Dummies on the Snohomish

[turkeyfeather]

My experience has been and it certainly is not the case for everyone that boats are extremely inconsiderate of bank or float tube fisherman. Not all of us can afford to own boats but we do what we can to enjoy the same sport as everyone else.

[mallard79]

My favorite was last weekend.....on the south side of the lower island across from douglas bar, there were 6 boats anchored up in a line down the center of the channel (where most of the stumps are) everyone in those boats was fishing the same side....plenty of room and a clear route upriver if you went behind everyone.....NOPE.....we had 2 boats motor thru IN FRONT OF US    .....one older guy actually stopped in front of us and wanted to know how the fishing was....he got an ear full from every boat......

When we are unning the river we try to split the difference between the bank fisherman and other boats if there is no way around without going thru the hole and we do it as quickly as possible.....there are times when there is no good way for those of us in boats to get past bank anglers.....or other boaters for that matter.....in those cases the bank anglers feel like we are running over the hole on purpose.....I only do it when I have no other option.

Douglas bar is a good example.....when the tide is out the bank anglers have lines strung across the entire river....this includes the only route a boat has to move up or down river....bank anglers can see and hear the boat coming yet leave their lines in the water.....then proceed to complain when a boat catches their line (I have done this yet that I know of    ) or runs over the hole......sorry  ...we really don't have a choice where we go in that area....we also can't always see your line running the width of the river.......

What I am trying to say is....it's not always how it looks.....most of us aren't out to ruin ur day or show off our boats.....but there are those people and it's not just bank fishermen that those idiots upset..... 

[RG]

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How bout all the guys who spend 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars on their outboard prop sleds to go chase humpies in a river instead of fishing in the bay for fresher fish. And top it off , show how fast they can haul ass through a crowd of boats fishing.

 

[Gobble Doc]

My experience has been and it certainly is not the case for everyone that boats are extremely inconsiderate of bank or float tube fisherman. Not all of us can afford to own boats but we do what we can to enjoy the same sport as everyone else.

I agree that a lot of people are forced to fish with less expensive options other than a boat.  I was just amazed to see people float tubing in a river with so much boat traffic.  I was always told to only use a float tube in a lake because in a river with a current you can be in deep doo doo if something catches your leg if you are going down the river.  There are definitely slow spots on the river where I don't think the current is a problem but only having such a low profile in the river during pink season with so many boats seems like a bad idea.  Not to mention actually crossing the river from one side to the other.  Not me. 

[snocohunter]

i watched a couple morons anchor up mid channel just above avenue d bridge, and then left, and had marked their "spot" with a buoy. my Dad said it wasthere the next day and they pulled up, tied off and started fishing 

[crschralping]

I talked to two guys Sunday that had just pulled a guy out of the water. He was in a canoe and got flipped. I've also seen the trailer stuck on the end of the launch play out a couple times, that's always fun. Best of the year so far though was two super hammered guys trying to pull their boat out. They got the front of the boat hooked up and cranked the boat up the trailer after about 10 minutes both in jeans knee deep in the water. Hammered guy1 tells hammered guy2 to pull out and the boat totally falls off the side of the trailer but just at the perfect angle so water starts rushing in the back of the boat. Well it filled up about 1/3 with water and a few people at the launch basically just told them to get out of the way and took care of their mess for them so others could launch/put in. Note to self if you are too drunk to trailer your boat you probably shouldn't be driving a vehicle

[Elkaholic daWg]

Love watching people walk back from Thomas eddy with humpies that look like the fish spawned out and died 3 days ago.  I miss the days before they made it into a park where only half the idiots knew the spot.

Been to many a Kegger down there way back when!

[turkeyfeather]

My experience has been and it certainly is not the case for everyone that boats are extremely inconsiderate of bank or float tube fisherman. Not all of us can afford to own boats but we do what we can to enjoy the same sport as everyone else.

I agree that a lot of people are forced to fish with less expensive options other than a boat.  I was just amazed to see people float tubing in a river with so much boat traffic.  I was always told to only use a float tube in a lake because in a river with a current you can be in deep doo doo if something catches your leg if you are going down the river.  There are definitely slow spots on the river where I don't think the current is a problem but only having such a low profile in the river during pink season with so many boats seems like a bad idea.  Not to mention actually crossing the river from one side to the other.  Not me.

I float the Spokane fishing. However that stretch of the river doesn't have boat traffic. I think it goes both ways. A floater should be curteous and cautious of boats. Boaters should also know that if a particular area is known to have alot of non boating traffic to slow down and be curteous as well. Saw alot of this fishing the Snake and Clearwater for Steelies last year. Jet boats would come flying thru areas known to have lots of non motorized fisherman. Makes them look like a-holes.

[singleshot12]

The Snohomish got all hyped up on talk radio fishing reports which didn't help any,and with all the people moving into the area it's a zoo anymore

[mallard79]

It could be that some people enjoy fishing the river over the salt  or maybe it has something to do with having to do less mintenance    or maybe some don't have a boat to go out to the salt in..... we could go on and on bashing each other forever....but why? There are rotten eggs in every user group....always will be.......

Some of the statements that have been made in this thread are comical.....   

"How bout all the guys who spend 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars on their outboard prop sleds to go chase humpies in a river instead of fishing in the bay for fresher fish. And top it off , show how fast they can haul ass through a crowd of boats fishing."

Sook what your saying here is thay you ckme off plain and throw a bigger wake every time you pass a boat....potentially causing a more dangerous situation? Do you do this every time you pass a boat in the salt? It seems the people with the bigg egos on here are the ones who fish the salt......

[Ripper]

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Quote from: sharpeshooter on September 08, 2013, 10:05:03 PM

    How bout all the guys who spend 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars on their outboard prop sleds to go chase humpies in a river instead of fishing in the bay for fresher fish. And top it off , show how fast they can haul ass through a crowd of boats fishing.


 

So you are saying that since I paid $40,000 for my boat and it has a prop, I shouldn't fish the river? I love fishing for pinks with an ultra lite rig and small jigs. I'd rather do that than troll with down riggers. I don't think that is unreasonable. I always try to give the bankies a wide berth, I know their options are limited. I was a bankie for more years than I have had a boat. As far as going fast through a crowd of boats, I leave less wake when running up on plan than if I slow down, so running fast is the polite thing to do. Some people don't get it though and flip me the bird. Oh well, some day they will learn. Pinks always draw out the most clowns. People that only salmon fish every other year. I wish they would at least practice backing up their boat a few times in the off season!

Hey FC when are we going to hit the river for some fun? We haven't fished together at all this year. I think we should blaze full speed up the river and collect pink jigs in our canvas from the bankies! 

[7mmfan]

I agree with the statement that going at high speed on a plane will throw less wake than going at half throttle. I had a guy in my boat the other day all mad that someone ripped by us and I explained it to him. He had never thought of it that way, but now has a different frame of mind on it.

However, I also had a guy weaving through boats right at the snohomish launch the other day at top speed. That could have got dangerous real fast. There is definitely a time and a place for it. I feel that most experienced boaters will know when its time to throttle down and idle through a crowd.

[bknilvr00]

However, I also had a guy weaving through boats right at the snohomish launch the other day at top speed. That could have got dangerous real fast. There is definitely a time and a place for it. I feel that most experienced boaters will know when its time to throttle down and idle through a crowd.

I sure hope that wasn't me lol. I'm usually cruising pretty good going by the Snohomish launch. It's such a zoo with people waiting to load/unload and the few clowns who anchor right at the bridge to fish. I try to get through it with haste so I'm not in anyone's way. Luckily, my 16ft john boat makes minimal wake on plane so I don't make a mess and potentially swamp the four guys in an 8 ft Livingston powered by trolling motor.

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[backyard bucks]

how about the lady swimming around back and forth in the river on the blow up air mattress last sunday afternoon? not the smartest with the boats running around.  LOL so far this season I have enjoyed finding the schools in the sloughs and staying with them and having success and avoiding the crowds. when I did go out to the main river you are never surprised with what you see and how you see it.    but again that is the best thing about the humpies.... anyone and everyone can get out and have success fishing from anything floating to standing on shore.  there can be bad apples with us in the boats to the anglers on the shore... DUMB@SSES are DUMB@SSES no matter how they are fishing.

[Ripper]

I am always careful around the Lowell and Snohomish launches. For many years I toted my 12 foot aluminum in the back of my truck, carried it down to the river, then my battery, then my 27# thrust Minn Cota, then my tackle, life jacket, net........I have had big azz fiber glass boats blast past me almost swamping me on more than one occasion. I'm always cognizant of the little guy's because that was me for many years. Yes there are a lot of rude MFer's out there, but there are also people that don't understand the physics involved with water displacement at various speeds. They also don't understand why someone with a nice boat would want to fish in the river. It's fun, that's why!    Now get out there and catch some fish and stop complaining about things that you can't do anything about. Everyone has the same goal, to put some fish on the table. People piss me off every time I go out on the river, but I still go. Just go with the understanding that there are going to be fishtards out there. Tight lines everyone, smile and be happy that you're smarter than the average dummy.