I had a duramax driver scoff at me while on the boat ramp

[Jeepmullet]

Yeah, so what... most people don't like personal watercraft. There was a guy on the boat ramp (happened to be in a duramax) who was telling me that personal watercraft were the most dangerous watercraft and should be banned.



WTF? This guy had a bASS boat with a 225 nitro on it. I hate bass heads who think it's okay to:



drink and boat



take off WFO 10 feet from shore



put trot lines 10 feet from eachother across the whole channel



who put a leash through their eye hook so they can guide their boat from the ramp to the courtesy dock (so they dont have to get wet)



and worst of all... WHO THINK THEY CAN RIDE WFO 10 FEET FROM PWC'S BECAUSE THEY ARE BETTER THAN THEM.



next time someone in a bass boat talks **** to me I'm going to follow him to the boat ramp and pummel him while he's power loading his boat back on the ramp (illegal) even though he could easily crank it up and not erode the end of the ramp.



Even funnier... per my college degree I can tell them more about the fish they are catching then they can.

 

[Jeepmullet]

More than any other type of boater it seems that bass fishermen are arrogant pricks. They like to tell me how much my skis pollute, nevermind the big C. A. R. B. certification sticker on the side of one of them. WTF? a 250 skeeter running at WOT uses 3x the fuel an hour my skis do

 

[Jeepmullet]

I hate how the many ruin it for the few when it comes to PWC riding. I grew up hating them (dad has a mastercraft), but there is 6 foot chop on the lake I ride on most of the time. I'm respectful and frequently just return to the dock when PWC riders show what morons they are and jump wake concurrently from opposite sides of the boat, or 30 feet behind the boat.

 

[Alan Reagan]

One of the best things the State of Georgia has done to separate everyone is to put in the 100 foot rule. No boats may come within 100 feet of each other unless they are at idle. Unless they are in a channel in a meeting or passing situation. In either case, wake jumping is illegal.



The law was passed after a jet ski in a meeting situation with a deck boat made a swerve manuever at the bow of the boat and swerved back to jump the wake. Unfortunately, there were two tubes with kids being towed by the boat and the jet ski hit and killed one of the kids.



The law is strickly enforced here. Also, boats/skis can't come within 100 feet of an anchored boat or dock except at idle.

 

[jwilliams3]

Jeep Mullett,

Maybe its time to move out of California.

 

[Jeepmullet]

Reagan, that's a rule here in missouri and in Arkansas too. Bass boats and idiots on jetskis dont follow it

 

[TORQUE THIS]

I'd vote on a ban for jet skis, most people are idiots on these things!



We have had MANY close calls with jet skis.



One guy was so close that the spray coming off the front soaked me and the family a few weeks back! :-{}



And there are quite a few power boaters who need lessons also!!!!!!!

 

[JLEONARD]

there are quite a few power boaters who need lessons also

Amen to that!

Jay

 

[tractorface]

Ban personel watercraft and ATV's

Now I'll bet I am real popular here :-laf PWC annoy the hell out of me because I like to enjoy my canoe. These guys can get in places no other power boat can reach so they are a bit annoying. ATv's... well every Dundalk family that moves to Harford county figures they in the ****ry now. I gotta get me an ATV and ride it round and round on my 1/2 acre ranch What the hell is wrong with these people.

There is nothing more annoying than having an otherwise perfect afternoon at home ruined by some nimrod riding around and around on his tiny little piece of the American pie.



See not too bad. Use the PWC and ATV where they were designed for and we have no problem

 

[GAmes]

More than any other type of boater it seems that bass fishermen are arrogant pricks. They like to tell me how much my skis pollute, nevermind the big C. A. R. B. certification sticker on the side of one of them. WTF? a 250 skeeter running at WOT uses 3x the fuel an hour my skis do

I guess it is just a matter of perspective who the arrogant pricks are. While peacefully fishing a shoreline I have been buzzed within 5 ft of my boat by a pack of jetskiers. I taught my kids how to ski, using my bass boat, so I can sort of see the fun in driving a little boat around in circles and jumping wakes. Something that small that can only be used a few months out of the year isn't something I'd spring for, but it's your money. Point is, pricks are everywhere. Some even drive CTDs.

 

[trqmnstr]

I'll second that ^

 

[Signal73]

I'd vote on a ban for jet skis, most people are idiots on these things!:

One guy was so close that the spray coming off the front soaked me and the family a few weeks back!

:-laf Wasnt me

 

[smartineau]

I'd vote on a ban for jet skis, most people are idiots on these things!



We have had MANY close calls with jet skis.



One guy was so close that the spray coming off the front soaked me and the family a few weeks back! :-{}



And there are quite a few power boaters who need lessons also!!!!!!!

Be careful about banning things. One day they will ban something that you like such as guns, diesel trucks, what ever.



Instead of bannig PWC's fine the living heck out of the ***holes that are doing something stupid and unsafe, that goes for any type of boating. At SeaFair (big drunken free for all in Seattle, airplane show and hydroplane racing), this year the police targeted idiots/drunks. They arrested a bunch, as compared to years past when they would only target PWC's, cigarette boats, illegal rafting to others, what ever the target of choice that year.



Bottom line go after the people causing the problem.



steve

 

[Jeepmullet]

I guess it is just a matter of perspective who the arrogant pricks are. While peacefully fishing a shoreline I have been buzzed within 5 ft of my boat by a pack of jetskiers. I taught my kids how to ski, using my bass boat, so I can sort of see the fun in driving a little boat around in circles and jumping wakes. Something that small that can only be used a few months out of the year isn't something I'd spring for, but it's your money. Point is, pricks are everywhere. Some even drive CTDs.

I'm sure you have been buzzed by jet skiers, I dont deny there are tons of people who are morons on them.



The problem I have is the majority of bass fishermen I encounter think they have some inherent superiority to jetskiers. PWC's are 2/4th of my arsenal of watercraft. At the family lake place we have a mastercraft slalom boat, a 23' Mariah cruiser, and my 2 PWC's. I grew up hating them, but enjoy them now. I got my CTD to pull them on the long trips we go on.



Another problem is that it seems most fishermen fishing think they are entitled to a quarter mile radius around their boat to fish. The bottom line is that you're not. In MO and AR, you get the same 100 feet as everyone else. 100 feet only applies when there's room for that. For PWC'ers and fishermen alike there are ways to decreased the amount of tension like not buzzing eachother... but it's not going to happen. Fishermen dont get their quarter mile of water around their boat to fish. They're not entitled to it, and wont ever get it. If you go 70mph 100 feet from me, I dont have a thing in the world to say to you. If you do it from 60 feet, then we're going to have words wherever your dock is.

 

[Jeepmullet]

I'd vote on a ban for jet skis, most people are idiots on these things!



We have had MANY close calls with jet skis.



One guy was so close that the spray coming off the front soaked me and the family a few weeks back! :-{}



And there are quite a few power boaters who need lessons also!!!!!!!

While I dont deny that a scenario like that happened, what one needs to realize is that jetskis are not always the ''give way'' boats. Know the rules for overtaking people or meeting a boat from each direction (not saying you dont). I have a relative who told me this scenario about how she was riding with her husband and a jetski approached from the side, going perpendicular to them. The PWC'er may not have known the rules, but from her description of the situation, their boat was the give way boat and the jetski was to stand on course in that situation.



I dont yield to other boats when it's not my job to. I spent a long time helping my brother study for the boat license in MO, and know the rules.



Edit: I dont know your situation at all, and am not questioning that the jetskier was wrong (if he was) but people need to realize that just because they have a family in their boat doesnt give them the right to point the nose in any direction and ride.

 

[Jeepmullet]

I taught my kids how to ski, using my bass boat, so I can sort of see the fun in driving a little boat around in circles and jumping wakes. Something that small that can only be used a few months out of the year isn't something I'd spring for, but it's your money. Point is, pricks are everywhere. Some even drive CTDs.

:-laf It's your money, but I wouldnt buy something that you can only ride on a flat lake or river and can only hold 4 people at most :-laf

I ride from Feb-December I've been slaloming and wakeboarding since March of this year. That's when fisherpricks get really mad, when they're out fishing in mid-march and someone on a PWC or behind a mastercraft comes slaloming in the same lake as them.



I routinely race bass boats and powerboats on my 04 Seadoo RXP. Sometimes I get whipped, but I've destroyed some 225's. That makes them even more mad.



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(there's proof I was out when it was freezing or below)

 

[AMink]

No matter what the mode of transport, there are those who just can't seem to be responsible. We see it here with snowmobiles and x/c skiers, boats and pwc with sail and paddle boats, quads and dirtbikes with horses and bicyclists. The snowmobiles lost ground, the pwc's lost water at Tahoe with a 2-stroke ban (in the name of pollution), and dirtbikes got moved up the mountain from the houses, which, incidently, encroached upon the wide open public areas historically used for riding. We live in a society where personal responsibility is becoming rare. People that ride and drive like idiots seem to never get their "reward" until they blow it for everyone. I think that all these fun rides are like guns- they're not unsafe, it's the person pulling the trigger. I would much rather see those that break the laws get whacked (and hard!) by the authorities than lose more open space/water to enjoy what we enjoy.



Whew! I feel better now! :-laf

 

[daveshoe]

Two ATV stories

Story one-- A couple of kids from a very small town rode an ATV and dirt bike through our church lot,scattering gravel and putting some really readable prints on the sand volleyball court. I walked around the town,just to ask if anyone knew who they were . As luck would have it,the dad was working on the family car . I introduced myself and then noticed the ATV--Right there. Dad called the boys over,armed them with rakes,and the kids worked until dark that night and until noon the next day raking our church property. The ATV and bike were sold immediately.

Story two-- Two brothers rode ATV's through standing corn. They had been warned once before that if they came on my property the second time,that all legal remedies would be pursued. I could identify them from their bikes,but county sheriff told me that if I could not see their FACES because of helmets, then no justice for me. I told deputy that if Darke County had that attitude,then I also owned a helmet . Once he decided to do his job, the kids confessed. When it became time for the restitution payment,mom and dad thought that my demands were excessive--voiding any lesson the kids would get from this. Long story short,one of the brothers is in a coma from his last ride on someone else's property.

 

[AMink]

Long story short,one of the brothers is in a coma from his last ride on someone else's property.

I assume that the coma is not due to an accident? Hate to see it either way.

 

[Tony T.]

First of all I always try to show the jetskiers,waverunners,etc the same respect like any other watercraft on the lake. I like to fish and even though I never been on a waverunner I would like to ride one someday, I think they would be alot of fun. Sometimes you have to consider the source (people) you dealing with, we are not all bad apples. :-laf



I have had waverunners come way up into the timber where I was fishing before and to me that is no excuse other than to "P" you off.



As far as knowing the rules of boating, this is a good thing that every one should know if operating such watercraft, but you always need to be "aware" of your surroundings and take it that meeting that oncoming craft coming at you that has never cracked a book on the boating rules. Another words even though you have the right-of-way according to the rules, you maybe right, but dead right. Always give yourself a way out if possible.



Be excellent to each other, and party on dudes! (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure :-laf )



Tony