Thread: Irritating jet ski justice.

Couple times each summer the wife, kids and I will go get a bucket of fried chicken and sit on the picnic tables at George Winter park on the Meramec River in Fenton for a couple of hours on a weekend afternoon.

The entertainment is priceless. Can't beat watching the weekend pleasure-boaters who are inexperienced, sunburnt and drunk bounce into each other and all kinds of fixed objects. Mrs RLSIV says a motivated divorce attorney could make himself a good living setting up a little booth right next to that ramp - seen PLENTLY of husband/wife and boyfriend/girlfriend fights when couples are trying to launch or load a boat... wife backing the trailer down cockeyed, husband screaming at her, etc.
Good times. Only thing better might be having a beer at one of the state park campgrounds at dusk on a Friday evening - watching couples trying to figure out how to put up their new tent and almost coming to blows.
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Some boaters can be annoying at the boat ramp and not exclusive to just the jet ski crowd either .
I have seen some fisherman do the same thing . The worst is when they load the boat with tackle while on the ramp , or when they decide to check out the motor for the first time in the season while still hooked to the trailer.
9 out of 10 times the boat will not start and they will crank it until the battery is dead .
Now if I see a person struggling with a boat and in need of help , I will offer assistance no matter what they arrive in , pleasure boat or fishing boat.
I hate to see someone struggle who may be unfamiliar with launching or landing a boat , while others just sit back impatiently and roll their eyes .
We were all rookies at one time and it does take some practice launching and landing a boat .
I have been a part of bass tournaments and they launch and land a boat quicker and more efficiently than any other group of boaters.