Behind Goat Island

Do you slow down when you go through there or just keep it on plane?

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Originally posted by Lawman

Do you slow down when you go through there or just keep it on plane?


Go slow. I don’t want to be responsible for damaging someones stuff or knocking off someone fishing back there. I don’t any more bad juju.


“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
~my dad

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1 - 1 year old (fishing maniac)
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There use to be a sign on one of the docks that’s loved…it had a picture of. A tractor and waves and said…“unless you’re a tractor…quit plowing”. Someone had hand painted it:)

miss’n fish’n

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Sea Squirt 16

nobody goes back there anymore, it’s too crowded

I went through there on plane on a tuesday afternoon and one of goat islands finest went ballistic when I came by his dock in a 15ft jon boat on plane as close to the marsh side as I could get. I slowed down and asked him where the no wake buoy’s were but he just kept screamed drunken jibber jabber at me and waving his arms. My boat throws a very small wake while on plane. If I was in a 26ft boat that would be a differnt story and I would have definetly slowed down. I just dont think that boaters should have to go by every dock at idle speed unless it is an official DNR no wake zone. Am I in the wrong here?

ya this is an ongoing dilemma. I throw a very small wake on full plane in my whaler. Its hard to convince property owners of that - they see a fast moving boat and react to it. Doubt they notice the little ripple that actually hits their dock.


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1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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In South Carolina, vessels may not be operated in excess of idle speed within 50 feet of an anchored vessel, wharf, pier, dock, or a person in the water. Vessels may not operate in excess of idle speed within 100 yards of the Atlantic coastline (Sec. 50-21-870).

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Originally posted by PeaPod

nobody goes back there anymore, it’s too crowded


Pffft, shows what you know. Fritz slings more fish there than a Japanese fish market.

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