Ruger5555

Sad news. No excuse but I hope fog is to blame vs just flat out not paying attention, but if it were foggy more reason to slow down. Speed is fun but only in ideal conditions and keep your head on a swivel since most are clueless on nav rules and who is stand on or giveway vessel.

I have had good luck going 1.8 with bandit 300's.

Early season mornings are a waste of time in my opinion. Mid season morning is great. Rut obviously all day. Late season it goes back to evenings.

No worries. There are good and bad people anywhere a person goes. I was asking for trouble on a holiday weekend lol. Like I said 99% of the people were super friendly and nice. I can't say that I missed any of the power boats and cruisers like what's on LOZ. I went all the way up to Kimberling City one day and traffic wasn't bad at all and pretty smooth.

The swim float was out. Then Friday morning there was probably 6 standard white no wake buoys along there to shield the beach/swim float from channel from railroad bridge up north 100 yards or so. I was going maybe 10 mph but putting out wake and a guy pulls up beside me to yell that it was no wake. I said and motioned I took it as no wake behind the buoys. He told me to "learn to f'ing read" 😆 Clearly I wasn't going that fast and reckless for that conversation to happen. Sometimes you just gotta shake your head and laugh at people.

Had a great time and boated a few fish. Beautiful area. I learned a lot and explored a lot. I knew this trip would be more exploration and familiarization trip. The majority of the other boaters and fishermen were super nice and friendly, but ran into a few that thought they owned the river. Had a group of kayakers give me dirty looks, literally give me the thumbs down (better than the middle finger right?), and 6 of them purposely tried to block the river and then decided to move, but 1 guy sat there and glared like I shot his dog. It was probably pretty difficult for them to comprehend that they might meet a fishing boat on a river literally just below a boat ramp. I saw them probably 80 yards upriver and idled to them and past them trying to be as courteous as possible. What's funny is my guide put in at Houseman and they would have not liked the way he drove! I drove like an old grandma compared to him lol. One morning I idled past a trout guide boat 30 yards away and gave a friendly wave and the guide gave me a "go f yourself" look and just glared. He went upriver past me an hour later not at idle and once again refused to wave lol. At least I know what company to avoid if I ever want a trout guide or have someone ask me if I have a recommendation. This was all below Houseman. I did make it to 62 one of the days and tried to be as courteous as possible, but there also weren't many kayaks or boats. I knew it was a touchy subject having read this thread BEFORE my trip. I try to extend courtesy and follow the rules. My understanding is it's no wake above 62? Is Beavertown no wake? The local guide ran me through there about 35 mph the first day I was there. The next day there were no wake buoys that were protecting the beach. I took that as no wake behind the buoys protecting the beach, but channel still ok. Some said it was no wake and some buoys were just for swim beach protection. With them appearing over night I doubt they are COE approved? It was about 50 50 of who idled through and who wasn't. If it were no wake I figured they would run perpendicular to the channel at north and south ends, not horizontal to the north beach.

I like getting up on my roof once. Had I cleaned spring of 2019 then fall of 2019 I would have been in bad shape as birds plugged my chimney majorly during the summer. I found it in fall cleaning right before first burn. Wouldn't have burned the house down or anything but would have puked smoke and started a fire in stove pipe.

Deep v boat? 54 or 60" shaft?

Got a little more canning work to do today. Did a few batches last night.

The boat through the roof was last year and not Shootout weekend. I saw that boat for sale on a salvage site. It was covered in blood, vodka bottle on the floor, and a bunch of nectar of the god's Busch Light cans in it. They claim that yellow boat hit a huge wake and possibly knocked him out.

Future dinners.

The speakers point back so it's way louder music for the rider than the passengers on board.

Good work!

Menards has plastic lumber.

Following!

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I hate to wish time away, but I'm excited to head down and it's still a couple weeks out.

Who doesn't enjoy dropping a big steamer? 🤔

It's not selfish at all. I wouldn't give up info either. I feel the reward is much sweeter when you have to work for it anyway. I was looking more for navigational tips and hazards, not honey holes. I've watched quite a few boats in Leatherwood with binoculars and mentally noted where they spent significant time 😂 you don't live in the HI area anymore? How long have you been gone and do you ever make it back?

That definitely gets me started. I appreciate the help. I'm sure my Lakemaster chips will help but you just having made that run is much better.

I've read quite a few of his posts and taken notes 👍

Pretty cool!

Why are they so bad?

I'm just now getting acclimated to that area, but that's crazy!

How long of a run is it from Eagle Rock to Houseman on water?