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Originally Posted by Kamper
It's probably a good idea to have someone on the boat when you have people in the water. Give them a horn or loud whistle to attract attention from an operator who might be distracted or overly absorbed by their own activities.
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Are you kidding? Who's going to want to sit out the dive while the rest of us are scoffing up all the treasures? We have never been bothered, hit or run over in the last 25 years that I have been diving on the lake. Well, now that I think about it, there was a time or two that we were harassed by the MPs... Well, okay, I guess there have been more than a couple... but actually only two were written up. However, they were dismissed when they took time to re-read the law.
I did have one time when an MP caught me diving in the Smith River without my flag. We played cat & mouse for the better part of a half hour before he decided to tie up and go into the Dive Shop. I figured I'd better come clean and do the right thing. So when he came out, there I was sitting on his boat with my dive flag in hand... I asked him if he knew of any good dive spots in the lake. I don't remember his comments; I think it was something about obstructing navigation or the importance of a good dive flag.
I always dive with my dive flag... Well, almost always. Someday, I'll tell you about night diving on the lake and just how dangerous that can be when MPs think it time to harass you.