Quote Originally Posted by LarryG View Post
Last week, my lady friend and I were spider rigging for crappie, in a lake in georgia. This is the first time she has fished in a lake, I've taken her on the cumberland river a few times. Were about a half mile from the end of the creek, and here comes this 20ft triton, full throttle, 10 ft of water. Thery hit a couple of docks[fishing], and here they came full throttle. My friend asked whats wrong with those guys, nothing I said, they're bass fishermen, more like bassholes she said, right on the money.
I hear you Larry! Most bass fishermen are super people as are most of the fishermen and women I meet. A few unfortunately think they own the water and that it is OK to invade your space at high speeds. The same can be said of some drivers of cars, right

I always slow down in close quarters and avoid peoples space. This can be difficult to do at times. Down a KYL guys park out in the middle of the channel to crappie fish; basically sitting in the middle of the lake in the only way to get up and down the lake. The Channel is wide enough so that you can go buy without risk and in this case I may not slow down. My boat does not put out much wake on plane but puts out lots at slower speeds. I'd rather have a bassboat go by on plane +150ft away from me rather then slow down and create wake. These can be tough judgement calls at times as you approach another boat at high speed. All this said, I think respecting peoples space and being polite is the way to go and 99% of the time can and should be done.