"parting Shot"

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

The very last page of Bassmaster magazine is always "the parting shot" which is an interesting picture that usually has a nice caption covering two pages like a centerfold. This newest issue July/August shows a wake boarder almost showering Keith Combs with water. Guy comes so close to him and the camera got the shot right near him. He stayed cool and collective. What would you all have done?

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

Here's the picture.

[Todd2]

Carolina Rig to the chest..lol It happens every weekend at my lake, not that close but it does get crazy. I try to ignore it and keep fishing.

[WRB]

Showering with water....notice the telephoto lens focal plane, the wake boarder isn't that close.

We all must share the water, it's easy to say now, 20 years ago would have run them down and had a heated discussion.

Tom

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

Showering with water....notice the telephoto lens focal plane, the wake boarder isn't that close.

We all must share the water, it's easy to say now, 20 years ago would have run them down and had a heated discussion.

Tom

Going by what the caption said. Regardless that was too close. Yeah we should all share the water, but why would you take a speeding boat towing a person on a board that close to a stationary bass fisherman.

At our local lake those boarders stay several dozen yards away. This guy is way to close.

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

This was during an elite series event also. You'd think people would be more cautious.

[papajoe222]

On a hot summer day, I'd almost welcome the shower but not the disturbance.  Many of the lakes I fish are small and overcrowded, not just on the week-end either.  I have two choices; night fish, or accept the fact that I'm not the only one out there to enjoy myself. Unless I'm aware that someone is intentionally attempting to disrupt my enjoyment, I won't say or do anything. If they are, then I feel that disrupting theirs is fair. 

A quick, short run to another spot is in order and because the lake is so crowded, I just have to run fairly close to said disrupter. (I know there is no such word, but it sounds good......I think)

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

Sounds good to me papa!!!

[WRB]

Swindle was DQ'd for speeding close to stationary competitors boats during a tournament on Lay lake.

Not everyone obeys the rules.

Tom

[Shanes7614]

I two oz tungsten to the boat or skier may make them think twice about doing it again...

[Sam]

Nothing.

Done nothing.

Just kept fishing and ignore the jacka$$.

Hope he has fun and moves on or I will move on, as I have done countless times.

[Smokinal]

Wanting to do and actually doing are 2 different things. Just ignore him; all he's trying to do is get your goat. Take the high road. And if you happen to meet at the ramp, well.....

On another note; you used to be able to download that pic and the one on the first page from BassMaster website as a desktop background. I can't find where you can anymore. Anyone know if we still can?

[scaleface]

I would ignore them . If it happened again and I think they are deliberately messing with me   I would let them know its not acceptable just by staring  .I fish in a popular skiing area and know there will be lots of skiers around.  I think it usually helps the fishing . Bass are use to the commotion and the activity camouflages my boats presence .

[Nice_Bass]

It really would not have bothered me.  Only thing that actually bothers me on the water now are jackasses that have paid for tourney jerseys with two powerpoles and all the rest of the tourney gear that try to fish where I am fishing because they have $25 per person on the line in their tx.

[stkbassn]

It never surprises me in any situation, anywhere these days that people have no regard for others, respect, or upbringing. I see it at work, on the road, out with friends, at the grocery store, the mall, and definitely on the lake. Yes, I would've ignored the jerk and done nothing but I would have been raising hell to myself about what I would love to happen to him. I had a guy on a seadoo pass me and then cut right in front of my boat a couple years ago and he was grinning. The things I wanted to do to him are unmentionable here but I did nothing.  If you fish during the day in summer time you're just inviting frustration. Of course I know pro's don't have a choice. So unless it's raining and ugly during the day  I don't go in the summer. Rainy days are my favorite kind of days! All of the wake boarders, seadoo's, jet skiers, pontoon boats, cigar boats , pleasure boaters, and all of the idiots that run those things are at the house crying and I'm out fishing in relative peace . otherwise, I like to get on the water around 7:30 or 8 in the evening and fish til 5....can't beat that in the summer!

[scaleface]

It really would not have bothered me.  Only thing that actually bothers me on the water now are jackasses that have paid for tourney jerseys with two powerpoles and all the rest of the tourney gear that try to fish where I am fishing because they have $25 per person on the line in their tx.

 I'm with you. Tourney anglers stopping to fish my marker buoys really upsets me .

[J Francho]

The market buoy pattern is often stronger than following the bent rod pattern.

Anyway, I never understood why other boaters would try to get close to fisherman - they have lines that tear up prop seals and hooks that tear up skiers in the water around. Seems pretty stupid to me.

[A-Jay]

The old One Finger Wave . . . .

 

A-Jay

[Team9nine]

Happens all the time on the waters I fish. As long as I don't actually "get sprayed" you just shake your head and fish on. It's always something now days. Pontoon boaters cutting across your casted lines while they smile and wave "Hi" because they have no clue what they just did. Speed boaters cutting you to the inside of points you're fishing instead of going around you. Wakeboats rolling by within 50 feet of you and sending you on a roller coaster ride, hoping you don't take water over the bow or stern. Tourney guys moving in on you or cutting you off when you're just halfway down the bank you have been fishing for the past 30 minutes. Other regular fishermen pulling up on you and dropping anchor next to you before you even get the fish they saw you catch released and back into the lake. It's endless...

 

-T9  

[gardnerjigman]

Happens all the time on the waters I fish. As long as I don't actually "get sprayed" you just shake your head and fish on. It's always something now days. Pontoon boaters cutting across your casted lines while they smile and wave "Hi" because they have no clue what they just did. Speed boaters cutting you to the inside of points you're fishing instead of going around you. Wakeboats rolling by within 50 feet of you and sending you on a roller coaster ride, hoping you don't take water over the bow or stern. Tourney guys moving in on you or cutting you off when you're just halfway down the bank you have been fishing for the past 30 minutes. Other regular fishermen pulling up on you and dropping anchor next to you before you even get the fish they saw you catch released and back into the lake. It's endless...

 

-T9  

 

 

Yup, part of the game. Just have to deal with it and keep fishing. It's frustrating, agreed, but people that get really fired up about it need to relax. That's like going to a public pool and getting ticked because you got splashed. 

[Lund Explorer]

 I'm with you. Tourney anglers stopping to fish my marker buoys really upsets me .

 

Haven't you learned the secret to using marker buoys?

 

Throw out a couple of big old gaudy looking buoys 100 yards from where you want to fish, and use a small pill bottle to mark the hot spot.

[Lund Explorer]

By the way, Michigan already has put laws into effect to stop such idiots from buzzing anglers.

 

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10366_37141-120726--,00.html

 

And yes, it does work.

[gardnerjigman]

By the way, Michigan already has put laws into effect to stop such idiots from buzzing anglers.

 

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10366_37141-120726--,00.html

 

And yes, it does work.

 

So then what happens? Seems as though it would turn into a bunch of he said she said unless the DNR observed it.

[Montanaro]

Just remember that they have a right to the water and are just out having fun like we are. I'm sure they get ticked when a boat is sitting in their favorite cove or swimming hole.

While Hunting and Fishing Boats Are supposed To Be Given A wide birth, many people are ignorant of it and that's not a reason to have a heated argument or ruin your mood.

[C0lt]

You guys wouldn't belive the amount of times my buddy and I have had wake larders come withing 20 yards of us near the boat launch of the lake we fish with a 12 ft flat bottom Jon boat. It's absoloutly absurd. They have an 8.5 square mile lake to wake board yet they choose to buzz by and throw around a johnboat with their wake in a low wake zone. Unbelievable.