Pleasure Boat Traffic

[junkfisher]

The pleasure boaters do not have the practice or skills that us fisherpeople do as they do not get enough practice learning teh rules and common sense needed when on the water. What kills me is the one's who wait until they have backed to the ramp and then they began unloading the tow vehicle and then load the boat with people pets coolers etc, do these people know what the ready lane is for, I can be in the water and have boat launched in about 5 to 10 mins depending how far I have to walk to park truck and that is by myself, with a partner less than 1 min. But they have a right to yse the lakes also but they need to respect the rules more, nothing more thrilling than sitting on a ledge or flat and have a 40ft cabin cruser burn by you at 40 and within 50ft of you.

Boat ramp circus thats what i like, nothing is more funny, or aggrevating guess it depends on the day but usually in a hurry to go fish.

[mkmsports41]

I beleive that the high fuel have made people cancel the long distance summer vactions and everyone is staying local. Which in turn is over crowding the lakes. All lakes seem to be very crowded. I was at Barren last weekend. It was terrible. I had a pontoon with a small child on a tube cut right in front of me. I had to make an immediate turn. If I would have kept straight I would have deffinetly caught the wrope.