Things that make you mad on the water

[Pro Logcatcher]

You catch a fish and four other boats swarm you

[Esoxfreak]

1.POACHERS! 

2...everything else I thought of was kinda in that catagory.

[Tracker22]

Club tournaments and poop cramps!

 

The club tournaments, because they clog up the ramps and then they act like they own the lakes. 

And the poop cramps, well, you know what that feels like.

[LBASS01]

Wind

[12poundbass]

I used to let little things and big things ruin my day or a good time. But certain life experiences at 19 years old changed the way I look at life and how I handle things. Rarely do I get mad, or let things get me down. Life's too short to let little things ruin a good time or an entire day! 

[Mike L]

Airboats..Why don't they put muffler's on those things?

 

Being backboated in a tournament 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Hawkeye21]

Being a kayak fishing it's by far wind for me.  Other than that I get annoyed by crowded bodies of water.  I know it's just part of fishing public waters but when I go fishing I go to be relaxed and get away from it all.  I like to be left alone.

[12poundbass]

26 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Being a kayak fishing it's by far wind for me.  Other than that I get annoyed by crowded bodies of water.  I know it's just part of fishing public waters but when I go fishing I go to be relaxed and get away from it all.  I like to be left alone.

Exactly why the lakes I fish often require 4wheel drive and the launches aren't the greatest. One lake I frequent I haven't seen another human on it in 5-6 years.

[Jar11591]

Wind and people.

[basscatcher8]

I use to get worked up about everything but now I just try to turn those things into positives. Jet Ski's can be annoying but can get areas stirred up and fish moving. I was fishing a narrow river last year on a row of boulders toward the channel. Mind you I wasn't setup in the channel I was out of everybody's way but the pleasure boaters were making it a point to try and run close to me to upset me. I was still pulling smallmouth off of those boulders.

 

 

I've been fishing outside a Marina. And the rule at this place is they sound their horn before rounding the corner out to the river to let anybody know they are coming. We would wait for that horn and run over and get ready. Soon as they came out they had the smallmouth fired up and we would straight catch em for awhile.

 

I learned a long time ago that getting upset while on the water is useless. I tend to stay away from tournaments as it seems like getting upset about everything is part of it for a lot of those guys.

[ScottDB]

My one buddy irritates me in particular he has no patience.. he will cast out 5 times then completely relocate because "there are no fish in there". He wont even try different lures/ plastics or anything he'll just up and leave the whole pond if he doesn't get anything in half an hour. Drives me insane. Even though I have days with not even a nibble I still enjoy getting out there for a couple hours and enjoying nature.

[Gundog]

Stupidity use to bother me. I've seen a lot of it over the years. Things like putting a pontoon boat on a shallow river, launching a 18' Tracker boat onto an "open to the public" pond that had no launch ramp, boats running full speed in a no-wake zone, jet skis doing circles around my jon boat, first time boaters not doing a pre-launch check and finding they didn't put in the drain plug in their new boat, boats crowding around one boat that is catching fish, drug and alcohol use on the water and so much more. Now I try not to let it bother me but to tell you the truth sometimes it still does. 

[scaleface]

40 minutes ago, Gundog said:

  and finding they didn't put in the drain plug in their new boat, 

 

I still do that  one .

[WIGuide]

Pontoons usually get to me. The vast majority seem to think that if you get off the bank more than 50 yards your pontoon falls off the flat earth. Nothing like fishing a point and watching a pontoon drive right in between the point directly over where you're casting. Last year, I had one that I literally could have ran into the bank. I pulled up to fish this bog edge, I was off the bank a little ways and a pontoon came around the corner behind me. Being that the driver's course appeared to be set to cut between me and the bog I was fishing I turned the bow of my boat in towards the bog. I could see the pontoons course change, but it was changed to still cut in between. I moved forward again and had the same result. I kept it up until when the pontoon passed there was literally 10' of clearance on both sides. Meanwhile, the 1/2 mile of water on the back side of my boat was left without another boat in sight. I can understand some ignorance, but when it's just blatant disregard and straight up stupidity it just irks me. 

[CenCal fisher]

27 minutes ago, WIGuide said:

Pontoons usually get to me. The vast majority seem to think that if you get off the bank more than 50 yards your pontoon falls off the flat earth. Nothing like fishing a point and watching a pontoon drive right in between the point directly over where you're casting. Last year, I had one that I literally could have ran into the bank. I pulled up to fish this bog edge, I was off the bank a little ways and a pontoon came around the corner behind me. Being that the driver's course appeared to be set to cut between me and the bog I was fishing I turned the bow of my boat in towards the bog. I could see the pontoons course change, but it was changed to still cut in between. I moved forward again and had the same result. I kept it up until when the pontoon passed there was literally 10' of clearance on both sides. Meanwhile, the 1/2 mile of water on the back side of my boat was left without another boat in sight. I can understand some ignorance, but when it's just blatant disregard and straight up stupidity it just irks me. 

It makes my day when they scrape against that shallow rock pile you were catching fish on 

[WIGuide]

16 minutes ago, CenCal fisher said:

It makes my day when they scrape against that shallow rock pile you were catching fish on 

it makes it even better when they drive right past the big hazard buoy to get to that rock pile  

[Jd_Phillips_Fishin]

I despise the wind; but it's something that can't be controlled. So it doesn't get to me as much as it used to.   However, jerks that pull up, and start fishin 15 yrds in front of me, and cut me off.....

[jeff25]

When other people get hung up and cut their line at the rod instead of breaking it off and my baits get caught up in it and comes back with 100ft of fishing line

[WCWV]

Crowded boat ramps then some guy backs down not prepared to launch . 

 

I second this

[Ratherbfishing]

4 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

Wind and people.

yep, that pretty much covers it.  Except maybe need to add "sun and humidity and bugs" as second runner ups.

[Bent]

Nothing gets under my skin quite like people leaving their trash laying around.  I try to clean up and be a positive force rather than let it ruin my day, but bank fishing rarely raises my confidence in humanity... last summer at one of my favorite spots I found what seemed like an entire spool of line in random tangles, a handful of big carp left to rot on the bank, an empty 30 pack with all the cans crushed up, packaging from baits, etc. all strewn around a smoldering fire fueled by more trash (including plastic bottles).

[Scarborough817]

i dont normally let things get me mad but i don't appreciate people that cut between me and the shore in kayaks 

[Bankbeater]

I get mad at myself when it's windy and I know I'm getting too close to structure, or cover, but I want to make one more cast into it.  Next thing I know the wind has pinned me to the said structure or cover.

[scaleface]

16 minutes ago, Bankbeater said:

I get mad at myself when it's windy and I know I'm getting too close to structure, or cover, but I want to make one more cast into it.  Next thing I know the wind has pinned me to the said structure or cover.

So, I'm not the only one . I try real hard to get the positioned perfectly and somehow wind up right on top of the cover .

[gim]

Jet skis, pontoons, ski boats, wake boarders, all bother me sometimes to the point where I refuse to go if I expect some of them to be out there.  Morons at the ramp used to anger me when I was younger, now I just sit there and shake my head and try to be patient.  Perhaps more so now are the over abundance of slimy hammer handle pike that break off my line and swim away with expensive lures.  Its been a problem around here for years but lately its just gotten to the point of frustration when you literally can't get a lure past them to target a bass.