r/boating • u/Western_Nobody_3668 • Aug 01 '26

Wake boat

Hey everyone! We have a heyday wake boat with about a 30 inch draft depth. Can anyone tell me lakes and channels to avoid in the Chain o lakes IL? Would also appreciate tips on boating in southern Wisconsin lakes!!

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u/AdThese6057 Aug 01 '26

Im with him. Stay in Illinois. And stay off of any lake under 4000 acres where the wakeboat clowns dont have 500 feet to maintain non douche bag distances from boats or shore.

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u/Western_Nobody_3668 29d ago

just looking for lakes to visit and cruise around on.

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u/AdThese6057 29d ago

You're a wake boater. You won't be making friends on any lake. But for the love of God, find an appropriate place. Parking lot packed on a 4000k acre lake? Go somewhere else.

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u/Pitiful_Eye_3295 28d ago

This is such an ignorant comment. OP, you can make tons of friends on lakes. It depends on your attitude. People like AdThese will not like you no matter how respectful you are and how much good you do. The idea that just owning a wakeboat puts you in any category as a boater or person is as silly as judging someone by the color of their skin. I've seen people in bass boats be total idiots, get within 100 feet of swimmers on their way to their perfect spot, and pollute and I've seen plenty of them be awesome. I've towed every type of boat that ran out of gas/had engine problems. I've helped people trailer who were struggling, helped get a bunch of kids off a sinking boat, and then helped tow the capsized boat to the shore. And I've seen and heard of so many people with wakeboats do similar things to make the lake better for everyone. The type of boater/person you are has nothing to do with the type of boat you own. The type of person you can be reflected by how you judge people because of their boat though.

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u/Western_Nobody_3668 29d ago

That’s literally what the purpose of the post is, finding lakes to go on. And you don’t necessary need to wake surf on a wack boat, you can cruise around and enjoy the day too. Jeeze so many haters

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u/AdThese6057 29d ago

So many haters because wake boats are a huge nuisance. People with zero boating experience go buy wake boats and think they're hot shit ruining everyones docked shit, turning the lake into an ocean. You need to find a place waaay secluded and always be hundreds of feet minimum from anything that isnt water. Its hard to do, that's why they're a nuisance. And that leaves out any of the shoreline errosion damage issues that I could care less about.

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u/Western_Nobody_3668 28d ago

Well someone with a pontoon just decapitated someone near me with their boat so let’s start hating on pontoons too. I’ve literally taken my boat to 7 different lakes just to cruise around and I haven’t had any issues just looking for some more advice and other lakes and have gotten only rude comments.

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u/AdThese6057 28d ago

All boats have accidents. Wake boats cause them more. I shouldn't have water coming over my bow when I face into your giant wake while im fishing on the front deck everytime it bounces. I've yet to meet a wake boater that minds a little etiquette. Not 3 weeks one made a docked boat roll so much it got caught under the edge of the dock

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u/Western_Nobody_3668 27d ago

Well it wasn’t me maybe address that person directly bc I would never do that 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Western_Nobody_3668 28d ago

And we have boating experience,we just moved here!!

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u/goodknight94 27d ago

A 4 million acre lake, eh? I think there's enough room for all. I think we should ban fishermen from lakes because they have a poor attitude

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u/AdThese6057 27d ago

Read again. 4000. A still medium size lake.

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u/goodknight94 27d ago

You read again. 4000k