On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:46:33 -0400, Dave Hall
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:32:14 -0400, Marisa Louise
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:45:52 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Disclaimer: The behavior I'm about to describe does not bother me at all,
since I never anchor close enough for it to matter. No comments from the
peanut gallery, Dave.

Onward: There's a cove where I fish frequently. At the mouth of the cove on
any nice weekend, there'll be 5-10 boats rafted. I usually row in from that
point to avoid collecting weeds in my prop. Since my motor's off, it's easy
to notice that pretty much every one of those rafted boats has a different
song playing from its stereo system. I'm curious: Why would anyone go
through the trouble of owning a boat, fueling it, and tying it onto others,
just to spend an afternoon in the equivalent of an audio showroom gone mad?
:-)

The rafters had an interesting afternoon yesterday. I was anchored about
1000 feet away, deeper into the cover. The lying scum weather man said we'd
have 10-15 mph breezes. They were more like 30-35 mph. 6 rafted boats, 30-35
ft each, cut loose from their anchor(s), and came drifting into the cove en
masse at about 5 mph. While rafted, they were about 1 boat skinnier than the
widest part of the cove, and the water on either edge is about a foot deep.
There are low overhanging trees on either edge, too. It was quite the comedy
watching these folks try to disconnect quickly.


Well, my friends and I raft as you describe. But we call it "Party
Time". Lots of beer, jello shots, and music.


I can remember many fun weekends doing exactly that. Those who don't
understand rafting should have no problem when people who raft can't
understand the appeal of fishing......


Dave

Rafting is fun, but we don't play different music from all of our
boats. We do keep the volume sensible to be a bit courteous to other
friendly boaters.

I also like to fish and beat my Dad last year in a family steelhead
fishing contest "though not from our boats since the steelhead run in
the late fall". Both of us fish the same stretch of river.

I also caught my first Muskie last year trolling a pink Grandma lure.
Beat my Dad there too!





Love you all
Marisa Louise