Is it considered hazardous if the wakes swamp another boat? It happened to me twice, from two different boats, on Cedar Creek a couple of years ago. The first time I was on the trolling motor and able to ride up and over the first wall of water before the next 2-3 came over my bow...and I'm not just talking about an inch or so of water, either. The second time I was sitting on the deck boat tying on another lure when a gigantic wall of water came over the side of my boat. Another member of our club who was there the same day was fishing out of a 17 foot boat. He had the same thing happen to him. He said he was on his trolling motor facing into the wakes and a wall of water up to his knees came over the bow.

Sorry to derail the crazy EM lady thread.

And your bow rising and falling or your boat rolling over a wake form a boat 50+ yards away isn't likely considered hazardous. How would you define hazardous since you seem to think that this law somehow disagrees with what I just said?

I fish in water rougher than most wakeboats could generate trying to swamp me... I suppose some people may be more sensitive than I am, but unless there is any real risk of you flooding my boat, knocking me overboard, or running into me, and you aren't tangling into my line, I don't really all that much care what you're doing.

The law explicitly states they aren't to circle any other fishing or ski boat or pwc. That much isn't subjective. If they were to circle you making waves, that would expressly break the law, otherwise that law pertains primarily to stationary boats in marinas, tied off, etc. I would imagine. How dangerous could the wake from a passing boat really be without breaking one of the other laws related to that?

Again, my point is that most of the comments are pretty humorous given the biased nature of most people regarding sharing the water in the sense of pleasure boaters, even though they expect dock/slip owners to embrace the concept with them... circle of life/food chain type stuff... good laughs. Everyone is rustling somebody elses jimmies one way or another... everyone should just try not to be so salty.

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I quit, you are a straight mix of a bipolar and a know it all.


good luck Mr E. Britannica

I'm a bipolar and a know-it-all for finding amusement in the juxtaposition of anglers sharing water with dock owners but not having the same views with pleasure boaters, and for requesting that you elaborate on what you consider dangerous wake?

Thanks for contributing nothing at all to the conversation with your random personal attacks. I appreciate the concern but I am of quite sound mind. It is very sad for you that my observation was such an affront to you that you need to try and put me down, but I am glad to see you graciously bowing out of the conversation if you don't actually have anything to add other than insults.

The law states you're responsible for any damage done by your wake. The whole "deal with my wake" you argue is invalid.

You seem to represent that you have superior knowledge about every subject posted as well as you will take any position so that you're in the position to be confrontational and argumentative...


JMHO

At least you two aren't snobs and racists! LOL!

Wake boats should be outlawed period. I am a dock owner and a fisherman. I can assure you that a wake oat 50 yards away from a dock will tear a floating dock up. The only lake I know of in that has realized this after dock owners finally proved it was Brownwood. Now there are no wake bouts 500 foot from almost all of the floating docks on the lake.
At my lake house what few wake boats there are always run there boats about 100 foot from the only gloating docks on the lake. We have had docks break free, 3" pipe seamen broken. I was actually pitched out of a chair backwards last summer. Out GW started giving warnings to wake boaters about their wakes causing damage. Next summer he said he will start writing tickets. The shoreline erosion they cause is similar to that of a constant 30 mph wind. The funny thing is 90% of the people I see a wake boat pulling are directly behind the boat and avoiding the wake.

Back to the issue at hand-----

Is the lady that owns that dock really hot or not???

Dang auto correct, 3" pipe deadman( arm to keep dock anchored)

Thank you, I thought we were about to get an early hump-day ban!

Yea no kidding!!! I didn't read much of all that bi polar wake boat racist snobby nonsense

wow, this thread got hijacked@!

Bring cheese. She's already got the "Whine".

I had a guy at fork point a shot gun at me in a night tournament. There some crazy people who have no clue.