How close is to close?

I had brush out that I wanted to fish yesterday only to see folks camped out on it before I got there then once they left I idled over to see if it was holding any fish and they kept staring at me....I wanted to say LOOK I PUT THE BRUSH OUT!&nbsp; It's not like your put it there so go on.&nbsp; Unless I know somebody I won't fish where they are.&nbsp; I saw a guy I knew out yesterday and trolled up beside him to talk.&nbsp; I knew he had brush out in the spot but I never picked up my rod....I wasn't invited to so I didn't.&nbsp; It's just the right thing to do.&nbsp; <br>I had words with a guy over in OK while I was bassin here a few years ago.&nbsp; The guy idled his big motor right past me and cut me off.&nbsp; Well then I trolled across the cove to fish the other bank out and once again he kicks his trolling motor on high and gets right back in front of me so I made the comment "Do you always cut people off"??&nbsp; It was on after that....he gave some bogus excuse that he was fishing faster than me when point was he shouldn't have cut me off and he knew it.&nbsp; I left the area and as I was leaving I commented 12 miles of lake and you gotta fish right on top of somebody else???&nbsp; I had also asked him if he was fishing in a tournament they were having that day to which he said no are you and I said no but would it have mattered.&nbsp; All in all he invited me to the bank to settle it but ended up trolling back out in deeper water once I said alright!&nbsp; As Woodrow put it, "I hate rude behavior in a man, fact is I won't tolerate it".

Why is it that crappie fisherman are always trying to pick a fight with bassss fisherman, even call their fish trash fish.Is it b/c crappie fisherman are nicer people....lol

I have heard anyone mention anything about bank fishing so I think I'll chime I here on this one. If you stand next to me and have to through over my line, you need to back up. I can't stand them folks throwing over my line or being elbow to elbow on a fishing pier. This is the reason I bought a boat. I don't need one to catch fish, I just got tired of dealing with people shoulder to shoulder.I like talking cutting up, and meeting new folks but I don't like someone just walking up and throwing over my line.

Some great points here. In most cases while in a boat casting distance is to close. I will not hedge in on others and hope for the same respect. Bank fishing is different due to the lack of access. The bottom line should be respect. I ended up fishing side by side with a guy from the back this past weekend from the bank. He was a really nice guy and we ended up swapping tips, methods and even cooking tips due to him being from Minnesota and cooking styles being different.

Each circumstance is different but should still be ruled by curtousy and respect. Unfortunate that some guys don't have either.

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I ust to get pretty rude with folks who got too close but nowadays I take it with a grain of salt and move on. There have been some days i have went to an area to fish and it is too crowded. If I find this going on i just go to a spot that isnt crowded. i cant tell you how many times this has paid off with big stringers and a new bite I just wear out till the word gets out...Most times I am fishing right under the nose of my boat...LOL its kind of hard to root a fellow out when hes fishing right under his boats nose tip.

There have been many a days where I am pulling big slab after big slab and be surrounded by fellow fisherman watching me pull a big limit out, but there was noway for them to horn me out... because i was locked right over a top and all they could do was sit back and watch the CrappiePro Fishing Show. LOL

I have friends over on Kentucky and barkley lakes.They have winter pool and summer pool.In winter the pool is drawn down.The locals put brush,stake beds, anything that will hold fish.They mark these piles with PVC pipe.Drive them in the bottom on each side of the piles.In the spring the water level comes back up and covers the brush.The piles or 50- 100 yards long in every cove up and down the lake.In the spring when the fish move in to the brush piles,stake beds fish shelters the locals will bring party barges,houseboats stay all night and tye onto each other and fish these fish shelters they will be lined up on each side maybe 10-20 barges,flatbottoms anything that will float catching fish left and right.When one boat or party barge pulls out another one pulls in.Its unreal they will invite you over share bait and help you clean your fish.Go to their house right up on the bank and have a big old fish fry unreal.Espically when the big red ears start biting and bedding.if you ever get a chance to go over around april-15 - may the 15 its unreal!!!!

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Originally Posted by jackie53

I have friends over on Kentucky and barkley lakes.They have winter pool and summer pool.In winter the pool is drawn down.The locals put brush,stake beds, anything that will hold fish.They mark these piles with PVC pipe.Drive them in the bottom on each side of the piles.In the spring the water level comes back up and covers the brush.The piles or 50- 100 yards long in every cove up and down the lake.In the spring when the fish move in to the brush piles,stake beds fish shelters the locals will bring party barges,houseboats stay all night and tye onto each other and fish these fish shelters they will be lined up on each side maybe 10-20 barges,flatbottoms anything that will float catching fish left and right.When one boat or party barge pulls out another one pulls in.Its unreal they will invite you over share bait and help you clean your fish.Go to their house right up on the bank and have a big old fish fry unreal.Espically when the big red ears start biting and bedding.if you ever get a chance to go over around april-15 - may the 15 its unreal!!!!

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WOW!!!...that sounds fun

I do not encroach on another fisherman's territory, period! If we are trolling and I know you or you motion me over to ask if I'm catching any, I will get close enough for a conversation but when it's time, I will get well out of your territory and let you continue to fish and enjoy your day. I do not cut people off. Now if you are tied up to a bush and not moving, I will go around you, but I will leave unfished water(by me anyways) ahead of you. If it gets crowded where I'm fishing, I leave. All the fish in the lake are not in one particular place and I can find them elsewhere.
These are guidelines I follow with my friends I fish with and even my dad. I follow them twice as good if I don't know you.

I think it's just courtesy.

I don't go fishing to get in a fight over a brush top. I deal with people enough during the week and I like the solitude of fishing. I usually wear my earphones and listen to my iPod while I'm fishing. I don't bother anyone that way.

Well...now that I know you're a bit more tolerable Russ I gonna have to stick by you like fly on stink this spring. :biggrin

you know if you are fishing to close to someone , not to hard to read the body language of other fisherman. 50 yards to me is to close but I like some room , last weekend I was fishing a spot and know one else was there until I had someone idle around me 40 yds and stop then started fishing right in front of me next boat shows up pulls 30 yds behind me stops starts fishing . Now I can't go forward or back up, they circle me like buzzards 20 feet out . I never said anything but finally just reeled all my stuff up and moved. There enden up being 13 boats in that small area but hey if people think thats OK I guess thats their conscience to live with, me personally I will just move on. I have fished long enough to know how to find fish without moving in on someone else.