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Boating--Slow down when passing someone fishing or keep going?
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:42 am
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:42 am
So I was just wondering how everyone felt about this. I was brought up that when you approached a person fishing in a boat you slowed down to an idle(no wake) and pass them( not slow down to 5mph where you make a tidal wave). But lately when going out fishing some people wave you by and want you to pass at full speed on by.
How does everyone else feel on this? I don't feel right but if you slow down they keep waving you and tell you just go.
How does everyone else feel on this? I don't feel right but if you slow down they keep waving you and tell you just go.
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:45 am to rheber8
depends on how wide the water area is.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:45 am to rheber8
Depends on the distance. In close quarters (small canal/bayou) I slow down and idle. If I can keep about 30+ yards of distance I stay on step. I won’t throw a big wake on step. When I’m in my kayak I’d rather people stay on step if they have enough room.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:52 am to rheber8
quote:Please stay on plane when you pass me. So few people actually slow down correctly.
But lately when going out fishing some people wave you by and want you to pass at full speed on by.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:57 am to AlxTgr
A boat on plane throws much less of a wake, never understood this. Don’t fish in the boat row maybe?
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:58 am to AlxTgr
If you’re on plane or at idle you’re fine if you’re an a-hole you throttle down to where you are on plane and throw a huge wake.
Also if you throttle down do it far enough way that you don’t capsize my boat.
Also if you throttle down do it far enough way that you don’t capsize my boat.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:00 am to PillageUrVillage
quote:
If I can keep about 30+ yards
Agree. 30+ yards and I stay on top.
If we are close enough that we can talk, I slow down to idle.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:04 am to rheber8
This thread should be fun.
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.
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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
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.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:06 am to HotKoolaid
So it's worth one minute to bang up people's stuff?
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:08 am to Kashmir
quote:
depends on how wide the water area is.
This/\ If passing in a narrow area, slow down to a crawl, and like mentioned, not 5 mph where your boat is not level and leaving a huge wake with the arse end sitting low in the water.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:08 am to staugslugga
quote:No one is banging up anyone's stuff.
So it's worth one minute to bang up people's stuff?
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:09 am to AlxTgr
If you pass my camp with my stuff tied up and you don't slow down you are
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:10 am to staugslugga
quote:Nope.
If you pass my camp with my stuff tied up and you don't slow down you are
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:20 am to rheber8
I think it is situational. I wish there was a definite rule that everyone knew and followed but it isn't the case.
People are gonna get pissed because they think whatever you did, you should've done something else.
People are gonna get pissed because they think whatever you did, you should've done something else.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:21 am to staugslugga
Put some tires or dock bumpers on your shite. The fricken weather can bang up your stuff. Don’t blame boaters.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:25 am to gumbo2176
It's a safety issue more than a wake issue. Passing somebody at 40mph when you have to pass close is dangerous as hell. Lay it down and idle past. If I have to get closer than about 40 yards I'm idling and I expect others to do the same
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:30 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:I agree on the 40 mph. Please go at least 50 when you pass me.
It's a safety issue more than a wake issue. Passing somebody at 40mph when you have to pass close is dangerous as hell. Lay it down and idle past. If I have to get closer than about 40 yards I'm idling and I expect others to do the same
40 yards?
It would take you 2 hours to get from one end of Spring bayou to the other. Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:32 am to staugslugga
Depends on the room. I wave people on by if the canals wide enough.
quote:dumb statement
So it's worth one minute to bang up people's stuff?
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:45 am to DTRooster
Not really. Just takes common sense and a little patience to not be a dick.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 9:54 am to rheber8
I usually slow down before I get near them, and idle by, unless they wave me through, then I frickin hammer down son! lettem know who the big dick around here is!
As highway to the danger zone plays in my head while I hit max speed of 25mph in my flat bottom
As highway to the danger zone plays in my head while I hit max speed of 25mph in my flat bottom
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