...somebody else is going to get hurt on the lake.
Was fishing last night, and was making a run to the cove in between East Fork and Collin Park, where the building thingy that is buoyed off is. Running pretty close to wide open. Ski boat is off to my right, close to the bank, engine shut off, just sitting there. When I get to about 100 yards of the boat, he fires up, idles for a few seconds, then takes off right in front of me. I was probably less than 10 yards of hitting the skier behind the boat. They got the what for.
Was fishing the buoyed off house thingy at East Fork. Sitting on the north east corner of the buoys, almost hitting it. Along comes a ski boat, makes a run right at the buoy, then turns within feet of hitting it, and me. They too, got the what for.
The second situation was nothing more than disrespect. I understand they have a right to be on the water as well. The operator of the boat had to have seen me, as he was heading directly at me. The first situation, however, was sheer stupidity and could have been really ugly had I not slowed down and turned as much as I could without throwing myself out of the boat.
You have to a license to drive a car; oh how I want for the days when you have to have one to drive a boat.
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"The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing." Babylonian Proverb
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