Natty Light
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2012
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Last weekend raised some questions for me on the proper way to treat fishermen who are fishing right on or in a navigation channel. This weekend was an extreme example. The crappie were staging along the creek channels in Kentucky lake and the weather was nice. The lake is still at winter pool so navigating outside of the channel is risky. I would normally do my best to cruise by them as far away as possible so as not to disturb them, but the skinny water eliminated that option. I do a lot of fishing myself so I am sympathetic to not disturbing the area being fished. The first pass I made was at idle speed. This took about 30 minutes given that the channel to the lake is over a mile long and there was about 1 boat per 20 yards. It was very crowded. The second pass I made coming back in I kept my boat on plane at a speed that would produce as little wake as possible.
As I mentioned I do a lot of fishing myself and even fish this particular channel very often. My preference when fishing would be that the pleasure boat pass me by as fast as they can do safely as opposed to idling by.
Are there a set of rules that givern this intercation. Idle by or cruise by safely?
As I mentioned I do a lot of fishing myself and even fish this particular channel very often. My preference when fishing would be that the pleasure boat pass me by as fast as they can do safely as opposed to idling by.
Are there a set of rules that givern this intercation. Idle by or cruise by safely?