3 killed in Tourney crash in Alabama

[Quillback]

Article does not mention it was dense fog, bass boat running in fog collided with a striper guide boat that was stopped.  I believe that the 3 killed were all in the striper boat (center console).  

We get plenty of fog on Table Rock, be careful.

3 dead in boat crash at Alabama fishing tournament

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You should see the people (guides) run in fog on Taney.    Craziest thing ever.  

[Quillback]

Last year Dutch and I were not too far from Cape Fair in dense fog, we didn't go far from the launch because of the fog.  There was a tourney going on that day and If I remember correctly, it was one of the lower level MLF deals.  We had maybe half a dozen boats go by on plane in fog so thick we could not see them.  If you know the James channel by Cape Fair it isn't that wide and if you can't see a boat in the middle of the channel, then it is pretty foggy.

I'm guessing that day it was clear at the launch so they let those boys go.  Still not an excuse to run on plane if you hit fog.

[nomolites]

10 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Last year Dutch and I were not too far from Cape Fair in dense fog, we didn't go far from the launch because of the fog.  There was a tourney going on that day and If I remember correctly, it was one of the lower level MLF deals.  We had maybe half a dozen boats go by on plane in fog so thick we could not see them.  If you know the James channel by Cape Fair it isn't that wide and if you can't see a boat in the middle of the channel, then it is pretty foggy.

I'm guessing that day it was clear at the launch so they let those boys go.  Still not an excuse to run on plane if you hit fog.

Agree; unless you have radar, you should not be running like that in any fog.  Things happen fast, and boats don’t brake.

Mike

[grizwilson]

The guy who was declared the winner of the ended tourney said "they were sitting in a bad spot" here is the news report:

 

[grizwilson]

and another???? Be Careful out there guys.  

 

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1 hour ago, grizwilson said:

The guy who was declared the winner of the ended tourney said "they were sitting in a bad spot"

You gotta be kidding me!    Did he clarify where was “a good spot”  to stay out of the way of the moron running full speed in fog?    

[Bill Babler]

Fog on the Rock and fog on Taney are two totally different things. I mean totally. 

I never run in it on TR. No landmarks and totally denser.  Extremely Dangerous  

Guiding Taney for 25 years you can see thru it or around it 99.9 percent of the time.  Probably 100% of the time if your out there most everyday. 

In that 25 years I never came close to hitting or being hit while moving on plane in the fog. 

It’s super hard to explain but no matter the fog down there it posed zero hindrance as far as navigation to me. 

Phil can correct me on this but I really can’t remember a boat collision caused by the fog on Taney. There was a guy that hit the bank just above Short Creek one day but that’s it as far as this old man can remember.  Think of the latterly millions of boats that have operated there  

Another factor is a flat bottom Jon boat running at 20 mph is not like a Nitro running at 50 mph. You get off the gas on a Jon boat and it STOPS. 

Safety is the key for sure. I would never put my clients in danger.   On Taney it’s perspective, what might seem fast to someone may be reasonable to an expert. 

Let me state without question this has nothing to do with the idiot that was running that bass boat that struck the guide boat on Smith Lake. 

Two years ago when I first started playing Pickleball I was totally afraid to stand at the kitchen line. 35 year old men hitting a ball at me at 50 mph from 14’ away was a nightmare. 
The ball looked like a marble coming at me. 
It hurts when you get hit with it😁.

Now after 1000’s of games that PB looks like a beach ball coming at me from the same 14’ at the same speed.  Hope you can see the correlation. 

Terrible accident and I’m like Snagged, Bad place my rear. No excuse. Slow down. 










 

[fishinwrench]

I'm sorry to be the one to inform y'all of this........but there are A LOT of young men out there whose first boat is a 20+ footer with a 250 

[Quillback]

16 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I'm sorry to be the one to inform y'all of this........but there are A LOT of young men out there whose first boat is a 20+ footer with a 250 

Yeah they are out there.  I've seen some pretty young drivers of wake boats and such too.