07-19-2005, 10:10 PM
duck hunters! i second that one...thanks for reminding me of the pain! j/k i am a duck hunter- i hunt at ogden and farmington bays a lot in my duck boat. my problem with duck hunters on fishing lakes stems from one bad experience-
last october we were trolling in renegade bay on strawberry. we came around a corner and spotted a decoy spread a couple of hundred yards away. we then corrected our course and kept as far away as we could. they had the bay covered, the furthest we could keep away was about 150 yards from the furthest point of there spread. there spread was at least 100 yards out! so we were 250 yards from them...roughly. were we in position to flare ducks? absolutely...but we couldnt help it- we were fishing!
so anyways, our trolling motor is pretty loud. we were trolling along and out of no where a duck boat flew behing us about 8 feet. (we didnt hear it coming) they were attempting to cut our lines. (going at least 15 mph) we were all using downriggers so they missed...all except my dad who was having great success flatlining that day. he was unfortunate to be holding his line, in the middle of letting out. his hand got cut pretty bad by the line stripping and ripping his skin. his rig was also lost- about 12 dollars! there reckless endagerment (8feet!), and injury to my dad, got us all pretty mad. but, of course, they had guns.
so, i called the dwr and they sent an officer out. it took him a while to get there, but we saw him launch about an hour after my call. unfortunately the duck hunters left right after they attacked us. they must of realized that people have phones these days. lucky for them i didnt have my rifle! i was pretty mad! okay, not mad enough to shoot anyone- but pretty mad by my standards.
so, yep, thats a pet peave of mine.
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last october we were trolling in renegade bay on strawberry. we came around a corner and spotted a decoy spread a couple of hundred yards away. we then corrected our course and kept as far away as we could. they had the bay covered, the furthest we could keep away was about 150 yards from the furthest point of there spread. there spread was at least 100 yards out! so we were 250 yards from them...roughly. were we in position to flare ducks? absolutely...but we couldnt help it- we were fishing!
so anyways, our trolling motor is pretty loud. we were trolling along and out of no where a duck boat flew behing us about 8 feet. (we didnt hear it coming) they were attempting to cut our lines. (going at least 15 mph) we were all using downriggers so they missed...all except my dad who was having great success flatlining that day. he was unfortunate to be holding his line, in the middle of letting out. his hand got cut pretty bad by the line stripping and ripping his skin. his rig was also lost- about 12 dollars! there reckless endagerment (8feet!), and injury to my dad, got us all pretty mad. but, of course, they had guns.
so, i called the dwr and they sent an officer out. it took him a while to get there, but we saw him launch about an hour after my call. unfortunately the duck hunters left right after they attacked us. they must of realized that people have phones these days. lucky for them i didnt have my rifle! i was pretty mad! okay, not mad enough to shoot anyone- but pretty mad by my standards.
so, yep, thats a pet peave of mine.
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