Boat noise - just a little gripe

Just a little fun griping. We were leaving Jordan on Saturday and this guy was getting ready to take off from the dock and his boat nearly put me deaf. It was a pleasure boat with an inboard and above water exhaust. I tied off at the ramp and my daughter stepped out on the dock just as the guy started his boat. I thought my poor daughter was going to jump to the other side of the lake. The man and woman on that thing couldn't even talk to each other it was so loud. They just kept yelling. I told my daughter to plug her ears like I was doing and just laugh. Oh how I love to fish in the winter months.

amen

That's why I kayak in waters they can't go.

I don't know which is worse, the loud exhaust or the mega-stereo systems on the big ski boats!!!

I went out Sunday afternoon and was longing for the winter months too. Saw a kid (10-12 yr old) fall off the front of a wake boarding boat trying to pick up a water bottle floating in the lake. I don't think the operator knew it happened and it looked like th boat was still in gear. The kid was pushing himself away from the side of the boat the whole length of it. They looked at me like I was crazy when I was yelling the kid had fallen off then said "We were just picking up the trash."

Never seen the parking lot at Harris so full on Sunday, people lined up to load and unload. Luckily while I was there it seemed everyone had a brain and things went pretty smooth. Still, thinking about a kayak myself...

Which ramp did you go out of at Harris? I've been to Holleman's before and it was lined up to the paved road. I generally stop going to Harris in the summer unless I get there in mornings or real late in the evenings. It's only going to get worse with all the houses they are building near the lake.

Yep Holleman's, it's 10 minutes from my house. I might just drive to the other ramp. I moved to Holly Springs in 2000 so I got dibs on that ramp :) Where do you go in the summer?

Was fishing Jordan last year and some jerks in a wakeboat " Pirate" on the side started harrassing me. The adult(?) skier swung by so close he could have touched my boat. Started carrying a wrist rocket for snakes. I did call law enforcement. They said they were familiar with the boat/ operator.

Had a water skier spray me one time then come back around just as I was making a cast. Spooled me then came back and harassed me along with another boat of their friends.

Every once in awhile we'll go to Harris but we usually got to Jordan. Jordan is so much larger and has a lot more ramps. Love Harris but with 2 small ramp areas it's tough in the summer.
It seemed like every time I went to Harris there was a sheriff's boat on the water but I've never seen any law enforcement at Jordan. When the idiots start harassing it's good to have the video running on the smart phone. They can't argue when the video shows what these morons are doing.

Call the NCWRC violation number and report a violation; most times a WRC Officer will respond, if there is one in the area. They love to give harassers a citation.
(The law states [No person shall operate a personal watercraft on the watersof this State at greater than no-wake speed within 100 feet
of an anchored or moored vessel, a dock, pier, swim float,
marked swimming area, swimmers, surfers, persons engaged
angling, or any manually operated propelled vessel (except
within 50 feet in a narrow channel)). Other laws also cover the reckless endangerment of people and property.

As for the skiers, I have been tempted to accidentally cast an old plug, with several treble hooks, into their path. You might get sued, but they would have to prove that that it was intentional, and the 100 foot rule would be in your favor.

As far as the boat noise, get ear plugs; there's no law on it that I know of, yet, but contacting our legislators might change that.

B-

That brings up another question. When you guys are going thru a somewhat narrow creek, like Robeson, do you do so on plane or do you go slow? I don't like to come off as the butthead that has a need for speed that is doing 30mph out of there but I prefer people to be on plane but not within 10 feet of me. The bigger boats that sit low in the water can give off some major wake if they are slow moving.

Anytime I pass a boat on narrow rivers (Eno-Flat-Upper Neuse) I go to "no wake" idle. It's just common courtesy !!!

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Originally Posted by bhgammon

Call the NCWRC violation number and report a violation; most times a WRC Officer will respond, if there is one in the area. They love to give harassers a citation.
(The law states [No person shall operate a personal watercraft on the watersof this State at greater than no-wake speed within 100 feet
of an anchored or moored vessel, a dock, pier, swim float,
marked swimming area, swimmers, surfers, persons engaged
angling, or any manually operated propelled vessel (except
within 50 feet in a narrow channel)). Other laws also cover the reckless endangerment of people and property.

As for the skiers, I have been tempted to accidentally cast an old plug, with several treble hooks, into their path. You might get sued, but they would have to prove that that it was intentional, and the 100 foot rule would be in your favor.

As far as the boat noise, get ear plugs; there's no law on it that I know of, yet, but contacting our legislators might change that.

B-

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The day I got harrassed by the wakeboarder, I chased him down ( wakeboats usually don't go too fast. I took pictures, as the jerk in the water pointed to his boat numbers. My wife , 14 year old son, and I then moved out into open water. A center console passed us playing a song saying " Myrtle Beach! G**D*** MF, Myrtle Beach"! It was all I could take. Called WRC.Not much they can do without witnessing the incident. With all these people moving down here from states where being an ******* is virtue, it may be best for people like me to fish during the week or at night. Sorry to be blunt, but, it's a character flaw I have,

I always troll from the ramp in Robeson creek to the mouth no matter what the time of year. Always catch something thru there.