By Joe Cermele

Reason 1: No matter how non-competitive you say you are, you want to get there first and you know it. Weekend warriors especially have gut pains up until they see there is no one in their favorite spot.

Reason 2: If a big school or wipers or tuna starts blowing up on the surface a half-mile away, you don't have much time to get on them. Snooze you lose.

Reason 3: A bass boat is no fun unless your jowls flap and you need to wear a hockey mask at full throttle.

Reason 4: Ladies like fast rides.

Reason 5: Because you might have had the chance to avoid the disaster showcased in the video below. This why I don't do sailboats or whale-watching.

Here's another video report from CNN, which also ropes in some stellar jumping carp and attacking goose footage. I like when the whale victim says, "It was amazing. It was actually awesome," at the end. Okay. Whatever. - JC

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from jakenbake wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

It's awesome until you're a pancake. And if you were sittin with your thumb in your ear watching a flying beast coming at you, my guess is that your hand isn't on the throttle, so no matter how fast your boat is, you're still toast. All this talk about pancakes and toast is making me hungry now...

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from jamesti wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

man, i hope the wale wasn't hurt!

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

Kudos, James. Kudos

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from buckhunter wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

It's only awesome if you have insurance.

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from Koldkut wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

I know a few who fit 1-4, and they still want more speed.

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from blackdawgz wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

I saw a G-3 down at the ramp with an outboard thet looked like a skyscraper and it had a huge prop with a lotta pitch.

I told the owner thet it looked like a racing boat.

Hr sez, "Ya gotta race to fish!"

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from seadog wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

Even though I'm now happily married over 20 years, I can still relate to reason #4--chicks dig it! If you don't believe me, come spend a little time boating in South Florida--the Venice of the U.S. and the string bikini capital of the world.

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from ingebrigtsen wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

because u can waterski after it when not fishing. and why isnt there a bassboat-racing competition thats recognised??? would be fun and wouldnt take any extra equipment.. just a little fuel and a free weekend ;)

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from MLH wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

You want a boat fast enough to be past the Asian carp when they start jumping.

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from Nebraskahunter18 wrote 1 year 41 weeks ago

#3 made me laugh so hard... great post

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from jcarlin wrote 1 year 41 weeks ago

Huh.. I guess I need to upgrade from my 3.5 Johnson on my 14' V. That's right, I admit it, I have a little Johnson... but it gets the job done.

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from ingebrigtsen wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

because u can waterski after it when not fishing. and why isnt there a bassboat-racing competition thats recognised??? would be fun and wouldnt take any extra equipment.. just a little fuel and a free weekend ;)

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from blackdawgz wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

I saw a G-3 down at the ramp with an outboard thet looked like a skyscraper and it had a huge prop with a lotta pitch.

I told the owner thet it looked like a racing boat.

Hr sez, "Ya gotta race to fish!"

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from MLH wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

You want a boat fast enough to be past the Asian carp when they start jumping.

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from jamesti wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

man, i hope the wale wasn't hurt!

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from seadog wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

Even though I'm now happily married over 20 years, I can still relate to reason #4--chicks dig it! If you don't believe me, come spend a little time boating in South Florida--the Venice of the U.S. and the string bikini capital of the world.

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from jakenbake wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

It's awesome until you're a pancake. And if you were sittin with your thumb in your ear watching a flying beast coming at you, my guess is that your hand isn't on the throttle, so no matter how fast your boat is, you're still toast. All this talk about pancakes and toast is making me hungry now...

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

Kudos, James. Kudos

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from buckhunter wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

It's only awesome if you have insurance.

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from Koldkut wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

I know a few who fit 1-4, and they still want more speed.

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from Nebraskahunter18 wrote 1 year 41 weeks ago

#3 made me laugh so hard... great post

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from jcarlin wrote 1 year 41 weeks ago

Huh.. I guess I need to upgrade from my 3.5 Johnson on my 14' V. That's right, I admit it, I have a little Johnson... but it gets the job done.

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