Things that really frustrate me about some fishermen.

[RoLo]

 

Mindless littering is at the head of my pet peeves.

I'm not pinning this on anglers per se, but the human race.

 

Roger

[Black Hawk Basser]

On 5/21/2020 at 10:52 AM, gimruis said:

The absolute WORST crowd when it comes to angling are the ice fishermen.  People park on the lake for days at a time and leave all kinds of crap right ON the ice.  Trash, human feces, fish guts, empty propane tanks, pieces of discarded wood, beer cans, etc.  Where do you think all that stuff ends up when the ice melts in the spring?  Yep, in the lake.  I'm not saying that every ice angler is like this - but by far and wide they are the worst crowd simply because they are out there for longer periods of time.  The sad thing is that most of them are really not out there to catch fish.  Fishing is secondary after drinking, socializing, playing cards, watching satellite TV, etc.

Yep, and I'm the guy out there on the ice chasing bluegills and crappies just as hard as bass in the spring and summer, not out there to do anything besides that.

 

I am also the guy that ends up with a flipover shack full of people's junk.  The worst thing about the ice litter is, sometimes the surface of the ice will thaw and refreeze, locking in much of the trash.

[MGF]

Non-boaters who park in the way of the boat ramp are aggravating but they may just be ignorant. When a boater blocks the ramp it's way beyond the pale.

 

We have a few people around here who park their rig directly in front of and in line with the ramp. Then everybody else needs to snake in at an angle to reach the ramp. This is at ramps where there is plenty of parking. I saw a guy do it last night and his was the only rig there. He had 40 acres he could have parked in. I need to put a note pad in the truck so I can leave notes for folks like that.

 

 

[kayaking_kev]

45 minutes ago, MGF said:

Non-boaters who park in the way of the boat ramp are aggravating but they may just be ignorant. When a boater blocks the ramp it's way beyond the pale.

 

We have a few people around here who park their rig directly in front of and in line with the ramp. Then everybody else needs to snake in at an angle to reach the ramp. This is at ramps where there is plenty of parking. I saw a guy do it last night and his was the only rig there. He had 40 acres he could have parked in. I need to put a note pad in the truck so I can leave notes for folks like that.

 

 

I can only imagine how frustrating boat ramps can be to you guys with boats. I have seen some of the lines on the weekends and it just looks like pure chaos.

[Teal]

2 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

I can only imagine how frustrating boat ramps can be to you guys with boats. I have seen some of the lines on the weekends and it just looks like pure chaos.

Its not horrible all the time here, but the worst time is if you are fishing in the mid or late afternoon during peak times.  The lock down has made it hard here beciase the local lake parks are closed so alot of them are just going to the ramps and you have alot of people bank fishin, and hanging out, on top of an increase of people getting their boats wet.... lately Its hard for me cuz I'm home schooling kids so. Early isnt always an option.  I go at 530 when gf gets home from the hospital and the ramp is pretty busy, not so much with boats just alot of people.  

[kayaking_kev]

8 minutes ago, Teal said:

Its not horrible all the time here, but the worst time is if you are fishing in the mid or late afternoon during peak times.  The lock down has made it hard here beciase the local lake parks are closed so alot of them are just going to the ramps and you have alot of people bank fishin, and hanging out, on top of an increase of people getting their boats wet.... lately Its hard for me cuz I'm home schooling kids so. Early isnt always an option.  I go at 530 when gf gets home from the hospital and the ramp is pretty busy, not so much with boats just alot of people.  

So many people fishing now, and more trash than ever. A lot of people around here started going when they shut the bars down. 

 

One good thing about it is, I've been finding a lot more lures.

[Teal]

35 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

So many people fishing now, and more trash than ever. A lot of people around here started going when they shut the bars down. 

 

One good thing about it is, I've been finding a lot more lures.

Way off topic- but I know that last comment to be true.  I've been an on and off alcoholic for 5 years... I've gotten way more fishing in since I've been sober and in the 18 month span (a couple years ago) that I was sober.  (Yeah i fell off the wagon for a year)  no alcohol has made big difference on the amount of fishing I've done and where my fishing was as a priority.  

[Big Rick]

22 minutes ago, Teal said:

Way off topic- but I know that last comment to be true.  I've been an on and off alcoholic for 5 years... I've gotten way more fishing in since I've been sober and in the 18 month span (a couple years ago) that I was sober.  (Yeah i fell off the wagon for a year)  no alcohol has made big difference on the amount of fishing I've done and where my fishing was as a priority.  

Falling just proves you're human. It's the getting back up that makes you a hero. Keep getting back up. Never stop trying. I'm rooting for ya!

[Armtx77]

5 hours ago, MGF said:

Non-boaters who park in the way of the boat ramp are aggravating but they may just be ignorant. When a boater blocks the ramp it's way beyond the pale.

 

We have a few people around here who park their rig directly in front of and in line with the ramp. Then everybody else needs to snake in at an angle to reach the ramp. This is at ramps where there is plenty of parking. I saw a guy do it last night and his was the only rig there. He had 40 acres he could have parked in. I need to put a note pad in the truck so I can leave notes for folks like that.

 

 

One of the biggest reasons I own a Yak and not a boat. Even with that, the boat guys get peeved with the Yak guys from time to time. As it does take us a little longer to get everything to the water and sometimes, we have to use the ramp, to actually get the yak in the water.

1 hour ago, Teal said:

Way off topic- but I know that last comment to be true.  I've been an on and off alcoholic for 5 years... I've gotten way more fishing in since I've been sober and in the 18 month span (a couple years ago) that I was sober.  (Yeah i fell off the wagon for a year)  no alcohol has made big difference on the amount of fishing I've done and where my fishing was as a priority.  

Keep grinding man. 

[Russ E]

4 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

One good thing about it is, I've been finding a lot more lures

most of the baits I have found this spring were cheap walwart stuff.

and a boatload of bobbers floating around. I donate them to my neighbor.

the one thing that is getting annoying is the amount of braided line in the water. I have had to remove line from my trolling motor and main motor a couple times this year.

[MGF]

10 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

I can only imagine how frustrating boat ramps can be to you guys with boats. I have seen some of the lines on the weekends and it just looks like pure chaos.

The ramps I use most haven't been all that busy. Of course, the weather hasn't been all nice on the weekends so far either...I'm still working.

[Jonas Staggs]

its sad to say, but when I am scouting new spots, fishing trash is always a giveaway that theres fish there. Also for other ponds that get regularly fished in my area, its crazy how much fishing trash people leave behind. I dont clean up others trash, but I do pack out my own, and I am always finding lures, hooks, plastics, and bobbers left behind that I keep to re-use. My pet peeve is people that come and crowd your spot, like dude you have the whole lake to fish and you need to fish 3 feet away from me? This is after you have politely asked them to fish somewhere else in regards to "social distancing" and the whole virus thing.

[papajoe222]

I don’t see much in the way of littering as I rarely fish from shore. What I do see a lot of is disregard for another angler’s space and time. Way too oftenI see an angler tie up the line at the launch because he wasn’t ready when his turn came. Half an hour in line and he waits until the. To load up his gear and supplies. This is usually the same guy that tries half a dozen time to back down the ramp only to figure out the boat was still tied down to the trailer. 
the other is the one that not only attempts to fish the spot you’ve been catching fish on, bot will motor over the spot and innocently ask what you’re using. My standard reply is: Itt really doesn’t matter because you just spooked every fish within casting distance.

[BrianMDTX]

On 5/24/2020 at 10:54 PM, Jonas Staggs said:

its sad to say, but when I am scouting new spots, fishing trash is always a giveaway that theres fish there. Also for other ponds that get regularly fished in my area, its crazy how much fishing trash people leave behind. I dont clean up others trash, but I do pack out my own, and I am always finding lures, hooks, plastics, and bobbers left behind that I keep to re-use. My pet peeve is people that come and crowd your spot, like dude you have the whole lake to fish and you need to fish 3 feet away from me? This is after you have politely asked them to fish somewhere else in regards to "social distancing" and the whole virus thing.

If I can, I will pick up other's trash and discard it appropriately. I loathe litterers. But if I can help clean some trash out, I will. 

[RoLo]

On 5/17/2020 at 10:38 AM, Mobasser said:

My grandson and I try to pick up trash when we're done fishing. 

 

There you go boys   

 

On this particular day, I took a coworker after-work, to join me in bow-hunting for deer.

While I was fetching my bow & quiver from the trunk, I happen to see Jim toss a sandwich wrapper

into the brush. Rather than embarrass my friend, I waited for an opportune moment,

then picked it up and tossed it into my trunk. On our following after-work trip, I hoisted my trunk lid,

and Jim spotted the sandwich wrapper. He asked me: "Is that mine?". I replied: "Yes"

Not another word was spoken (A word to the wise is sufficient).

 

Roger

[BrianMDTX]

2 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

There you go boys   

 

On this particular day, I took a coworker after-work, to join me in bow-hunting for deer.

While I was fetching my bow & quiver from the trunk, I happen to see Jim toss a sandwich wrapper

into the roadside brush. Rather than embarrass my friend, I waited for an opportune moment,

then picked it up and tossed it into my trunk. On our following after-work trip, I hoisted my trunk lid,

and Jim spotted the sandwich wrapper. He asked me: "Is that mine?". I replied: "Yes"

Not another word was spoken (A word to the wise is sufficient).

 

Roger

As a die-hard bowhunter, nothing gets me more than hunter trash. Want to lose access to good private land? Leave trash behind. Seriously, I just don’t get it. 
 

You did well. 

[Oregon Native]

On 5/23/2020 at 10:12 AM, Teal said:

Way off topic- but I know that last comment to be true.  I've been an on and off alcoholic for 5 years... I've gotten way more fishing in since I've been sober and in the 18 month span (a couple years ago) that I was sober.  (Yeah i fell off the wagon for a year)  no alcohol has made big difference on the amount of fishing I've done and where my fishing was as a priority.  

Keep up the good fight...rewards are awesome

This was pretty funny actually.....Person launches boat in middle of ramp...goes fishing....come's back a bit later and everything was towed.  Lesson maybe learned....hope so.  Happened at ramp just down street from me last year...

[BassNJake]

On 5/23/2020 at 6:08 AM, MGF said:

I need to put a note pad in the truck so I can leave notes for folks like that.

 

In my younger years I passed a guy kinda aggressively on the freeway, somewhere down the road I get caught behind a semi and he passed me in the slow lane.

 

He held up a dry erase board that said F@#! U with a smiley face

 

Always get a chuckle when I think back to that and all the messages he must have wrote out.

[BassNJake]

On 5/23/2020 at 2:06 PM, Russ E said:

the one thing that is getting annoying is the amount of braided line in the water. I have had to remove line from my trolling motor and main motor a couple times this year.

I just had to do this on the water Saturday.

From the looks of it, I need to check more often.

 

[swhit140]

When you are trying to park your boat along the boat dock and there are 7 people fishing on the boat dock that says no fishing from boat dock.

[scaleface]

I know a brush pile that is almost impossible to drag a texas rig or jig through because on all the monofilament broken off by crappie anglers . Its still worth fishing but I will get hung before finished with it .

[Manifestgtr]

This thread is soooo timely...

 

The other day, I saw a group of guys fishing with bobbers, shiners and a blasting radio at the boat launch (no biggie, whatever...I’m not THAT much of a codger). They caught something just as I was starting to get a little further away...too far away to see what it actually was. Tons of whooping and hollering followed by this guy flipping the fish up into the air and *SMACK* back into the water. I’ve always hated guys who do that with a burning, unhealthy passion. It’s so low rent and disrespectful. Naturally, when I got back, there were cigarette butts and snell hook packages everywhere. 

[galyonj]

5 hours ago, Manifestgtr said:

Tons of whooping and hollering followed by this guy flipping the fish up into the air and *SMACK* back into the water. I’ve always hated guys who do that with a burning, unhealthy passion. It’s so low rent and disrespectful.

I would have had a hard time not having a conversation with them over that. I don't fish to be a sadist; I love animals and believe that all living things have a right to be treated with dignity. Anyone that is cruel simply for the sake of being cruel gives up any right to be treated with dignity and deserves…some things that I'm not going to go into detail on because I like it here and want to stick around.

5 hours ago, Manifestgtr said:

Naturally, when I got back, there were cigarette butts and snell hook packages everywhere. 

Of course. Because trash begets trash.

[MGF]

Earlier in the thread I said that I haven't seen many cig butts for a long time. Well, Monday I took a walk around "the pond" and they were everywhere. 

 

Sunday when we were headed home from the riever we were met by a bunch of drunk kayakers hogging the ramp.

[NavyVet1204]

On 5/17/2020 at 8:36 AM, scaleface said:

 The rampant littering gets to me . The keeping of bass depends on the fishery . Some places I will keep some , other places never .

This. I too cannot stand the littering. I thoroughly enjoy bank fishing in areas where I know no one has been...or so I thought. I love strapping a backpack on with tackle, food, water etc and grabbing my baitcaster and blazing a path without having to worry about other people. Then I get a couple miles in to somewhere on the lake by foot only to have stumbled across beer bottles and condom wrappers(yes...it’s weird for the middle of nowhere) and food condiments. You cannot escape people and their bad habits for nothing.