Poll #52

What is the minimum distance you give when you pass a boat that is fishing?
Posted by Ducks.
active from Monday 22 June 2009 - 08:20:03 to Wednesday 15 July 2009 - 06:28:30.
votes: 40
200 feet  
35% [Votes: 14]
100 feet  
30% [Votes: 12]
50 feet  
30% [Votes: 12]
25 feet  
2.5% [Votes: 1]
10 feet  
0% [Votes: 0]
bump rails (bump heads)  
2.5% [Votes: 1]


rellison8
22 Jun : 11:56
This is a tough question to answer.

I like to give a fisherman as much room as possible, however on the river in many areas that I and others fish it is very tight creek and canals and some times you can not get in or out of them unless you are on plane so fact is you may have to run past a guy fishing and almost bump rails and your even running 20+mph. That may sound crazy but its just how it is. Long as the guy is giving me as much room as he can and still be operating his boat in a safe manor I am ok with it.

I'm sure that answer differs from many of the rest of you that are in a little more wide open spaces.

Catland
22 Jun : 12:49
Many of you may know this, but it is illegal to be within 100 ft of a boat if they are standing still or going less than 5mph, and you are going greater that 5mph, and 50 ft if both vessels are going faster than 5mph. 100 ft is not very far at all.

gsmith
22 Jun : 19:22
I try to give as much room as possible. I also like to stay on plane and not "plow" around the boats as I think that causes more problems for the fisherman. As a fisherman I have had boats come very close as if to cause more problems.

Another good question, will be interesting to see the final results.

APRock
22 Jun : 19:27
I too try to stay as far away as I can within reason, and it also depends on how fast I am going. Been in the middle of Spirit anchored up for perch, and decide to move - can't help but get within less than 100 ft of others, so it's idled way down to get out of the pack. I also noticed that my boat makes a bigger wake at 10MPH than it does at 20MPH - not quite up on plane and pushing more water out of the way I guess. So if I am able to get past someone at a greater distance, I'll go faster to give them less wake to deal with..

Brittlab
22 Jun : 19:32
pretty new boat captain here but I try to give as much room as possible. I'm mostly on no wake lakes so everyone is just creeping along anyway


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