Swamped - almost

[InPiney]

Bring on the quiet days of fall! I was able to get out for about an hour this morning from 9-10 (in between tube runs)  and thought it wouldn't be too busy which was true except for the 505' cruiser that came by at half speed pushing a 15' wave (it seemed) as i was drop shotting about 50 yards off shore and he was about 75yards further out from me.  I turned in to the wake and was able to surf  (literally as I didn't have my seat in) out the first breaker but as i hit the second a wave of water came over my bow and knocked me down to the deck, luckily I stayed in the boat!  So my question is this - How do you guys handle the big waves that are becoming more common on TRL?  Should I have hit the deck before the first one come up? Have been paying more attn and tried to fire up the big motor?  Or just not be out on Labor Day 😂  ?! 

I did catch one kentucky that measured....14 1/2 but put up a nice fight.  

 

[bobby b.]

I've tried different things - turning the boat around so the back end takes the hit seems to work best for me - a week or so back I had a wake boat decide to turn right in front of me and I wasn't thinking fast enough to react, the wall of water came over the front of my boat and came all the way back to the console - I was totally soaked - I get little concerned about all the electronics and electrical connections which in my case are mostly in the front of the boat.

This has been so common place for me, I don't even talk about on the this forum anymore. 

[fishinwrench]

When a big set of rollers are coming at me I point the bow into them and step down off the deck.  If they are really REALLY big I'll pull up the TM, fire up the outboard and ride them out at 45° so that one doesn't wash over the bow.

[m&m]

InPiney, while I can’t speak for anyone except myself, I am off the water on a holiday weekend by 9am IF I venture out at all. 

Mike

[skeeter]

10 hours ago, bobby b. said:

I've tried different things - turning the boat around so the back end takes the hit seems to work best for me - a week or so back I had a wake boat decide to turn right in front of me and I wasn't thinking fast enough to react, the wall of water came over the front of my boat and came all the way back to the console - I was totally soaked - I get little concerned about all the electronics and electrical connections which in my case are mostly in the front of the boat.

This has been so common place for me, I don't even talk about on the this forum anymore. 

As I discovered, the hard way, with a Skeeter's "back-end" design (and others like it) taking those wakes "back-end first" was the worst thing I could have done but mine wasn't intentional but accidental as I didn't see the wake coming from clear across the Lake.   My switched port and starboard bilge pumps that I flipped on plus the auto-pump ran for maybe three minutes and I had to trailer the boat on a steep ramp and pull the plug to get rid of everything.  

[rps]

Front toward the wake and either sitting or leaned tightly against the butt seat. I have been thinking about modifying one of those thigh braces fly fishermen use in river boats. Anyone know who where they sell those?

[IL Fisherman]

I loved my bass boat.  But this time I purchased a Ranger 620 Deep V.  Takes the waves much better.  I haven't taken one over the bow in a year and a half.  Still have to hang on for dear life not to get thrown out. 

[Guest]

bobby b. has it right.  those waves that are big enough you have to take into the rear of the boat.  otherwise, you will go up and over one and the next comes over the front while the nose is down.  take them on the side and you have a boat full of water also.

bo

[skeeter]

Just saw a "Carver Cruiser group" looking for members on the Facebook group page "Table Rock Lake Group".  I'd like to tell them what they can do with their "battleship in a Bathtub" Carver Cruisers that the inconsiderate clowns create those boat-swamping wakes with.    

[Lundnut]

I'm considering carrying a paintball machine gun on my boat.  Some dayglo orange, green and pink splotches down the side of those s.o.b.'s might make them consider us fishin' people. 🤣