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We were drawn #2 , got to our spot in tournament (it was 1/2 mile in no wake zone) and had another boat come in on plane and pass us to my spot...wanted to kill, but just trolled past him and cut him off and fished in front...maybe uncool but so is cruising in on plane
What would you do?
Carl
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Agree
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I would have let him know that I was protesting him for breaking the law by not abiding by the no wake zone right then and there( assuming he was fishing a tournament)...then I would have found another spot to fish...two wrongs don't make a right.
I think your controlled assertiveness is most professional. I don't think it's wrong to assert yourself firmly while passively avoiding confronting bad behavior.
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I had a similar situation last week at Barren in a Non-Tourney environment... was fishing a line of trees that show the creek channel underneath with a crank when some ass in a Skeeter came in wide open then set down 50 feet in front of me and proceeded to pitch and flip some of the timber and i saw him catch one small one... then 5 minutes after showing up ran wide open all of 200 yards to the other side of the cove... ruining my spot. I usually idle out of this cove... but this time i ran wide open right by him... hope he got the message...
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To much bickering on the lakes these days, to much disrespect for others, to many people that plain and simply do NOT think about anyone but themselves with a total disregard for his or her fellow fisherman...ain't sayin' anyone's wrong, ain't sayin' anyone's right either...just sayin'.
I think a lot of people are missing out on what time on the water is all about.
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Agree 100% Chub!!!Originally Posted by Chubminnow
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I totally agree....ESPECIALLY with that last comment.
Also, looks like people want to stick it to the people who stuck it to them so with that attitude it will never stop. Even if you get wronged, it's much better to just let it go.
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Couldn't agree more. I still fish small club tournaments - however, with 17 month old twins I look at it more of scheduled days on the water than for competition. I think that is the a big problem in the mentality of tournament fishermen today - they are in it more for the competition than the fishing. I can tell you one thing - with the limitted time I can get on the water now - I am not going to let some other bonehead ruin my day. I may have let them know what they did, but I am not getting counter aggresive over it.
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Re: ethics question
My dad and the good book say "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
A good rule to live by.
If the guy was fishing the same tournament, I like what Dave Stewart said about protesting and moving on to another spot.
To the rest; you guys that fish a lot should be more patient and forgiving; there are a lot of guys that don't know better and if they don't try to learn by coming to these forums and study fishing, they will probably quit fishing. For those that stay with fishing they will learn from your examples (good and bad).
I remember when I first got my boat, I did something similar to the guy in the Skeeter boat; fishing 50 yards up from some guy. I really didn't know any better then. Was I wrong, sure. The guy that I did it too way over reacted and wanted to fight me. I thought he might have a heart attack.
Point is, there is a lot of water and unless it it your pond you don't own it. Move on, consider the guy a jerk if you want; but it is not worth fighting over or killing someone over. Maybe the guy is just ignorant like I was then. You may even say something to him like you were there first but go ahead, good luck, I will come back the the spot later. He may get the message.
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Great point Chubminnow - I've made a point this last year to go out of my way to respect other boaters - like mhall said "I'll swing wide as I always do and go around" - give others room to fish - boat - and you know - it has helped me enjoy the time on the water . . .
Maybe this group can start to change some of the bad attitudes on our waters today - treat everyone with respect - even if they don't deserve it . . . maybe it will catch on!
Anyway it has helped me lower my blood pressure when I'm on or going to the water!
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Re: ethics question
Ha, reminds me of the same thing that happened to me. Only after we passed the other boat. We caught one around 4lbs not 50 yards from where they cut us off at. Low and behold to pay them back, but good. I told my b-i-l to not take the hook out of the fish's mouth, but to make a big deal about the size of the fish and then drop it over board..Still on the line mind you. I tell him to wait about 2 min then act like he's setting the hook again and reel in the same fish. While he's doin this i raise the trolling motor and drop my anchor.
Now since peeps have to stay at least 50 yards from a anchored boat while in a tournament. I have him reel in the fish and i net the fish again...Again make a big scene of how big the fish is and wat not while the other boat is still watching us.. They can't actually see what were really doin. So i tell him to do the same thing again with the fish. By now these boys are headed back down the bank towards us in an amazing way. Before they get close enough my b-i-l sets the hook again and reels in the same fish again. I net the fish and finally hold up the fish for the other boat to see again of course. By thsi time they are close enough to start askin questions of like man wat you catching them hogs on and so forth. I start fillin them up with BS big time and tell them that i ain't in no tournament but don't want them to mooch in on my spot. They actually offered me 50.00 to leave the spot and let them have it, so I took the money, pulled up anchor and went on down the bank.
These guys were so dumb to the situation they actually pulled up thier trolling motor and dropped an anchor. We watched them for the better part of two hours from with in the cove and they never caught a fish from the spot. Another 20 min. go buy and my b-i-l and i leave the cove and happy as hell to have made 25.00 a piece for catching 1 four pound Bass in the cove.
So my payback was trully a great one indeed...lol
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