bank fishing vs. boat

[Oskolkoff]

So usually i am a pretty calm guy i don't let much get to me and i hate it when people conplain all the time but last night i was wading a spot a lake lowell when a bass started to see me catch fish they worked their way rite to where i was fishing at on time they were with in 10ft of me 4 of them on the boat then worked the spot i had been fishing for about hour their boat was rite where i was casting i voiced my concerns to them and they just kept at man it pissed me off they are on a bass boat with a 200hp engine and trolling motor they could fish any where on that lake and when they fish a hole out they can leave that spot and go on to the next one i can't do that when i am wading i am stuck pretty much i just thought it was very rude tonight i am going back and if it happens again i am bring my sturgen pole to night and i am going to aim rite for the side of that nice boat with a 10oz sinker they want to be rude fine i can play that game to sorry just had to vent
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[flygoddess]

Let me start off with, I would be steaming mad as well. But, let me add, this also happens to float tubers and pontoons. Again, limited to amount of water these smaller vessels can cover. It has happened to me several times.

I was at Chesterfield one year. I was fishing maybe 75' out from the dam catching fish. Some shore anglers walked over to straight in front of me and started casting and catching. They did not bother me as it didn't change anything, they were not in my way, etc. But again, sort of the same situation in reverse.
But here came a boat with 4 or 5 on board. Yup! he went between me and the Dam.
I got my line out fast enough, but not the shore anglers.
I let them deal with this idiot.
Some people need fish THAT BAD.[]
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[windriver]

This type of thing has happened to me many times. Sometimes I feel the need to do something about it and sometimes I just let it go. Usually they have already ruined the hole and so its not worth fighting about anyway. Lets just make sure that we are not the ones encroaching on others holes.

Windriver
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[monkeee2002]

[quote windriver]This type of thing has happened to me many times. Sometimes I feel the need to do something about it and sometimes I just let it go. Usually they have already ruined the hole and so its not worth fighting about anyway. Lets just make sure that we are not the ones encroaching on others holes.

Windriver[/quote]

Yep, this is the way I look at fishing.
Whether it's the jerks on the bassboat, or the guy who stands at your elbow on the shoreline. It's not my job to teach them to be decent human beings.
I had 2 guys that trampled their way thru the brush like a herd of cattle just yesterday. I swear one of them (the LOUD talker on his blue-tooth) was breaking every branch he could reach.
Of course, I was catching some nice LMB's, till they showed up and set up right next to me. Then the fish stopped biting. So, I moved around the pond. Exact opposite corner. And of course as soon as I caught a big one, there they were, one on each side of me, trampling the brush again. Didn't get another fish after that.

Inconsiderate people not only piss off other people, but they run off the fish too. No point in trying to "get even". Just let them have the fishing hole that they just chased all the fish out of.
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[Oskolkoff]

it make me so mad i know their is nothing i can do about it but i just think come on how rude i know lake lowell is limited on where you can bank fish or wade there for i dont get mad at others wading near me but when some one in a boat comes in and fish the same spot 6 or 7 other people are trying to fish it drives me nuts it like your fishing for steelhead up at riggins but there bass plus there in a boat and yes i know pontoon's and floattubes go though the same thing there was a guy fish a float tube just down from me last night he was fine stayed down out of casting range in his own hole i have fished lake lowell many times form a boat and if were them i would have been fishing a less presser d hole that bank anglers could not get in to like most of the guys out their with boats lake lowell is plenty big and has more than enough bass for every one i dont know why people like to pile up and cross lines i am going to bring my sturgeon pole tonight and if it happens again i will at least cast over there lines and take there lures or jigs maybe if they all start losing lures they will learn
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[hizah]

Some people are just dicks, no way around it. I have had the experience both on shore and a boat. Ask any one who catches crappie at strike, boats will move in within casting distance if you are scene bringing in fish. Last fall at Lowell we were fishing the equalizer by ourselves when another boat came within 10 feet of us, kind of annoying, especially there since when it is on the whole lake fishes well.
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[elkmagnet]

I bet they read your report...

If you asked nicely and they ignored you they are jerks.
The bottom line is the jerks are the ones who decided to crowd you
but... you are the one who let it bother you so much that it ruined your good time the question is which is worse?

F.Y.I The entire south shore is better fishing on foot than by boat. But I know where you are talking about the fish are hot there.
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[Idaho]

People are People. Some thing we all live with. Some good, some bad. Keep your cool and you will always be a Winner!

Just fight the fish, Not any others.

Idaho
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[reservoir_dog]

I feel your frustration. I have had the same thing happen at Chesterfield too. Catching fish from my tube only to have boats (yes plural) start trolling smaller and smaller circles around us. I have had people in boats block me into a hole in the trees at Twin Lakes too. A couple times recently at Edson Fichter pond in Poky, I have had people come right up next to me on the docks while I was casting my fly line over their heads, and start fishing right beside me as if it was totally cool, without even saying hello! I feel the angst, and feel the need to do something, but what can be done that doesn't make us look bad too? Maybe this is why I delight so much in catching fish after fish right in their faces, laughing and enjoying myself, because when they step up and can't catch a thing, they get frustrated and leave.
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[idahoron]

I feel the pain. Like FG said we inflatable boat fishermen have to deal with idiots at a whole different level. I had to yell at a few people that were planning to drag cranks next to me or over me.
That said the guys that are fishing in the boat launch really pi$$ me off. I hate seeing people there at the launch. They never get out of the way. Ron
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[hooknhunter]

[quote idahoron] I had to yell at a few people that were planning to drag cranks next to me or over me.
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Had too? How you react to an idiot is a choice. Don't be an idiot too.

I've been there and it's never easy, but please, all of you, don't stoop to their level.

I've been guilty of stooping a time or two and regretted it every time.
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[windriver]

This is a great discussion. Another thing I have to think about is what kind of an example I am setting for my kids. I try to teach them to find their own water and not crowd people. When we get crowded out I try to stay calm but it is a tough one.

Windriver
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[cpierce]

I admit it is very hard sometimes to put up with idiots that just want to be a nasty as they can be. I find it best to close my mouth and walk away.

Of course, I usually try to walk through as much of the pool in the river on my way out as I can.... .. (I don't have my kids with me anymore, so my example may not be the best!) [blush]
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[Paulpro]

I hear ya, its always the guys on a Bass boat,you'll never hear of someone in a jon boat or Tracker boat doing something like dat.
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[michael44]

I don't care what anybody else does as long as they share the beer!!! It aint about how many fish you catch, it's about getting out and having a bit of fun and a cold beer!
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[dtayboyz]

Anyone gets close to me, I catch and cut their line. They end up thinking I have no skills with a rod and leave. Sorry.
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[idahoron]

[quote hooknhunter][quote idahoron] I had to yell at a few people that were planning to drag cranks next to me or over me.
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Had too? How you react to an idiot is a choice. Don't be an idiot too.

I've been there and it's never easy, but please, all of you, don't stoop to their level.

I've been guilty of stooping a time or two and regretted it every time.[/quote]

You are not thinking like a person with an inflatable. If a person with a regular boat passes lets say they are trolling for walleye. They are going to have between 50 and 100 yards of line out. If their line comes over your inflatable boat a person need to yell LOUD for them to hear you. Remember they have a gas motor running so your going to have to yell like I said LOUD!!!!! This doesn't mean I am an idiot. It means I need you to stop your boat before my boat sinks. Now you can talk quiet if you wish but I am not going to lose my boat to a whisper. I am going to yell. Ron
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[Paulpro]

Jon boat=Best boat
teaches them Bass boats a lesson for fishing near my honey hole!
They wish they could get there boat were my boat goes.
Nothing beats a Jon boat!
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[Paulpro]

If the line gets over your boat cut the line Ron! don't take any chances especially with them guys with Bass boats,they would say something like sorry! didn't hear you!
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[flygoddess]

Most bass boats I have seen are pretty quiet though unless they are pouring it on.
But if their line is in anyway effecting my fishing, I would YELL! and have done so.
One boater didn't realize fly line cost so much till he ran over mine and cut it and an officer saw (and heard me). I love getting new line[]
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