Some people

[Koz]

I was out fishing off my dock early this evening and two chuckleheads in a crappy jon boat pulled right up and fished right where I was fishing and casting.

 

It’s too bad I had only one rod with a weightless Freeloader on it. If I was throwing a Carolina rig I would have been tempted to do some target casting 🤣

 

I told them it was a #%$& move to fish a man’s back yard while he’s out there fishing that exact spot.

 

Who the rolls up on someone like that when there’s 26 miles of lake to fish?

 

I steer clear of everyone including people fishing from the bank. Sometimes I’ll ask the bank angler if they want me to livescope the area for them and call out what I see. But otherwise I never even come close to their casting distance.

[Bankbeater]

What gets me is that most of the time they don't catch anything.

[Swamp Girl]

I had two boats, a kayak and a canoe, park beside me on a 380-acre pond last week. We were the only three boats on the pond. I was happy to catch this bass and two others while they watched:

 

[GreenPig]

  I pull up the TM and make two 360's with my gas engine, before heading to my next spot.   No need in speaking to them, but they understand how I feel. I believe that the folks that pull up on you like that, don't fish often.

[gim]

56 minutes ago, Koz said:

Who the rolls up on someone like that when there’s 26 miles of lake to fish?

I am not a bank or shore angler, and I don’t own lake shore property.

 

I’m strictly a boat angler and I can say with 100% positivity that if someone is on their dock, whether they are fishing or not, I avoid it. I will simply go past. Not only because I am trying to avoid a potential confrontation, but also out of respect too.

 

Some of our lakes have a dedicated fishing pier. I would never purposely go fish by the pier when I’ve got the whole lake. Bank anglers are limited to their casting radius, I am limited to the entire lake.

 

Some people need their head examined.

 

I believe @thediscochef had a similar experience like this recently too.

[MediumMouthBass]

Ive experienced several times where when im fishing near the bank on my kayak, a boat, or several kayaks will come right next to me and fish. Its usually a im bigger than you so move over mentality.

 

Also have been kayak fishing near the bank on a mostly empty day at the lake, maybe a few people bank fishing on the other side. And with plently of areas to fish people will see me, and go right infront of where im fishing. And try casting into my area to get me to move. So i move over and then they leave that spot.

 

I try avoiding kayakers and boaters fishing, theres tons of places to fish even in smaller bodies of water. And from being a former bank fisherman i give them plenty of room when they are there.

Ill fish near a dock when able to do so. But will avoid them if anyones around.

 

The human race today is nothing like it once was, everyones entitled and thinks the earth was built for them. The only time i would ever go next to a dock with someone on it fishing, is if they caught my pet bass. He wanders off every once in awhile.

[TnRiver46]

People fish right in front of me while I’m on my dock all the time, even when I have set lines out for catfish. They don’t even realize how dumb they are, not much you can do about it. I like them casting at my dock much better than the people that anchor up and blast bro country at 120 decibels on any holiday 

[bowhunter63]

Fishing ethics is becoming a thing of the past 

[TnRiver46]

The only people that do it at my dock are very old, maybe they brought it from the past haha 

[gim]

I was strictly referring to anglers on shore or a pier in my example above.

 

In terms of other watercraft, casting distance is my preferred buffer. Most of the time other fishing boats and kayaks stay far enough away. It’s the recreational watercraft in summer time that lack respect here.

[Koz]

1 hour ago, bowhunter63 said:

Fishing ethics is becoming a thing of the past 

 

Ethics is becoming a thing of the past 

[Bird]

 50 years of fishing and I've only had one bad experience.

Was fishing a small cove and catching fish on a Ned rig and 2 young " dudes " with their pants hanging down at the waste exposing colorful boxers shorts shot directly in front of me, like 20 feet, they heard the splash of fighting fish.

 

I'm non confrontational to begin with but definitely not with guys that expose their underwear on purpose. 😳

 

 

[flatcreek]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

The only people that do it at my dock are very old, maybe they brought it from the past haha 

Sorry about the bro country, we’ll bring some Paul Cauthen with us next trip 

[thediscochef]

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

I am not a bank or shore angler, and I don’t own lake shore property.

 

I’m strictly a boat angler and I can say with 100% positivity that if someone is on their dock, whether they are fishing or not, I avoid it. I will simply go past. Not only because I am trying to avoid a potential confrontation, but also out of respect too.

 

Some of our lakes have a dedicated fishing pier. I would never purposely go fish by the pier when I’ve got the whole lake. Bank anglers are limited to their casting radius, I am limited to the entire lake.

 

Some people need their head examined.

 

I believe @thediscochef had a similar experience like this recently too.

It has happened to me again since. This time though, the guys were talking to me as they approached, before they put the TM down. We made good conversation for a second. They fished my spot and blanked, and then I went back to catching dinks right behind them. World keeps turning. I wouldn't ever choose to have anyone but a buddy or two around me while I'm fishing, but it's a public lake. 

 

I like to think I would conduct myself better than 90% of the boaters I see.

[Koz]

I want to emphasize that I was ticked because they were casting on top of me and in my immediate zone.

 

Normally when a boater is around my dock and I'm out there I will tell them the best spots to fish in the creek channel where I live. When I'm not out there fishing my back yard I have no problem with people fishing my docks or sea wall.

[DaubsNU1]

I fish a few lakes with private docks. Always try to be respectful and give them room. Heck, I can fish hundreds of acres of lake...they are concentrated on a few feet. It's a no-brainer  in my book.

 

Few weeks back I was working the bank on a public lake...didn't notice a guy bank fishing with his line out.

 

When I did see him, immediately reeled in, set TM back and away from him, and apologized. He thanked me.

[Swamp Girl]

5 hours ago, DaubsNU1 said:

I fish a few lakes with private docks. Always try to be respectful and give them room. Heck, I can fish hundreds of acres of lake...they are concentrated on a few feet. It's a no-brainer  in my book.

 

Few weeks back I was working the bank on a public lake...didn't notice a guy bank fishing with his line out.

 

When I did see him, immediately reeled in, set TM back and away from him, and apologized. He thanked me.

 

I have a slightly different approach. If I see a bank angler, I drive my longboat into the bank and send my warriors over the gunnels to pillage the chap. Really not that much different than you, Daubs. Yeah, @thediscochef is one of my warriors. Here's another, calling my men back to my canoe:

 

[throttleplate]

On 10/17/2024 at 7:07 PM, TnRiver46 said:

blast bro country

What is bro country music?

[MN Fisher]

26 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

What is bro country music?

It's when a rocker gets brainwashed....happens sometimes.

 

Need to listen to decent music

 

[thediscochef]

While we're griping about the bad manners of others, I would like to point out that the venn diagram of "people who cut their line instead of breaking it" and "people who eat their boogers" is a circle 

[Alex from GA]

I fish private docks everyday and avoid the ones where people are weather they're fishing or not.

[Koz]

11 minutes ago, Alex from GA said:

I fish private docks everyday and avoid the ones where people are weather they're fishing or not.

Not me. If I see a grown woman sunbathing on her dock I'm gliding my kayak right by and wishing her a good day!

[MN Fisher]

@Koz

[throttleplate]

11 hours ago, Koz said:

Not me. If I see a grown woman sunbathing on her dock I'm gliding my kayak right by and wishing her a good day!

When I lived in California on the coast of San Francisco I would go metal detecting at the nude beaches and detect around the nudies, nude beaches were the best for finding jewelry because the girls would take off their jewelry and put it on their towels and then they would forget about it when they get up to shake their towels. Here is a pic of one of the hottest nudist i encountered metal detecting.

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

20 hours ago, throttleplate said:

What is bro country music?

You’ll know it when you hear it