.A. Peacock bass or Pavon
nice 4lber

Sunday, January 15, 2012

lake etiquette

well friday i guess there was an incident on the lake as evening rolled in. some guys bank fishing said a boat came in full plane, probably in a rush as it was 530 pm and getting late. washed a pretty good wave up on the bank soaking their chairs and equipment. I'm surprised there wasn't some kind of confrontation. hurry or no hurry the bank fisherman mostly deserve not to be washed away by a wake. to make it even worse apparently after the guy had left, another boat came in, a smaller fiberglass sears game fisher type with two very wet pissed off guys in it paddling by hand. apparently the first boat which was described as a 16-18ft fiberglass bass boat with a bow pedestal seat on it and a very large outboard. had hurtled by them causing them to flip over in the ensuing wave. now, we have a very very small lake, often a mixed bag of kayaks, rafts, small johnboats, and it seems more and more real bass boats. i have had ocean sized boats go by with twin 150s blazing and have seen and had huge wakes pound me before. most of us out there follow simple etiquette , straight-aways if you plane and no one is around ok, corners and blind spots slow down. other boats on the water, wether fishing or running, slow down to pass, nearly an idle if they are fishing. bank fisherman deserve not to be waked as well slow down. a lot of guys think on plane a boat makes less wave and pushes less water, maybe but the energy of that wave travels a lot farther before running out. banks are steep and muddy on our lake, they have enough to deal with besides the waves, we were all bank fisherman at one time!! besides that often there are kids on or near the water and i have NEVER seen one wearing a floatation device. one errant wake and that kid could be lost, how would anyone like to live with that. as far as bank jumping, theres room for a lot of boats out there, if someones in the spot you wanna fish come back to it. i have had guys ask me to jump in front of me during tourneys, i have said yes but  being i was there first id be hopping them too, its only fair, just cause its your money on the line its a public water get in line right. i have had boats literally pull right in front of me like 20 ft on my bank and start fishing, thats just asking for a confrontation and a total lack of class in my opinion. i have seen guys fishing and had another boat run between them and the bank, a big no no!! i personally had 2 guys trolling with hundreds of feet of line out and cut right in from of me on a point, wrapping their line and lures all over my boat and lower unit!! i cut the lines and they never slowed down!! thankfully  i haven't seen them since or  i may have had to really given them something to think about, took me awhile to untangle the line off my boat! launching too, don't hog the ramp, trailer up launch set the boat up before you do so you don't take too long to get it there. if your in line ask if you can go first if they are still setting up. don't park in a trailer stall if you don't have a trailer. i could go on and on and on and on!! bottom line is use common sense!!!!! theres an extreme lack of it these days. you and i are not the only people out there and everyone can make it a better time for themselves and others if we just do a little self policing. otherwise more rules and enforcement will happen because a few idiots.

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