Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Wake Boats Date:   8/14/2018 10:47:56 PM

This is exactly why people start talking about a ban.  Because polite discussion with the offender doesn't work, signs don't work, courses in boat etiquette don't work, expecting the marine police to do something doesn't work, so what do you do?  You turn to legislation, and then the offenders are up in arms about how unfair it is.  Face it - it is a different world than it was in the past.  More people are only concerned about themselves and what they want to do, without giving a thought to anyone else.  Try to talk and you will get a profane response.  It is a large lake and there just aren't enough MP to be everywhere.  

I live on a thankfully quiet slough - yes, sometimes pontoon boats come down the slough a little fast, this past weekend we had someone on a jet ski who could think of nothing better than cutting donuts in the slough (when bigger water was within sight).  We rarely venture out on the water on the weekends, because during the week when everyone is gone is so pleasant.  A few times when we had guests and took them out on the weekends, it scared me to death - wake boats, jet skis, people pulling kids on tubes, pontoon boats, fishing boats going every which way with not much courtesy.  

In my view, that is why people start talking about bans - becasue they get so frustrated with a situation for which there seems to be no solution, except a legislative one.