I didn't feel like going out fishing with them...
05-17-2013, 01:33 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 91
I didn't feel like going out fishing with them...
Do you have problems with boaters drinking?
I wasn't interested in going fishing with him out there and neither was anyone else. This went on for well over a half hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNKcYUPbZlw
I wasn't interested in going fishing with him out there and neither was anyone else. This went on for well over a half hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNKcYUPbZlw
05-19-2013, 10:11 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: West TN
Posts: 847
The lake looks plenty big enough to avoid one guy out enjoying his boat differently than some others. If you think that's dangerous you need to navigate a small lake or narrow river full of drunk jet skiers on any holiday weekend!!! 
05-22-2013, 01:43 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,563
I guess I must have missed something.. From what I got that did not say that they were drunk or not.. I also guess that they were not even trying to fish but, rather trying to have some fun with their boat. That is nothing unusual here. They had the lights on the boat in working order. I guess I never saw an awful lot wrong with it as they stayed well out from shore and away from others.
What bothers me is when some people will take an aluminum open boat full of people at midnight while all are drinking beer. With no lights on the boat at all not even a flash light and no life jackets on.. That is what I call dangerous
What bothers me is when some people will take an aluminum open boat full of people at midnight while all are drinking beer. With no lights on the boat at all not even a flash light and no life jackets on.. That is what I call dangerous
05-22-2013, 01:47 PM
#5
Boone & Crockett
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Location: Maine
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that the guy in back can be charged with OUI/DUI here. They considered the one in back as the driver.. But, it is how our law reads..
05-23-2013, 04:57 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: South Dakota
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No threat to me that is for sure.. LOL But, believe it or not if 2 of you are in the canoe drinking beer or anything else that is alcohol
that the guy in back can be charged with OUI/DUI here. They considered the one in back as the driver.. But, it is how our law reads..
that the guy in back can be charged with OUI/DUI here. They considered the one in back as the driver.. But, it is how our law reads..
However, I've never had anyone bother me in a canoe and I've been pretty buzzed up at times. I think the nature of the vehicle determines how the GFP officers will treat the offense. Certainly being drunk in a motorized boat is a more threatening situation for others.
05-23-2013, 11:51 AM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY: NYC to Watertown
Posts: 897
boater kept his distance from others,
dont know why he was doing it,
but seems fine to me,
could have been doing circles so as not to get to close to others,
could be playing and testing boats turning radius
dont know if drinking was involved,
while hard to drive my boat hard, cant get on plane by paddling
i would probably do similar in a controlled environment to test my boats limits.
dont know why he was doing it,
but seems fine to me,
could have been doing circles so as not to get to close to others,
could be playing and testing boats turning radius
dont know if drinking was involved,
while hard to drive my boat hard, cant get on plane by paddling
i would probably do similar in a controlled environment to test my boats limits.
05-23-2013, 06:10 PM
#9
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
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Yeah, I suppose if you were completely belligerent and could be a danger to yourself or the other person in the canoe, then I could see some merit to that.
However, I've never had anyone bother me in a canoe and I've been pretty buzzed up at times. I think the nature of the vehicle determines how the GFP officers will treat the offense. Certainly being drunk in a motorized boat is a more threatening situation for others.
However, I've never had anyone bother me in a canoe and I've been pretty buzzed up at times. I think the nature of the vehicle determines how the GFP officers will treat the offense. Certainly being drunk in a motorized boat is a more threatening situation for others.