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Why don’t all big lakes have clearly marked boat lanes?
Posted on 9/8/18 at 11:37 am
Posted on 9/8/18 at 11:37 am
I went fishing with a friend in Texas on a big lake. There was not any boat lanes. Then he said it’s a nice lake but it can become very dangerous real fast by the dam area b/c there are a lot of rocky islands just below the water. Said in wide open water in some areas the water suddenly goes from 18 feet deep to 2 feet due to a sandbar. I would be nervous as heck bringing my boat there going over 20 mph.
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Posted on 9/8/18 at 12:00 pm to ctiger69
If you don't already know a lake pretty well, you probably ought to take it slow anyway, until you learn.
Having boat lanes would ruin things for a lot of people. Next, they would be putting up stop buoys, speed limits and shite.
Having boat lanes would ruin things for a lot of people. Next, they would be putting up stop buoys, speed limits and shite.
Posted on 9/8/18 at 12:02 pm to ctiger69
State doesn't have time or money to drive signs in at every shallow spot. Just get a GPS with local points in it
Posted on 9/8/18 at 1:13 pm to auggie
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Having boat lanes would ruin things for a lot of people. Next, they would be putting up stop buoys, speed limits and shite.
They have had boats lanes on Toledo Bend since I first fished it in 1988. 30 years and still no speed limit signs.
Posted on 9/8/18 at 1:20 pm to ctiger69
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They have had boats lanes on Toledo Bend since I first fished it in 1988. 30 years and still no speed limit signs.
Where I live, we have channel markers, but that's it, unless you are going into a Marina or something. Out on the lakes, you go where you want, at your own risk.
Posted on 9/8/18 at 11:26 pm to auggie
Lake Claiborne had marker buoys years ago that worked fairly well. They weren’t maintained though and eventually they all broke loose and floated away.
A few years ago the lake commission ( I guess or it may be ldwf) put out channel markers and signs from one end of the lake to the other. At the mouth of channels, they even put up red or green strobe lights to distinguish them from just the reflective markings from the other markers.
All of the markers are telephone poles. I’m surprised a poor area like Homer/Claiborne parish could get something that nice and other lakes have so little.
A few years ago the lake commission ( I guess or it may be ldwf) put out channel markers and signs from one end of the lake to the other. At the mouth of channels, they even put up red or green strobe lights to distinguish them from just the reflective markings from the other markers.
All of the markers are telephone poles. I’m surprised a poor area like Homer/Claiborne parish could get something that nice and other lakes have so little.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 11:00 am to sparkinator
But how many rednecks are going to know what the red/green markers mean?
Posted on 9/9/18 at 7:55 pm to ctiger69
Toledo Bend has had them for years.
The only time to really watch it is when the water is really low. The markers can float aways from the channel. Cross my fingers and knock on wood I never lost a lower unit on that lake.
As far as a deep lake without markers studying a good topo map would be a good start also going out with someone who knows the lake helps.
The only time to really watch it is when the water is really low. The markers can float aways from the channel. Cross my fingers and knock on wood I never lost a lower unit on that lake.
As far as a deep lake without markers studying a good topo map would be a good start also going out with someone who knows the lake helps.
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