re: Boating--Slow down when passing someone fishing or keep going?

This thread should be fun.

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But lately when going out fishing some people wave you by and want you to pass at full speed on by

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This is me. I don't anchor or fish in deep water so I try to keep any passing boats to stay on plane. I don't want people getting stuck or having to idle to deeper water.

If I can give someone 100 feet of buffer then I just keep on running. Any closer and I'll drop down to idle if the water depth allows. If I see little kids on the boat I'll do my best to slow to idle but on plane I put out such a small wake that sometimes it's better to get past them quickly. If it's someone I know then I run straight at them and throw it into neutral at the last second.

Camps and house boats are shite out of luck unless there is proper legal no wake signage or something forces me to pass within casting distance of their dock or boat. As long as I'm in the middle I'm not slowing down.