Maybe IDA can help! I’d be willing to put an IDA sticker
on my boat to help declare that I promise to be a better
boater. It might be a start.

Alright guys. I opened up a real can of worms but I did
it to make awareness of the carless drivers out there that
we have to educate BEFORE someone else REGULATES. We’ve
blamed jon boaters, walleye fishermen, bass fishermen,
cruisers, jet skiers, pontoon boaters, etc. Isn’t it
funny that it’s the other guy? I hate walleye tournaments,
because the walleye fisherman suddenly turns stupid and
careless and yes I talk to them when they do it, because I
can catch up with them. The fact in my first post was simple. These were 4 guys in two bass boats fishing a
tournament, and wanting to get to the weigh-in on time,
and damn anyone else. I couldn’t get thier numbers, and
all I could read was the 200 & 225 hp decals on the motors.
If I could have caught up with them it would have been
crazy to confront them. My wife and I against 4 guys that
didn’t give a [censored] about me or my wife a few minutes before.
It would have just gotten into a big p…… contest and I
would have gotten madder. We can argue all we want, but if
you and I and everyone doesn’t correct this problem and
regulate ourselves, big daddy is going to do it for us.
I don’t want to play sheriff and control other boaters
and I don’t belong to a club, but I would think it easier
for clubs and tournaments to REMIND our boaters that WE
need to set the example. Let’s go to work…together!

Yes, It was Sunday, Father’s Day. Appreciate whatever
you can do and I didn’t mean to assume you were in the tournament, it’s just that you’re apparently a bass
fisherman and I needed to rant to a bass fisherman. So
I picked you. You’re just lucky I guess!

Slop Bass: Those two boats got to the Clinton Street
Landing at 2:06 PM. I’d appreciate it if you’d talk to
your group at the next outing. Maybe these idiots can be
culled out or at least a greater awareness of safety can
be learned. I don’t hate all bass fishermen. I even had
one pull back and idle by me while I was fishing. But
these guys were Jerks. They had plenty of room to pass me
on the east side of the Black River before the railroad
bridge but they went right between our two boats. One
went airborne due to the wake from the cruiser. I’m certainly not a perfect boater, but I do know the rules
of the water and the safety and courtesy issues. I just
wish some others would learn.

Slop Bass asked the question: ‘Why was it dangerous?’
Both boats came BETWEEN my boat and a cruiser going the
other way. These boys were apparently wanting to get to
the weigh-in in time. I followed them through the no-wake
zone to the landing where the tournament was held. My
wife told me to let them go and not start a fight. I run
a Lund, but I slow down for EVERY boat I get close to
that’s fishing, but these boys were darn STUPID for running
so close. The tournament officials ought to eliminate
them from any tournament. Their the kind of guys I called
BASStards!

Wisconsin’s regulations state: you can’t operate the boat
at speed greater than reasonable, can’t create a hazardous
wake or wash, and the operator is responsible for all
damage.” It’s just common courtesy. I slow to no-wake
when I approach another boat that is closer than 100 ft.

Hollywood2: This is my first post, but if you want a
tremendous pheasant hunt with great people, contact
MJK Dream Hunt, Mary & Jim Spindler, at Tolstoy, SD,
605-442-2552 or 605-442-2536.
God I love this site!

Hollywood2: This is my first post, but if you want a
tremendous pheasant hunt with great people, contact
MJK Dream Hunt, Mary & Jim Spindler, at Tolstoy, SD,
605-442-2552 or 605-442-2536.
God I love this site!