Chuck56 wrote:
Yeah Fred. I mainly fish Rayburn and t- bend . Also naconiche and sometimes fork . All those lakes have transom ripping stump fields. I’m always paying attention , and luckily I have never hit anything while running . Now I have done the “ bump and roll “ when I was idling in or on the trolling motor...lol.... I remember the first time I fished fork , I hired a guide. We were in his boat running about 50 , lake was kinda rough . I looked down to my left and there was a big angle - cut stump / tree , at least 18” diameter right next to the boat. We were in 10ft / water. I could have reached down and touched it. He never saw it , he wasn’t wearing a jacket ( I was ) , and didn’t have his kill switch attached . Later on , at the end of the day , I said something about the tree . He said “ hmm. how did that get there ? I run that way all the time “ . I also said something about not using his kill switch , and he was silent. Strange thing was , he claimed to be a “ safe boating instructor “ , had a patch on his shirt to that effect......usually when I have used a guide , I always watch them to see if they know what they are doing , and if they do their job , I usually tip them about 15% of their original fee. Needless to say, even though this guy did put me one a few fish at fork ( nothing major ) , no tip for him. Lol
Yeah Fred. I mainly fish Rayburn and t- bend . Als... (
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That's more dangerous than going in blind Chuck. As you said, a professional guide should be setting an example of safe behavior, and a "Safe boating instructor " to boot. If I ever get to check out a place with those conditions, you can bet I'll be idling around, and studying a chart.