Anyone had a problem with speeding boats in the canal

[stiff tip]

a little cheese n crackers with that wine..... hay its a navigational waterway first ..not your favorate fishing spot .... cant we all play together ??????

[redlite]

only by the Corps patrol boats....sometimes they come in so close to shore you could give em a high 5 (or a big #1)

[Bob Thomas]

Originally Posted by redlite

only by the Corps patrol boats....sometimes they come in so close to shore you could give em a high 5 (or a big #1)

I was just about to post the same exact thing. They steam up tight to shore just riding around. 1 day, we had them playing with THEIR rigid doing donuts and figure 8's down the west end IN the canal. Waves were crashing everywhere.

[robc22]

Originally Posted by stiff tip

a little cheese n crackers with that wine..... hay its a navigational waterway first ..not your favorate fishing spot .... cant we all play together ??????

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........

[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.

[robc22]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

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.

Ya....you have to go 6 mph or 20 or more to make no wake......such is running a planing hull.....

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Sea Flat

I have an 18.6 CC boat and have travelled through the canal about 6 times in it. I will say it is very difficult for me to keep the speedometer at 10mph. I usually will try and find the slowest speed possible for me in order to stay up on plane which is usually around 17mph. Most likely you are talking about the guys with twin engines doing 30+mph, but just wanted you to know it can be tough especially in a smaller boat to adhere exactly to the 10mph speed limit.

A light outboard on plane makes almost no wake. And it certainly is going to have a zero effect on fishing, other than making you hold up your cast if it's in range.

Originally Posted by trevier

the speeders bother me yes, how about the a-holes that are 40ft from shore when they have the whole canal to use, that really blows smoke up my arse for sure, you yell at them and they look at you like what I am I doing something wrong, duh

Sailboats are the worst for this--they seem to think that they have to run 50' from shore. I asked a guy once why he was so close--he told me he heard on the radio that a barge was approaching Hog Island Channel. He was around the Bourne Bridge at the time.

Originally Posted by Sweetwater

10 knots against a 7 knot current would barely be headway. But 10 mph against a 7 knot current would almost appear to someone on shore as a boat doing 17 mph as judged by its wake.

A displacement hull heading upcurrent makes twice the wake of one heading downcurrent. In a couple of spots, a barge fighting the current will create rips that take a half hour or more to subside.

[RoyL]

I have more of a problem with the boats that stop to fish in front of me. Sometimes fishing for more then a half hour before taking off. I never see them get caught and i see it happen a lot

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by RoyL

I have more of a problem with the boats that stop to fish in front of me. Sometimes fishing for more then a half hour before taking off. I never see them get caught and i see it happen a lot

that 's what happens when you are a celebrity fisherman

Me I never have that problem because I am usually in the wrong place at the wrong time. and people know it.

if they swamp you just sue them as they are responsible for their wake.