6-11-25 Weekly Meetup

Met up with my fishing bud just before noon.
The lake level is slightly above full pool .
The ramp we met at was overrun with boaters putting in and taking out , especially for a Wednesday.
Plan B , we took off to another location that only had one vehicle with an empty trailer.
I caught five , while my bud went fishless . The sun was beating down on us out there on near the open ramp and the temps were already in the mid 80’s . Light winds.
So we changed locations again . This one was a little busy but not like the first one . No one was using the ramps but there was a threesome swimming just on the other side of the boat dock . Didn’t bother the fish . Bud caught seven , mostly on his flyrod , I caught sixteen total there using micro jigs .
Fishing went cold and we changed locations again to park without a ramp . No one was there .
My bud ended up with thirteen total and I wound up with 32 .
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I left a little earlier than usual, partly because of the heat , but mainly because a guy with his son shows up and starts fishing right between me and my bud who was less than 100 feet from me . So with 550 miles of shoreline available at this reservoir, this guy starts fishing less than fifty feet from me .
I don’t understand it .
The only thing I could imagine, was he was new fisherman and figured we knew what we were doing , so he thinks since it’s a public place he can join us .
All he had to do was ask ! Would have been the polite thing to do .
Anyway , we left it to them .

Some pretty fish and fishing with friends is a good thing. I can't deal with the heat like I used to choosing to fish areas with some shade on the hot days. Start earlier on hot days and I'm finished by 10 am. More fisherman than ever out there means more rude people as well.

Gillchaser,,
way to adapt and make things happen. You took the high road with the man and his son, people want to get in on the action. Which is great, they just needed to start a conversation and get invited to join in. Most people are good , some just don’t think .
thanks for the great post.

take care, stay hydrated out there.

It’s not like the lake was crowded. These two were the only other bank fishers we saw all day.
I’m trying to get
better about confronting these idiots.
If it weren’t for the guy having his son with him I would have explained fishing etiquette here in south to him .
Honestly, his tackle looked straight off the Walmart shelf. Ilf I’d been closer I probably could have spotted the price stickers . :)