[Rhodes22-list] Steve 2 cycle vs 4 cycle smoke: ad nauseam

[Wally Buck]

I see the high speed bass boats all the time. I find it amusing that just 
going fishing  is so dangerous you need to wear full helmets. :-)

A while back a train wrecked near the river leaking something that created 
toxic fumes. I can't remember what but I think it was chlorine.  Anyway they 
had to evacuate an area of several square miles. Most of the fumes stretched 
out across the river. Both TVA and TWRA had boats out and "closed" the 
river. This all took place during a Bass Tournament and a couple of the 
boats were caught on the wrong side of the fumes. When they tried to return 
for the weigh in the could not get through. One boat decided that toxic 
fumes be damned, we got some big fish in the well. They went right through 
the fumes at high speed and out ran the blockade.

They made it back to the weigh in and actualy won the $35,000 bass boat that 
was first prize. They were later arrested at the weigh in site and they were 
denied their prize. They wound up filing a law suit of course.  I think they 
lost the suit and had to pay several hundred dollars in fines.

I use the cheap Walmart rod and reel combos that cost about $15 dollars. I 
keep one on the boat year round with a small tackle box. I fish from both my 
sail boat and my kayak.

Fair Winds!


>From: Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Steve 2 cycle vs 4 cycle smoke: ad nauseam
>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 06:31:57 -0800 (PST)
>
>Yeah Rob, those boat & motor companies who sponser
>those tournament are the ones that push these big
>motors.  I have also heard that why they now have the
>guys come back & weight in thier catches a couple
>times a day as oppose to just at the end of the day
>like it use to be.  But if you show up early for the
>tournment & find a few good fishing holes; there is no
>need for that shotgun start.
>
>Whats funny, is how dangerous it is to push those
>boats that fast where the boat is almost entirely out
>of the water.  All it would take is hitting one log &
>that boat would flip.  But I would also say that no
>one should ever stand in the way of someone doing
>somthing so stupid that they get themself killed -
>It's thier Constitutional Right, you know:-)
>Steve
>
>
>--- Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> > Last year when we were headed back to the marina
> > just before dusk, we
> > noticed a bunch of boats gathered around the
> > entrance.  All of a sudden, all
> > of them shot out of there like (pick your favorite
> > metaphor).  As they
> > scattered to all parts of the lake the noise and the
> > waves were hard to
> > describe.  Mark, who happened to be with us, said it
> > was a shot gun start
> > fishing tournament.  So, we figured the 200 hp motor
> > is so they can get to
> > their favorite fishing hole before the other guy.
> > Nothing like a little
> > "speed fishing".  Of course, as Steve suggests, a
> > big motor don't catch no
> > fish.
> >
> > Rob Lowe
> > S/V Getaway
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:05 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Steve 2 cycle vs 4
> > cycle smoke: ad nauseam
> >
> >
> > > Now Jim.
> > > Look at the pictures.  Seriously, does that not
> > look
> > > stupid.  That boat need a 200 hp motor like I need
> > a
> > > hole in my head:-)  That guy is trying to impress
> > > someone but it not happening with me.  That 200 hp
> > > motor does nothing for helping his fishing.  There
> > was
> > > a fishing tournament back in October.  There were
> > pics
> > > in the paper of all these overpowered bass boats;
> > but
> > > what got me was the pic of the guy that won the
> > > tournment - Proudly holding up this big bass (your
> > > gonna love this) standing next to his 14 foot
> > tri-hull
> > > with a 50 hp motor:-)
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
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