Most Annoying Things while Fishing

[frosty]

57 minutes ago, Scott F said:

I buy my fishing licenses online and print out multiple copies. One in my car, one in my wallet, one in my boat, one in my tackle box. If I don't have a license near me, I'm probably in the bathroom.

Wait... you take your wallet out of your pocket to go to the bathroom??? 

[Catt]

Second most annoying... Fish not biting

[Scott F]

1 minute ago, frosty said:

Wait... you take your wallet out of your pocket to go to the bathroom??? 

I seldom get asked for my ID while I'm in there. I only carry my wallet when I leave the house. 

[the reel ess]

23 minutes ago, Scott F said:

I seldom get asked for my ID while I'm in there. I only carry my wallet when I leave the house. 

You might get ticketed for dumping without a license.

[BigAngus752]

On 6/30/2017 at 8:44 PM, Koz said:

No gators bothered us today. Instead it was the fire ants all over my tackle box. They didn't get me today but my son had 4 or 5 bites on his legs. It's a tough day when you get more ant bites than fish bites.

Mostly I hate Illinois but you are making me like fishing here.  

[Columbia Craw]

Well it really annoys me when I'm on the river and the smallies are all bunched up and biting a dropshot like crazy and I have to get another bait...re-rig, wash the slime off my hands, and push the way point on the GPS, and re-position the boat to catch another one. It would be sooo much easier if they wouldn't bite and cause me all that annoyance and look at how much money I would save on Dream Shots and Robo worms. It drives me crazy. I know....just fish a crankbait and save all that money but I would have to bend over, pick up the pliers, unhook the fish and risk getting some blood on my deck carpet.  I can't win for loosing. I don't know why I even bother.  I'm perplexed how Glen, A-Jay and Dwight have tolerated it all these years. Time to mow the lawn.

[frosty]

6 hours ago, Scott F said:

I seldom get asked for my ID while I'm in there. I only carry my wallet when I leave the house. 

I'm curious of how the story goes that has someone asking for ID while a person is involved in bathroom activities...

[IndianaFinesse]

7 hours ago, scaleface said:

 

My cousin lost a nice bass trying to flip it in . It cost us first place . We netted every bass after that .

I lost eight different keeper bass in one day, and any two of them would have won the 98 boat event.  One fish looked to be big enough to win it on it's own, I still have nightmares about that fish.

[OCdockskipper]

On 7/1/2017 at 4:40 AM, GrumpyOlPhartte said:

CARP!  What the heck are they doing when they jump? Always gets my ol' heart racing and it's s-o-o tempting to cast to the splashes. Took me a long time to realize they weren't bass. Sheesh!

 

To me, what is most annoying about carp is that they won't jump when hooked.  When swimming around, they think they are salmon, jumping & splashing.  Hook one, he goes to the bottom like a manhole cover.

[Jon G]

I hate the guy that pulls up out of the blue to tell you you are doing something wrong yet you've been catching fish all day. An example of this was a week or two ago I was fishing a Jackall Gantarel around bluegill beds and an older guy idles up next to me and starts saying how he's been fishing all his life and that from his experience I'm fishing way to big of a bait and I'm never going to catch a fish on something that big. You should have seen the look on his face when I caught a 3lber on it right in front of him lol. 

 

I also can't stand people who hold spinning reels upside down. It doesn't affect me in any way but it makes me cringe every time I see it.

[afrayed knot]

That guy who caught a 10 lber yesterday

[spencer12]

I fish a lot of public access areas. Mainly small lakes 1000 acres or less. Here are some of my biggest gripes.

 

1. Showing up to a 100 acre lake at 5:30 (First person there) in the morning launch the boat and get a good hour of fishing before I see 12 boats heading my way. This may not seem like many but on 100 acres it is.

 

2. The "fishermen" who set up shop on, or right beside the landing. I mean chair, cooler, 106 rods with bobbers the size of softballs. I have no problem waiting for them to move their stuff, I load or unload at my own speed. They usually get the point.

 

3. Watching the same type of fishermen as mentioned above throw every single bass they catch regardless of the 14 inch minimum into their 5 gallon.

 

4. Trash everywhere. I watched from a distance once as a family catfishes near the dam of a lake I was fishing. Right before they left they threw all of their worm containers, liver tubs, and trash bags to the edge of the water. Classy people.

 

5. And last but not least, the bird dogger. This guy usually has a $75,000 bass boat and can be seen at any local lake near you. This guy knows who to follow to catch fish. He usually shows back up the next weekend and sets up shop on your offshore shellbed it took you years to find, and wouldn't you know he will be throwing the exact same lures you were. He will also avoid eye contact at all costs.

 

But honestly, I've been fishing around this for so long it doesn't bother me. I used to get upset or aggravated but now I just smile and fish on. My time on the water is to short to fret on all the googans.

[frosty]

1 hour ago, afrayed knot said:

That guy who caught a 10 lber yesterday

The guy that caught a 5 lber and is convinced it's a 10 lber

[spencer12]

On 7/1/2017 at 7:27 AM, frosty said:

People that ask if you've caught any catfish while you're obviously targeting bass. It's normally a specific sub-group. I had one woman telling me how her old man (her words, not mine) was catching huge bass and cats at this pond I've fished my whole life, I don't think I've ever seen a bass over 1 pound come out of it. 

I heard a guy talking about a small pond I've fished before. The pond is maybe 5-6 acres and about 4 of it is covered in grass. 

 

Apparently this man has been slaying them there. He caught something like ( I can't remember exactly) 12 fish over 10 lbs in two weekends out there. 

 

Few people have caught a true 10lber before, including myself. This guy caught a dozen of them in two weekends.

[Gundog]

1 hour ago, frosty said:

The guy that caught a 5 lber and is convinced it's a 10 lber

I got a friend like that. Showed me a pic on his phone of a 4# bass and swore it was 7#. When I stopped laughing I patted him on the head and said "Nice try buddy". 

[BassB8Caster]

On 7/2/2017 at 3:08 AM, islandbass said:

Now that is a brilliant idea.  I'll need to give my state's fish and wildlife department a call.  They might even do this and I just didn't know. Thanks!

-ib

I'm not 100% sure it is an acceptable form of license, but when I purchased mine online I took a pic of it on my phone. So as long as I have my phone on me I can prove I have a license. I also have a copy in my wallet. I have a hard enough time remembering kayak paddle, met, and fishing rods. Don't want to have to remember my license.  

[Lures'n'Liberty]

22 hours ago, spencer12 said:

2. The "fishermen" who set up shop on, or right beside the landing. I mean chair, cooler, 106 rods with bobbers the size of softballs. I have no problem waiting for them to move their stuff, I load or unload at my own speed. They usually get the point.

 

I'm sooo that guy at night! Chair, 3 rods, sometimes a 4th for boredom, cooler full of bait. Generally I'm with 3-4 friends with the same gear, and depending on the launch ramp's accessibility, sometimes we will even park a couple pickups on the bank, too. You will usually only find us at night, though, and whoever is closest to the ramp will get their lines in before anyone is actually ready to put the trailer in the water, though, as we are all courteous catfishermen. In the unlikely event that we do hold anyone up, we will generally offer up a cold beer while you wait.

[scaleface]

36 minutes ago, Lures'n'Liberty said:

 . In the unlikely event that we do hold anyone up, we will generally offer up a cold beer while you wait.

 

 

I would graciously  accept .

[islandbass]

12 hours ago, BassB8Caster said:

I'm not 100% sure it is an acceptable form of license, but when I purchased mine online I took a pic of it on my phone. So as long as I have my phone on me I can prove I have a license. I also have a copy in my wallet. I have a hard enough time remembering kayak paddle, met, and fishing rods. Don't want to have to remember my license.  

Another awesome idea. Snapshotting now.

[Neil McCauley]

Keeping us safe as always.

Other than that the only consistently annoying thing to me is the 30' motor yachts passing, while I am fishing in my 14' canoe, way too close and way too fast...and waving as they go by. So far I've had wake come over my bow and swamp me and my line run over and spooled twice.

[Redlinerobert]

On ‎7‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 7:19 AM, the reel ess said:

You might get ticketed for dumping without a license.

 

Ticket?  In Scott's case it might be an accusation of homicide by lethal gas attack. 

[Gundog]

9 hours ago, Neil McCauley said:

Other than that the only consistently annoying thing to me is the 30' motor yachts passing, while I am fishing in my 14' canoe, way too close and way too fast...and waving as they go by. So far I've had wake come over my bow and swamp me and my line run over and spooled twice.

I feel your pain. I've had them do that to me more times than I can count. Worst part is it doesn't matter if I'm in a no-wake zone or not. They just buzz past and I get swamped. 

[FatBasser]

When the rod in your hand gets tangled with a rod on your deck and you jiggle and jiggle until you have to pick up the other rod and THEN it miraculously untangles itself.

[huffman1988]

jet skis who think they should run down the bank 20 feet beside your boat while your trying to fish.

[Hurricane]

42 minutes ago, FatBasser said:

When the rod in your hand gets tangled with a rod on your deck and you jiggle and jiggle until you have to pick up the other rod and THEN it miraculously untangles itself.

Lol!! That happened to me today...