01-17-2002, 04:09 AM
WHILE IT IS TRUE AND MANY PROBABLY WILL NOT ADMIT IT OPENLY SOME BASSERS DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO RUN HIGH SPEEDS.... BUT UNLIKE WATER SKIERS' , SPEED BOATS AND JET SKIERS', BASSERS ON THE WHOLE DO NOT RUN BEYOND "SAFE" LIMITS TO BORDER LINE OUT OF CONTROL LIKE OTHER USERS OF THE LAKE. WATCH ANY BASSER ON PLANE HE WILL STEER CLEAR OF OTHER BOATS AND SKIERS. WHILE I'VE HAD JET SKIERS AND THE LIKE COME WITHIN 30FT OF MY BOAT. AND WHILE OUR HIGH POWERED BASS BOATS MAY DO 70+ MPH LOOK INSIDE ANY ONE OF OUR BOATS WE CARRY ALL THE NECESSARY PFD'S, SAFETY DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT. WE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS ON THE LAKE BETTER THAN YOU THINK. I AM SADDENED BY THE DEATHS OF THOSE FOUR, BUT RUN THOSE SPEEDS AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT. ESPECIALLY WITHOUT PFD'S.............CHECK OUT ALL THE ACCIDENTS ON ANY LAKE A MAJORITY ARE FROM PLEASURE BOATERS (SOME WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE). SO DON'T BLAME BASSERS FOR RUINING IT FOR OTHERS. IN REGARDS TO YOUR LAST STATEMENT THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE, BUT WILL THEY? ... WITH UNFOUNDED DUMBASS ACCUSATIONS LIKE YOURS THEY PROBABLY WILL AND NOT FOR THE BETTER.<br><br>