When passing a boat at anchor?

[jtexas]

Re: When passing a boat at anchor?

One more thought: in my state its also a pretty good chance the other guy is armed.
Think that applies to Fl also.

should have added, "but not so heavily armed as in FL".....

 

[1648Grumman]

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I can confirm that in Florida there is usually a fire arm in the boat if the boater is a native Floridian! And if there are good ol' boys on a boat and they've have been drinking, which a lot of times they have been. You **** them off and the gun will come out. Where I fish it's far away from any safe place to go if you have a problem and you may be humping it through swamp and woods for several miles. So I keep a fire arm in the boat for safety just in case. As for the wake issue, here it's common courtesy to slow down to a no wake speed when passing an anchored boat in a river or canal or by people fishing from shore. I don't remember if there is a law providing for it though. Not all boaters do it and PWC's almost never abide by the rules written or understood! I do know that most canals between lakes here are no wake zones even if they are not posted as such, on the rivers it's only if posted or within 300' of a ramp or marina as I remember.

Chris

 

[HONKER1]

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Need to add my 2-cents about bank fishermen. I've had to fish from the bank, so I believe in giving a casting distance to the shore boys, but not all bank fishermen play fair.
One day I and about 25 other boats were threadened by shore anglers (group of 10) if you got to close to thier side of the Columbia River. At this point the river is about 500' wide, but if you got within 300', 3 of the men would jump into a 12' cartop boat & 6hp motor and the oars and salmon clubs were ready to do battle.
I anchored with several other boats in the small 200' of river that was left and waited for the show to play out. The shore fisherman would tie their line to a rock, and then use the 12' cartop boat to go out into the center of the river and drop the weight. Of course they didn't want anyone anchoring on their side of the river.
After about an hour 1 boater had enough. My brother-in-law and I watched him pick anchor and go up river around the bend. Sure enough he came back on the fishermen's side of the river. One man driving, the other man standing in the back of the 20' I/O.
Three men from shore ran to get into the 12' cartop, to give the 20' boater a lesson, but all of a once 9 of the 10 poles on shore had large fish on, and the poles were being pulled it to the river. I think the man in the back must have been dragging a rope with a rock, as he findly dropped the rope and the boat sped off into the sunset. Didn't see the boat number, but I sure enjoyed the show.

 

[CATransplant]

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Well, I wouldn't really do that, of course. It's not my style. As I said, I just fish during the week, since I can.

Everyone has a right to be on the water. Fishermen have to respect the other boaters, and shouldn't anchor or troll in waters that are obviously where people are skiing or whatever. It's just silly to do that.

By the same token, the skiiers and wakeboarders and other fast-goers need to respect the fisherman over in the shallow part of the lake. Most lakes have room for both uses.

That said, one of the best spots on one of the lakes I fish is under the water ski jump. The bass just love that place. I fish it early in the morning, before the skiiers have gotten over their hangovers, then beat feet out of there when the first ski boat appears.

Most boaters are cool about their behavior. There are always a few, though, who are just as mean and ugly when they're on the water as they are the rest of the time.

 

[vess]

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In NY, pass within 100 feet of an anchored boat at anything over wake speed, and you risk getting a ticket. I imagine IL has something similar- you don't need to have a sign posted stating that it is a no wake zone.

 

[licketdsplit756]

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i can honestly tell you that i had some kids flying up and down the river with no respect to the ones trying to fish. i threw a full can of coke right threw the windshield. after i ask 10 times i have a child on board. to slow down. guess i had to show them who the hell was boss now. they left never seen them around that area the rest of the day..talk is cheap.action gets results.

 

[CATransplant]

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i can honestly tell you that i had some kids flying up and down the river with no respect to the ones trying to fish. i threw a full can of coke right threw the windshield. after i ask 10 times i have a child on board. to slow down. guess i had to show them who the hell was boss now. they left never seen them around that area the rest of the day..talk is cheap.action gets results.

I don't know about that one. While the kids were breaking the law and could have been ticketed, your full can of could could be a deadly weapon. If it went through the windshield of the boat, it would have killed someone if it hit them on the head.

Appropriate responses make sense, but what you did could have gotten you locked up for years, and that wouldn't be good for the kid who was on the boat.

By the same token, those kids might have come back and done some serious retaliation.

I don't think it's worth the risk.

 

[dabalone]

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i can honestly tell you that i had some kids flying up and down the river with no respect to the ones trying to fish. i threw a full can of coke right threw the windshield. after i ask 10 times i have a child on board. to slow down. guess i had to show them who the hell was boss now. they left never seen them around that area the rest of the day..talk is cheap.action gets results.

For every action there is a reaction, you are damn lucky they did not retaliate which could have put your child in more danger. Just leave if you are concerned about your childs safety instead of making a bad situation worse, go back without your kid if you want to make a point.

 

[Zim]

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i can honestly tell you that i had some kids flying up and down the river with no respect to the ones trying to fish. i threw a full can of coke right threw the windshield. after i ask 10 times i have a child on board. to slow down. guess i had to show them who the hell was boss now. they left never seen them around that area the rest of the day..talk is cheap.action gets results.

If you would have done that to me, I would have headed at you head on and turned in the last 20 feet to give you a nice spray and hopefully swamp your boat. If it didnt swamp it, I'd have pulled up next to you with the 4 other guys in my boat and demanded a check to fix the windshield. If you didn't give me the money, I would have beaten the **** out of you.

 

[RubberFrog]

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Ok... OK... everybody's a tough guy....

But even tough guys run when I throw a dirty diaper at 'em!

 

[1648Grumman]

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LMAO!!!
RubbeFrog,
That's a good one! Is the diaper standard equipment on your Boat?

I can't say I would throw anything at anyone. But standing up my .22 rifle I keep in the boat in a very visible location usually gets their attention. Or cleaning my finger nails with my Colt pathfinder tactical knife next time they pass me works too. I don't have to yell or anything else! lol

BTW. It's legal in the state of Florida to have a fire arm with you while fishing.
most of the time my rifle is in its case and stowed away.

 

[vess]

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You southern guys are the best. I sometimes wish our state wasn't so restrictive. We might actually get some respect! Everybody sues for any kind of perceived wrong that I would be afraid to carry a gun on the boat. I do like the thought, however. Guess I will have to retaliate like Frog does- that is too funny.

 

[rndn]

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I wouldn't even think about showing a gun to anybody in New York while boating. I'd have the cops here so fast it would make my head spin. They would say I pointed it at them and now there word against mine. You southerners have it made, people don't seem as uptight as they are here. We also have regs that if we pass a boat within 100 feet and going faster than 5mph we'll get a ticket.

 

[jtexas]

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I really find it interesting that there are so many fishermen who won't give bank fishermen their space same as they would other boats (general comment not directed at the above story of the a554o1es with the cartopper).

I don't carry a firearm although I would defend to the death your right to carry yours. I just hope all that do, know how to use good judgement in when to use deadly force. Randy is right about one thing - on a 911 call, answer "yes" to the question of is there firearms involved, will get a quicker response.

toss a full can of coke at a passing boat..................not having been there I can't say whether I'd not of done the same, but.................what an example to set for your child.....................hard to argue with results, though!

 

[Esox]

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It's generally in the other boats best interst to keep their distance when I'm musky fishing. 100Lb braided line and 6oz+ lure with razor sharp trebles chucked from a baitcaster can travel a long distance ​

 

[CATransplant]

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It's generally in the other boats best interst to keep their distance when I'm musky fishing. 100Lb braided line and 6oz+ lure with razor sharp trebles chucked from a baitcaster can travel a long distance ​

Besides that, it's common knowledge that musky fishermen are nuts, anyhow, right?

 

[jeeperman]

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I have found that I am ugly enough that when I am fishing and getting buzzed or some other boater is anchored too close, I just get naked.

They always leave.

 

[1648Grumman]

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Ya'll have to understand, not all southern boaters have a gun on there boat. and the ones that do it's for protection from wildlife hazards not people. (Ever have a Gator try to climb in your boat? I have!) But the places I go used to be pretty unknown to most accept natives to the area. Now, people who have moved to this area (and at an alarming rate I might add!) are getting PWC and boats, most of which I don't think ever have been on a boat before and they are finding some of these remote locations, Then they just abuse everything! Throw trash everywhere, be disrespectful to other boater. Some, there vessels aren't even registered and where these places are, the cops aren?t coming even if you can get cell phone reception. They are very out of the way areas for the most part. The only time I have seen fish and game and the sheriff on the water was during a holiday week end, and that was at least two years ago! They were looking for drunk boaters, being it was memorial day. So ya know you gota do what you gota do. I would never shoot at someone unless my life or the life of my passengers were in grave danger! But I will play mind games with them if that?s what it takes to get them to leave the area!

 

[Esox]

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Besides that, it's common knowledge that musky fishermen are nuts, anyhow, right?

That is so true. lol ​

 

[Skinnywater]

Re: When passing a boat at anchor?

The rules seem to be different everywhere, even within a State or from one body of water to the next.

In the stretch of the Sacramento I boat in it works well and is generally followed by all.
If a boat is anchored or moored and a boat can pass outside of 200 feet/75yards it is generally thought it's safe to blowby.
If you can't blowby outside of that distance safely, it's 5MPH.

However, since the fishing is done in the deep channel, boats pass on the shallow (low bank)side.

When fishing a channel, you do as what is being done. If everyone is drifting, no anchoring. Usually the one first in a hole sets the method, anchor, drift or backtroll.