re: PSA: If you want me to come off plane I'm going throw an even bigger wake

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ess than 20MPH MF, my glitter boat will stay on plane at that,

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So the ol huge arse wake with the bow 8 feet high maneuver?

Just lay the damn thing down and idle if you can't pass wide. You are going to catch zero less fish. There is no good way to go down a narrow cut on plane passing boats.

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So the ol huge arse wake with the bow 8 feet high maneuver?

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Exactly what I’m talking about.

“I’m off plane but I can’t let it idle” so I’m going to throw you a 3 foot wake.

I do agree. Most boats need to pass on plane. But, when you’re too dumb to either stay on plane or idle past, you may not have the intelligence for a boat

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Why? You're creating a larger wake

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Not if you idle instead of chugging like a dumbass.

Either idle like you would in a no wake zone or fly by. Slowing down to less than 20 is just gonna throw a bigger wake. And if you don’t know this you probably shouldn’t be driving a boat in the first place.

Also,

Tell me. Is this a fishing thing or a safety thing?


1. Do fish scatter in a wake while fishing or does it negatively affect them?
Or
2. Does it affect kayakers and glitterboaters that they have to brace themselves.




I’ll be honest here, I’ve canoed every thick and skinny river in NC/SC.

I’ve always waved boats past me as it is just a reality of being on the water. In fact, I’ve felt like I was an impedance on boaters. Just go by me and I have the equilibrium to handle 9 wake waves.

Maybe you need to reevaluate when to come off plane.

I always slow to idle speed unless I am "on top of them" when I see them. And an idle speed throws 5% of the wake that my boat does at WOT.

You just need to slow down in advance.

eta: If I don't see them in time to slow to an idle speed, I do run as fast as I safely can and stay as far away from that boat as I safely can.

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We need a universal hand signal.

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I usually do the old “go for it” signal

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Awesome thread. I can picture each person in this thread’s boat and what they look like based on their pos

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I'm guessing half are in 26 ft. bay boats.

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in a tight area I will slow down far enough ahead of time to not hit them with my wake from coming off a plane.

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This. Any small boat I see I come off plane way in advance.

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I can picture each person in this thread’s boat and what they look like based on their post

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