"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gfretwell wrote:

And then there is the incident during the "poor boy's fishin'
tournament" where the pack of go-fast bass boats

A responsible BASS would rewrite the rules to take the boat race factor
out of
the "fishing" tournament. It is ridiculous to inflict 250 hp bass boats
on the
residents of small lakes just because Bill Dance has one and "we all
want to be
like Bill".
If you just want a boat that goes 60MPH, buy one, but don't try to tell
us it
is because you need it to catch fish on a small lake.


I agree, but...

It isn't really bill dance or roland martin or most of the other "names"
with tv shows who are fueling the horsepower race in BASS tournaments.
It is, as you stated, the rules at many of these events that require the
participants to have very high speed boats to cover large areas on the
bigger lakes and rivers.

Bill and Roland are often out in very small boats on their television
shows, Dance especially, and you hardly ever see them racing around.
Most of the working guides on these lakes also use boats suitable for
their waters.

Ever been in one of those 80 mph bass boats at WOT? I have. NOT a
pleasant ride and, even in the best-designed boats, dangerous and scary.



The real ****er is those of us who own so called performance boats (Baja,
Checkmate, Pantera, Cigarette, Scarab, etc) pay big assed insurance premiums
because of the speed (or perception of them as fast) of our boats while the
assholes in the 84 MPH bassracers pay squat in comparison. It's scary to
watch those idiots fly along like they are Miss Budwieser in their little
flat bottom hull with a 225 HP OB screaming along...... and then the ****
hits the fan when they hit a sailboat wake.....