Pet Peeves

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

What are some of your pet peeves?haha some of mine include

Cutting the wrong line after tying the knot

Letting go of the tag end while tying a knot so you have to restart

Forgetting to open your bail on your spinning set up when you go to cast(pretty embarrassing lol)

back to back backlashes haha.Doesnt happen often but oooooh when it does lol

Having to break off your line and then on the next cast or two you have to break it off again

[BassThumb]

Recreational boaters and anglers who live on the lake and think they own it, so the give you NO space at all.

People on jetskis who do circles in the middle of the lake for hours, causing the bite to end.

Huge bassboats that do holeshots 50 yards away from other boats that are fishing because they're "serious" fisherman, and their time is more valuable than yours. They do this rather than idle away for 20-30 seconds before taking off like any sensible, considerate person would do.

Property owners who try to scare people away from their docks while they're fishing them.

Breaking off snags on people docks, because it gives a bad rap to all fisherman. (see previous)

People who take up two parking spots at busy landings because they haven't yet figured out how to park with a trailer.

People who break glass or let their dogs crap at the landing where folks may be walking barefoot.

Throwing fishing line in the lake.

Territorial beavers.

People who are fishing from the dock of a public access and knock lures off your boat or snag the carpet while it's tied up for the 90 seconds it takes to get your trailer in the water. Seems obvious not to cast OVER a shiny fiberglass boat with a lure covered in hooks, but you'd be surprised.

Litter bugs, especially chain smokers who throw every butt in the lake.

That's about it...

[Hot Rod]

X2 for all the ones previously listed.

A couple more of mine are:

1. When your fishing buddy in the back of the boat sounds like he's doing the frigin' "River Dance" between his stomping around and slamming compartments shut, (then complains the fishing stinks, well duh).

2. When your partner hasn't caught a fish all day but you have, then the partner procedes to tell you repeatedly what you need to do to catch fish, aghhhhhh!

[Fishing Rhino]

Only one pet peeve really. It covers most of the above.

A lack of common courtesy by other boaters, be they fishermen or not.

[agssebvtsece]

People who park blocking or partially blocking a boat launch.

[Red]

I agree with the above. One of mine though is knots left on hooks/lures. I go through my box every couple weeks or so and cut off any knots I may have left. My old boss used to throw his bait with like three or four old knots on it with about three inch tag ends hanging off it. Drove me crazy!!

[Avalonjohn44]

I fish from the shore so I don't have the typical boating pet peeves:

* Trash. How hard is it to walk 20 feet to a trashcan or just to carry your trash out?

* Drunken river tubers

* Kids throwing rocks

* Idiots walking up to me and telling me about the "10 or 12" pound bass they saw right there the other day and how I should go about catching it...

* Teenagers. Teens by themselves are usually respectful and courteous. But add another teen to the first and they become annoying. Add a third and they are downright rude. It seems to be some sort of scientific law - The more teens you add to a group of teens, the dumber the entire group becomes.

* People holding their spinning rods upsidedown.

* Illegals or semi-legals coming in groups of 20 to seine net the area you are fishing and keeping everything from undersized fish, to crayfish and turtles.

* Bass boaters that think since they have a boat it is more important for them to fish that area than you

* Inconsiderate morons that choose to jump in and swim right where you are fishing.

There are probably a lot more, but my blood pressure is going up...

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

I agree with the above. One of mine though is knots left on hooks/lures. I go through my box every couple weeks or so and cut off any knots I may have left. My old boss used to throw his bait with like three or four old knots on it with about three inch tag ends hanging off it. Drove me crazy!!

Hahaha!it drives me nuts when the old knot on the eye is freakin braid. It just doesnt come off!!!

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

I also get really PO when youre fishing a stretch of the shore and another boat thinks that 50 yards past you is far enough and they just put the trolling motor down and act like theyre not doing anything wrong.

[OHIO]

I fish from shore in ponds mostly so boats aren't a problem, but people still are.

Kids that come up and tell me what to throw to catch big fish.

Kids that just sit watching me until I catch a fish.

Friends that haven't caught anything, but tell me what to throw.

Friends that are catching everything and still telling me what to throw.

People that pass by and start talking to me about fishing, but in reality they have no idea what they are talking about.

Just to name a few...

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

I fish from shore in ponds mostly so boats aren't a problem, but people still are.

Kids that come up and tell me what to throw to catch big fish.

Kids that just sit watching me until I catch a fish.

Friends that haven't caught anything, but tell me what to throw.

Friends that are catching everything and still telling me what to throw.

People that pass by and start talking to me about fishing, but in reality they have no idea what they are talking about.

Just to name a few...

Hahaha you didnt read the story on here about the kid who told the guy to use hot dogs and the guy said ya whatever and a little bit later the kid catches an 8 pounder?

[Brandon K.]

1.Duck hunters that threaten to shoot you if you dont leave that area. This happened to me at our state tourney a couple years ago. Would have loved to take a flippin stick to both those guys heads.

2. When a person swings a fish into the boat, onto the floor, in the middle of all my fishing rods and lets it lay there and flop around while they celebrate. All the while you had the net in the water.

3. Firing one past my ear. I try to do the best I can to give us both a good shot at a spot.

4. People who honk at me for sitting at a red light for two seconds after it turns green.

5. Not winding up the vaccum cord. Those hooks on the side are there for a reason.

6. Quoting movies wrong.

Those last three aren't about fishing but huge pet peeves none the less. Thanks for letting me vent. Great therapy.

[SwimJigs]

My biggest pet peeve is messing up knots. Also cutting the main line instead of the tag. The other day I glanced at the TV to check the score of the game while cutting the tag end, looked down and my crankbait was laying next to my foot. It's even worse when you tie a really nice knot! Another thing I can't stand is when people net every fish they catch, even the little 12inchers they need to play it for ten minutes then net it...

[Hooligan]

One of my biggest, and my own fault, is when I'm partnering. I have a habit of not getting things out of the boat that I would otherwise never be caught without; IE: Rigging box, soft plastics that I fish the most, spinnerbaits... I've done it several times, which makes me happy that I have a regular partner and what's mine is his and his is mine, so to speak. I've fished "regularly" with other guys that were completely opposed to lending anything to anyone, regardless of whether it was team or individual.

[Red]

Hahaha!it drives me nuts when the old knot on the eye is freakin braid. It just doesnt come off!!!

Good Nail Clippers works great for braid knots.

[Getfished]

My peeve is when I trade decks with my partner for whatever reason and his gear is totally scattered every where. I absolutely don't know how he doesn't break more rods and smash more tackle.

People opposite or adjacent to you at intersections who assume intersection rules do not apply if they wish to provide hand gestures.

[Glenn]

Jet and water skiers

[Bluebasser86]

People who think that because they have enough money for a ski boat/jet ski it automatically means they know how to operate one.

Inconsiderate boat operators who run on plane within casting distace of people fishing.

Kids throwing rocks in the water.

People who crowd in on the spot you're fishing because you're catching fish.

Having someone cruise up and drop the trolling motor right in front of where I was fishing.

People who trash the lake, especially fishermen because it makes all of us look bad.

I could go on and on but I think I'll stop before I get myself worked up.

[Hooligan]

Tournament anglers that think they own the lake is another.

[SirSnookalot]

Equipment failures don't bother me, it happens. Unbuttoned fish don't bother me, I'm there for the fight only, seldom take a photo or measure a fish, so I'll just go and catch another. Boats don't bother me, they generally don't hang around too long and most of those yahoos can't fish anyway, I'm unimpressed with the number of decals on a shirt.

What does bother me (only when I'm serious fishing) is people invading my space, that means close to 100yds on either side. I cast parallel to the beach in the trough, not always straight out. Bait fisherman, not the person trophy hunting offshore, I do that myself, but the ones fishing with a piece of frozen shrimp for croackers and sand perch that just seem to be always in the way, then they toss a cast net and spook my snook.

A law in Florida of no dogs on most beaches, never enforced and we see lots of them all the time. I love playing with them, it's nice break for me, not worth getting upset. Gotta be careful Fido doesn't want to retrieve your top lure, I hate to hook one, bikinis at 7 am are a nice bonus too.

[Catt]

The guys with $70k bass boats, 25 rods in the rod box, thousands of lures, & a empty live well @ the end of the day but they have as many excuses as the have lures.

Watching a bass thump the snot out of someone’s Texas rig or Jig only to have them say “I’m waiting to be sure the bass has it in it’s mouth”.

Here’s your sign

[pa mountain man]

1. Ramp etiquette, have a game plan before you hold the ramp up for 45 minutes.

2. Preventive maintenance, I understand things go wrong, but having a 30 pound block of corrosion for a battery and what looks like melted gummy bears dripping from the carb. is no excuse to hold the dock up while you try to get your shoestring wrapped around the flywheel to get tubin' before you're beer gets warm.

3. Litter...there are 4 dumpsters and 7 trashcans at the lake I work at, is it really that hard?

4. Personal space, if someone wheels in and fishes beside me, I make every dink out to be like the next world record, complete with whooping and holloring until they get the message.

Ever notice you never see "premium" beer bottles tossed out? Its always rotgut.

[Sfritr]

Jet skiers and PWCs

Seeing someone using a spinning reel upside down. (Get A SNOOPY rod for christ sakes)

[J Francho]

The guys with $70k bass boats, 25 rods in the rod box, thousands of lures, & a empty live well @ the end of the day but they have as many excuses as the have lures.

Donors, LOL.

[BlackBass19]

A lot of good ones here that I agree with.

I can't stand to see people poorly handling fish. Normally they are the $75K bass boat types that are style and no substance. Just ask Gerald Swindle why proper fish care is so important.

Knots on lures also drive me nuts, in fact it takes at least twice as long leaving them on.