Far Beyond Driven Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Sheriff in the channel thinks 3.8 mph in a 14' boat displacing 550# is too fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playin Hooky Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 When I worked a sheriff boat in Cheboygan county we never trolled more than 2.4-2.7 in the channel this time of year. That's pushing the limits of making a contact per hour. Verbal warning or did he ticket you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Beyond Driven Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Verbal warning. I would not have let it go farther. I'm sure the 50' that went out thus morning put up more wake than I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaCatMich Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I am often amazed by how much wake a lot of the cruiser type boats create and think that it qualifies as "no wake". I am also dumbfounded at why there are "no wake" zones in many places -- such as the Holland channel -- when waves are often 1'+. Nature's wakes are okay, but boat wakes are not. How about a 5 mph limit instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playin Hooky Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 "Minimum speed needed to maintain control of the vessel" is how it read back in the day. Don't know if that has changed...but that rule was certainly subject to interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Beyond Driven Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 I can troll backwards at 0.3 mph and maintain control. I'll do that labor day and see how long it takes to get their attention.One time there was about a three mph current coming into Holland and a huge west wind. After the sailboat races they came back in under full sail. Some were going 11-12 mph, but with displacement hulls, no wake. We were trying to troll out and practically standing still. It was pretty impressive seeing them rip past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Beyond Driven Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Oh, that said 4/5 this morning.12" brown alphonse little devil 50' off a yellow bird12" brown f11 back gold rapala same as above6# lake run brown magnum mongoose stinger one colorLost a good rip on a gold red thin fish12" brown on a j-11 blue rapalaLet two of the little guys go but one was hooked hard.Odd as four hits were on the outermost boards. Maybe they were boat shy? Big one cane 30' from the boat and yanked the board under like a bobber... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarf Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I got the verbal warning today too. I usually keep at 5 knots. Never been a problem before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1mainiac Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 No gear in the water my boat idles at 6mph. Riggers divers bags and planer boards out 1.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailer Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The cops in the Holland Channel are dicks.There where 5' rollers crashing into the channel coming straight from the SW.We had Jon's boat just about laying on it side coming into the channel. Cop pull us over for going over no wake into the Channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N II Deep Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 on the other hand, we watched a disturbed boater power hard away from the Holland DNR launch this weekend. with a simple yell to slow down he proceeded to flip me off and then call me names.I invited him back to the dock to further discuss his cranial-anal inversion, he kept going at over no wake speed. the sheriff boat was just around the corner and Karma took its course....I hope he did get a ticket.and if you are on this site - I hope you enjoyed it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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