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Has anyone seen the new Sterling Flats Boat ad campaign in the Florida Sportsman. Its a flats boat, hauling tail through the skinny water, swamping a gheenoe. Now is that a poorly run ad or what.

That Sterling is surely registered in Georgia.

Looks familiar ... where have I seen that...oh yeah!

Jumppout did that to me in March of '06 E. of Palmetto Island goin 40 mph up a creek

That exact scenario happened to my Gheenoe last time I was in 10k Islands. Except it was a Tailfisher that put me 2 ft up on the beach. Had to unload all the camping equipment just to get back in the water.

I talked to the guy driving that Sterling boat. John Garrison. They went out to shoot the ad with two crabtraps and this guy wandered up cause he thought they may have been stuck. Anyway the gheenoe guy bet them 10 bucks they could drive that boat in 3.5" of water and thats how he got in the ad. They shot the ad in Mosquito Lagoon. He said they didn't scar the bottom or anything, but I told him that I thought the perception of the ad was not good.

Yeah I've seen the post about this on a few other sites and the general concensus is it's a bad idea. Would have been fine to me if they would have just left the guy in the canoe out of the shot. Some folks got all upset over whether or not the guy was tearing up the seagrass, but for all we know after he goes over the bar the depth could have been 2ft. Whould not take much for him to hit the guy if a strong cross wind hit him and pushed him into the guy.

jsuber wrote:He said they didn't scar the bottom or anything...

He might not have scared the bottom, but I bet 10 bucks a blind indian could follow the trail

Yeah I saw that in this months subscription and was floored. That is a complete 180 from the ethics of boating that inshore fishermen hear about all the time. It's not a real big deal but I just did not expect to see that!

I can assure you that poor boat etiquette is not limited to Georgia!!!!!

This one raised a stink awhile back too

Chalk wrote:This one raised a stink awhile back too

They should have used a Jet Ski for a prop, Then nobody would have gotten any heartburn over it.

I advised the guy that he might want to reshoot that photo with the crabpots in the water. I told him that I think their message might get overlooked. We'll see what happens.

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