Are they rude or am I to sensitive?

[Dan N]

Depends if you feel they knew it was rude, and did it anyway. Or maybe someone inexperienced, and had no clue. 
a couple young guys in the boat recently did it to me, I didn’t think they had a clue . I said hi, asked them how they were doing on the fishing and moved on. No reason for me to get in an argument. It’s a public lake. 

[Bankc]

On 8/27/2023 at 9:59 AM, Bankbeater said:

I fish in a pretty pressured lake so it's fairly common for boats to go around each other.  What really burns me is when a boat runs right through the area I am fishing in.

There's a lake I'll occasionally fish that can get really crowded during the summer days with nice weather that falls on a weekend.  And it's not a large lake, nor is it by any major cities.  But I've seen it where everyone forms a line and circles around the lake in counterclockwise fashion, beating the bank.  Every boat is evenly spaced and traveling at about the same speed so no one passes anyone, and no one stops.  You launch, hop in line, and everyone moves a bit closer to one another to let you in.  I kind of wanted to stop and work a spot, but was afraid to.   It all seemed so well organized that I didn't want to be that guy who messes it all up.  The center of the lake was open and a few people were anchored there.  But I just followed the crowd until the noon time sun hit and most everyone else left.  

 

I don't know if that was a conscious decision someone made, old habit, or just something that happened on its own, but it made fishing a lot less fun.  And really weird.  Though I will say that it's at least fair.  Everyone gets to try every spot.  

On 8/27/2023 at 9:59 AM, Bankbeater said:

I fish in a pretty pressured lake so it's fairly common for boats to go around each other.  What really burns me is when a boat runs right through the area I am fishing in.

There's a lake I'll occasionally fish that can get really crowded during the summer days with nice weather that falls on a weekend.  And it's not a large lake, nor is it by any major cities.  But I've seen it where everyone forms a line and circles around the lake in counterclockwise fashion, beating the bank.  Every boat is evenly spaced and traveling at about the same speed so no one passes anyone, and no one stops.  You launch, hop in line, and everyone moves a bit closer to one another to let you in.  I kind of wanted to stop and work a spot, but was afraid to.   It all seemed so well organized that I didn't want to be that guy who messes it all up.  The center of the lake was open and a few people were anchored there.  But I just followed the crowd until the noon time sun hit and most everyone else left.  

 

I don't know if that was a conscious decision someone made, old habit, or just something that happened on its own, but it made fishing a lot less fun.  And really weird.  Though I will say that it's at least fair.  Everyone gets to try every spot.