Fatal Accident On Table Rock Lake

[Whack'emGood]

So that's who that is.... I've been "blinded" badly several times myself and you're correct in that you cannot see his nav. lights and you don't want to look at him too long or it takes even longer for your vision to recover.

I applaud the guy for removing the carp from the lake and bowfishing for some of those "submarine" sized carp should be fun but hope someone can approach him in a friendly way about his continued use of those lights. He's in/on a pontoon or deck boat isn't he ?

I think it is one of those large aluminum jon (flat-bottom) boats... 18ft or so long. It runs pretty well to... it seems he runs 45-50 top end or so.

If we are running and we see him coming, we just kind of move way over... I don't know him, therefore I certainly don't trust him not to get too close to us when we pass or something... and like you were saying, sight and depth perception is gone when looking into those big lights.

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[skeeter]

There have been several anglers call for a lighted buoy at One Tree Island with no success. Imagine my surprise early last evening when I went up Big Indian ( Baxter ) and rounded the end of what is referred to as the " Devil's Backbone " and saw a light on the buoy marking the end of that rock formation. Have no idea if it turned on after dark or not and no idea how it got there. This is directly across the water from Camp Kanakuk and the light is on top of a short pole attached to the side of the buoy.

[Whack'emGood]

There have been several anglers call for a lighted buoy at One Tree Island with no success. Imagine my surprise early last evening when I went up Big Indian ( Baxter ) and rounded the end of what is referred to as the " Devil's Backbone " and saw a light on the buoy marking the end of that rock formation. Have no idea if it turned on after dark or not and no idea how it got there. This is directly across the water from Camp Kanakuk and the light is on top of a short pole attached to the side of the buoy.

Skeeter,

We were surprised to see a light on that bouy as well... it was on the other night when we ran up into there. It shows up pretty well... works great. Otherwise, that is a tough point to navigate around.

I would definitely like to see the same done to all the hazard bouys around the lake. Sure makes it easier to navigate around that kind of stuff-- saving lives, as well as (obviously of a way lesser importance, but worth mentioning) torn up equipment.

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[Sam]

Ya know, lighting buoys on water hazards could be done real cheap and easy - but that's not the government way.

A couple of years ago I bought a set of solar-powered LED yard lights at Lowe's. They cost $50-something and there were a dozen lights in the box. I put those along the sidewalk in our front yard, and they've been out year-round in all weather ever since. They turn on when it gets dark and they're all still working fine. I've never even had to replace one of the little rechargeable batteries yet.

It doesn't take much light to mark a water hazard at night, and these yard lights are actually pretty bright. I can't see any reason they couldn't be attached to the top of buoys and work just fine for that purpose - at a cost of less than $5. each.

But naw, they won't do that. It's too easy, too cheap, and it makes too much sense.