"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:59:31 GMT, "Bryan"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:08:32 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

How far is far enough
away that you don't feel like I'm being inconsiderate when I cruise by
with
speed on my mind?

if they are close to my line of travel, i will slow down or alter my
course to give the wake a chance to belly out or to give them a chance
to see it coming.

however, if they are on the other side of the lake, tough.

I'm probably being a little to sensitive and overprotective (explained by
being raised in California, I think).

there is an extra added aspect to this - if they are fishing close to
shore or in a shallow area, then slow down to zero wake - the shallow
areas cause fishermen the most problems.

The shallow areas are no problem with this lake. They are all no wake
zones. I'll keep the near shore idea in mind. With the responses I got to
this query, I'm convinced I've been doing right by 99.9% of the fishermen
(there's always going to be one grumpy old codger - probably a rec.boats
patron).