Boaters casting over shore fishermen

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44 minutes ago, Functional said:

What drives me up a wall is if I'm working a spot, not moving and the paddleboarders or kayakers coming between me and the shore i'm fishing

 

That bothers me too and happens fairly regularly.  Since they don't have a motor, it's as if they think they can come a lot closer.

 

Jet skis don't bother me much anymore.  Wake boats are the real (and dangerous) problem now.

[schplurg]

On 12/4/2021 at 9:40 AM, OldManLure said:

In my opinion, you have every right to be upset.  And my opinion is a very strong one.  Growing up, when we fished from banks and saw a boat floating in the direction of our lines, we’d yell “lines out”.  Most would wave, give our lines a wide berth, and move on.  For those who ignored us, or worse, laughed, we had a wrist rocket and some heavy sinkers we would use to emphasize their transgression. When a few sinkers pinged off the side of their boat, we’d tell them we were aiming at the bobbers they just floated across.  They would sometimes apologize.  But they always would stop laughing.  

 

See the "Do you carry while in your boat?" thread in the gun sub-forum for just one of many reasons why this is a bad idea. You are also probably breaking several laws.

[ironbjorn]

10 hours ago, Functional said:

I've always gone with the rule "least mobility gets the priority". Far easier for me to use the TM or big engine to cover a little further down or new area than a bank fisherman or canoe/kayak than for you to walk. Even if I'm there first sometimes I'll see someone pop out of the woods and not know I was there, I'll pack up and be on my way. Kayaker working a shoreline I wont even go a few hundred feet by like I would a boat, I'll just try a new area. Far harder for a kayak or canoe to paddle around me far enough to not cut me off than just avoiding it. I've found some new hot spots this way too, when my normal areas are taken up by others. Not always a bad thing. If I'm up a long narrow channel sometimes its unavoidable passing bank fisherman but I'll always go as far over as I can and throttle down so I dont ruin the spot for them.

 

What drives me up a wall is if I'm working a spot, not moving and the paddleboarders or kayakers coming between me and the shore i'm fishing...or boats/jetskis driving by close enough to throw my shoe at when spot locked in open water. Zero need for either, only time I want someone that close is if my boat is on fire or they are delivering pizza and beer.

If they're not bass fishing or bass fisher-persons or have knowledge of bass fishing, which most people are not and do not, it makes sense that they would take the shoreline route. I imagine these people have no idea that you're fishing, and not just fishing, but fishing out of a boat, and hitting the shore rather than the open water. You walk up to a pond and where are the bobbers? Casted as far as possible out into the middle directly in front of them. You see an inexperienced bass angler and where are they casting? Straight out to the middle in front of them. So the people who drive you up a wall are almost certainly thinking they're actually avoiding disturbing your fishing; and as I'm sure you're aware, even if you're clearly fishing the shoreline, so many people around us have an astounding lack of awareness and probably don't even notice.

 

Next is the safety aspect. I'm sure most of these people feel safer choosing to pass by a boat near the shore rather than in the open water around the other side. 

 

I think more people are stupid, or clueless, or lacking awareness than they are jerks.

10 hours ago, Functional said:

I've always gone with the rule "least mobility gets the priority". Far easier for me to use the TM or big engine to cover a little further down or new area than a bank fisherman or canoe/kayak than for you to walk. Even if I'm there first sometimes I'll see someone pop out of the woods and not know I was there, I'll pack up and be on my way. Kayaker working a shoreline I wont even go a few hundred feet by like I would a boat, I'll just try a new area. Far harder for a kayak or canoe to paddle around me far enough to not cut me off than just avoiding it. I've found some new hot spots this way too, when my normal areas are taken up by others. Not always a bad thing. If I'm up a long narrow channel sometimes its unavoidable passing bank fisherman but I'll always go as far over as I can and throttle down so I dont ruin the spot for them.

 

What drives me up a wall is if I'm working a spot, not moving and the paddleboarders or kayakers coming between me and the shore i'm fishing...or boats/jetskis driving by close enough to throw my shoe at when spot locked in open water. Zero need for either, only time I want someone that close is if my boat is on fire or they are delivering pizza and beer.

If they're not bass fishing or bass fisher-persons or have knowledge of bass fishing, which most people are not and do not, it makes sense that they would take the shoreline route. I imagine these people have no idea that you're fishing, and not just fishing, but fishing out of a boat, and hitting the shore rather than the open water. You walk up to a pond and where are the bobbers? Casted as far as possible out into the middle directly in front of them. You see an inexperienced bass angler and where are they casting? Straight out to the middle in front of them. So the people who drive you up a wall are almost certainly thinking they're actually avoiding disturbing your fishing; and as I'm sure you're aware, even if you're clearly fishing the shoreline, so many people around us have an astounding lack of awareness and probably don't even notice.

 

Next is the safety aspect. I'm sure most of these people feel safer choosing to pass by a boat near the shore rather than in the open water around the other side. 

 

I think more people are stupid, or clueless, or lacking awareness than they are jerks.

10 hours ago, Functional said:

I've always gone with the rule "least mobility gets the priority". Far easier for me to use the TM or big engine to cover a little further down or new area than a bank fisherman or canoe/kayak than for you to walk. Even if I'm there first sometimes I'll see someone pop out of the woods and not know I was there, I'll pack up and be on my way. Kayaker working a shoreline I wont even go a few hundred feet by like I would a boat, I'll just try a new area. Far harder for a kayak or canoe to paddle around me far enough to not cut me off than just avoiding it. I've found some new hot spots this way too, when my normal areas are taken up by others. Not always a bad thing. If I'm up a long narrow channel sometimes its unavoidable passing bank fisherman but I'll always go as far over as I can and throttle down so I dont ruin the spot for them.

 

What drives me up a wall is if I'm working a spot, not moving and the paddleboarders or kayakers coming between me and the shore i'm fishing...or boats/jetskis driving by close enough to throw my shoe at when spot locked in open water. Zero need for either, only time I want someone that close is if my boat is on fire or they are delivering pizza and beer.

If they're not bass fishing or bass fisher-persons or have knowledge of bass fishing, which most people are not and do not, it makes sense that they would take the shoreline route. I imagine these people have no idea that you're fishing, and not just fishing, but fishing out of a boat, and hitting the shore rather than the open water. You walk up to a pond and where are the bobbers? Casted as far as possible out into the middle directly in front of them. You see an inexperienced bass angler and where are they casting? Straight out to the middle in front of them. So the people who drive you up a wall are almost certainly thinking they're actually avoiding disturbing your fishing; and as I'm sure you're aware, even if you're clearly fishing the shoreline, so many people around us have an astounding lack of awareness and probably don't even notice.

 

Next is the safety aspect. I'm sure most of these people feel safer choosing to pass by a boat near the shore rather than in the open water around the other side. 

 

I think more people are stupid, or clueless, or lacking awareness than they are jerks.

 

Thanks for the triple post, unresponsive bass resource submit post button. Appreciate it.

[jbsoonerfan]

I ALWAYS give another boat or a bank angler the right of way. If I am working a bank and heading toward another boat or bank angler, I usually just say "I will go around, there ain't S&^t here anyway" LOL

[OldManLure]

5 minutes ago, schplurg said:

 

See the "Do you carry while in your boat?" thread in the gun sub-forum for just one of many reasons why this is a bad idea. You are also probably breaking several laws.

That’s funny.  You’re comparing 2021 America to 1965 Alabama. I would have been shocked if there wasn’t a gun in the boat.  I know there was one on the bank.  And no one felt the need to conceal them. For us, carrying a gun when you went fishing, hiking, or camping was not a big deal.  
And as for laws.  The ‘law’ was when fishing from a boat you didn’t float someone’s lines or cut someone’s drift.  Back then a warden or deputy would have enforced those ‘laws’ before saying much about bouncing sinkers off the boat of the  knucklehead who violated them.  Of course in the past 56 years, I’ve grown up.  I went to college, earned an advanced degree, raised a family, had a successful career and am about ready to retire.  And now instead of sinkers in my slingshot, I use Berkley Powerbait nuggets.

 

[Bluebasser86]

22 minutes ago, OldManLure said:

That’s funny.  You’re comparing 2021 America to 1965 Alabama. I would have been shocked if there wasn’t a gun in the boat.  I know there was one on the bank.  And no one felt the need to conceal them. For us, carrying a gun when you went fishing, hiking, or camping was not a big deal.  
And as for laws.  The ‘law’ was when fishing from a boat you didn’t float someone’s lines or cut someone’s drift.  Back then a warden or deputy would have enforced those ‘laws’ before saying much about bouncing sinkers off the boat of the  knucklehead who violated them.  Of course in the past 56 years, I’ve grown up.  I went to college, earned an advanced degree, raised a family, had a successful career and am about ready to retire.  And now instead of sinkers in my slingshot, I use Berkley Powerbait nuggets.

 

So you've aged but haven't actually grown up?

 

It's fishing, it's not that serious. Bringing violence into what may have been a simple act of ignorance on another person (yes, firing any object at another person from a slingshot is an act of violence and could be charged as such), is a terrible idea and in no way endorsed, suggested, or allowed here.

 

 

OP, sorry you had to go through your situation, but I think we've run our course here.

 

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