I went fishing at Loxahatchee National Preserve and a guy pulls up with a new Bass Cat with a new 400 HP MERCURY racing engine. I was shocked to see a bass boat with that much power on the back. He said it will run 90 all day long, but he hasn't opened it up fully yet. . As a long time bass boat owner, and a south Florida fisherman, I would be afraid of hitting a gator that will never be able to get out of the way in time. Big gators barely get out of the way of my boat, and it only goes 55 MPH. I loved the boat, and would be thrilled to take it for a spin, but how fast is too fast on the water. I'm sure we will be seeing more and more of these big bass boats with monster engines in the future. After 40 years of fishing I know shallow weedy lakes are just full of all types of hazards.
