No law covering all bridges. Case by case. If they are marked "no wake" they are "no wake" if not you can run on plane under them....cautiously!

You guys act like it's illegal to run under any bridge in the state. I can think of at least 5 lakes from as far west as Amistad to Toledo where running under a bridge is legal. The problem is two fold. One the bridge isn't marked by buoys. It's marked by one small sign on the far west side of the bridge. The second is the attitude in which a few of the LEO's on the water this weekend operated.

I was watching KVD first thing yesterday morning. He was fishing the west side of the dam, with around 30 boats following. All the boats were backed off at least 50 yards from the dam, and sitting just outside of the no wake zone. Some deputy dog rolls up and proceeds to get an attitude with another spectator boat for sitting in a Law Enforcement lane. I guess they forgot to reprint the stripes on the water. The 50 yard wide path wasn't wide enough for him.

Everyone's experienced the "bad cops" that proceed to be a jerk just because they have a badge. I think that's probably what Brian O encountered. You rarely see LEO's post up on bridges that are clearly marked. I saw them set up like they were running a speed trap on the bridge all weekend.

I was fishing Lake Grapevine a few years ago, Flower Mound police on a jet ski came up on me and asked me for my fishing licenses.

I was thinking don't you have better things to do than to bother me while I was cranking the rocks. Leave the license checking to the Game Wardens.

More deaths on Conroe than any other lake in Texas. That's why you always see a heavy LE presence on the lake. I for one am glad they're out there educating knuckleheads for stupid stuff like running bridges.

If it was really about public safety, there would be buoys on the bridge. This is about revenue in the name of public safety.

I got asked on Friday by the popo to observe the no wake zone better. I wasn't making a wake but I wasn't at total idle either. I thought about debating with him but just said "yessir" and idled on out of there.

Legal or not running on plane under those bridges is very dangerous.

As a kayak fisherman I want to give a big middle finger to anyone who does that... legal or not. There are always little crappie boats and jon boats, bass busters and yaks tied off on or near those pilings. And they could be on the backend of one where you cant see them and they cant see you.

Very dangerous situation to have a glitter boat shoot through there with any speed at all.

Common sense guys. Too many fisherman lost their lives bcs people dont practice common sense or show courtesy to their fellow man.

Sorry for your trouble with the law... my buddy got stopped on Caddo one time fishing by himself and the GW checked all his stuff too. He had everything and in working order then he asked to see his float cushion and he didn't have one. Out comes the ticket book. My buddy said , really? If I fall out who is going to throw it to me??? GW said it didn't matter have to have it..

This exactly. If they were concerned about public safety, no wake would be painted on the bridge every 100' like it is on Fork. How are visitors to the lake supposed to realize it is no wake when it isn't marked? True, there is a sign at the river channel, that says no wake, but you can't see it until you are at the bridge (if you are crossing the bridge at that place).

Bryan O' said he realizes he broke the law, it sounds like he is just frustrated with the way the LEO handled himself in the situation. I watched it all go down, Bryan O' was cruising up the lake, in a very safe manner considering the conditions, (boat traffic, rough conditions, large crowds) while wearing his PFD. He didn't fly under the bridge doing 70, throwing a 3' roostertail, no PFD, chugging Bud Lights, endangering everyone's lives.

Would be cooler if he had.

If that law is for every bridge, everyone that has fished a tournament on cedar creek has broke the law. You blast off at log cabin and haul [censored] under the bridge to main lake. I'm guilty of that.

I wish they were out there patrolling more on the weekends when there is nothing special going on

Our GW says that it is not illegal to run under a bridge Unless it is posted at the ramps and/or there are buoys mark g the bridge.

The bridge at cedar creek is no wake. Every tournament i have fishef there. Everyone idles under.

I have ran it many times, never seen a no wake buoy. When did they make it a no wake zone?