Should I Even Care?

[Fishin4Life]

I haven't heard of the 30 minute rule either. I just usually back my boat in as fast as I can because I want to get out on the water and I don't like people staring at me! I always do something stupid when people watch like fall in the cold spring water when walking on the tounge of my trailer (trying not to get wet) shoving the boat off! LOL

[Slyster]

I feel bad when I fish alone.. no one to park the car when I go to tie up the boat.

[Fishin4Life]

I agree Sly, but after doing it a bunch of times, I find I beat the guys that launch their boat with two guys to the parking spot, not all the time, but it has happened. So far this year the launches have not been overly packed either. People seem not to mind as long as they see you are trying to hurry.

[78cj5]

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I feel bad when I fish alone.. no one to park the car when I go to tie up the boat.

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This made me laugh. I remember another thread about how one FMer uses his CoPilot to send his boat out a couple hundred feet off the launch while he parks his rig. He then recalls the boat when he gets back down to the dock...

[Fishin4Life]

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This made me laugh. I remember another thread about how one FMer uses his CoPilot to send his boat out a couple hundred feet off the launch while he parks his rig. He then recalls the boat when he gets back down to the dock...

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Now that is cool, until you hit something on accident! Can you imagine that. A boat driving toward you at trolling speeds with no one in it. TWILIGHT ZONE!

[Down Deep]

You should care if you are sure you know what they are doing. But, make sure you know.

I use musky gear to fish for pike and have done so twice this season, once on Vermillion and once on Island Lake in Duluth. If the DNR shows up and questions me about it that is what I would report to them.

My take is if you see someone catch and keep a musky out of season then you should call the TIP line because that is poaching. Otherwise you have to be a mind reader. If everyone programs the number into the cell phone and calls every time they think something is amiss then TIP would quickly become ineffective because of the number of calls.

On opening weekend I was in Greenwood Bay along with about 25 other boats. My fishing partner caught a walleye. We carefully measured it at 16 3/4 and pitched in the live well. There was a guy in a boat about 50 feet away started making loud insinuations that we kept an oversized fish. Every time we got close to his boat he would start in again. This went on for about an hour, until I moved well out of range. To me the only thing he proved was that he was a jerk.

PS: My boat is a CELL PHONE FREE ZONE.

[BobT]

I would really suck to let it get too far out and lose radio control especially if a wind was taking it further out.

Bob

[porschevy]

That was me that said I use my copilot to launch my boat. I don't know why, but mine seems to have a better range than most others. I can let it go a couple of hundred feet, of course if the wind is blowing to hard I will tie it up...

[dovix]

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What is the "30 second rule"? Haven't heard of that one.

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If it takes you more than 30 seconds to launch or load your boat when there's a line, there will usually be someone who starts to huff and puff and get all bent out of shape because you're taking too long.

[upnorth]

Should have been out there sat when I was trying to load the boat with a 15 to 25 mph cross wind, they would have blown a gasket Took 3 runs to get the boat straight on the trailer. Wasn't too bad until it would gust.....

[TurnUpTheFishing]

30 seconds to load?! Wow, I bet alot of people get mad at me especially if Im on my own.

[Fishin4Life]

30 seconds is pretty quick. Not sure if I have ever seen anyone load a boat in 30 seconds. Sounds a bit un-realistic. Next time I go I am going to be timing myself and other people, LOL

[castmaster]

you cant possibly even back in the boat, put truck in park, and walk back to get in the boat in 30 secs.

even with 2 people launching (one in the boat, one in the truck) you cant possibly back in, start boat, unhook strap, back off trailer, pull trailer out in 30 seconds....c'mon!!

what that all comes down to is common courtesy. as long as the person got everything ready (straps off transom, transom saver off, all their gear loaded etc etc) before pulling onto the ramp, i do my best to cut them some slack. i've even offered to help guys i could tell were struggling.

everyone is a new boat owner/user at some point and has to learn. and i think most people who arent real great at teh whole thing do that much worse when they know people are getting upset over them taking some extra time...just kind of compounds things. so unless they are the type that backs down the waters edge and then starts getting he boat ready to launch i dont let myself get angry.

as for the clowns who skirt the law by fishing out of season all they do is "wreck" things for the law abiding folks. really sucks to obey the law and wait for musky opener only to be throwing to fish that have been seeing baits for almost a month becuase others dont follow the rules.

i am another who believes pike opener should be held back until memorial weekend with bass opener, and that muskie season shou7ld be moved up a week and open memorial weekend as well. that way you will eliminate as best it can those who fish bass and musky pre season by claiming they are pike fishing. and while it may suck for those true pike fishermen your really only talking about 2 weeks difference.

as for the idea that because a person sppeds on occasion or doesnt come to a complete stop the yshouldnt say anything about someone violating game laws is ridiculous. that same logic would say that because one does thosde things they have no right to say anything about rapists, molesters or murderes because they broke a law too.

if we only allowed judge and jury to be comprised of saints we would be living under anarchy because there'd be no one in jail!!

[Fishin4Life]

Well put castmaster

[Mr. Pike1]

Very interesting post. This would be a tough one to prove as this law really comes down to the indivdual. The letter of the law is to not intentially target fish out of season. The individual in question may have truely been targeting pike with larger baits. He may on the other hand been targeting Musky out of season and only he would know. Like many things it comes down to integrity. I have great success for pike with spinner baits. However, I avoid tossing these until the bass season kicks off

[BobT]

I was thinking about that last night while I was trailering mine. I have always thought that I do pretty good but 30 seconds on average? I'd like to see the guy that can do that by himself regularly. Is he one of those that has someone else drive to the lake and back the trailer in so he can drive his boat onto the trailer and then just ride it out? And when does the clock get started? Of course never mind the damage being done to the launch area or the possible damage to his lower unit when he drives it into the dirt. I can launch in less than 30 seconds but trailering is another story.

Bob

[Dobber]

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What is the "30 second rule"? Haven't heard of that one.

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The only "30 second rule" I know of is from the movie "Heat" with Robert Deniro and Al Pacino and it has something to do with not having anything in your life (emotional/physical) that you can't get rid of in 30 seconds or less.

[BobT]

Launching and trailering a boat is not always a simple task, especially doing it solo in high waves.

First, backing a trailer is a learned ability and unless one does it often enough, it can be a little daunting.

Second, I think boat dealers need to offer more information about how to launch and load a boat. Different trailers are different. For example, I waited for about 1/2 hour for three gentlemen who were struggling to load a large boat onto a carpeted rail trailer not properly submerged. They broke their winch line twice trying to winch the boat onto dry rails. These types of trailers need to be deep enough to submerge the rails or you will struggle. E-Z loader trailers on the other hand are just the opposite. I have found that one needs only to back in until the rear most rollers are just barely under the surface. The rollers will then guide the boat and center it properly on the trailer. It never fails that if the trailer is too deep, the boat will not track true as it is being winched on.

I think we have to keep in mind that not all have the same level of experience backing trailers and launching and loading boats. Have a little patience. And as I failed to do with the three fellows and the rail trailer, offer assistance when someone is obviously struggling. The worse they can do is refuse your help.

Bob

[Down Deep]

As for launch and trailering as long as the boater is ready to launch when it is his turn I really don't care how long it takes them. Most do it quickly anyway. I'll bet that fewer than 5% of the boats are launched by a solo boater and I've never been at a ramp where others haven't offered help when they see the solo guy. I think that a lot of people forget that we are going fishing for recreation and to wind down a little. I'm not going to let what someone does at the ramp get my nighty in a knot.