Yeah, I see those guys all the time. I put them in the same class as tourists. They don't really understand fishing in it's purest sense. Theirs is a game of technology and numbers. The fishfinder locates the fish and then after a zillion casts (cast&crank, cast&crank, cast&crank...) one of the fish gets so pissed off that he attacks the bait just to make it stop! If none of the fish responds, then the "fisherman" powers off to another site, washing the shoreline with his wake. I can't tell you how many times I (in my canoe or in a friend's small boat) have had to battle the waves caused by one of these contraptions. It has just about put me off entirely from lake fishing.

The other piece of this is that I cannot fathom how so many people seem to be able to afford all of that high-powered equipment. I am always amazed when I see a huge bassboat parked in front of a tiny hovel of a house. But, then, I am always amazed at how many people seem to make far more money than I do.

Disclaimer: I know that I am exhibiting a large amount of prejudice here. I am aware that there are some bassboaters who behave responsibly. I just haven't seen a lot of them.