Super User K_Mac Posted March 1, 2015 Super User Posted March 1, 2015 I have been on both sides-giving and receiving. That is the way it is supposed to work. Treating others as you would want them to treat you is still good advice. So is keeping the good you do to yourself. For sermon outlines pm me! Just kidding Mods... 1 Quote
Rhino68W Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 I was bank fishing one time and across the pond was a mother and her 2 young sons. They were fishing with some crazy, never gonna work rig with treble hooks and curly tail jig and all kinds of swivels. It was obvious that she had no clue what was going on. She stepped away to take a call and I heard her talking to who I can only guess was the boys father about having them back to him the next morning. That's when I stepped in. I walked around to them and explained to the mom that I would like to help them have more fun with momma. Tied a proper rig, had the boys digging and searching for worms and insects. Needless to say they were catching bluegills left and right within minutes. Made my wife cry when I told her about it. Quote
EvanT123 Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 If you are on the water and someone needs help, you drop what you are doing and help the guy out. Period ... This is what I was taught when I took a boater safety course last year. That basically it is your duty to help others in need on the waterway. I try and always be mindful of others when on the water and after my first season on the water it has occurred to me that this concept is lost on many. Especially some of those in the personal water craft crowd. Off topic but I was fishing a bridge last year. Standing on the deck in my bright white undershirt when a jet ski'er flew by me. In a no wake zone mind you and gave me a nice spritz. He doubled back and apologized saying he didn't even see me. I thought to myself that's worse than just being an AH. As far as good deeds. I dunno I try and help people when they need it and not be an ass and rush people at the ramp. I'll offer to help if they are alone or look like they are struggling. Quote
topwaterbob Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 This happened when I was around 10 years old maybe. It was back in the 60's. My dad and i fished for crappies on a causway between Pa and Ohio called Pymatuning Lake. Someone told him to use Erie Shinners. They worked like magic on the crappies. We had a stringerful of them all over 14 inches. A while after we were there a van pulled up and a woman was assisting a disabled vet to fish. People on both sides of us weren't doing to good but we were killing them. My dad and I talked and decided to tell the lady about the Erie shinners. He asked me to ask her if she would like the crappies we caught also. I didn't mind because we had some already back at the cabin and we could keep fishing for more if we wanted to, She gladly accepted the fish and thanked me for the fish and idea of using the Erie shinners. She also insisted on giving me something for everything. I said that's alright she didn't need to give me anything. She was insistant. So we finally ended up on her sending me a baseball glove. She took my addy and thanked me again. My dad taught me a good lesson that day. I am still waiting for that glove but always have a warm feeling thinking about my dad and the way I felt when it happened. To this day i never think twice when someone needs help. 1 Quote
Super User senile1 Posted March 2, 2015 Super User Posted March 2, 2015 One time a guy fishing near me hooked a bass. I saw it leap a couple of times and it was huge. He was fishing among some trees and the fish eventually wrapped him around a branch so he was struggling to bring it in. I pulled up in my boat and cut his line so he wouldn't break his rod. 1 Quote
Super User senile1 Posted March 2, 2015 Super User Posted March 2, 2015 On a more serious note, I have towed in a couple of boats in my time on the water. 1 Quote
Preytorien Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 I fished once on a small neighborhood pond near a friend's house. While I was fishing, an older gentleman approached me. I thought he was there to run me out of there, but he started asking me what kind of rod and reel I had, what I was fishing for, and what I was using. We started talking and he said he'd watched me before fishing and said it brought back memories of him fishing when he was much younger, but that he had just gotten away from it over the years. He asked what I suggested in terms of a good starting spinning rod and reel, and I gave him my two cents worth. The next time I went there, he came excitedly running out to me, and showed me his new rig. We fished a while together, giving each other tips and lure choice suggestions. We both caught a few fish but nothing great, but you could see the guy's eyes light up when he had one on....it's like years of excitement came flooding back. That was the last time I fished with him since it got really cold the next couple days and the pond iced over. But I'm sure I'll see him this spring! I'm excited to say hey and fish with him. 2 Quote
punch Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 I fish the same lake very often, so I know it inside and out. I can find the bass most days. If I see some new guys on the lake struggling to put fish in the boat and I know the presentation they are using is totally wrong I'll try and nicely put them on some fish (if given the opportunity). Last summer there were two young guys fishing spinners VERY shallow on a really warm day in a canoe (no electronics). They weren't catching anything but some sunburn, while I found some really nice fish deeper around some cover. They passed inside of me and i casually asked them how they were doing (knowing the answer) and I told them if they tied on some plastics and a bullet weight and came by me they may have some luck. I moved over off my spot and they switched it up their lures. I told them where to cast got to sit back and watch them catch 2 or 3 nice 3lb LMB. They were very excited and took a bunch of pictures of their new found fish. I'm glad i could help them enjoy their time on the water a litlte more and get some good facebook material. I'll never pass up the chance to help increase someone elses chances of hooking up, that's just as fun as catching them yourself sometimes. Quote
BaitMonkey1984 Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Nothing out of the ordinary, towing people in from the occasional breakdown. Helping newbies back their trailer up, getting their boat on the trailer. I always try to do threethings every time I fish. One is try to leave a good impression on the people I encounter, so not to give people a and impression of fisherman. I am always polite and even if I have had only one beer while out, I leave the empties in the boat and empty back at the house. Don't want everyone getting labeled a drunk. Also, I always try to leave the lake cleaner than when I get there. One thing that really ticks me off is when I find fishing related packages at the ramp/shoreline. No excuse. This is our resource and if we don't care about it enough to take care of it, who can we expect non-fisherman to care about it. Lastly, anytime I see a young kid casting from shore I always speak to him/her and see how they are doing. Then, based upon their are and aptitude I give them a few free baits I know will produce fish. It not only is a free gift, but also gets them a few extra bites, and hooks them into fishing. 1 Quote
Penguino Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Nothing out of the ordinary, towing people in from the occasional breakdown. Helping newbies back their trailer up, getting their boat on the trailer. I always try to do threethings every time I fish. One is try to leave a good impression on the people I encounter, so not to give people a and impression of fisherman. I am always polite and even if I have had only one beer while out, I leave the empties in the boat and empty back at the house. Don't want everyone getting labeled a drunk. Also, I always try to leave the lake cleaner than when I get there. One thing that really ticks me off is when I find fishing related packages at the ramp/shoreline. No excuse. This is our resource and if we don't care about it enough to take care of it, who can we expect non-fisherman to care about it. Lastly, anytime I see a young kid casting from shore I always speak to him/her and see how they are doing. Then, based upon their are and aptitude I give them a few free baits I know will produce fish. It not only is a free gift, but also gets them a few extra bites, and hooks them into fishing. Good Job man. People like you are how newbies like me get interested into fishing. The first time I ever went fishing, I met this old Russian guy who was extremely nice and gave me some tips on how to catch fish and he also gave me a few free lures. 1 Quote
Nebasska Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Was bass fishin and was about to head home was waiting for the boat ramp to open up so threw a lure a few times at a point near by and caught a 4 lb catfish on a crankbait and it got all wrapped up in it was pretty nasty just like most freakin catfish well I wasn't happy so I started the unhook process and I noticed a guy on the bank fishing who seemed down on his luck and he was very excited to see I caught a fish he yelled over "nice one!" I wasn't feeling the same...He yelled " I haven't caught anything in 2 hours" So I yelled to him " hey you want this one?" since its chances of living were slim and I had no need or want for the nasty pig...He yells "sure!" I said ok but you have to untangle him he said no problem and was very excited. So I drove my boat over to the shore and he grabbed it and got it free and was very happy and said to me how happy he was and thankful cause now he had something to eat tonight... It hit me then wow...I was all ticked I caught this bottom dweller and here is this guy acting like he found a prize... Felt really good to help a guy out...I would never eat a fish from this 40 acre lake I was fishing but I guess some do... Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 5, 2015 Super User Posted March 5, 2015 Three rescues, pulling a total of five people out of the water. The first was in a pond where a guy and his girlfriend were trying to swim to the opposite shore. I came from behind an island and saw them thrashing in the middle of the pond. Motored over to them, pulled them aboard, and brought them to the shore where they had entered the water. The second was on the ocean. We came upon a burning dragger, thirty miles from shore. Called the Coast Guard, gave them the coordinates then headed directly into the breeze since the boat would have drifted faster than a person in the water. Forty five minutes later, we saw something in the water directly ahead of us. It was a man in a cork life raft with a net bottom. Got him aboard, went back to the burning boat he had to abandon, and handed him over to the Coast Guard when they arrived. The third was when a guy and girl tipped over their boat in the middle of a small pond. I was taking my canoe out of the water when I heard a commotion on the pond, that attracted my attention. It was a guy and girl in the water, clinging to their overturned boat. There was a twelve foot round bottom boat near the shore so I grabbed that rather than using my canoe. Paddled it out to them, and backed it up to the guy who was panicking. Held his arms over the stern, while his girl friend managed to climb in at the bow. She paddled the boat to shore while I held onto the guy at the stern. Quote
Jtrout Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Was fishing at my local lake on my lunch break I was catching a bunch of fish off a hump far out from shore and two kids about 13-14 years old in a pond prowler with a trolling motor were on the other side of the lake and wernt catching fish and I yelled to them what I knew was out there and told them to fish it and the cauhjt some fish Quote
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