In all my years on the water it like the last five the real a**holes have showed up. I am surprise there has not been a killing at the ramps. I have seen so many rude people on and around the ramp that think they are the only one around. Last week I had a guy cut me off as I was backing down to launch, and went I honked at him he shot me the bird. The G W should write ticket for the wake wave in the no wake zone, maybe then people would learn how to come in the right way, after all it's a no wake zone.

It gets worse with every carload that moves to Texas. And it ain’t only outta staters. Us Texans have a short tolerance for stupid, then we give in and say screw it. Cant beat em, join em.

I just figured that the situation will continue to get worse at public boat ramps / public waters, and that I can only change my behavior- and not that of other people!

So for many years now I just go out when, and where there won't be crowds, and with watercraft that doesn't require a boat ramp for my excursions, haha! Having a large power boat was costing me precious time, $$$$, and most of all- peace of mind, during crowded water conditions.....

This is just one reason I don't go to the lake on the weekends, and yet I still see my share of A** hokes.

Ramps gotten as bad as fishing these days with the 250+HP bass boats going 60MPH every-time they move to a spot....literally see and feel them every-time they move, slamming the throttle, and going to a spot and making a 4 ft wave into they're new spot...then cast a few and slam it to another spot....then come in hot to the ramp....

They've asked how was the fishing...I usually say awesome even when you were testing your new boat out there, you going to buy it?...

Man i dont know how you didnt fly out of the truck and jump all over his arse! I know that is the wrong thing to do but man that was a deek move on that guys part!

happens at Ray Hubbard too.. Tawokoni is the worst experience by far.. even had a dip^^^^** come up on me while i was anchored, yelling and cursing at me for being in his trolling lane..did not know that there was a designated lane for " trollers only " in the middle of Waco bay.. do not know where this has started but i can almost garauntee that there will be some boaters who get shot for acting a fool out on the water. If it hasnt already happened yet

Ray Roberts is not user friendly at the boat ramp , most of the time the ramp is 3 feet off on the water .

sometimes it goes the other way too, my mercury bit the big one yesterday while fishing the legend of fork so had to come in on trolling motor.

got the mustang resort ramp and a solo guy with a nice center console pulled by a jeep rubicon was getting ready to launch. I walked up and got in the truck, pulled up ready to wait on him and he waves me by. I was way on the side of the ramp so there was plenty of room for both of us but he let me battle with trying to load with no power and backed in as I was pulling up.

next time I see him I am gonna offer to buy lunch or something, not many folks will do that for ya even when you are broke down.

so guy in the grey rubicon with the nice skeeter center console, huge thank you for bein a good dude.

Not to call you uninformed, that you're embellishing your story or just plain stupid, but I do not think a bass boat can make a 4 foot wake, much less one traveling 60MPH on it's pad.

This.
It's got to where a bass boat is just a wake boat with a trolling motor and $10,000.00 worth of electronics, including stereos, on it. Not in all cases, but many.

I’ve had a good run of decency on the water for approx 30 years. All good things come to an end…….time for me to go buy a tractor instead. Yesterday, wifey and I was at GV walking and I looked across the lake at all the boaters out there, and literally had a relieving sigh that I knew I had no place out there anymore. It was kind of an out of body, euphoric feeling….

I have a good deal on a deere, 65 horse.

I definitely looked at that but do not want a cab.