Common Courtesy Fishing/Boating

[Foul Hook]

Lets face it people are stupid. Look at the way they drive on the roads when there is cops out there giving tickets. You know they are not going to listen to anything you say and just think you being an A-hole yelling at them. Feel you pain Gerry been there many times!!

[NoLimit]

To tell you the truth, just because party boats go slow dont mean that they dont make large wakes.

I wont mention any names but the worst offenders are some party boats who do the most damage passing way too close at half throttle.

A 21' CC on plane passing that close does a lot less.

[dfish28]

Lets design a "trolling flag" that can be attached to any VHF antenna...and go from there!!! And an at anchor for that matter!!!

[Canyonfish]

Fishing in a 18ft CC in RB and around the hook .. let's just say I keep my head on a swivel .... I trust no one and assume the worst ... if someone is heading at speed in my direction I start my engine .. I assume they just don't see me or areen't even looking ....... I will only anchor when among a fleet of other anchord boats ..... I just don't like being at anchor on my own .....

Also .... and especially when I have my wife and/or kids on the boat I will avoid the fleet at all costs even if it means fishing less than productive spots.

When it is just me and my brother .. with one of us manning the throttle .. we will fish where we want ... still being aware at all times.

Witnessed an accident on the water last year and had some tool almost run up my son's a$$ waterskiing at Lake George last year while displaying skii flags and leaning on the horn ......

Just way too many careless and clueless boaters out there ......

[Michael82929]

I'm surprised their aren't more incidents on the water... especially with the knuckleheads that get behind the wheel of these launching missiles.. It's only a matter of time before you start hearing of regular occurences of boating accidents

[Chrisk]

Yahoos are something we all deal with. It'll be worse starting Memorial weekend thru Labor day. What I find worse are our fellow salt of the earth fishermen who fly by partyboats, popular spots, thru chum slicks et al for a quick look while going by.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Common sense cuts both ways. It's not fair to expect every boat that passes through high traffic areas to slow down for you because you chose to fish there. If you are in or around the channel or in a high traffic area that is not a no wake zone, your expectations should be that you are going to get rocked.

Point in case, if I'm running in the channel up on plane and there are boats fishing in the channel or it's edges I'm probably not going to slow down.

If you are fishing in a smaller boat or with kids and do not want to get rocked, then you should not be fishing in these areas.

[makosnax]

The ones that piss me off the most are the guys who troll thru a cluster of anchored boats. They are trolling 100' off your bow when you have 150' of anchor line out. Anchor lines dont go striaght up and down you idiots.

[Bachelor]

Gerry, I'm suprised at your last post! You are always responsible for your wake. If you are up on plane and someone's drifting in or near the channel they are still "under way" and the rules of the road would likely require you to slow down so as not to throw too big a wake and to avoid a collision. Too many operators think they can just blow by someone in or near a channel. Not the case.

After some of my experiences in the Navesink and around Sandy Hook during the weekends in the last two years (after moving up from Shark River) I'm really going to try to get out and BACK to the dock earlier this year. I want to be filleting fish by 11AM if possible! It's been real nice having the Two Rivers practically to ourselves the last couple weeks.

[NoLimit]

I think the point is that all boats on plane will make far less wake than running at 1/3 or 1/2 throttle when they are trying to reduce their wake.