07-10-2021, 10:23 PM
Ask TD about people getting to close at speed !! He has had more than one run in with The power squadron in his tube. What I can't understand is why they have to ski so close to the shore. About 10 yrs ago, I was fishing Deer Creek, mid morning buzz bait bite under the tracks. I was sitting on the corner where the shore turns north, bout 20 ft off the shore, throwing back along the rocks. A boat, pulling a skier is coming towards me, with the skier next to the shore. Neither the driver or skier were paying attention and the skier was going to cut between me and the shoreline, pulling the rope over my boat. I bounced my buzz bait off the windshield of the boat, causing the driver, a girl, to swerve to the right, dropping the skier into the water about 25-30 ft in front of me. I got on the trolling motor and moved between the guy in the water and the boat. Every time she would try and come in and pick him up, I would bounce the buzz bait off the windshield again. Kept him in the water for about 20 minutes, then let her get him. Of course they immediately went to the ranger who came over and was going to give me a ticket until I explained what happened. He then went and ticketed them. I can't count the number of times I have been fishing a shore line and had a ski boat or jet ski go between me and the shore. It is insane. I hope that this enforcement effort is not short lived, but continues on into the future. We can only hope !!!