Snohomish River Warning

[mallard79]

I took my 11 year old son out today to see if we could find a Coho that wanted to come home with us.In our day on the water we had someone cast their plunking rig into our boat as we went past!    I did nothing different than I have done in the past and stayed as far away from them as the situation allowed but apparently that wasnt good enough for this person. I just want to let people know to be on the lookout for this kind of thing. It could have turned out extremely bad if it had hit one of us! I have cross posted this to a few facebook pages just to get the word out.

People don't reallize or think about the fact that what they are doing when they do things like this is that it is potentially deadly! Add to that the fact that more and more people are carrying these day and you could end up with an extremely bad situation for all parties involved! Think before you act.

This is my Facebook post...

To the person fishing on Short School Rd on the Snohomish: your lucky you didn't hit me or my 11 yr old son who was standing next to me in the boat when you slung your plunking rig with a 2 ounce pyramid weight at us as we went by! I'm sorry that you have to share the river with boaters and you probly don't understand that I throw less wake when I stay up on plane. I hugged the far side of the river as best as I could with all of the snags in that area.

BTW.....I have your rig if you would like it back but your not gonna catch anything using a size egg hook for salmon.

[JJB11B]

too bad there isnt a quick easy way to secure the line and spool jerks like that

[jason stevens]

Seen it a million times if you go to fast expect it.some fisherman don't under stand the wake and if I where u I would slow down on that area or duck.just to avoid that or shots fired people are crazy. Good luck to u on your coho quest.

[JJB11B]

Wonder if ThunderJet or Northwest Jet is working on a Lexan windows and a reinforced hull above the waterline for combat fishing...

[Mfowl]

Wow, scary! That's lame someone would do that, especially when you have your kid in the boat. What a jerk!

[jackelope]

Was it on a corner?

[mallard79]

Not on a corner. We were just going through the bottleneck at the top of the hole where the clay bank sticks out and is shallow and the other side is full of snags. We stay as tight to the snags as we can.

They may have mistaken my son for an adult...he is 5' 6" and 160#'s.

[SuperFull]

Seen it a million times if you go to fast expect it.some fisherman don't under stand the wake and if I where u I would slow down on that area or duck.just to avoid that or shots fired people are crazy. Good luck to u on your coho quest.

Are you freaking kidding me!  Go fast and expect it???  You sound almost as ignorant as the offender in the situation.  No one should "expect" to be potentially assaulted when out enjoying what is all of ours to SHARE!  Do you expect a swift kick to the jewels if you changed lanes without a blinker just because another person doesn't like the way you did it?  There are rules and regulations to protect us for a reason and people chosen to enforce them.  Why should it be acceptable for a random person to do self policing?  That's just asking for trouble with the lashback.

Been fishing and boating with mallard all my life and he is a very respectful boater when it comes to bankies.  Leaves plenty of room wether going by or on anchor. 

And slow down through there?  Naw....... The plunkers still treat u the same, just for longer periods of time because you are spending more time in front of them. 

This kind of stuff boils my blood.  It is a navigable waterway, get over it.  Go somewhere else if you are not willing to share "your" river, mr self righteous plunker.  Karma will catch up with you and your kind sooner or later and I hope I am there to witness it.

[SuperFull]

Not on a corner. We were just going through the bottleneck at the top of the hole where the clay bank sticks out and is shallow and the other side is full of snags. We stay as tight to the snags as we can.

They may have mistaken my son for an adult...he is 5' 6" and 160#'s.

Complete BS either way.  If the offender perceived the kid as an adult he is still an................

And good god gain some weight, at 5'6" and 160, he's about ready to take over the household from your skrawny butt. 

[MADMAX]

I would have swung the boat around and had a chat with whoever pitched that at me
 

[grade-creek-rd]

Keep the net handy next time you go through there...if they pitch their gear at ya just put the net on top of it and stand on the net...watch the rod get yanked out of their hands! This used to happen to us at Drano from the bankies pitching their plugs at us...good way to collect some gear and rods!

[JJB11B]

Keep the net handy next time you go through there...if they pitch their gear at ya just put the net on top of it and stand on the net...watch the rod get yanked out of their hands! This used to happen to us at Drano from the bankies pitching their plugs at us...good way to collect some gear and rods!

lol I like it

[singleshot12]

Lol, couldn't it have been an accident his gear hit your boat? Why would someone want to loose their plunking  gear that way? Even an experienced plunker can over shoot their cast sometimes

[SuperFull]

Lol, couldn't it have been an accident his gear hit your boat? Why would someone want to loose their plunking  gear that way? Even an experienced plunker can over shoot their cast sometimes

I wasn't there this time, but why else would someone chuck their gear out in a narrow stretch of river as a boat is going by?  I personally wait for boats to pass when I am on the bank. 

 Unless the person were deaf and blind then it was a purposeful and mulitious act.

[huntingfool7]

Glad no one got hurt.  A big hunk of lead like that could kill a guy.