Ok so first of all, I did not know this rule until last year.
It is, however clearly marked on a sign at said lake....
TWRA hunting & fishing lakes are just that.
They are for hunting & fishing only.
No swimming, or recreational boating of any kind. (If you are in a boat or a canoe or a kayak you better have a fishing pole with you)
Ok so I get to a TWRA lake the other day and I see a dude approaching the boat ramp in an inflatable kayak.
I assumed he was leaving and what better place to dock an inflatable kayak than on the concrete boat ramp, right?
I stop (off to one side of the parking lot, out of the way of everyone) and get my stuff ready to launch.
I wasn't in a hurry and was taking my time so this process probably took me a good 5 minutes.
In the mean time dude has walked to his car and got his hand pump out and has returned to his kayak, still laying in the dead center of the single lane concrete boat ramp, and was in the process of adding air to his kayak.
Again, I wasn't really in a big hurry and as I get older I am much more "live & let live" but I will admit I was screaming in my mind,,,, COME ON MANNNNN!!!! :bash:
I piddle a bit more and then get back in the truck and crank it up and sit there watching him pump away on his little pump thingy.
He glanced up at me and just kinda looked and went on back to pumping.
So now I am getting pissed because I see a guy coming in a bass boat towards the ramp. I know this guy and I know it is late in the day (9:00 a.m.) and I know he was leaving because he had been there since 5, because, well I know him.
So now we got a traffic jam on the ramp and this dude is still just pumping away, dead center of the concrete boat ramp, pumping up his kayak.
I make a wide circle in the gravel parking lot and then just sit there. I didn't want to start backing up towards the ramp because I didn't want to make him think I was being an arse and rushing him to finish pumping up his kayak, in the dead center of the concrete BOAT RAMP.
After a few more minutes I start backwards, very slowly.
I get about 10 feet from the BOAT RAMP and he finally looks up again and, going by his body language, he was about half pissed that he had to move his inflatable kayak out of the center of the BOAT RAMP.
He kinda "jerked" it and about half threw it onto the CONCRETE SIDEWALK leading to the boat dock. :rotf: :rotf: :super: :super:
I thought, dude, whatever you do, you better make SURE you keep that plastic inflatable kayak off that bad arse green grass there beside you. :tu:
I got out and said good morning and he mumbled something like mornin or whatever. LOL
Got launched and chatted up my buddy that was coming out for about 10 minutes till kayak dude left.
All I can say is, I came VERY close to risking a ticket for breaking the no wake rule when I went past him after he paddled out about 50 yards.
Oh well, what can ya do.
It is, however clearly marked on a sign at said lake....
TWRA hunting & fishing lakes are just that.
They are for hunting & fishing only.
No swimming, or recreational boating of any kind. (If you are in a boat or a canoe or a kayak you better have a fishing pole with you)
Ok so I get to a TWRA lake the other day and I see a dude approaching the boat ramp in an inflatable kayak.
I assumed he was leaving and what better place to dock an inflatable kayak than on the concrete boat ramp, right?
I stop (off to one side of the parking lot, out of the way of everyone) and get my stuff ready to launch.
I wasn't in a hurry and was taking my time so this process probably took me a good 5 minutes.
In the mean time dude has walked to his car and got his hand pump out and has returned to his kayak, still laying in the dead center of the single lane concrete boat ramp, and was in the process of adding air to his kayak.
Again, I wasn't really in a big hurry and as I get older I am much more "live & let live" but I will admit I was screaming in my mind,,,, COME ON MANNNNN!!!! :bash:
I piddle a bit more and then get back in the truck and crank it up and sit there watching him pump away on his little pump thingy.
He glanced up at me and just kinda looked and went on back to pumping.
So now I am getting pissed because I see a guy coming in a bass boat towards the ramp. I know this guy and I know it is late in the day (9:00 a.m.) and I know he was leaving because he had been there since 5, because, well I know him.
So now we got a traffic jam on the ramp and this dude is still just pumping away, dead center of the concrete boat ramp, pumping up his kayak.
I make a wide circle in the gravel parking lot and then just sit there. I didn't want to start backing up towards the ramp because I didn't want to make him think I was being an arse and rushing him to finish pumping up his kayak, in the dead center of the concrete BOAT RAMP.
After a few more minutes I start backwards, very slowly.
I get about 10 feet from the BOAT RAMP and he finally looks up again and, going by his body language, he was about half pissed that he had to move his inflatable kayak out of the center of the BOAT RAMP.
He kinda "jerked" it and about half threw it onto the CONCRETE SIDEWALK leading to the boat dock. :rotf: :rotf: :super: :super:
I thought, dude, whatever you do, you better make SURE you keep that plastic inflatable kayak off that bad arse green grass there beside you. :tu:
I got out and said good morning and he mumbled something like mornin or whatever. LOL
Got launched and chatted up my buddy that was coming out for about 10 minutes till kayak dude left.
All I can say is, I came VERY close to risking a ticket for breaking the no wake rule when I went past him after he paddled out about 50 yards.
Oh well, what can ya do.
