For the Bank fisherman: What "pushes" your buttons while fishing?

[Jason.Domingo]

Trash, other fishermen pulling up next to you and casting, and believe or not people descaling and gutting a decent sized bass right away after being caught. Like cmon, I know you’re entitled to keep fish that you caught if its legal limit but d**n do it at home.

[Manifestgtr]

Bobbers hanging from trees/power lines drive me absolutely bonkers....

 

I know it’s some fishing elitist nonsense, yeah yeah...but my brain can’t help it. I start having these internal “yeah, that’s right...come out to one of my favorite spots ONCE and there it is...hanging from a tree, confusing the birds, it’ll be there all summer...I can’t reach it and no one else cares...bwaaahhhh”
 

If I have the presence of mind, I’ll shoot a photo of this power line above one of my favorite urban brooks next time I’m there. It’s 30 feet in the air and yet SOMEHOW, these maniacs manage to get entire balls of line caught up there. I swear, there’s one ball of line that’s been hanging up there for like five years. It’s such an eye sore and it feels like an insult to the one place of natural beauty in the area.
 

also, shiner buckets...people just looove leaving their shiner buckets behind....

[garroyo130]

Unsolicited advice ... not sure if its the same for everyone else but I dont like someone walking up to me and giving me advice about where to throw, what to throw, etc. 

 

I dont really care if youve been catching them on live worms

[TriStateBassin106]

2 hours ago, garroyo130 said:

Unsolicited advice ... not sure if its the same for everyone else but I dont like someone walking up to me and giving me advice about where to throw, what to throw, etc. 

 

I dont really care if youve been catching them on live worms

^^ also can't stand when weekend anglers/kids start asking me a million questions about what I'm using, or worse they ask if they can "borrow" senkos and start creeping around my backpack... 

[garroyo130]

2 minutes ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

^^ also can't stand when weekend anglers/kids start asking me a million questions about what I'm using, or worse they ask if they can "borrow" senkos and start creeping around my backpack... 

I dont mind helping put other people on some fish ... but dont creep around anything!

 

A few months ago a guy came up to me and asked what I was using. I taught him how to tie a Palomar and rig a simple split shot rig. I also moved so he could fish my spot. He caught a 5lber shortly after and was excited as can be. He released it so I was glad to help him have that experience. 

[galyonj]

2 hours ago, garroyo130 said:

Unsolicited advice ... not sure if its the same for everyone else but I dont like someone walking up to me and giving me advice about where to throw, what to throw, etc. 

 

I dont really care if youve been catching them on live worms

Yes.

 

To expand on that, how about anybody attempting to start a conversation while I'm trying to fish? I don't mind saying hi and a quick good luck as we pass each other, but I'm out here to fish, as you can plainly see by the fact that it looks like a tackle aisle exploded at my feet. Go bother somebody else.

[TriStateBassin106]

Just now, garroyo130 said:

I dont mind helping put other people on some fish ... but dont creep around anything!

had it happen before, some guy who barely spoke English started asking me repeatedly "baits? baits? baits?" and then tried unzipping my backpack looking for worms, poor guy had a 8 foot surf rod and a bucket of plastic bags, and yes the park cops were called, don't steal.. 

2 minutes ago, galyonj said:

Yes.

 

To expand on that, how about anybody attempting to start a conversation while I'm trying to fish? I don't mind saying hi and a quick good luck as we pass each other, but I'm out here to fish, as you can plainly see by the fact that it looks like a tackle aisle exploded at my feet. Go bother somebody else.

Old salts do this to me a lot, (No offense to the older guys on the forums) lol especially the "what type of fish are in here?" "do you eat the fish?" comments are really annoying, especially if they're not even fishing. 

 

 

3 hours ago, Manifestgtr said:

Bobbers hanging from trees/power lines drive me absolutely bonkers....

 

I know it’s some fishing elitist nonsense, yeah yeah...but my brain can’t help it. I start having these internal “yeah, that’s right...come out to one of my favorite spots ONCE and there it is...hanging from a tree, confusing the birds, it’ll be there all summer...I can’t reach it and no one else cares...bwaaahhhh”
 

If I have the presence of mind, I’ll shoot a photo of this power line above one of my favorite urban brooks next time I’m there. It’s 30 feet in the air and yet SOMEHOW, these maniacs manage to get entire balls of line caught up there. I swear, there’s one ball of line that’s been hanging up there for like five years. It’s such an eye sore and it feels like an insult to the one place of natural beauty in the area.
 

also, shiner buckets...people just looove leaving their shiner buckets behind....

Junk fisherman are notorious for this... 

[galyonj]

11 minutes ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

Old salts do this to me a lot, (No offense to the older guys on the forums) lol especially the "what type of fish are in here?" "do you eat the fish?" comments are really annoying, especially if they're not even fishing. 

 

I mostly look like I wanna be left alone – which is okay, because I do – but every so often someone clueless or determined enough comes along and I have to deal with them.

 

And it sucks, because I'm lucky if I ever get a full hour stretch to do any fishing at all, so every second I spend humoring some obtuse moron is a second lost before I have to go back to the things I that I fish to escape from.

[soflabasser]

33 minutes ago, SC Bassin' said:

People who let their dogs swim right where I'm fishing. (One time a lady asked me to leave that spot because she said that was where her dog likes to swim.)

Sounds like you encountered a Karen. They have nasty attitudes and many of them think their pet dog is more important than a person. Best thing you can do is not talk to them and ignore them. 

[bigbassin']

34 minutes ago, SC Bassin' said:

 

-People who throw rocks where I'm fishing.

 

This one always gets me.

 

Trout fishing once these 4 folks all in their 50s watched me catch a trout. When I released it they said something to the effect of your just fun fishing, not fishing for dinner. As soon as I said that’s right, they got a real confused look and than began skipping rocks all around the pool I was fishing.

 

I wasn’t particularly thrilled by that.

[galyonj]

1 hour ago, SC Bassin' said:

-Having to constantly check if there's a snake at your feet.

 

I will catch a water snake one of these days. They're adorable.

 

Got close to one that didn't notice me on the bank above him a little while back, but as soon as I loved he noped out of there.

[TriStateBassin106]

24 minutes ago, soflabasser said:

Sounds like you encountered a Karen. They have nasty attitudes and many of them think their pet dog is more important than a person. Best thing you can do is not talk to them and ignore them. 

I've had many verbal alterations with the elusive creature known as "karen" these nasty little buggars are known to harass anglers who are minding their own business. 

 

I had one shout at me to wear a mask last weekend at a pond I was fishing and I shouted back at her "it must take a lot of ****s to not be wearing one yourself" and she got in my face saying "excuse me blah blah you have no idea who you're talking too blah blah I work for the town sanitation department" 

 

I told her to get the garbage men to come pick up the trash here and let's just say she walked away and kept her mouth quiet. 

 

 

Defend yourself while fishing guys, don't let anyone intimidate you out on the water like that. 

[galyonj]

1 hour ago, SC Bassin' said:

I'm sure there's a lot more that I can't think of at the moment.

Dude, every time I come back to this thread I remember something else that hacks me off. It's kind of cathartic.

[galyonj]

11 minutes ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

I had one shout at me to wear a mask last weekend at a pond I was fishing and I shouted back at her "it must take a lot of ****s to not be wearing one yourself" and she got in my face saying "excuse me blah blah you have no idea who you're talking too blah blah I work for the town sanitation department" 

So I have MS and I work in the medical industry. I'm beyond serious about it, and you better believe that I wear a mask as often as prudence would dictate.

 

But I don't wear a mask when I'm out fishing, because one of the primary goals of going fishing, for me, is to be as far as I can reasonably get from another human being and, in fact, any reminders that other human beings even exist.

 

As a shut-in, this pandemic is my time to shine.

[rtwvumtneer6]

"You got a problem with Canada gooses takin’ Canada deuces?"

-Wayne, Letterkenny

[N Florida Mike]

2 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

I've had many verbal alterations with the elusive creature known as "karen" these nasty little buggars are known to harass anglers who are minding their own business. 

I have a city park near me that has some woods and a hiking trail. There is a pond back there that is right off the trail. There’s houses on the other side. I fished the park side once- no fish but no problem. The next time I go , here comes a lady around the pond from the houses saying I cant fish there its private property, which I found hard to believe. It’s literally 30 feet from the trail and not posted. I wasnt catching anything anyway but gave her a couple verbal salvos as I left . I  Wasnt hurting anything and she just had to do that. I tried to find the park property line in a property search online but its not clear who owns it. There was a no fishing sign across the pond according to the lady , but I couldn’t see it where I was. The sign was right - “ no fishing” could have been shortened to “ no fish “ because I caught nothing...so I didnt stand and argue, just left.

[TriStateBassin106]

45 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I have a city park near me that has some woods and a hiking trail. There is a pond back there that is right off the trail. There’s houses on the other side. I fished the park side once- no fish but no problem. The next time I go , here comes a lady around the pond from the houses saying I cant fish there its private property, which I found hard to believe. It’s literally 30 feet from the trail and not posted. I wasnt catching anything anyway but gave her a couple verbal salvos as I left . I  Wasnt hurting anything and she just had to do that. I tried to find the park property line in a property search online but its not clear who owns it. There was a no fishing sign across the pond according to the lady , but I couldn’t see it where I was. The sign was right - “ no fishing” could have been shortened to “ no fish “ because I caught nothing...so I didnt stand and argue, just left.

In Florida are most people like that when fishing subdivision ponds? next year i'm heading down to boynton beach and want to try some of the millions of subdivision ponds and canals I saw on google earth, fingers crossed I don't get chased down by angry senior citizens who have nothing better to do lol

[Bluegillslayer]

5 hours ago, SC Bassin' said:

. I came out there a couple months later and the sign saying "NO FISHING" was gone! 

Thats cool but it reminded me of one of my fave saltwater spots at a marina. I would fish there and the owner and boat owners did not have a problem, well told a buddy about the spot who had a boat there and his family started fishing there... They started to fish their alot but only for perch because that was all they could catch, anyway went there yesterday and after catching 5 rockfish a dude (who has seen me fishing their before and did not care) came out of no where and said "no fishing its posted" and sure enough a new NO FISHING sign is up I dont know if my buddys family has something to do with it because I have fished there for 2 years with out a problem, then they start fishing their for like 2 months and its no longer fishable, It also sucks because where I live there are not alot of places to fish.    

[galyonj]

@Bluegillslayer I would be willing to bet, if there truly aren't many public spots, that there are a lot of people just like we're complaining about in this thread trashing that place on the daily.

 

 

[Bluegillslayer]

3 minutes ago, galyonj said:

I would be willing to bet, if there truly aren't many public spots, that there are a lot of people just like we're complaining about in this thread trashing that place on the daily.

Actually where I live people seem to think the freshwater fishing sucks on the island and seem to only think you can catch saltwater fish out far in a boat no one fished the spot except me and my brothers untill 2 months ago

[soflabasser]

6 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

"karen" these nasty little buggars are known to harass anglers who are minding their own business. 

It is best to ignore these types of problematic people and not speak to them. They are very inconsiderate and do not care for anyone but themselves. I rather fish in places I can fish in peace than deal with people that cause unnecessary problems since they have boring lives.

3 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

In Florida are most people like that when fishing subdivision ponds? next year i'm heading down to boynton beach and want to try some of the millions of subdivision ponds and canals I saw on google earth, fingers crossed I don't get chased down by angry senior citizens who have nothing better to do lol

Like anywhere in the country there are good people and bad people. Some will let you fish behind their house as long as you are respectful. Others are not so nice and unreasonable to say the least. Best thing to do is be respectful, clean any mess you make, and leave if they cause problems. You need to show them fishermen are good people so they let responsible fishermen fish in peace. If not they will put more no fishing signs in areas that allowed fishing before and you will not be allowed to fish these places again. 

[Hammer 4]

I use to fish the local harbors (saltwater) about 95 % of the docks I fished had big boats, I'd guess the least expensive boat was about 250k up to a tad over 1 million bucks. Being in a float tube has advantages, you get into places where even yaks can't go.

 

In the 4 years I fished these docks, not 1 single owner said No fishing, Until, a bunch of young guys, mostly under 21 began fishing the docks. The problem was they would be throwing big ole lures that were way over sized for the spotties, checkers and sandies in those waters. Every now and then I would hear a Clunk type sound, and more than once.

Turns out these dudes were hitting peoples boats, and in some cases leaving some nice scratches in the gelcoat. One dock in particular was a favorite as it was the first dock after the seawall, and usually produced the greatest number and size of spotties. Welp, the owner who did fishing charters was on his dock at 7 am one day, as I rolled up, he told me, no more fishing around his dock on account of the damage that was to the sides of his Expensive boat.

 

I tried explaining to him, who I thought it was, and that I've never hit anyone's boat with a lure. Being the nice guy that he was, said look, I know it's not you, and I know who it is, but if I let you fish it, then I can't say no to anyone else, to which I agreed, and let him know I'd skip his dock from now on.

 

Fast forward to about a month and a week later. Hadn't seen any of the guys doing the damage to boats, happens that my favorite dock owner was out working on his boat, and saw me kicking by. He called me over, and said that it seems the reckless casters had not been around for a good while, and if I wanted to continue to fish his dock, that I was welcome to do so. Now, he didn't have to tell me that, and could have kept the no fishing deal going on. I thanked him very much, and added that he was one of the Good guys out there.

 

So, there are good and bad folks, I try and give folks a chance to expose their good side, in this case, it could have gone the other way, I was happy to say the least, as his dock helped produce my winning bag in a small club tourney that made me a tad over $ 200.00.  

[N Florida Mike]

10 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

In Florida are most people like that when fishing subdivision ponds? next year i'm heading down to boynton beach and want to try some of the millions of subdivision ponds and canals I saw on google earth, fingers crossed I don't get chased down by angry senior citizens who have nothing better to do lol

It seems like there’s always at least one in every area. I follow these guidelines: 1.  Never fish in anyone’s yard. 

2.Never cross anyone’s yard to get to water.

3. I never fish where there is a no trespassing or no fishing sign.

4. If I get asked to leave I usually comply. There are other spots.

 

Where I do go is city and state parks, schools ( when kids arent there ), business parks ( during off hours, and especially closed businesses. ) , D.O.T ponds  alongside of roadways , nieghborhood common areas, and city common areas. I generally fish the small to medium sized ones so the fish are easier to find.  I like ones with some aquatic vegetation around the edges.

Following these guidelines, Ive minimized issues, but once in a while, MR or Mrs Crabbs will show up anyway...

[TnRiver46]

14 hours ago, rtwvumtneer6 said:

"You got a problem with Canada gooses takin’ Canada deuces?"

-Wayne, Letterkenny

[NYWayfarer]

On ‎7‎/‎1‎/‎2020 at 2:42 PM, SC Bassin' said:

 

 

-People who let their dogs swim right where I'm fishing. (One time a lady asked me to leave that spot because she said that was where her dog likes to swim.)

 

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We have folks here that talk to their dogs but won't talk to a human being. Pass them on a trail and say "good morning", get no response but hear them saying, "you want to take a swim or get a drink" to their dog.