As I am waiting for the delivery of my first boat, I was looking at some of the southern California waters where I plan on fishing. It looks like most of the best Bass fishing lakes (Castaic, Casitas, Silverwood and others) have a speed limit of 35 mph. I was wondering what the deal is with bass fisherman and their speedy boats. When do they get a chance to let loose. The areas where you can run a boat all out are places where you are competing with water skiers and where the fishing often isn't very good. Are the speed limits not in effect during tournaments or do the bass fisherman just ignore the speed limits. Maybe this is just a California thing and other parts of the country don't have speed limits. It just seems strange that the bass boats I have seen are meant for speed and than they are used on lakes with a 35 mph speed limit.