Friendly Dock Owner

So I was fishing around a dock on a private oxbow this morning, when the owner comes down shaking two cans of wasp spray. He says, "Doing any good?" I laugh and say, "not really!" He says, "Well I'm fixin to stir up some wasps," and I told him to go ahead because I wasn't catching much there anyway. As I am trolling away he says, "Ya know, we work our butts off to put all this brush out and it ain't for YA'LL to be fishin!" Well, I told that nice feller how much I appreciated all his hard work, and that I have caught lots of nice slabs off of his brush in the past. Then I pulled two good ones out of the ice chest to show him that his hard work has definitely been paying off. He was mumbling something as I moved on, but Im not sure what it was. That sure was a nice guy, putting in all that hard work for us. Shoot me a pm and I will give you the coordinates to that nice man's dock, I'm sure he wont mind. :Rofl

Always love dealing with people like that. :D

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Give em hell Chris!! Get what he deserves! I usually ease on when a owner comes out, just out of respect. But when one starts running his mouth, I make it a point from then on to roll up to it when i see him out, whether i want to fish it or not.:banghead

Cmj, he is for sure taking care of you even getting rid of the wasp so ya wont be bothered by them

Too funny.

Next time be casting a crankbait and break him from mouthing,may lose a crankbait but you want be having mouthing problems anymore.

Was it near Scott?:fish

The folks that rent slips at docks are the same way.Had permission to fish a dock at pier 51 on keystone last year.I was informed by one man that I was catching too many fish!Then they dumped all my fish out of my basket,then they stole or cut my basket loose witn about 15 fish in it.Then one of the guys tuld me to keep my ######## a## out of his slip.

I know when you experience these kind of things its gets your goat. However in the long run your probably far better off ignoring them and going on with your business. Should that not work get a patio boat (Pontoon Boat) and invite as many of your fishing buddies out as you can muster for free beer and fishing. Then have a party right there. Of course do all of this with in legal hours of the day. If its a USACE Lake I think you might have rights to go on shore... My anchor might even get stuck and a few of those brush piles might get relocated.

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Originally Posted by varmithunter

The folks that rent slips at docks are the same way.Had permission to fish a dock at pier 51 on keystone last year.I was informed by one man that I was catching too many fish!Then they dumped all my fish out of my basket,then they stole or cut my basket loose witn about 15 fish in it.Then one of the guys tuld me to keep my ######## a## out of his slip.

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That guy would have a problem if he did that to me. :banghead:

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Originally Posted by Slabyanker

That guy would have a problem if he did that to me. :banghead:

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X2. I tried to keep it civil even though I was getting a little pizzed. I did inform him that what he was doing was illegal and that he should call a game warden if he wanted to discuss it further...........that was the end of the conversation.

I would be civil up until that point.

You guys think like I do. I realize they put in a lot of work but they knew it was public when they did all that work too. With the sonar today guys will find you brush but long as they sink brush too and cull the small ones back I'm totally fine with it.

Shoot on Lake Martin the power company controls everything 490 and out. You can get out on some bodies pier if you want.

What the heck were you thinking, Chris! You know he owns that lake, for cryin' out loud!

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Originally Posted by ski trip

What the heck were you thinking, Chris! You know he owns that lake, for cryin' out loud!

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You said it yourself Ski, I was thinking. Gets me in trouble every time.

Ive made dock owners on Conway so mad they put up siding and screens to keep me out from flipping a jig and bobber up in em. LOL

Go up to Horseshoe Lake, the one near Hughes, and fish those piers/docks. There is one up there the guy has built a complete fence around with a gate installed so he can get his boat out! The ones that don't want you fishing don't allow you to touch their pier/dock but the ones that don't mind don't care if you tie up. Just gotta figure out the which is which.
I like the ones that don't want me there. That's when I pull out the ultra light and start shootin' jigs under it. That's the place that will be loaded with crappie! :biggrin

It's allways funny to me how many think they own the water , if I can keep my cool I just smile and keep fishing

I happen to be the owner of a dock on Maddox Bay. I don't have a problem with anyone fishing my dock. I wish you the best of luck. Here's the rub I have. When fisherman(mostly bass) throw right in among my wife and daughters fishing for bream or crappie off of my dock. Then the same fisherman will yank his trolling motor up and take off leaving me to catch the girls before the fly off the dock from waves. Crappie fisherman tend to just troll around the dock and not even attempt to fish while we are fishing. Just my $.02.

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Originally Posted by greenhead1451

I happen to be the owner of a dock on Maddox Bay. I don't have a problem with anyone fishing my dock. I wish you the best of luck. Here's the rub I have. When fisherman(mostly bass) throw right in among my wife and daughters fishing for bream or crappie off of my dock. Then the same fisherman will yank his trolling motor up and take off leaving me to catch the girls before the fly off the dock from waves. Crappie fisherman tend to just troll around the dock and not even attempt to fish while we are fishing. Just my $.02.

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I never even attempt to fish a dock if someone is on it, even if they aren't fishing. I may troll over and chat if they seem friendly but the poles stay in the floor of the boat. It's just common courtesy. Sometimes they will even tell you to go ahead and fish if you want. Now you have permission and are not likely to have problems from them in the future. As for the ones that will go out of their way to harass you, courtesy goes out the window.

Here's the other side- A lot of fishermen aren't as good at flipping or dock shooting as they'd like to be and their rigs wind up on top of the dock instead of under it. Then you wind up with hooks and bait on the dock. If you're lucky, it's a nuisance. If you're not lucky, you wind up with a hook in your foot. If you REALLY unlucky, you wind up with a dog that ate a baited hook and now needs surgery.

There was a fellow in Tampa who had a dandy dock on the edge of a channel. When the water was ripping through there, all of creation would stack up under his dock. A well-placed livebait would almost guarantee a fish. The man who owned the dock was a fisherman and a genuinely nice guy. He was supporting of local anglers and understood that his dock was in the middle of public domain. He became less friendly when his Golden kept taking trips to the Vet's office because he ate baited hooks. He did what he could to check the dock before he let the dog out, but a dog's sense of smell is much stronger than our sense of sight. Eventually, he strung ships rope between is pilings to discourage anglers. It just got to be too much.

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Originally Posted by cmj

i never even attempt to fish a dock if someone is on it, even if they aren't fishing.

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A lot of good options on this subject.... I have a pier on Martin and I've fished a lot of others pier. When some bodies fishing my pier I normally go out to greet them and see how there day is going.i try to fish other docks when the people are away usually avoiding sat and sun mornings to keep from disturbing others privacy. Jm2$

I've never had a problem with folks on thier docks. I respect thier privacy and most of the time they ask how I'm doing. I've even had alot of folks tell me to cast right under thier docks, cus' that's where they catch'em. :Rofl Most folks see my fishing kayak and want to ask a million questions about it. Even had a few take pictures, once for a news paper. :Rofl

Chris you're just a trouble maker. If I would have been that dock owner, I would have me a Snerd Net and every time you caught one I would dip it up before you got it to your boat.:biggrin

Snerd net. Lol