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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
I've been to Lake Winnepocket in Webster visiting, and saw a 19' bass boat with a 150hp Yamaha. The people I'm visiting remarked....that boat is way too big for this little lake...it's not right...a boat like that belongs on Lake Winnipesaukee. So, probably it's true, people with the big powerfull boats want the big water where they have always been welcome, and there's lots of other fast boats.
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Bass boat anglers want to go where the bass fishing is good -- not necessarily where they can go fast (and that depends on your definition of what "fast" is). On smaller bodies of water a bass boat often only uses the electric motor on the bow and may never fire up the outboard. It is not unusual for a bass boat to travel over 50 miles on an 8 hour Winnipesaukee bass club tounament. The reason these boats are designed to quickly and safety travel great distances is to minimize the amount of time spent traveling and maximize the amount of time spent fishing.
Most bass club tournaments start at 7:00 AM when there is little or no other boat traffic. If water conditions are good, 45 mph is an unreasonable restriction. When these boats come back to the launch site at 2:30 PM there is usually no way to come back across The Broads WOT because of all the cross wake/wave speed bumps.