Quote Originally Posted by Swift1 View Post
I agree with everybody else ...Let the drunk wakeboarders , and party boaters , who blair their welfare music loud enough to knock the pond scum off your boat be....We the fisherman need to be checked over and over again because we are the threat. By golly what if you didnt have a whistle or a horn , things could get way out of control from us who love and appreciate the outdoors........The more I think about it I think the Federal Gov. should step in and do something about us crazy outdoorsmen.
Why does everyone think that wakeboarders and party boaters are all drunk? Geez what a tough crowd. I wakeboard and like to party too! If I do plan on getting drunk, I have a DD just the same as if I were going to a bar with friends. There are responsible people out there still. Fishermen aren't perfect either and catch their fair share of stereotypes, but by bashing others they really aren't any better than those they bash. The fishing community deserves better than that. Make friends, not enemies.

I was in a bass boat yesterday (Sunday) anchored up by the dam, floating around with beer in hand (in a cup of course); I waved to the game wardens as they went by towards the dam, to which they nicely waved back. They were just checking the guys fishing up by the dam.

It has been my experience that KDFWR will not check unless they have probable cause. Fishing is probable cause, because you may not have a license. Seeing a guy drinking from a whiskey bottle is probable cause, along with unsafe operation, overloading of a boat, or anything else that resembles irresponsible behavior. They don't like checking every boat and will only do so if they feel it necessary. If they cruised through the crowd and saw nothing going on, then why do you feel like they should have been checking regardless? That's just stupid. KDFWR officers need to make the most of their time on the water trying to make the waters and wildlife as safe as possible; checking every boat on the water does not achieve this.