BeerThirty
Senior Member
I have a pretty interesting boat ramp story...
This is maybe 20 years ago on a major river in Wisconsin when I was growing up. My dad and I were heading back in after a day walleye fishing. As we approached the ramp, we noticed an army of Asian fishermen with their lines all cast out in such a way that they were completely blocking access to the ramp. My dad made a pass trying to get their attention and tell them that we wanted in. Their English was terrible as we tried to communicate. We tried explaining over and over, using hand gestures and pointing at the ramp, trying to motion them to reel in their lines. This went on for 5 minutes before the patriarch of the group very clearly shook his head "no" and went back to fishing, presumably telling the other members in his group to keep fishing as well.
At this point, I knew stuff was about to get real. My dad spouted off a couple profanities back at the group, told me to sit down and watch his back. He ripped the boat around and came in hard towards the ramp. He drove the boat right through probably 5 or 6 different fishing lines. He broke them all off as they got caught in our prop. He jumped off the boat first onto the dock and told me to come with. We had a very angry group of about 10 Asian fishermen in our face. They called the cops on us and we explained the situation. Every single one of them received a citation. Never saw them fish over that ramp again, too.
This is maybe 20 years ago on a major river in Wisconsin when I was growing up. My dad and I were heading back in after a day walleye fishing. As we approached the ramp, we noticed an army of Asian fishermen with their lines all cast out in such a way that they were completely blocking access to the ramp. My dad made a pass trying to get their attention and tell them that we wanted in. Their English was terrible as we tried to communicate. We tried explaining over and over, using hand gestures and pointing at the ramp, trying to motion them to reel in their lines. This went on for 5 minutes before the patriarch of the group very clearly shook his head "no" and went back to fishing, presumably telling the other members in his group to keep fishing as well.
At this point, I knew stuff was about to get real. My dad spouted off a couple profanities back at the group, told me to sit down and watch his back. He ripped the boat around and came in hard towards the ramp. He drove the boat right through probably 5 or 6 different fishing lines. He broke them all off as they got caught in our prop. He jumped off the boat first onto the dock and told me to come with. We had a very angry group of about 10 Asian fishermen in our face. They called the cops on us and we explained the situation. Every single one of them received a citation. Never saw them fish over that ramp again, too.
