Rude Anglers

[done]

Sometimes folks just make boneheaded moves without thinking about it. I have been guilty of this from time to time.

Though these do not sound like it was accidental especially with their response to you. Comes down to 1 thing. For folks today life is about 1 thing....them. They are the focus of the world and the rest of us are irrelevant. I see a lot of this, especially with ski boats on Lake Wylie but also from anglers.

Unless it is something REALLY bad, I pretty much let it go. I ain't ruining my entire day by arguing with an idiot. It would only serve to lower my IQ and I need all the IQ points I got.

[jdw174]

You want rude?  C'mon down to Kentucky Lake during the spring crappie run.  I absolutely refuse to fish the Big Sandy area until it's over.  If you're lucky enough to find a bank to run, I guarantee you won't have five minutes before a pontoon full will come banging right in in front of you, toss out several anchors and a half dozen lines right next to your boat. >   I normally just boot the TM into high and go around them, but.......    I give everyone else space and figure it would be nice if they did the same.

[fishfordollars]

Mixing water with a boat is like mixing Crown/water to some people. They just lose it.

Six months ago on Rayburn i was fishing a ledge out on the lake. A kid in a new Ranger came from a thousand yards on plane within thirty yards of me. He shut it down and with out killing the big engine motored right up over where I had just thrown and hit the GPS. Put it in reverse, backed out ten yards, motored to the rear of the boat, and hit the GPS again. I could have jumped from my boat to his.

I didn't say a word, just pulled up the TM, fired up, and left the area.

Get used to it, it's going to get worse.

[WanderLust]

I know how you feel

Dad and his friends we usually fish with have always told me about their experiences with inconsiterate people and didnt experience it till recently.

I was on sardis with my dad fish parrallel to a point and this guy and his wife in a rented pontoon, instead of going around the back of us at a distance, they cut right in front of us probably not 15 feet from the front of the boat and the guy said " not in your way am i". i was about to throw a freakin crankbait to his skull but my dad told me to calm down and my dad being the poetic person he is said "what do you think"

The guy got it and kept going but i just got to say there are some real "smart" people out there.

He was probably overcompensating for the absence of his two close friends. 10 bucks says they're in his wife's purse.

Pontoons ARE the minivan of boats after all.

:D

LOL Nice.

I politely ask them to leave and 90% of the time they comply. The other 10% are the real nuts.

[fishinfiend]

It always amazes me when people do stuff like this and this is one of the few things that really sets me off. I wonder if it is because they are too dense to realize that they are being inconsiderate or they just dont care.

[Terry_]

Personally, I have never had any experience as bad as some of the ones I have read here, except for the occasional jet skier. I guess I'm lucky. I do have an idea though. I hear a lot of talk about casting at the individual or their boat with jigs, rattle traps, bladebaits and such. Why don't some of the good people of BR that build lures come together and design a lure for just this purpose! ;D I would like to preorder the 3 ounce version of whatever they come up with!

[WanderLust]

Personally, I have never had any experience as bad as some of the ones I have read here, except for the occasional jet skier. I guess I'm lucky. I do have an idea though. I hear a lot of talk about casting at the individual or their boat with jigs, rattle traps, bladebaits and such. Why don't some of the good people of BR that build lures come together and design a lure for just this purpose! ;D I would like to preorder the 3 ounce version of whatever they come up with!

They already make a giant jitterbug, gliddin' rap and subwalk that would work pretty well.

3 ounce catfish or surf casting sinker would also do the trick.

I vote for a remote control submarine that has a drill on it... Simply launch at annoying angler, drill several holes, all while smiling and waving. Then laugh as their boat becomes part of the structure.

LOL JK

But still

[CWB]

Pulled up about 100 yards behind a guy fishing the deep weedline and started throwing my Rage Shad and promptly caught 3 nice fish. I saw the guy looking back at me as I landed one of them and he quickly turned around. He was fishing the weed edge and I was throwing over the weeds. I kept on my path and eventually we got parallel with eachother but I was about 30-35 yards inside of where he was. I heard him mumble something and I said excuse me? He then repeated loudly " the @#*!! lake ain't big enough you couldn't find another spot?" I calmly explained that I pulled in far behind him and he was the one that turned around and encroached on me. He then said "I can hit you with a cast" I stood up and said "give it your best shot" knowing he wouldn't come close, which he didn't. I said, yeah, that was too close for comfort. He said the wind must have switched and trolled away with his tail between his legs. Happens daily on the smaller natural lakes close to Chicago. Just have to grin and bear it. Always at least pretend like you are writing down the numbers of their boat. They'll think twice about messing around if they think you are reporting them. Then again, maybe some idiots just don't get it and never will.

[Uncle Leo]

I refuse to let that kind of stupidity wreck my time on the water. I would just move and find some solitude and be better for it. Life is too short.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Personally, I have never had any experience as bad as some of the ones I have read here, except for the occasional jet skier. I guess I'm lucky. I do have an idea though. I hear a lot of talk about casting at the individual or their boat with jigs, rattle traps, bladebaits and such. Why don't some of the good people of BR that build lures come together and design a lure for just this purpose! ;D I would like to preorder the 3 ounce version of whatever they come up with!

They already make a giant jitterbug, gliddin' rap and subwalk that would work pretty well.

3 ounce catfish or surf casting sinker would also do the trick.

I vote for a remote control submarine that has a drill on it... Simply launch at annoying angler, drill several holes, all while smiling and waving. Then laugh as their boat becomes part of the structure.

LOL JK

But still

I say you get a patent for that idea!!!

[Fishing Cowgirl]

Or you could get completely naked and just keep fishing without saying a word. I promise, they'll leave.

Thats original..lol   

I have had guys pull almost on top of me when I was fishing by myself, but I can give them the "look" and it normally works.

[WanderLust]

Personally, I have never had any experience as bad as some of the ones I have read here, except for the occasional jet skier. I guess I'm lucky. I do have an idea though. I hear a lot of talk about casting at the individual or their boat with jigs, rattle traps, bladebaits and such. Why don't some of the good people of BR that build lures come together and design a lure for just this purpose! ;D I would like to preorder the 3 ounce version of whatever they come up with!

They already make a giant jitterbug, gliddin' rap and subwalk that would work pretty well.

3 ounce catfish or surf casting sinker would also do the trick.

I vote for a remote control submarine that has a drill on it... Simply launch at annoying angler, drill several holes, all while smiling and waving. Then laugh as their boat becomes part of the structure.

LOL JK

But still

I say you get a patent for that idea!!!

LOL If I could I would.

[RAMBLER]

I was putting in, on a small lake in Michigan, when three out of staters pulled up to put in.  They asked about the fishing and I gave them some advice about the crappie fishing.  I went out and was casting a small (1/16 oz) jig.  I saw that boat load coming toward me.  As I cast, the last time, they trolled across where my jig had landed and pulled in a 15-16 inche crappie.  They showed it to me and asked if that was the kind I had been telling them about.  I just said, "yeah" and left.  I vowed then to never tell any stranger anything about the fishing in any lake I put in at.  That was 25 years ago and I have never changed my attitude.

[the lone fisherman]

I feel your pain. I lost my temper in a tournament a few months ago over the same exact thing. I've been fishing a spot ALL night, literally never moved. A boat (husband/wife team) came trolling up to me from directly behind my rear. They get about 15 yards from my rear and then turn , trolling right fricking next to me. They get to my front and cut directly in front of me and continue trolling the bank.

As the guy passed next to me I said "feel free to cut right in front of me." He said "Thank You!" Now, I'm not a confrontational kind of person but his "thank you" sent me over the edge. I cast my swimbait (with braid) in front of him and snagged his line. I set up announcing "I got a nice one." He said "you got me!" I said "No way! I got a fish!" and proceeded to do battle with this imaginary fish until we came unsnagged. He proceeded to say he can fish anywhere he dang pleases. I cranked up the big motor, putted up next to him, threw it neutral, revved it up a bit and proceeded to do a doughnut around him.

Don't ask me what I was thinking because I wasn't. I was so ticked off.

I guess there's not a whole lot we can do about people like that, other than try to ignore them.

I don't know, or care what you were thinking. But man what I wouldn't give to have seen that. ;D ;D

[/quote id love to have seen that too :-[

[RoLo]

I enjoyed reading through this thread, and can certainly relate.

Perhaps it's due to my upbringing, but I've always had a short fuse for inconsideration.

If a fellow angler exhibits just a shred of consideration, there will NEVER be a problem.

On the other hand, when inconsideration dominates the scene,

I'll feel the same adrenaline rush I did when I was in my early 20s.

Isn't it amazing how little our basic nature changes?

As a benefit of advanced age though, I always remind myself

that getting through a negative confrontation without responding in kind,

puts me On Top of the situation. Sometimes, I can actually do that,

'sometimes'

Roger

[vapredhunter]

Ok so all my life I've thought there was some kind of etiquette in fishing. But the last few years I've learned there is no such thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here on Smith Mountain Lake we have the rudest anglers in they world. Example my buddy and I was fishing a bank then a boat pulls up fifty yard in front of us starts fishing some downed trees I was working up too. They were so embarrassed they would not even look at us when I made a loud comment about how we had 500 miles of shoreline here on SML :-? and why they has to cut us off > This is just one of the many stories I have it doesn't even surprise me anymore.

[5bass]

Ok so all my life I've thought there was some kind of etiquette in fishing. But the last few years I've learned there is no such thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here on Smith Mountain Lake we have the rudest anglers in they world. Example my buddy and I was fishing a bank then a boat pulls up fifty yard in front of us starts fishing some downed trees I was working up too. They were so embarrassed they would not even look at us when I made a loud comment about how we had 500 miles of shoreline here on SML :-? and why they has to cut us off > This is just one of the many stories I have it doesn't even surprise me anymore.

Smith Mountain does have a ton of squibbers. I think it's even worse at night.

[vapredhunter]

Yeah I've got a bunch of stories some I cant belive myself just very inconsiderate people I've learned to live with it and youre right night is worst I think.

[vapredhunter]

I have been working on a paintball gattlin gun to mount in place of the front seat on my boat to use on rude people!!!!

We had some kids throwing rocks at us and hiding on there deck one day. While we were fishing there dock this went on for a few rocks worth until I yelled at them.

Told them I was going to stop by there house when I got done fishing and when there dad opened the door I was going to drag there daddy out in the yard and whoop his AASSS while tell him why I was doing it so he would be sure to whoop there's when I got done > and let him know that every time they threw a rock at my boat again I was going to stop back by until his kids learned some manners 8-)

[philsoreel]

A few weeks ago I was sitting about 35-40 yards off the bank when this jackass comes WAO, his kid in tow on a kneeboard, between me and the bank. I threw my arms up in protest. He makes a wide turn and comes back even closer and swerves at me, laughing. I scream obscenities. The third time I was ready, he was headed straight for me and right before he turned I lobbed a pair of digital scales directly at his head. I missed his head (very glad I did because it could have seriously injured him) but I busted his windshield with the scales and when he pulled up to the pier I jumped in his boat and beat his *** in front of his wife and kids.

I'm not typically a violent person, I don't go looking for fights, and I don't recommend taking the course of actions I did. However, sometimes the adults are the ones that need an attitude adjustment. 40-50 years ago none of these things happened. Why? Because back then people knew they would get their butt kicked for doing stupid things like this.

[Grey Wolf]

A few weeks ago I was sitting about 35-40 yards off the bank when this jackass comes WAO, his kid in tow on a kneeboard, between me and the bank. I threw my arms up in protest. He makes a wide turn and comes back even closer and swerves at me, laughing. I scream obscenities. The third time I was ready, he was headed straight for me and right before he turned I lobbed a pair of digital scales directly at his head. I missed his head (very glad I did because it could have seriously injured him) but I busted his windshield with the scales and when he pulled up to the pier I jumped in his boat and beat his *** in front of his wife and kids.

I'm not typically a violent person, I don't go looking for fights, and I don't recommend taking the course of actions I did. However, sometimes the adults are the ones that need an attitude adjustment. 40-50 years ago none of these things happened. Why? Because back then people knew they would get their butt kicked for doing stupid things like this.

You did what everyone else here would have liked to do but are afaird to do.

[ChrisAW]

A few weeks ago I was sitting about 35-40 yards off the bank when this jackass comes WAO, his kid in tow on a kneeboard, between me and the bank. I threw my arms up in protest. He makes a wide turn and comes back even closer and swerves at me, laughing. I scream obscenities. The third time I was ready, he was headed straight for me and right before he turned I lobbed a pair of digital scales directly at his head. I missed his head (very glad I did because it could have seriously injured him) but I busted his windshield with the scales and when he pulled up to the pier I jumped in his boat and beat his *** in front of his wife and kids.

I'm not typically a violent person, I don't go looking for fights, and I don't recommend taking the course of actions I did. However, sometimes the adults are the ones that need an attitude adjustment. 40-50 years ago none of these things happened. Why? Because back then people knew they would get their butt kicked for doing stupid things like this.

Its true. If you even look at someone wrong these days you can be arrested for assault, let alone if you actually touch them.

[Beastie Bass]

It sounds as if most of the problems come from other recreational water sports, not neccesarily from other anglers. A few wks ago I was going night-fishing at a local FWA. The lake I was fishing has 2 ramps, the 1st on was full of 3 groups of people fishing who had even backed up cars and trucks for a tailgate party. No sweat, I drive to the other ramp where BUBBA and RAY have decided to build a fire in the middle of the gravel boat ramp USING OLD PALLETS! I drive up and just back in-between their trucks and immediately one of them starts giving me lip and asking me why I cant launch somewhwere else! I politely inform him of the rules clearly posted on a HUGE sign 15 feet from the ramp:

1) THIS IS A PUBLIC ACCESS SITE DO NOT BLOCK RAMP

2) NO OPEN FLAMES OR FIRES

3) OUTBOARDS IDLE SPEED ONLY

They get so ticked that one of them acts like he is going to smash my head, so I retreat to the truck for a Colt .45 and my cell to call the sheriff. They backed down and I never finished the call. I was worried about my truck the whole time i was fishing and when I got back the fire was still burning in the middle of the ramp! What a bunch of slobs! I put out the fire and cleaned up all of the nails from the pallets I could find. I would never pull a gun on someone unless I felt my life was in danger and I dont condone this behavior either but these dudes were serious. I am never going out there again unarmed.

[farmpond1]

It sounds as if most of the problems come from other recreational water sports, not neccesarily from other anglers. A few wks ago I was going night-fishing at a local FWA. The lake I was fishing has 2 ramps, the 1st on was full of 3 groups of people fishing who had even backed up cars and trucks for a tailgate party. No sweat, I drive to the other ramp where BUBBA and RAY have decided to build a fire in the middle of the gravel boat ramp USING OLD PALLETS! I drive up and just back in-between their trucks and immediately one of them starts giving me lip and asking me why I cant launch somewhwere else! I politely inform him of the rules clearly posted on a HUGE sign 15 feet from the ramp:

1) THIS IS A PUBLIC ACCESS SITE DO NOT BLOCK RAMP

2) NO OPEN FLAMES OR FIRES

3) OUTBOARDS IDLE SPEED ONLY

They get so ticked that one of them acts like he is going to smash my head, so I retreat to the truck for a Colt .45 and my cell to call the sheriff. They backed down and I never finished the call. I was worried about my truck the whole time i was fishing and when I got back the fire was still burning in the middle of the ramp! What a bunch of slobs! I put out the fire and cleaned up all of the nails from the pallets I could find. I would never pull a gun on someone unless I felt my life was in danger and I dont condone this behavior either but these dudes were serious. I am never going out there again unarmed.

What a couple of a-holes! >

[fishfordollars]

A few weeks ago I was sitting about 35-40 yards off the bank when this jackass comes WAO, his kid in tow on a kneeboard, between me and the bank. I threw my arms up in protest. He makes a wide turn and comes back even closer and swerves at me, laughing. I scream obscenities. The third time I was ready, he was headed straight for me and right before he turned I lobbed a pair of digital scales directly at his head. I missed his head (very glad I did because it could have seriously injured him) but I busted his windshield with the scales and when he pulled up to the pier I jumped in his boat and beat his *** in front of his wife and kids.

I'm not typically a violent person, I don't go looking for fights, and I don't recommend taking the course of actions I did. However, sometimes the adults are the ones that need an attitude adjustment. 40-50 years ago none of these things happened. Why? Because back then people knew they would get their butt kicked for doing stupid things like this.

Would have paid to see this. Would have also put up any funds to bail you out if need be.