I don't remember if I mention this or not.....back in late March I fished lake Erie for perch.....we were at about 1.5 away (east) from the pack of boats that were directly off Sturgeon Point.....we were anchored and another boat started to come in close to us....even before this happened we kept hearing a loud noise from the Canadian shore......as the other fishing boat was cruising around very close to us I looked behind us and could see a boat with something on the top of it closing VERY fast....I figured the U.S.A. Coast Guard.....I YELLED to the other boat to drop anchor and if they have to, put on PFD's......(before May 1st the new law requires this)....they did and as their boat settled in the Coast Guard went right on by us to check them out.......I said to my fishing partner "were next".....but after close to 30 minutes and everything was OK with other boat....the Coast Guard left and headed back to Buffalo....they had (3) two hundred horse outboards on that puppy.....that is what we heard from a distance.......As they pulled away I thought, that doesn't make sense...we are about 18 mile from Buffalo and there is about 30 boats less then 2 miles away and can be easily seen......but then as they were about 1/2 mile away, I looked at my watch...it was exactly NOON...lunch time I would guess...
So there goes your government agencies.....more waste then results I thought AGAIN...
BTW the other guys thanked us for the warning as they did not have any PFD on.......
Bob