Thread: Crappie Etiquette

A couple of years ago I pulled into the Strip Pits at Dardanelle. This is also a crowded spot at times. There was a well-known guide spiderrigging in there, so I slowly passed him by and went about 100 yards or so past him. He yells out, "Hey, I'm fishin over there!" I told him that my plan was to set all my poles out and then I would go ahead and move on. By the time I got my rods out, he had moved so close to me that our rod tips were almost touching. Since we both had clients with us I thought it was a bad idea to argue with the guy, so I just moved on. He followed me for another 50 yards or so before he finally turned around and went back to defending "his" 150 yard stretch of water.