JUST WAN"T TO ASK

[pikehunter]

I have never boated on Cook's Bay so I can't comment on other boaters behavior. However, I am experienced with upper Simcoe and Couchiching. It can be a boat highway through there especially on weekends and even more so on long weekends.

 

I can remember having my first boat out there, a 12'. WE were anchored near the channel, a big mistake! Those 40' cabin cruisers and large speedboats don't waste any time zipping through there and often they kicked up a good 3' high wake. Pretty scary in a 12'er! You learn in a hurry to smarten up or except the fact you may have to swim to shore. I figure that even though the bigger faster boat has a responsibility so does everyone. It would get pretty frustrating for the operator going fast or getting up on a plane to have to slow it down for every small fishing boat along the edge of a busy channel. I know that's where the fish often hang out but it can be a dangerous place to be.