Awkward Combat Fishing

[AL WORRELLS KID]

I don't know about the rest of you but.......There have been times when the Fishing has been so good I have had to put my "introvert" tendencies aside and squeeze in line with the rest of the mob working the water into a lather. 
Doug

[jackson7]

brings to mind opener for shrimp in the sound!

[boneaddict]

Glory days at Hoodsport comes to mind, maybe Icicle

[boneaddict]

throw boats into the mix....Drano

[WSU]

I'll be doing some of that tomorrow.  Nothing like running 37 miles into the ocean only fish in the middle of 60 other boats.

[boneaddict]

I always think that when I watch Wicked Tuna

[Stein]

I think sockeye on the Kenai in July counts.  So does shrimp anywhere south of MA7.  So does the crab opener, weekend salmon, B10, I guess most of the good fisheries anymore.

[boneaddict]

It used to be Kenai with Kings.  Do they exist anymore?

[cavemann]

Lake Washington when sockeye would occasionally open...  absolute hands down craziest I've ever been in...

[Alchase]

Lake Washington when sockeye would occasionally open...  absolute hands down craziest I've ever been in...

Washington sockeye gets pretty bad!
But the boat ramp can be highly entertaining!
LOL

Skokomish for Kings is about as combat as you can get with a fishing rod. Elbow to elbow on one side of the river.
20 feet a crossed on the tribal side, idiots flinging pipe jigs with multiple trebles on them over the lines of anyone hooking up on the other side, and doing the snaggers jerk to rip it off their line.
While the WDFW officer watches and does nothing! I put my gear away and walked up to the officer and asked him why they allow that to happen? He responded, “there is nothing I can do, as long as he is on a their side of the river.
 

[Skillet]

For my money, Sitka Sound herring roe fishery takes the cake. 58 foot, 100 ton seiners playing bumper boats is hard to beat.

https://youtu.be/DgHiM2AVJY0

[JimmyHoffa]

Should see all the boats headed west of Port Angeles, to Neah Bay I suppose, this evening. 

[Stein]

Closest quarters I ever did was at the "meat hole" and I can't say where that is but a few may know.  You literally bounced boats together the entire time and were never more than a couple feet away from someone else.  It was completely routine and gentlemanly - except for when it wasn't.

[Karl Blanchard]

For my money, Sitka Sound herring roe fishery takes the cake. 58 foot, 100 ton seiners playing bumper boats is hard to beat.

https://youtu.be/DgHiM2AVJY0

gill netting out of Egegik 

[Magnum_Willys]

The golden days at Buoy 10 !   You could damg near cross the columbia walking from boat to boat when the bite hit.