My Buddy Made A Video Of Them Jet Boating On The Meramec

[Greasy B]

yes but you would have to drill holes in your boat. I may do it to my 1448 in the next year or two.

Yea, I was half joking, an adhesieve would never stick to it. A fiberglass river John really doesn't need it anyway. A drift boat might be worth it especially a wood/fiberglass drift boat. For an aluminum boat you would have the strength the original hull and the slickness of the UHMMW, that would work. Seems to me you would need some kind of interface to prevent the fasteners from imposing fatigue on the aluminum.

[Al Agnew]

I ride at bricks4x4farm as often as I can, and they used to have a problem with people riding in the creek that runs through the property. They had designated crossings and the MDC closed all but three two years ago. thousands of atvs and trucks went through these, and after two years you cant tell anyone has been through them.

Bricks buts up against the little black river, it looks like some prime smallie fishing in there, but I never bring a rod.

Muddy, think about what that creek looked like when the ATVs and such were running in it. Sure, the damage will heal itself with a few high water events ONCE THE ACTIVITY IS STOPPED. But if you don't put a stop to it, the damage will only continue and get worse. If something is causing damage, you can't say it's okay because the damage will heal. Just because I cut myself with a knife and it heals doesn't mean it would be okay to keep cutting myself every day.

This is one of my worst nightmares; that some kind of technology will allow people to run that kind of water regularly. Right now there are still a lot of small, floatable or wadeable streams where you can get away from jetboats...and those streams are not only quiet and peaceful but on average FAR better fishing in the summer than the jetboatable streams, whether it's simply lack of fishing pressure or some other reason (and I still suspect that there ARE other reasons, having to do with jetboat wakes, even though the fish have probably adapted to the wakes to some extent). But just think about what wakes from high speed boats would do to the banks and bottom of a stream that's no bigger than the water they were running on that video, if it became a common occurrence.

And I'm afraid there is no law right now keeping people from doing exactly what was being done in the video, unless it's a law against reckless boating.

[Midwest troutbum]

I ride at bricks4x4farm as often as I can, and they used to have a problem with people riding in the creek that runs through the property. They had designated crossings and the MDC closed all but three two years ago. thousands of atvs and trucks went through these, and after two years you cant tell anyone has been through them.

Bricks buts up against the little black river, it looks like some prime smallie fishing in there, but I never bring a rod.

Blame it all on MDC..... They only act on science, research, current legislation and complaints from the general public and represent the general public. MDC is a state agency. There just doing their jobs. Wonder what studies the MDC had in hand to reason closing crossings and preventing further vehicular traffic in the stream bank?

It's pretty difficult to put earth back once it's washed down stream... That's why farmers even know about erosion control and smart folks incorporate contour plowing to prevent it.

[Midwest troutbum]

no meth head can afford a boat like that. Unless the ones around midwest trout bum are different than the ones around here

I'm afraid that the cost of these boats will dramatically drop over the next several years, as competition from other boat and aftermarket manufacturers will drive the cost down to eventually allow for the common person to afford one. Supply, demand and competition...Economics 101.

[gotmuddy]

I'm afraid that the cost of these boats will dramatically drop over the next several years, as competition from other boat and aftermarket manufacturers will drive the cost down to eventually allow for the common person to afford one. Supply, demand and competition...Economics 101.

Demand is low. Just because you just heard about these boats doesn't mean that these boats arent new. They have been making onboard jets for 30+ years.

[Midwest troutbum]

I do have at least one river in the state of Missouri that I would be all for any type of reckless boating, or river 4 wheeling.... try the River Des Peres in St. Louis... No backlash from any fishing groups, conservation, MDC, etc. Nice concrete banks and cinder block gravel bars and shallow water to get the boat airborne and get wasted in the process... boat park without floaters, canoes, or fishermen in the waters.... The adrenaline junkies would just have to prove it profitable for M.S.D., and sign release forms.

[Midwest troutbum]

Demand is low. Just because you just heard about these boats doesn't mean that these boats arent new. They have been making onboard jets for 30+ years.

More postings and interest in these boat videos or increase in marketing could make these boats take off in this part of the state.... all it takes is a few boats like this and some people with expendable income and no sense of responsibility to make it a tragedy for the rest of us.

[Mitch f]

I do have at least one river in the state of Missouri that I would be all for any type of reckless boating, or river 4 wheeling.... try the River Des Peres in St. Louis... No backlash from any fishing groups, conservation, MDC, etc. Nice concrete banks and cinder block gravel bars and shallow water to get the boat airborne... boat park without floaters, canoes, or fishermen in the waters.... The adrenaline junkies would just have to prove it profitable for M.S.D., and sign release forms.

Brown trout fishing has been well documented on that river as well.

[Seth]

Go sit on the Gasconade River between the Missouri River on up to Jerome and you will see plenty of inboard Gators, Shoal Runners, Scorpions, etc ripping up and down the river. Some of these tunnel hull Gators are being pushed massive big block v8 engines and supposedly a few are capable of triple digit speeds. Some of these people have no issues running there boats over logs, over embankments, due to the hulls being built with 1/4" plate bottoms and 1/8" gague sides.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Time to put a 10hp limit on streams and rivers.