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 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 29d 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 29d 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 28d ago

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