enviroguy
Senior Member
Well that answers that... Maybe some, shall we say, less than polite, boat anglers will see these posts and think twice about doing it again... Thanks Guys!
jay sullivent said:if a boat fisherman is not running his gas motor i really don't care how close he gets. it's not like they are running the fish off. if i'm on the lake not catching anything and look through my binoculars and see a guy across the way wearing them out, i'm gonna quietly ease on over there. i really don't see how someone easing by you quietly while you are fishing on the bank is gonna hurt anything.
jay sullivent said:it's a public lake environguy. they have just as much right to be there as you. don't get me wrong i agree with you for the most part. it's about courtesy. but, they can get close and still be curtious. wait til some bass fisherman runs right in there doing 60 right up to you.people are doing much ruder things than you have described.
Oscott said:After several passes I finally lobbed a a big hook and sinker (the shrimp went along for the ride) at the boy on the knee board. It was a good cast and fortunately the kid was a good and got out of the way but they got the message and left us alone after that.
A dumb thing to do on both our parts but hey - young and dumb.