Pleasure Boat Traffic

I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes. I was
being buzzed constantly by jet skis, water skiers & pleasure boats. The
point being that the fish were totally unaffected by the human activity. I
reasoned that life must go on, and that these fish were acclimated to the
blender-like waters. I'm tellin ya, I was right in it - my boat was rockin
& rollin & there was no wind. In fact it was at 4 PM on a hot & sunny
Saturday. Amazing. My rider & I had 13 good keepers in that stuff. The
fish actually seemed "active" despite props flying overhead every minute or
so. Just proves that an open mind can be your best asset.

Tite Lines!

warren
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http://www.warrenwolk.com
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com

I talked to a young fellow the other day who fishes ramps, and he says the
busier, the better. Evidently the prop wash of boats surging onto trailers
sort of stirs up the food system, disorienting the minnows, maybe dislodging
crayfish, who knows. He told me he caught six keeper bass the other day by
casting toward and around boats as they were loaded on the trailers. I
suggested he didn't make a lot of friends while doing so, but he said they
were mostly pleasure boaters, so he didn't really pay much attention.

Joe
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"WARREN WOLK" wrote in message
news:M2dwg.90$S_1.17@trndny05...
I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes. I was
being buzzed constantly by jet skis, water skiers & pleasure boats. The
point being that the fish were totally unaffected by the human activity. I
reasoned that life must go on, and that these fish were acclimated to the
blender-like waters. I'm tellin ya, I was right in it - my boat was rockin
& rollin & there was no wind. In fact it was at 4 PM on a hot & sunny
Saturday. Amazing. My rider & I had 13 good keepers in that stuff. The
fish actually seemed "active" despite props flying overhead every minute or
so. Just proves that an open mind can be your best asset.

Tite Lines!

warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com

"Joe Haubenreich" wrote in
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I talked to a young fellow the other day who fishes ramps, and he says the
busier, the better. Evidently the prop wash of boats surging onto trailers
sort of stirs up the food system, disorienting the minnows, maybe
dislodging
crayfish, who knows. He told me he caught six keeper bass the other day by
casting toward and around boats as they were loaded on the trailers. I
suggested he didn't make a lot of friends while doing so, but he said they
were mostly pleasure boaters, so he didn't really pay much attention.

Joe

We flip the main river here in the middle of the day with PWCs, wakeboards,
and water skiiers flying by constantly. Its so rough sometimes its a
challenge to stay in the boat. I've stayed in only by hanging onto the seat
a few times, and I know a couple people who have been pitched out.


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Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com



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What Lake Warren? I was on Hopatcong last Saturday with my wife, I would
have said hi! We didn't do so well, but we had a few.

Rich P


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
.. .
"Joe Haubenreich" wrote in
message . ..
I talked to a young fellow the other day who fishes ramps, and he says the
busier, the better. Evidently the prop wash of boats surging onto
trailers
sort of stirs up the food system, disorienting the minnows, maybe
dislodging
crayfish, who knows. He told me he caught six keeper bass the other day
by
casting toward and around boats as they were loaded on the trailers. I
suggested he didn't make a lot of friends while doing so, but he said
they
were mostly pleasure boaters, so he didn't really pay much attention.

Joe

We flip the main river here in the middle of the day with PWCs,
wakeboards, and water skiiers flying by constantly. Its so rough
sometimes its a challenge to stay in the boat. I've stayed in only by
hanging onto the seat a few times, and I know a couple people who have
been pitched out.


--
Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com



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I read your post and replies, and no one bothered to congratulate on you
win. Congratulations my friend.

Papa John.
"WARREN WOLK" wrote in message
news:M2dwg.90$S_1.17@trndny05...
I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes. I
was being buzzed constantly by jet skis, water skiers & pleasure boats.
The point being that the fish were totally unaffected by the human
activity. I reasoned that life must go on, and that these fish were
acclimated to the blender-like waters. I'm tellin ya, I was right in it -
my boat was rockin & rollin & there was no wind. In fact it was at 4 PM on
a hot & sunny Saturday. Amazing. My rider & I had 13 good keepers in that
stuff. The fish actually seemed "active" despite props flying overhead
every minute or so. Just proves that an open mind can be your best asset.

Tite Lines!

warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:35:19 GMT, "Papa John"
wrote:

I read your post and replies, and no one bothered to congratulate on you
win. Congratulations my friend.

Papa John.
"WARREN WOLK" wrote in message
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I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes.

Bah! That's like congratulating water for being wet.

..
Harry J aka Thundercat
Share the knowledge, compete on execution...
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
http://secretweaponlures.com

Just like Joe had talked to the young man who casted towards boats as
they were loading, I had stumbled across what I thought were white bass
2 years ago right at the mouth of the break wall (our boat landing) as
boats passed by. I took a few shots, caught a 50/50 split on
Largemouth/Smallmouth , all legals. I have not repeated this on every
launch, but , I have repeated it on entrances to Man made boat channels,
and launches that are enclosed and force boaters to go in and out a
certain way. I think the funniest thing is, is watching a bass boat go
past me as I sit next to the red buoy, and then cast directly at his
wash with a buzz bait and catch a legal smallie or largemouth. Seems to
hold up Spring, Summer, and fall. Doesn't happen every time,but often
enough to check it out each time :-).

Also, Lake Geneva in the southern part of Wisconsin gets TONS of boat
traffic, and that lake serves up some of the biggest fish in the state
(LM & SM), even right in the middle of the day, just like you spoke about.

One final note, CONGRATS MAN!

Chris
WARREN WOLK wrote:
I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes. I was
being buzzed constantly by jet skis, water skiers & pleasure boats. The
point being that the fish were totally unaffected by the human activity. I
reasoned that life must go on, and that these fish were acclimated to the
blender-like waters. I'm tellin ya, I was right in it - my boat was rockin
& rollin & there was no wind. In fact it was at 4 PM on a hot & sunny
Saturday. Amazing. My rider & I had 13 good keepers in that stuff. The
fish actually seemed "active" despite props flying overhead every minute or
so. Just proves that an open mind can be your best asset.

Tite Lines!

warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com

THANKS BUD!

Warren

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
.. .
Just like Joe had talked to the young man who casted towards boats as they
were loading, I had stumbled across what I thought were white bass 2 years
ago right at the mouth of the break wall (our boat landing) as boats
passed by. I took a few shots, caught a 50/50 split on
Largemouth/Smallmouth , all legals. I have not repeated this on every
launch, but , I have repeated it on entrances to Man made boat channels,
and launches that are enclosed and force boaters to go in and out a
certain way. I think the funniest thing is, is watching a bass boat go
past me as I sit next to the red buoy, and then cast directly at his wash
with a buzz bait and catch a legal smallie or largemouth. Seems to hold
up Spring, Summer, and fall. Doesn't happen every time,but often enough
to check it out each time :-).

Also, Lake Geneva in the southern part of Wisconsin gets TONS of boat
traffic, and that lake serves up some of the biggest fish in the state (LM
& SM), even right in the middle of the day, just like you spoke about.

One final note, CONGRATS MAN!

Chris
WARREN WOLK wrote:
I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes. I
was being buzzed constantly by jet skis, water skiers & pleasure boats.
The point being that the fish were totally unaffected by the human
activity. I reasoned that life must go on, and that these fish were
acclimated to the blender-like waters. I'm tellin ya, I was right in
it - my boat was rockin & rollin & there was no wind. In fact it was at
4 PM on a hot & sunny Saturday. Amazing. My rider & I had 13 good
keepers in that stuff. The fish actually seemed "active" despite props
flying overhead every minute or so. Just proves that an open mind can be
your best asset.

Tite Lines!

warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com

"WARREN WOLK" wrote in message
news:M2dwg.90$S_1.17@trndny05...
I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes. I
was
being buzzed constantly by jet skis, water skiers & pleasure boats. The
point being that the fish were totally unaffected by the human activity.
I
reasoned that life must go on, and that these fish were acclimated to the
blender-like waters. I'm tellin ya, I was right in it - my boat was
rockin
& rollin & there was no wind. In fact it was at 4 PM on a hot & sunny
Saturday. Amazing. My rider & I had 13 good keepers in that stuff. The
fish actually seemed "active" despite props flying overhead every minute
or
so. Just proves that an open mind can be your best asset.

Tite Lines!

warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com



Congrats on the win Warren. And I can attest, busy waters don't seem to
affect the fish, only the fishermen. I'm with you in thinking the fish are
just "used to" all the human traffic, their life must go on, they must feed
or perish.

I'd take it a step further and say that not only are they used to it,
but they seek and out, and utilize it to their advantage in hunting.
Similarly to the way that San Diego Lake largemouth wait near where the
trout stocking trucks make their dumps. I have never seen it myself,
but I have heard it is just a massacre.

Chris
SimRacer wrote:
"WARREN WOLK" wrote in message
news:M2dwg.90$S_1.17@trndny05...
I won a tournament last weekend by fishing right in the heart of
middle-of-the-day weekend insanity on one of NJ's most crowded lakes. I
was
being buzzed constantly by jet skis, water skiers & pleasure boats. The
point being that the fish were totally unaffected by the human activity.
I
reasoned that life must go on, and that these fish were acclimated to the
blender-like waters. I'm tellin ya, I was right in it - my boat was
rockin
& rollin & there was no wind. In fact it was at 4 PM on a hot & sunny
Saturday. Amazing. My rider & I had 13 good keepers in that stuff. The
fish actually seemed "active" despite props flying overhead every minute
or
so. Just proves that an open mind can be your best asset.

Tite Lines!

warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com



Congrats on the win Warren. And I can attest, busy waters don't seem to
affect the fish, only the fishermen. I'm with you in thinking the fish are
just "used to" all the human traffic, their life must go on, they must feed
or perish.