Anyone had a problem with speeding boats in the canal

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by robc22

This is a very good and valid point....... I see the corp slow folks down all the time.......As far as speeding in the ditch??? the biggest violator???? USCG in their semi-ridgid with the honda outboards attached, they are like state cops on the highway.....full throttle all the way....... but none the less, small boats running at high speed 30-40 ft off the shore are asking for trouble.....I got spooled by one years ago......I think all that mono around his wheel striped his hub.....I saw him drifting side-to about a mile east of where I was fishing........

that semi ridgid got me one day, came up so fast I didn't see it coming, couldn't reel in fast enough and those Hondas swallowed up my whiplash braid in no time I hope for their sake it just cut off instead of wrapped around.

The canal was built for boat traffic, but some of you are right, they need to stop coming in so close at such high speeds. That's why I like fishing at night.

I used to go thru on a 22' when I owned it and it sucked trying to go 10 mph, once on plane at about 18 it left almost no wake, but at 10 the wake was huge.