Drift Fishing and bass boat control in rough water curent

[on_the_fly]

well here it is i have been wanting to drift fish behind a lock/dam here close to the house. i have a 1996 javelin fish an ski. i am more than comfertable running my boat on the lake here were i live or any other lake for that matter, an even on the river. but i do have a fer of the rippiling curent behind the locks. mostly because of debree coming through the gates , an i know fast debree an fiberglass dont mix. an thats definately a place i dont want to go for a swim. now i have seen smaller boats like ( bass trackers ) run right up to the gates an you cant see the back of the boat because the water line was below water level at least thats the way it looked from bank an all i could think about was how crazy that man was. i guess alot of my prob comes from a friend turned his nitro bass boat over behind the tail waters off the falls of ohio about 8 years ago. an his stories are keeping half of my mind replaying these stories every time i think i want to. have anyof you ever used some kind of armor for a glass boat or should i look at buying an aluminum boat just for this

[davesoutfishing]

here is my imput on this if the stories of your buds mishap sticks in your head then dont try it when I get around really fast moving water I get panicee (cant spell that word lol) I dont know how to decribe how my body feels when Im around it My wife and i was fishing below the damn the other day and we seen these 3 guys in a boat kinda like what you have and they had a huge anchor mounted on the front of their boat the driver would get close to the dividers of the gates and they would drop anchor and then gun the motor in reverse to let out about 15 foot of rope we watched them do this allday they did catch some fish would I ever do that with my boat heck no would I go with someone else in their boat yea prolly
I dont go anywhere if Im not comfortable I dont want to put myself or my fishing bud in any kind of danger you cant replace a human life and lifes to short all I can say is beeeeeeeeeee safe

[three_rivers]

Throw a little bit of insurance on her. That'll take care of the boat if something happens to her and wear those jackets. We fish the mississippi down here and the current is ripping. The fishing is fantastic, Take the risk just remember to keep that jacket on and have good insurance on the boat and your set.

[davesoutfishing]

what happens when the life jacket wont help three? how do you justify a dead person I think thats just soooo wrong oh wait get more coverage thats just lame I value my fishing partners life alot then you do it seems

[Leakyboat]

I wouldn't mess with it,if you have a fear of it,you would probably panic
if something did happen.There's always fish to catch somewhere else.
It not worth yours or someone els's life.Just my opinion.
Leakyboat