Lincoln beach wind 6/9

[Tin-Can]

They have no clue what wakeless is. They even have bouys now that should give them a half a clue

This state does not require a license to operate a boat. But it DOES have laws that cover boat operations. Buoy or no buoy, law requires a wake-less speed whenever you are withing 150 feet of a dock, shore angler, downed skier, stationary (meaning anchored) vessel, and inside any boat channel or harbor. What some of the power squadron don't understand is wake-less is not a specific speed -mph - it means NO WAKE. The bigger the boat, the bigger the bow wave, the bigger the motor, the bigger the wake at slower speed. All motorized boats create some kind of wake, even going dead slow. My little boat creates less wake at 6 mph than some do at 2 mph. My rule of thumb is, I throttle just enough to push me in the direction I need to go, and don't full throttle until I'm outside the channel jetty or buoys whichever is there. And I make a solid effort to go way out around bank anglers, not just to reduce my wake, but to be sure I don't snag up there lines.

boat oar up side the head might be the only thing that might register to them lol.

I have that exact same feeling, and that is why I no longer carry my gun when on the boat [mad] But something that might work is a good quality camera and a video that captures the offending boat, the wake it is producing, and the bow number if possible. Turn it in to the DNR Ranger.
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