Thread: Tempers on the water

Coke Zero? Sounds like some of my past Tourney Weights...LOL

I was wondering What others do to make you have or come close to having a melt down? Is it boat ramp idiots, folks fishing to close, or that speed boat passing by at full speed, I have had some dock owners really get under my skin to. I remember a dock owner yelling at me for a two inch wake at two miles per hour, Told him If he thought that was a wake, I could show him a real wake. The truth was he was just mad at me because he knew, I was fixing to HAMMER his crappie. LOL

I would say boat ramp manners, or lack of, brings the blood pressure up. Especially the guy who backs down to water and then gets out to get boat ready to launch. That does "launch" my blood pressure. Try not to have meltdowns, it destroys a mans witness.

Watching Russ yank crappie in the boat hand over fist as I struggle to keep my jig from getting hung up! This has happened several times. Of course im just kidding about getting mad, but it is a good reminder of patience and a lesson from a real Pro!

Had someone on a Mississippi Lake key, DEEPLY, my truck the other day. I spent 64yrs in Mississippi but moved to Tennessee 4 yrs ago. OH well! There were all MS. trailers on the ramp! I do not forgive fools!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Trypman really sorry to hear about that. That is about the worst I would agree. Any body that would steal from a man's fishing rig or damage a man's property at a boat ramp while they know he is out fishing is about the worst thing you can do to a fisherman. Like back in the old west if you messed with a mans horse while he was away the same should apply to messing with a man's fishing rig when he is out fishing. HANG EM HIGH!!! I would bet whoever did you that way... will get theirs down the road. Karma is a B---CH.

Originally Posted by slackline

I came pretty close to a melt down last summer fishing the Ouchita River from my kayak. I hooked a big fish, thought it was a carp at first. I fought him to the side of my kayak and saw that it was a walleye, my biggest ever was 14.3 lbs. This one was close to the same size. When I reached to grab him he whirled away snapping my line. If I could have spoke I probably would have sworn like a sailer. I wanted to get the biggest one I caught mounted but couldn't see how I could have afforded to. My oldest daughter had just gotten out of the hospital after spending her first 26 days after birth in the NICU. So I wanted this one for the wall. Yup, almost in tears both times.

Chris

You can still get a reproduction and some cases looks better than some skin mounts .

Had an incident the other day where I pulled into the parking lot to get my boat ready when another truck came and went straight to the ramp towing his party barge. I had my wife and 3year old with me. When I had everything ready to go, the jackhead in the party barge was taking up the entire ramp and the man was in the boat taking his sweet time fixing and re-arranging things. We waited 22 minutes from the time I started timing him to get out of the way. It didn't make me mad necessarily because we were not being serious and was just having a fun family day and could have had fun anywhere including the parking lot. But this guy drove by us seeing that we were getting ready to launch. I thot man if it would have been anyone else at the ramp other than a man with his family trying to set a good example for his son that guy would have not enjoyed the rest of his day hahahaha. It is very difficult for me to understand that other people dont realize that they are in the way. Almost as if they are deliberately spitting your face. I try to tell myself "They didn't know I was waiting." But its hard to convince myself of that when they drive by waivng. Hahahaha