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I took some guys out from here on sat for a day of fishing, it was very slow as we all heard, the best part of the trip was the guy on the bank, never in 18 years of running a boat and bank fishing have I ever seen anything quite like this. I dropped my anchor before any bank guys were around, made sure to use only about 50ft of line so that there would be as much room as possible for all of us to fish, bank and boat alike, then ran back to the launch to pick my guys up. I run back and start to tie off to my bouy and this guy on the bank starts yelling F bommbs at me and throwing rocks my way, keep in mind they were fishing way above my boat and I was not in their way at all...... he says I am in the best spot on the bank, not true I say, I told him I grew up fishing the bank here and I have never had a issue hooking fish on any part of it... he then kept cussing and eventually sat down. Later another boat comes in and anchors outside of me, the guy loses it and starts cussing again, the other boat asks him if he has anything better to do then be a *censored* and he just keeps going, again with the rocks etc....... well he really gets mad and then casts a 6 oz lead over my boat trying to snag my lines, from a act from god I remained cool and just cut his line, he retied and did it again, same thing, then he tries for a 3rd time and snaps his line from a backlash........ I then decided to call the cops, they came down and had a long talk with him and he shut up the rest of the day....... the nerve of some people!!!!
What a sockcucker.
wow....glad the guy was only fishing and not hunting....
Quote from: Al Bundy on July 28, 2009, 05:58:28 PMWhat a sockcucker.I believe the proper term is "Corksoaker"...
Why did you wait to call the cops? I think I would have done that early on. Take a photo and dial...before the guy gets even more frustrated. Tossing rocks and gear at you is an attempted assault...
...Tossing rocks and gear at you is an attempted assault...
Heck Yea, Spray away------he has a big outboard jet too, elevate it a bit and instant FIRE HOSE that will probably shoot further than the guy could throw... Of course with this heat might have refreshed him.... We used to mess around when it got cooking in AK, and would have water stream battles with other jet boats to cool off each other... My old 115 would shoot a 60 foot stream. Can't rasie my Thunderjet or I am sure I'd have one heck of a good stream ability. I think Hoyt has a 225 or something, holly crap...
sorta takes the fun away......one time I took my oldest daughter duck hunting for the first time at the potholes with a friend who happened to be a duck guide. Before light there was lots of activity around the area....as it got light turns out someone else was set up about 200 yards away and they were in competition calling at the ducks we were calling. My friend was pretty good on the call and ducks were coming to us but before they were within range the other guys would shoot way across just to keep us from getting any. After a while we just left.I know how you felt....
Hmm.... I'm kinda torn with this one. Being a bank fisher, I have noticed that some guys with boats are a$$holes. I believe in first come, first entitled. Putting a buoy with anchor in place doesn't save the spot for you in my book. If a bank fisher is capable of casting normal fishing lure/bait a distance, then the boater should yeild position. There's a whole lot more places a boater can get to. Advantage=boater. That said, if a bank fisher is spin casting or plunking, the boater should be allowed to drift through. This shares the same hole with everyone involved. If I come to a spot and a boat is already anchored within my casting range, I will not set up to fish. It's not the boat size on the water. That anchor line is also taking up bait drifting space. That anchor line can also be a hazard with fighting a fish from shore. I think every situation needs to be analized to make sure all involved have fair opportunity to fish the location. I tell ya, If I'm on the bank, and a boat fisher pulls right up and drops anchor right where I've been casting. I'm gonna be pissed! Think about the days before you bought a boat. Were you a bank fisherman? Did anyone in a boat ever push your buttons? I don't condone the actions of this fisherman at all, but from your information, He may have had reason to be upset. I personally would have told you that I'm going to keep casting where I was. If one cast goes a bit long. SoBeIt. I won't try to hit you, but you might want to pay attention and not get a hook in your ear.Last year on the Skagit above Rockport, my son and I were fishing spinners from the bank when two drift boats came down. We paused our casts while the first came through. He anchored just below us. The other anchored just above us. Both limited our casts and drifts just a bit. We casted more, that's all. Eventually they left. We all fished the same hole without incident. -Steve First off there is no other side to this, its exactly what it was, I was there first, anchored with a very short rope ( 45 ft) and made sure to give enough room for everyone to fish, the bank is over 200 yrds long, I have caught fish on every rock on it, the 60 ft I took up with my anchor and boat was no different then other bank guys fishing that spot on the bank... thre is no reason we all cant fish it, and as I said I grew up fishing from the bank, if a boat was anchored in close before I got there I just moved up or down, got my fish and went home, easy as that..no reason or need to say anything, let alone toss gear at a boat, a guide boat at that....... if I did not have my name all over my boat and clients you can better believe this would have ended a little different......... he was in the wrong, he was a ashole, case closed
this guy on the bank starts yelling F bommbs at me and throwing rocks my way,
