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 Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/18/18 07:22 PM
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Do you have to have your life vest on at all times or only when peddling / paddling?
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/18/18 07:32 PM
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/18/18 08:36 PM
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Most guys fishing Fayette this weekend aren't on the forum. Hopefully everyone is lit up properly. Going to be crowded...
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/18/18 11:54 PM
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Do you have to have your life vest on at all times or only when peddling / paddling? Rules require wearing vest all the time. Can only temporarily remove to adjust clothing.
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 12:18 AM
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One time they scheduled a yak tourney the same day as a media tourney and a lot of those "entitled" yakkers didn't have any kind of navigational lights and they released them 30 min b4 sun up. Some of those paddlers were at the weigh in mad because they were almost run over. The lake had 1 ramp, whomever decided yaks and bass boats are a good mix were crazy  Seemed like a lot of the yakkers thought they had "right of way" like a pedestrian in a crosswalk
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 12:42 AM
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People in yaks remind me of people on bicycles. .......move out da way!!!! ......and quit sneaking up behind me.
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
[Re: SuperSpookJr]
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01/19/18 12:44 AM
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Jeez, Fayette's gonna be a mess. You can barely fish Fayette on a normal weekend without being crowded on certain spots. Good luck to the yakkers. Y'all are gonna need it with some of those old grumps that fish Fayette.
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 01:23 AM
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There was one of these KAT tourneys on Bastrop about 2 years ago. TPWD says Fayette is 2400 acres and Bastrop is 906. I was told there was 160 or so kayakers. There was more than one "small club tournament" also. I swear you could walk from North Shore to South Shore by stepping on boats and kayaks without getting your feet wet.
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
[Re: SuperSpookJr]
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01/19/18 03:49 AM
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Seemed like a lot of the yakkers thought they had "right of way" like a pedestrian in a crosswalk
I've seen that too, as a kayaker also I really think they should stick to the back waters, rivers and tailraces where you can never get a bass boat anyhow, fishing is better there anyway because of the lower pressure. This is a bad accident waiting to happen.
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 04:58 AM
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On a lake the size of Fayette, the KATS TD's really stress the importance of safety at all times to participants - 360 lights (not nav lights), life vests at all times, and a whistle/horn. We're all Texans, here, so let's share the water respectfully and with mutual consideration.
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 05:50 AM
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One time they scheduled a yak tourney the same day as a media tourney and a lot of those "entitled" yakkers didn't have any kind of navigational lights and they released them 30 min b4 sun up.
Seemed like a lot of the yakkers thought they had "right of way" like a pedestrian in a crosswalk Probably would seem that way to a boater that felt entitled. If you haven't noticed there are a lot of boaters that don't use their lights early and late either. Might be a good idea to just use your trolling motor that day if you can't handle the pressure. Maybe anchor up out deep and learn to catch some less pressured fish. Win/win. 
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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One time they scheduled a yak tourney the same day as a media tourney and a lot of those "entitled" yakkers didn't have any kind of navigational lights and they released them 30 min b4 sun up.
Seemed like a lot of the yakkers thought they had "right of way" like a pedestrian in a crosswalk Probably would seem that way to a boater that felt entitled. If you haven't noticed there are a lot of boaters that don't use their lights early and late either. Might be a good idea to just use your trolling motor that day if you can't handle the pressure. Maybe anchor up out deep and learn to catch some less pressured fish. Win/win. I have 28 years experience in public safety, which includes fire/rescue on one of the busiest lakes in the DFW metroplex, I am talking about from a standpoint of life safety. I have seen yaks putting theirselves in danger many, many times. Spoke to several yakkers, on and off duty, and a lot have the attitude that boaters should watch out for them. Ultimately it doesn't make a difference whose "at fault" if an incident occurs. It's really about who has the common sense not to put them in the position to get injured or killed. But either way we will recover your dead body up so your family can have some closure...
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 12:14 PM
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I've been canoeing and kayaking many times, spent 4 days on the Medina river once in a canoe, but no way would you catch me in either on a lake where pleasure and bass boats are. You can catch just about any kind of fish from the river as you can in a lake and not worry about getting run over by a cabin cruiser or bass boat. And, there are public lakes that are fishable that don't allow motored powered boats. Like crossing a street at a cross walk where you should and get hit, doesn't matter whose at fault, you won't be around to see justice done.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed.
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 02:19 PM
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One time they scheduled a yak tourney the same day as a media tourney and a lot of those "entitled" yakkers didn't have any kind of navigational lights and they released them 30 min b4 sun up.
Seemed like a lot of the yakkers thought they had "right of way" like a pedestrian in a crosswalk Probably would seem that way to a boater that felt entitled. If you haven't noticed there are a lot of boaters that don't use their lights early and late either. Might be a good idea to just use your trolling motor that day if you can't handle the pressure. Maybe anchor up out deep and learn to catch some less pressured fish. Win/win. I have 28 years experience in public safety, which includes fire/rescue on one of the busiest lakes in the DFW metroplex, I am talking about from a standpoint of life safety. I have seen yaks putting theirselves in danger many, many times. Spoke to several yakkers, on and off duty, and a lot have the attitude that boaters should watch out for them. Ultimately it doesn't make a difference whose "at fault" if an incident occurs. It's really about who has the common sense not to put them in the position to get injured or killed. But either way we will recover your dead body up so your family can have some closure... I have 55 years experience on the water, which includes 15 years in one of the busiest ports in the world. I have seen kayakers AND boaters putting themselves and others at risk. It really is about WHO HAS THE COMMON SENSE not to put themselves in a position to get injured or killed AND not to put themselves in a position to injure or kill someone else. Otherwise I agree with everything you said.  I've even had to save Miami Fire and Rescue one time, maybe you caught that episode on tv.    
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Re: Lake Fayette 1/20 - 160+ kayak tournament
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01/19/18 03:34 PM
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I kept opening this thread just waiting for the Pizzin contest.......and there it is.
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