Was delivering a 110' boat to Fla., running down the ditch..... was an open
stretch, nothing in sight ahead, just the occasional side channel, doin
about 10K.
All of a sudden, looked up one of those side channels and noticed a
fisherman in a small flat bottom boat.... Oh Sh&t!!.....pulled em back but
knew it was too late!
As we went by, we could see that we'd sucked every last drop of water out
of that side channel and this "Goodoleboy" was high and dry in the mud with
his lower jaw hangin about down to his kneecaps.
Bout this time the water rushed back in to fill the void and all we saw was
assholes, elbows, and fishing poles flying in all kinds of directions......
Few minutes later we were overtaken by this "gentleman" from the South who
had many choice words to say about our "Yankee" heritage.....worst part was
that his anger became all the more incensed by the fact that we were all
ready in a total fit of laughter and the more he yelled the worse our fit
became!!!
To this day, I'm not sure how we kept that boat in the channel till he
finally gave up the chase!

otnmbrd wrote:
Was delivering a 110' boat to Fla., running down the ditch..... was an open
stretch, nothing in sight ahead, just the occasional side channel, doin
about 10K.
All of a sudden, looked up one of those side channels and noticed a
fisherman in a small flat bottom boat.... Oh Sh&t!!.....pulled em back but
knew it was too late!
As we went by, we could see that we'd sucked every last drop of water out
of that side channel and this "Goodoleboy" was high and dry in the mud with
his lower jaw hangin about down to his kneecaps.
Bout this time the water rushed back in to fill the void and all we saw was
assholes, elbows, and fishing poles flying in all kinds of directions......
Few minutes later we were overtaken by this "gentleman" from the South who
had many choice words to say about our "Yankee" heritage.....worst part was
that his anger became all the more incensed by the fact that we were all
ready in a total fit of laughter and the more he yelled the worse our fit
became!!!
To this day, I'm not sure how we kept that boat in the channel till he
finally gave up the chase!



It would have been really funny for you if someone in his boat had drowned.

"HK" wrote in message
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otnmbrd wrote:
Was delivering a 110' boat to Fla., running down the ditch..... was an
open stretch, nothing in sight ahead, just the occasional side channel,
doin about 10K.
All of a sudden, looked up one of those side channels and noticed a
fisherman in a small flat bottom boat.... Oh Sh&t!!.....pulled em back
but knew it was too late!
As we went by, we could see that we'd sucked every last drop of water out
of that side channel and this "Goodoleboy" was high and dry in the mud
with his lower jaw hangin about down to his kneecaps.
Bout this time the water rushed back in to fill the void and all we saw
was assholes, elbows, and fishing poles flying in all kinds of
directions......
Few minutes later we were overtaken by this "gentleman" from the South
who had many choice words to say about our "Yankee" heritage.....worst
part was that his anger became all the more incensed by the fact that we
were all ready in a total fit of laughter and the more he yelled the
worse our fit became!!!
To this day, I'm not sure how we kept that boat in the channel till he
finally gave up the chase!


It would have been really funny for you if someone in his boat had
drowned.

Sorta raises a question though. What is the purpose of the ICW? Is it an
inland waterway for boat traffic or is it a private fishing channel for
locals?

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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otnmbrd wrote:
Was delivering a 110' boat to Fla., running down the ditch..... was an
open stretch, nothing in sight ahead, just the occasional side channel,
doin about 10K.
All of a sudden, looked up one of those side channels and noticed a
fisherman in a small flat bottom boat.... Oh Sh&t!!.....pulled em back
but knew it was too late!
As we went by, we could see that we'd sucked every last drop of water
out of that side channel and this "Goodoleboy" was high and dry in the
mud with his lower jaw hangin about down to his kneecaps.
Bout this time the water rushed back in to fill the void and all we saw
was assholes, elbows, and fishing poles flying in all kinds of
directions......
Few minutes later we were overtaken by this "gentleman" from the South
who had many choice words to say about our "Yankee" heritage.....worst
part was that his anger became all the more incensed by the fact that we
were all ready in a total fit of laughter and the more he yelled the
worse our fit became!!!
To this day, I'm not sure how we kept that boat in the channel till he
finally gave up the chase!


It would have been really funny for you if someone in his boat had
drowned.

Sorta raises a question though. What is the purpose of the ICW? Is it
an inland waterway for boat traffic or is it a private fishing channel for
locals?

Eisboch

Traffic cannot be expected to look up every side-channel and slow down in
time if there's boats in them. They'd have to slow down for every side
channel because by the time they could see small boats in them going at
speed it would be too late to slow down. The burden is on the small boat
fishing to keep clear of dangerous wakes coming from the ICW. Go fish
someplace else. There is a rule that says fishing boats shall not impede
traffic in a channel.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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Traffic cannot be expected to look up every side-channel and slow down in
time if there's boats in them. They'd have to slow down for every side
channel because by the time they could see small boats in them going at
speed it would be too late to slow down. The burden is on the small boat
fishing to keep clear of dangerous wakes coming from the ICW. Go fish
someplace else. There is a rule that says fishing boats shall not impede
traffic in a channel.

Wilbur Hubbard


At some point in the Carolinas (I think South, but can't remember for sure)
we came upon a large fleet of small jon boats, anchored and fishing, smack
in the middle of the channel and along it's shoreline. The guy ahead of us
in a trawler tried to get around them to the left and promptly ran aground.

After several minutes of deliberations, I started weaving my way between the
boats at idle speed on my 52' vessel. Despite this, we still got the one
finger salute from many of the boats along with references to certain parts
of one's anatomy.

Shuda waked them.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

Traffic cannot be expected to look up every side-channel and slow down in
time if there's boats in them. They'd have to slow down for every side
channel because by the time they could see small boats in them going at
speed it would be too late to slow down. The burden is on the small boat
fishing to keep clear of dangerous wakes coming from the ICW. Go fish
someplace else. There is a rule that says fishing boats shall not impede
traffic in a channel.

Wilbur Hubbard


At some point in the Carolinas (I think South, but can't remember for sure)
we came upon a large fleet of small jon boats, anchored and fishing, smack
in the middle of the channel and along it's shoreline. The guy ahead of us
in a trawler tried to get around them to the left and promptly ran aground.

After several minutes of deliberations, I started weaving my way between the
boats at idle speed on my 52' vessel. Despite this, we still got the one
finger salute from many of the boats along with references to certain parts
of one's anatomy.

Shuda waked them.

Eisboch



The "W" in ICW stands for waterway. By definition, it's a passage for
boats to travel. Fisherman have to understand that and yield to the
traffic. Of course some won't and their special salutes should be ignored.

HK wrote in
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It would have been really funny for you if someone in his boat had
drowned.


What a stupid sanctimonious statement!!
There was NO harm NO foul!!! He had a good story , we had a good
story....get off your asshole high horse!!

"otnmbrd" wrote in message
.70...
Was delivering a 110' boat to Fla., running down the ditch..... was an
open
stretch, nothing in sight ahead, just the occasional side channel, doin
about 10K.
All of a sudden, looked up one of those side channels and noticed a
fisherman in a small flat bottom boat.... Oh Sh&t!!.....pulled em back but
knew it was too late!
As we went by, we could see that we'd sucked every last drop of water out
of that side channel and this "Goodoleboy" was high and dry in the mud
with
his lower jaw hangin about down to his kneecaps.
Bout this time the water rushed back in to fill the void and all we saw
was
assholes, elbows, and fishing poles flying in all kinds of
directions......
Few minutes later we were overtaken by this "gentleman" from the South who
had many choice words to say about our "Yankee" heritage.....worst part
was
that his anger became all the more incensed by the fact that we were all
ready in a total fit of laughter and the more he yelled the worse our fit
became!!!
To this day, I'm not sure how we kept that boat in the channel till he
finally gave up the chase!


Good for you! Some of these recreational fishermen think they own the world.
I've had them actually block a navigable channel with their lines going from
one side to the other and they yelled at me to stop because they had lines
in the water. I slowed down, grinned and just kept motoring. Snagged a
couple of their lines and you shoulda heard the profanity.

I've even had kids fishing from a dock try to tell me to keep clear because
they had lines in the water. I had to tell them, "You better get them out
quick because I'm coming in."

Wilbur Hubbard

"otnmbrd" wrote in message
.70...
Was delivering a 110' boat to Fla., running down the
ditch..... was an open
stretch, nothing in sight ahead, just the occasional side
channel, doin
about 10K.
All of a sudden, looked up one of those side channels and
noticed a
fisherman in a small flat bottom boat.... Oh
Sh&t!!.....pulled em back but
knew it was too late!
As we went by, we could see that we'd sucked every last
drop of water out
of that side channel and this "Goodoleboy" was high and
dry in the mud with
his lower jaw hangin about down to his kneecaps.
Bout this time the water rushed back in to fill the void
and all we saw was
assholes, elbows, and fishing poles flying in all kinds of
directions......
Few minutes later we were overtaken by this "gentleman"
from the South who
had many choice words to say about our "Yankee"
heritage.....worst part was
that his anger became all the more incensed by the fact
that we were all
ready in a total fit of laughter and the more he yelled
the worse our fit
became!!!
To this day, I'm not sure how we kept that boat in the
channel till he
finally gave up the chase!


Well, at least you tried.

SBV