I dont like em either, no idea how to make em quiet without outlawing them BUT the planet is getting crowded, more & more people on lakes, rivers, roadways, etc, etc, you gotta adapt. I dont like loud thumpity thump car stereos going down my street, loud motorcycles are awful, helicopters & planes are noisy too, The Who & Neil Young didn't do my hearing any favors, the list is endless, & the battle to stop it is futile. Give up, give in, smoke a joint & chill.

Yes, I do. And of course not one answer I can give you responds to the many and varied responses. However, some people take my pointing out the "wrongness" of the actual physical actions of some airboaters as entitled snow flake whining - instead of what it is - a pointing out of actual wrong actions by others - in, you know, real life not internet life. Am I whining? No. I'm saying out loud that some of these airboaters are in the wrong and I've provided information to back that assertion up. Am I a snow flake? [censored] dude, if you'd been with me through just tiny parts of my life you'd know better than that.

What I'm mainly getting out of this is that there are a lot of people on the internet that are extremely thin-skinned and ready to jump up and down in self-righteous anger on anyone that says anything that they can attribute some imaginary angst to, and that most of them it seems do not bother to actually read the message first.

Good attitude. I like it. Although I'll substitute Corona for the joint.

For ideas on how to make them quieter - there's a ton of stuff on the internet about it. And if you listen to 10 airboats you find 10 different volumes, some of them quite decent. So there are ways.

Decaf dude, decaf :-)

My thought is that Lloyd expects gun ranges to be loud, we all do BUT in return we also expect fishing to be a quiet time
However Lloyd you have obviously eluded to the FACT peace and quiet is not going to happen on that particular river
Or that stretch of the river for you. For others the circumstances may be quiet enjoyable and not bothered at all.
Bottom line is the problem your having is, it's just your opinion on what's loud and what's not. If you really "feel" that by not covering your ears you'll sustain permanent hearing damage, then I'd recommend finding other spots to fish even though this has been your residence for a long time. Sometimes you get old and give up things, But if you continue to go to river and fish, then the conclusion is it's just not that bad.

so it's alright if you airboat, but not ok for others???

Perfect example of what I mean about not replying to what I've actually said. You say I say it's not okay for people to airboat. Nope, that's not what I said. But thanks for the pic, it's a good one.

Seems you've drifted quite a ways off topic. Nice pic by the way, thanks!

I appreciate the advice but I'm not moving and I'm not going to quit fishing here either. I no longer expect the river to be quiet - that was years ago that could be expected. What I do say is that those airboaters who are extremely loud are in the wrong. That's what I say. Many of the airboats are not extremely loud in that way.

I get the feeling that there is gonna be a lot of airboats on the Brazos in the coming days.

There are most summer weekend days. Lots of them.

So I guess if something doesn't go your way you rant and expect others to accommodate you?


Sometimes you just have to suck it up and act like a grown man and just make the best of the situation.

Is that you setting the standard then?

Have fished the Brazos from below Pk and below Whitney all the way to Waco for a long time. Rarely do I go that I don't have airboats blowing right by me waaaaaaayyyyyy too close than should be allowed. Last trip down below PK, had a guy in an orange airboat come blowing by my wife and I within about 10' feet of us. No way that should ever happen.....