Lots of differing opinions here.

The guys had every right to say no. I probably would've backed off and watched the pro, maybe learned something. But I know when/where the big tourneys are going on Barkley and KY lake and try to avoid them by going to the far end of the other lake that day.

I was at Santee Cooper during last year's Elite Series Event and had one creek all to myself all week long. I'd watch blast off, then I'd go fish and make it back in time for weigh in to watch. The last day of the tourney, I had 3 pros in my creek. None of them asked me to move aside. They were all very nice and talkative about their day. Takahiro was very nice, just not talkative and I'm sure that was just language barrier. He was the closest to me and just happened to follow me through the cut in the pads that I was fishing. In no way did I hinder his fishing. There were bedding fish everywhere and while i caught lots of nice fish (my best 5 were about 19 lbs each day) Most were buck bass and I couldn't get the really big females to bite. Tak was following me catching those big females, flipping the biggest tubes i've ever seen. he was probably behind me for 45 minutes before i realized he was there and I very slowly went back around behind him as there wasn't a lot of maneuver room for 2 boats.

either way, its the angler's choice to give up the water. with me, its all about the pro's attitude and how i'm feeling that day.