When your Co-Angler shows up....

[Ski]

[BayouSlide]

53 minutes ago, Ski said:

Looks like my boat on a typical outing...probably the reason I could never be a co-angler. Decisions, decisions, decisions...oh the horror!! ??

[GaryH]

I imagine the forklift is still loading his tackle boxes. ?

[Susky River Rat]

I wonder if his wife knows.

[WIGuide]

Haha I'd wish him the best, but ask that he keeps them out of my way!

[gulfcaptain]

He's just a boater who lost his boat. Looks like he brought everything but the boat. I'd be like so pick 6 and take the rest back to your vehicle. 

[scaleface]

I thought it was going to read "When your co-angler shows up drunk"

[gulfcaptain]

2 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I thought it was going to read "When your co-angler shows up drunk"

He might have been bringing all that.....lol

[dickenscpa]

I've only co angled twice and that was just because someone couldn't make it and they asked if I'd take their place. I prefer to use MY boat or actually I prefer kayak tournaments and there are no co-anglers.

 

I always tried to be very respectful and my goal was for them to forget I was on their boat and I offered gas money. I dealt more of having a co-angler on my boat and 90% of the time we became friends and did stuff together after the fact. The other 10% wasn't a bad experience we just didn't talk or interact and went our own way afterwards. I only had one bad co-angler and we really got into it and it was bad. I drove him back to the ramp and forced him off my boat.

[A-Jay]

My favorite co-angler is always in the Front of the boat.

#netman

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A-Jay

[Cbump]

On 2/24/2023 at 11:37 AM, dickenscpa said:

The other 10% wasn't a bad experience we just didn't talk or interact and went our own way afterwards.

Sounds like the perfect day to me. 

[dickenscpa]

2 hours ago, Cbump said:

Sounds like the perfect day to me. 

It very well can be. There's a difference (to me) in light friendly conversation on the water and getting stuck with a Chatty Kathy. Whenever I'm the boater or co the other guy is usually a better fisherman than me and I do appreciate good advice and insight.

 

I fished a little tourney on Center Hill Lake last year and out of the blue the guy started telling me about how the sticks were floating (horizontal vs vertical) in the water and that told him about the barometric pressure and we needed to go to X spot. We hadn't caught anything all day and then we started catching.

 

I've fished my whole life but I'm self admittedly ignorant on a lot of things like that and appreciate someone setting me straight.