It is NOT illegal to fish in a marked channel. There is no law against this. I have posted the actual regulations on this site several times before. The foremost regulation of all is one that says regardless of all other laws and regulations, and other boaters behavior, ALL boaters are required to avoid collision and ALL boaters are ALWAYS responsible for their own wake.
You should read the laws before you start trying to be the enforcer. Why would you come out of the blue while we are enjoying ourselves talking about fishing and start preaching to a choir that isn't even yours? You want to preach to the choir, preach to your own on the boater side about obeying the laws that cover you and are in your personal control. There's more of us on this 'side' of the board that know and obey the laws much better than those on your 'side' of the board.
I've stayed off your side a long time because you all say you all know the regulations and follow them like angels. I'm willing to go with that despite what I see on the big lake week after week.
We have more important and fun things to do anyway than go to your 'side' of the board and preach to you guys. You want to improve on the ramps, demand that they are build better. That's the ONLY way they will be better. I guarantee it. We are almost the only major boating state in the country with this problem.
You want boating to be safer on the lake, set a good example always and preach to those you know and hang out with. Don't butt in on people you barely know or don't know at all, and tell them what to do. The only thing that will get you is an education on the real regulations as they are written, not as boaters who've never read them assume they are to fit their perceptions on things. BTW, it is NOT illegal to have your motor in gear on your trailer on a posted ramp. That is not the definition of powerloading.
If you want to push this issue, I'm too darn busy fishing right now to post the regulations again for the 3rd, 4th or 5th time, but I will later this fall. You can find them on the history by searching for them if you don't want to wait and want to see what the regulations actually are.
That's the long version. Here's the short version. Mind your own business and don't butt into threads with unrelated, troublemaking, negative posts. Very rude.
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