Quote Originally Posted by Ditch Basser View Post
A couple years ago I was fishing Limestone Bay (Arrowhead Landing) in the fall. I Bass Boat came charging right at me out of the creek with me paddling like a hummingbird on Redbull trying to get out of the way. I was spider rigging in my kayak where the water drops off about 18" coming out of the stump field. The water was just deep enough that the stumps were covered. When the clown was within a 100 feet of me, he finally saw me and turned hard left. Then he comes along side and started cussing about how he couldn't see me and how I shouldn't be on the water. He then jumped back on a plane and goes charging through the stump field. He made it a couple hundred yards before nailing a stump and nearly tearing the motor off. I got the enjoyment of watching him slowly limp towards Arrowhead using his trolling motor. I've decided the main lake areas just aren't worth the trouble (and risk of life) between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Too many folks without basic courtesy, skill, knowledge or common sense with too much boat and/or motor.
Reminds me of the guys who put in 20ft glass boats into the Hartselle Flint Creek ramp. Put in there, take off downstream wide open and go all the way to hwy 67. Why not just put in at the 67 ramp and save the fuel and risk? For the record the couple of guys I regularly see there that do that are nice and try to slow down when they pass you but unless they come to forward idle speed when they pass, they are better off going by on full plane imo.