Pet Peeves

[BassThumb]

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.

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

Good ones, especially with the beer. You're right, I never gave it much thought. It's usually "Skunk Urine" like Natural Ice, Schlitz, Gluek (the local rotgut brew), or Busch Light

[MJB_215]

I hate when kids/teens catch a big fish and then decide to bring it home. Just last year there was a group of teens running around this big pond I fish at. They were running all over the place, throwing in front of me and what not. The kid had a worm rigged like nothing ive ever seen before, he obviously didnt know what he was doing. Then one of his buddy catches a 5-6lber on an earthworm and they all started going crazy. They took it and threw it on the ground, the kid was going to bring it home. Well I am not much older then these kids. So I yelled over "hey, what did ya get? you going to throw him back?" that was after I seen him throw the poor fish on land. Well the kid said NO! DID YOU SEE THAT THING?! well that stuff just ticks me off. So stupid me started calling them names and telling them to put the fish back and that it isnt that big. Theyy just said "shutup what did you catch?!".. well at the time I wasnt pulling in fish but earlier that day i hammered 30 easily. Could have easily been a fist fight. Nowadays I just keep to myself. If people want to kill their catch then thats their problem.

Ive seen a number of spanish guys catch turtles and bring them home. They pretty much take wqhatever they can get their hands on. There was one guy who would come everyday and take a duck or a goose. He eventually got in trouble for it.

That type of stuff drives me goofy

[Bass Dude]

My pet peeves mostly deal with getting to the lake!!

I hate when you wait for someone so that you can pull out onto the street. Then they end up turning onto the same street I'm on, but didn't put their directional on. So I just waited for this jack**** and he ends up turning!!!

Also when someone pulls out in front of you to the point where you have to slam on the brakes---then turns at the next block--you look in the rear view and there wasn't a car in sight and you wonder why he's in such a hurry that he couldn't wait for me to go by.

When people don't move over on the highway to let you come off the on-ramp.

When people in the passing lane go the same speed as the people in the "slow" lane.

My final two peeves---Stupidity and lack of courtesy.

[Flangler]

Trying to set the hook, and it's to early and your lure comes flying at you. But also getting stuck in boat, or possibly trees..ugh! Especially with topwater frogs!

[killafornia]

+ 1 bud

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.

[killafornia]

I had a duck boat and I was fliped by some *** in a bayliner almost lost everything

[flippin and pitchin]

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

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

Well said.

[GonzoFishing]

Scumbags that need to keep every single fish they catch even if they are undersized! Then they have the nerve to ask me to give them the fish that I catch!! I tell them nope and release the fish right in front of them.

Know it alls that always tell you that you wont catch fish with the lure your using even though I've caught them plenty of times with that specific lure!! Thats when I pray that I catch a fish while theyre still talking

The fact that there is never a wildlife officer around when you need one

[Texfisherman]

Some of my pet peeves are:

- Having my knot unravel after biting off the excess line. (improved clinch knot)

- A cluttered boat while we're fishing.

- Litter! Please... if you're fishing on somebody's property, leave it cleaner than the way you found it.

I've been fishing an amazing golf course pond lately, and people see me catching bass, so they start fishing it.

Now this place is beginning to get cluttered with empty plastic bags, fishing line laying along the shore and empty drink bottles.

Pretty soon I imagine they are going to cease all fishing there, just so the place will stay clean.

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

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.

You know i dont really mind the chill skiers with the ski boats that stay out in the lake, listen to more relaxing music, or just go out and have fun. We do it once or twice a year with our friends. Noooooow, the stupid wakeboard boats with a bunch of punk 16 to 20 year olds who drive all around you and have no respect, turn their crap music up ONLY when they drive by you or someone else to show off, and think they own the place. Especially on the delta. I dont know why the heck youd wanna do that stuff in the delta, with tons of other boats around, narrower sloughs and channels with debris, pretty dirty water (no idea what kinds of crap is dumped in the delta), and its shallow in a lot of places except for the main channels, but that is where some of the punkiest breed of wakeboarders are

[kms399]

when you get the most perfect cast you could have hoped for right between the dock and that dead tree laying in the water and your lure is messed up.

that guy that takes his half out of the middle of the boat ramp

the guy that has his wife back up the trailer so he can drive the boat on, only she has no idea how to back up a trailer and he is yelling instructions to her from out on the lake that she obviously cant hear.

when the line goes through the split ring on your crank bait.

when people invite themselves to go fishing then cancel

when people you have invited invite their friends to join you, this drives me nuts cause then I am the ******* since I cant stand fishing 3 people in my 16' lund.

[Mudwalker]

In addition to many already posted:

A co-angler who constantly gives reports of what they see on the finder. "There's a fish!" "Oh look, a whole mess of something down there!" or even, "We need to move cause there's no fish on the finder.".

[GrundleLove]

peoples dumb mutts jumping into the water right where you are fishing because their owners ( who are missing a few chromosomes) think the lease law does not apply to them.

If you are reading this and are one of those people, please go away forever. You are not special. Neither is your dog.

[RedhookRR]

The guy that has to come barreling in on at full speed in a boat and your in a kayak paddling to get out of his way just so he can fish your spot for 15 mins just to take off again cuz the fish are not biting. They were before he showed up.

People not knowing their boating laws.

The dumb*** that runs a railroad crossing when a train is coming because they can wait 3 mins for the train to go by.

[piscicidal]

People posting pictures of their 3.5lb bass calling it 5lbs. Or posting their 4.5lb bass and calling it 7lb.

Similiar thing, different sport. Golfers who drive the ball 240 and say they hit it 280-290.

Driving on a four lane road...you're in the right lane with a ton of space behind you. A car pulls RIGHT in front of you and promptly hits the brakes so he can make his right hand turn.

[JoePhish]

While fishing my condo ponds I usually get asked stupid questions like:

Are there really fish in here?

Do you eat them?

My biggest pet peeve is an unlicensed fisherman taking home an illegal fish, especially Snook.

People posting pictures of their 3.5lb bass calling it 5lbs. Or posting their 4.5lb bass and calling it 7lb.

Ha, last year friend of mine posted a pic on FaceBook of a "3LB" bass he caught out of the polluted pond in our old neighborhood . I'm pretty good at guessing bass weights and I'd say it was half of that. I didn't want to call him out and be a jerk about it. Instead I waited a week and posted a pic of a true 3 LBer. Thing looked like it could eat his.

[RoLo]

We moved to Florida in 1998, and since that time "airboats" have become my pet peeve.

In Florida we lived on lakeshore property and on nearshore property, but in both homes

the noise pollution from airboats could be heard throughout the year, both day and night.

From a distance they sound like cows with bad indigestion, but as they approach

they sound like giant leaf blowers. One airboat can shatter the natural rapport for all boaters

and lakeshore residents within a thousand acres (is that fair?).

Most of all, I empathize with the wildlife. Their ecosystem is rudely invaded on a daily basis,

and the only home they know becomes man’s playground. To cite one case among many: my wife and I

were in a distant bay in one of Polk County’s wildest lakes.. Roaring into that same bay were

two fellows in an airboat chasing alligators and intentionally causing longhorn steer to stampede.

Sadly, our marshlands are thrashed year-round by airboats, right through the breeding season of

reed-nesting birds such as limpkins, red winged blackbirds, yellowthroat warblers, bitterns and so on.

Roger

[Lund Explorer]

peoples dumb mutts jumping into the water right where you are fishing because their owners ( who are missing a few chromosomes) think the lease law does not apply to them.

If you are reading this and are one of those people, please go away forever. You are not special. Neither is your dog.

Lease Law? Sounds like they're just renting him, so what's the big deal?

[hunter4]

People who smack the grass off their lures. And them complain when the bill breaks off about how cheap the bait is.

[jignfule]

Wind, when I'm finessing and that (velcros) Braided line wrapping around my guides.

[DJHolly22]

Boaters going near my line or attempting to go under it, or if im surf fishing surfers going out near my line....

[RAMBLER]

Tournament fishermen, mainly on practice days. My boat is older, smaller, cheaper and therefore I don't amount to much, at the landing. Many of the boys, with the newer, bigger, more expensive, overpowered boats, don't think they have to let me take my place in line either launching or coming out of the water. Often, I've had them jump in front of me with the attitude that they are better or more important.

On tournament days, I don't fish where they are fishing. I find another place or time to fish.

[Alex Cirabisi]

when parents bring their youngins down to learn to fish and the child gets a big one on the line and the parent takes over to real it in. maybe thats just me being annoyed by my fishing teachers for doing that to me

when people expect you to only be fishing straight out in front and stand 5ft from ya

when your fishing buddy INSISTS on borrowing your favorite lure after losing 3 himself.

Like many others, boaters who think they are better then the little guys.

people who pretend to know what they are talking about.

fishermen who are dedicated to one type of reel and try to convert you even if your using the same gear.

DNR for taking away baiting for hunting season.

thats all i can think of,

[Fat Boy]

when you get the most perfect cast you could have hoped for right between the dock and that dead tree laying in the water and your lure is messed up.

when the line goes through the split ring on your crank bait.

A lot of good ones posted but these get to me...cracks me up looking back that little things like this get to me though. Also, the dog jumping in one and clipping the main line instead of the tag end also are good ones.

Here are a few of mine to add to this great list:

Short casts after catching a bass using super lines (line digging in the spool).

Line twists

Backlashes

Snags...and losing lures

Putting all your might into casting a lure for distance, and the knot breaks on your cast and it goes flying...for distance

Setting the hook on a bass and you break off on the hook set

Hooking clothing or shoestrings with treble hooks

Tying a blood knot properly and when you pull it tight it doesn't hold and slips apart

Snot grass/algae clogging spinnerbait snap swivels

Fishing partners who throw their snot grass/algae at you after getting it off their spinnerbaits

Missing your Fishing partners while trying to throw snot grass/algae at them after getting it off my spinnerbaits

Muskies swallowing my jerk baits whole and then cutting me off while on a good jerk bait bass bite

Gobies

Panfish biting the tails off plastic worms