Lake Etiquette

[kygorski]

Wont work!! writing down the registration number and reporting it, is " he said you said" according to a game warden. I gave him the number of a cruiser that was throwing an enourmous wake on beaver creek on cumberland.Big enough that my boat almost tipped over,He said even pictures wont work in many cases.So when I said "if you dont see it, it didn't happen". Didn't persue it any farther, because I think the agent was detecting an " attitude" problem.

[mhall]

Ha Ha you think Nolin is rough, go to Cumberland and try and fish, I will NOT fish on weekends, HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. I've almost been killed by too many Cabin Cruisers. I like early spring, fall and winter, they can have the **** place in the summer.

[00SKEETER]

This is exactly why I put the boat up in the summer and play golf on the weekends. If I get the chance to fish in the summer on a weekday I will take advantage of it but I hate fishing on the weekends in the summer. I've had too many wakes actually come into my boat from pleasure boaters getting too close. Had at least 3 inches of water standing in the floor of my boat one day a Nolin from a huge pleasure boat running no more than 30 yards from me out on the main lake. He had the whole lake but I guess he wanted to see how close he could get to me.

[Moon~Shaun]

Had a boat cut us off at Ceder the weekend before last and started trolling right back twards us, so I slung my crank bait twards his line and pulled out one over 5 pounds right in front of them. They ripped their trolling motor and took off pissed. This was a great feeling for me just wig thy would happen every time I get cut off!!!
~Moon

[artcarney_agr]

I don't know why everyone gets so mad about this kind stuff......it's summer, and it's part of it. Learn to adjust to it and laugh about it, or find a different hobby.

[publican57]

I don't know why everyone gets so mad about this kind stuff......it's summer, and it's part of it. Learn to adjust to it and laugh about it, or find a different hobby.

That adjusting for me is going really early and being done by noon on weekends or going on a weekdays.

The comment about the guy piddling on the ramp reminded me of a guy that did that very thing at McNeely lake early this summer. I bit my lip; but it was a good teaching experience for me with my nephew.

[Duayne]

Wont work!! writing down the registration number and reporting it, is " he said you said" according to a game warden. I gave him the number of a cruiser that was throwing an enourmous wake on beaver creek on cumberland.Big enough that my boat almost tipped over,He said even pictures wont work in many cases.So when I said "if you dont see it, it didn't happen". Didn't persue it any farther, because I think the agent was detecting an " attitude" problem.

I would think a pic or a video from a phone would be enough. They have been looking for the boat that swamped that large fishing boat on Cumberland and there is no pic or video, but that boat owner/operator is in huge trouble if they ever find him.

Boats are responsible for their wake. If water patrol won't do anything about it, and you have a pic or video, and your boat is damaged, take them to small claims court. There is no innocent until proven guilty or reasonable doubt there. It might be a hassle for you but it will also be a huge hassle for them and maybe it would teach a few of them a lesson.

[wishniwasfishn]

I love these post, I like seeing that other people have the same problem as I do. I think last summer at Rough was the best I had ever seen. My son and I was fishing a point and catching some quality bass, having a great day, and a pontoon with 4 older folks, probaly in their 60's pulled between the point and me, and dropped anchor and started fishing...I didnt know what to say, was pretty stunned, never imagined anyone being that stupid, and they say us fishing and where we were casting....never been so mad in my life! My son was blown away by their ignorance...just got a little close to them and blew the spot up so they wouldnt catch anything and left.

[coombro]

When i fish the lake in the summer get there at crack of dawn and head out at the first sign of a jet ski.

[waterdog101]

you may want to try doing what I do, give the lake to the pleasure boats by day through the summer, and fish at night. it works for me. water is calm, night air is cooler, night bugs sing for you while you fish, and sometimes late at night the fish move shallow, and the fishing gets hot.

[gocards40]

I don't know why everyone gets so mad about this kind stuff......it's summer, and it's part of it. Learn to adjust to it and laugh about it, or find a different hobby.

I think I need to change my thought process. It is possible to use the waves to your advantage.

1. The pleasure boats do a very good job of clearing a lake of debris by noon each saturday and sunday. The process of pulling a big tube is like a big mop behind the boat.

2. One day I am not going to pack the boat and just sit at the ramps and video tape for laughs. I really have thought about doing this and may try it this summer. Heck I may even learn that something I do really p's some people off.

[kydonky]

Times like these I miss my 28 foot crusier. I remember one day when we were anchored off a rock bar with about three other small boats around, fishing for cats. Two fellows come by in a 24 foot fiberglass bass at half trottle about 20 feet off to the side.

The cruiser rocked a little but these fellows in the jons next to me spilled everything in their boats and bounced into the rocks.

So that crusier would do 55+ and if you trimed it out at half throttle it would throw a 4 foot wake.

About an hour later I'm running to a new spot and the guys in the fiberglass boat are trolling a bank. I pull the crusier off the plane to 1/3 throttle, push the trim out as far as I could with the nose pointed to the clouds and rocked their world.

I could hear them cussing me as they held on to their gear. I yeld back "hey pay back is hell ain't it".

Now I know this was not the proper way to handle this, but I did feel better afterward.