What's your worst experience with other anglers?

This am I went shore fishing for ringers, was the only person on the stretch of river, when a guy in a car watches me catch a few perch in the rain, rain stops the guy walks over 5 ft from me and cast out two rods Rigged with 3 or 4 oz bottom rigs. I catch another and he pulls one rod up and cast to my left... So now I'm standing here steaming, his rod 5ft to my right and his other 5 ft to my left. I told him, are you serious? Ive been fishing my entire life and never had anyone be so common as to fish on both sides of me, walking on my heels. He acted offended that I called him out.

By the way I culled through about 25 YP to get two keeper 11" rs

That was trashy behavior. Open carry is legal. Try it & see if jerks like him keep a respectable distance.

That's pretty bad... During our spring crappie fishing when I catch one 2 to 3 floats land where my float went under... It gets pretty annoying I can't wait to get a boat lol. Glad you were able to catch a few tho!

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Can't say I have had a bad exp with another angler, BUT, jet skis! Had one run right up to my boat at like 60mph so close he ran into my 12' pole, and ask "ya catching anything" I was so dumbfounded I just looked at him.

Worst experience was not really with another angler but with a pleasure boater. Buddy and I were going catfishing and had the ideal spot. Knew you had to claim it early or someone would beat you there. The spot was a big sandbar in a backwash area next to the main river channel. Catfish loved to come up to the flats to feed around midnight. You had to be just off the sand bar in 8-10 FOW and be able to prevent the cats from getting back in the river channel.

We anchored around 6pm, stretched out and got into relaxing. Half asleep around 9pm my buddy said sounds like a big one, probably gonna rock the boat. Yep, make sure your rods are in the holders. Few minutes later I hear #&^%$ hes gonna hit us. Needless to say, I was now wide awake and turned to see a big, big sea ray bearing down. I was able to hit my horn 2x before abandoning boat. Crash crunch treading water and seeing you boat sink is a terrible feeling. Started yelling for my buddy and hear I'm OK.
Turned to see the back half of my boat disappear in a bunch of bubbles. Front half is floating. Swam over and grabbed hold waiting for my blood pressure to drop to a reasonable level and looked around to see the boat that hit us about 1/4 mile away and still going.

Hear some hollering, y'all OK and turned to see a guy and his son in a small I mean small John Boat motoring over. Said yes we are OK. He offered to take his son to the dock and come get us one at a time. I declined and told him to enjoy his evening because helping us would ruin his. He felt bad and stayed near us until someone with a pontoon boat came motoring up, they had everything on Video from quite a distance and offered assistance. We gladly accepted.

On the long trip to the marina, they guys wife told us about the boat that had hit us and their run ins with the same. He had never hit them but had come close and they were anchored to the bank. They had filed complaints but nothing ever resulted from it. Great folks though, they shared a few beers and burgers and dogs. Actually became friends with them and discovered how great fishing from a pontoon can be.

Between their video and some great local police dilligence, they found the guilty party in a marina about 12 miles upstream. That is another story and one not worth sharing.
End result, lost a bunch of tackle 25 years worth of collecting, Insurance paid for boat and gave a pittance for the tackle. Relatively unscathed except for a lifelong disdain of pleasure boaters that fail to respect the rules of the fishing community. Moral of the story, is to inventory your tackle. Back then I was spending $20.00 weekly on tackle. Not much you might think but that was 1983 and most of the plugs and lures were only $1.50 - $2.50. Good rod and reel were $40.00. But the worst part was the loss item items given me by my father and grandfather that could never be replaced.

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Originally Posted by Flatwater

Can't say I have had a bad exp with another angler, BUT, jet skis! Had one run right up to my boat at like 60mph so close he ran into my 12' pole, and ask "ya catching anything" I was so dumbfounded I just looked at him.

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You should have reeled in making sure you lip hooked him and answered yep, one idiot on a jet ski.

MY WORST FROM OTHER ANGLERS IS WHEN WIFE PUTS A HURTING ON ME:RoflSHE JUST GRINS AND CALL ALL HER FRIENDS:RoflREALLY I AM GLAD ,I TELL HER IT WAS HER GUIDE'S PUTTING HER ON THEM:biggrinI LOVE TO KIDD WITH HER AND EVERYONE ELSE AND TRY TO MAKE THEM CATCH FISH EVEN IF I JUST HOLE BOAT FOR THEM TO FISH

I had a buddy wrap a plastic worm around a guys ankel after he skied between him and the bank while bass fishing, and he ran another boat down one day until they beached it for doing something of the same nature to get away from him.

Was going to relate a couple of horror stories but dredging up old memories enraged me to the point I cannot properly tell them without using words and phrases that would offend delicate sensitivities.

Sometimes its fun to have fun with those type of people. When they pull up in the hole next to me I just throw my bait/lure over in their direction and usually catch the fish they came over to catch. Its so funny to me to see the frustration on their faces. Even better was to watch their cast,then throw over their line,snag it and yell "FISH ON" then cut their line when your are nice enough to offer to untangle the mess.:Rofl Over the years for the most part the people i've ran into on the water have been very nice. Only 2 people to have fun with that I can remember. There's always hope for this year:biggrin :biggrin:biggrin

Really my worse was when friend went fishing at santee,we had bass fish for years together and i would tear him up,well we only had crappie fish in cold weather with hopkins and in ponds for crappie together,well we went to santee for a week ,the first day of fishing i caught 6 or 7 and he on my boat caught about 70 to 80,no joke,i tried to do everything he did ,wind same speed ,same bait,cast where he cast,cast where he had not cast ,then he would cast there and catch the fish. I ask him what he was doing different and with a silly grin say just casting and winding it back,boy he was paying me back for all those years i beat him bass fishing and did it in one day,i just knew by being a good bass fisherman that it would be no problem to catch those fish on jigs,boy did i go to school that day,each day i began to inprove as i cut my eye at him and trying to copy him without him knowing it,boy that was embarasing,well i am the type to not give up and intend to do as well as the next person no matter who he is ,so i learn from that situation.that is why when people tell me they can catch fish better on minnows and day, i say you do not know how to really fish with a jig,minnows with many poles will catch a lot but one pole ,jigs most of the time

Have had some 40 and 50 feet Yachts throw huge wakes on me. The ***holes were joy riding up yeopim creek. They kept coming back and forth about 30 yards from me throwing 4 foot wakes. Making My bow scoop water every time. They had the whole frikken Albemarle Sound to joy ride in but no.... they had to ride up and down a 1/4 mile stretch of creek that I happened to be fishing on. They finally left when they could see me blowing the birds at them and My head shaking back and forth knowing that I was throwing a cussing on them like they had never heard. I was writing new words into the dictionary under profanity that day for sure. I'm surprised fish did not float up dead from the filth I was spewing at those low life raggedy *** pieces of ****. I could have called the MAN on them if I wanted to but I despise that SOB just as bad so when i fix that river up with hurdles and start fishing there again, I think I will have a plan in place to deal with rude behavior.CF

Was ran over by some one going about 45 mph--lived through it. Had one boat park particularly close to me one day, I could have poked him in the eye with my fishing rod, he was that close...If I can touch you with my fishing rod, you are WAY TOO CLOSE.

Was anchored under a bridge setting up for night fishing when a big ski boat came thru wide open and bounced me off the bottom of the bridge. I agree with what was said earlier take a picture of your tackle and gear from time to time that was the only way that I was able to get what went over the side back. Did get some nice boat upgrades however thanks to Brian.

Jet ski......Brian.... Wouldn't happen to be the famous jet ski Brian would it?

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had a GUY AND HIS YOUNG SON COME OVER AND STARTED FISHING A BRUSHPILE WE HAD DROPPED A BOUY ON AND WERE FISHING,MY BUDDY AND I JUST LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND LAUGHED.COULDNT BELIEVE IT.THE YOUNG'UN SAVED HIM ON THAT ONE!

No Brian from BBG Marine used insurance money to buy a new trolling motor and depth finder etc lol jet ski Brian is a great guy though

I've threw a 3/4 oz Hopkins over a guys ski rope, tween him an the boat. he seen it an let go of the rope, got in the boat and left the lake. this was after he came tween me an where I was castin 3 times, gettin closer each time. I hit another dude in the back with a 3/4 oz Lil George, it stuck him and he left to go to the doctor to get the hook out, I tol him he could keep the lure as a reminder to respect other folks fishin area. I have a little speech I give about sportsmanship an common human courtesey. "I know I don't own no more of this lake than you but I do, but I do feel like I own the part I'm fishin in. so if you don't wanna deal with one more mad dude, ya best not fish MY water!"

I have had a few run-ins but one of the funniest to me was the time I went to Falls Lake with my brother. It was an early Saturday morning and the wind was still, water flat, no sounds other than an occasional bird tweeting. We had been fishing for a hour or so, the morning fog had just lifted and we could see a small jon boat with a man and his boy heading our way. We really hadn't caught all that much but evidently enough that they decided fishing was better where we were. They made their way through the standing timber until they were within easy casting distance and my brother justed tilted his butt off the seat a lil bit and let er rip. Now I'm talking about a reverberating echo of a rip and I looked my brothers way and he just said to me "They're getting close, had to fire a warning shot across their bow." I thought I was going to hurt myself I laughed so hard, as they quickly turned and headed away....:Rofl

I was fishing grenade lake couple years ago and they was having a big crappie tourney. Well that morning launching the boat one of the big name "pros" decided he got tired of waiting in line behind everyone to launch so he decided to cut over about 10 people in line. He got real close to me yanking them valve stems out..

Was tied up to a bridge pier crappie fishing!! The creek I was fishing was wide enough for two bridge piers!! A skier came through under the bridge sking!! Water was only 10' under my boat!! The skier dropped in the water just after sking by me.got back in the ski boat was gone about 30 min.Came back through sking under the bridge again touched the brideg pier with his hand turned the ski sprayed water in my face.I told him or them not to do it again.He said some choice words and left.The channel was very narrow as I motored out after fishing.As I turned the corner of the creek they were waiting on me in party barges with boat paddles raised and just enough room for my champion to fit through.I did not have a gun or any weapon in my boat.No cell phone service!! I was in trouble!! They said they were goning to take my head off when I went through the party barges. I had a 1993 191 champion 200 efi merc would run 75 MPH.I shot through the hole of the party barges at 75 MPH .They were diving off the party barges for their life.After I got through the hole in party barges. I turned around as they were getting back up on the barges!!! I told them I was taking my wife and nephew to the truck and safety and I would be back to finish the battle!! When I got back not a boat was in Sight!! Not one!! None!!!

I wish we had those perch in my state Arkansas looks like some good eating

It's a good thing none of you have Striper fished the ocean season. You would probably never fish again.

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Originally Posted by crappie 11

It's a good thing none of you have Striper fished the ocean season. You would probably never fish again.

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Been their Done that!!They called them Rock Fish!!! We grilled them with a little butter and blacken salts not crappie but not bad eating!! My brother in law lives in King Goerge Virginia!! They make a trip to Arkansas we feed them Crappie!!!!

[QUOTE=jackie53;2573743]Been their Done that!!They called them Rock Fish!!! We grilled them with a little butter and blacken salts not crappie but not bad eating!! My brother in law lives in King Goerge Virginia!! They make a trip to Arkansas we feed them Crappie!!!![/QUOTE
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Originally Posted by crappie 11

It's a good thing none of you have Striper fished the ocean season. You would probably never fish again.

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Rockfishing around other boats is a good test of keeping your cool! This Dec. I was fishing @ Urbanna (#8) on the Rapp. River. I had found a small school of fish and circled back 3 times, catching a fish each time I hit certain area. Even had another boat fall in line behind me.. A guy came thru claiming I was too close to him, I had heard him earlier hollering at another boat so I just said "I'm sorry" figguring its just better than arguing with the stupid. 2-3minutes later he said same to another boat... They started chucking lead at each other!!
I just moved a mile -- fish were there too.

When I was @30yr old, we were catching trout at CBBT(Bay bridge tunnel) and a guy anchored Very close.. I asked him to let out more line on his anchor to keep our boats from banging into each other... He said I should move... So I moved,,,,,, To the bow of my boat and pissed on side of his!

My father is 80!! We live close to a lake that has a great White Bass run in the Spring!!From Mar-15 to April 15 it is on!! My father fishs every day of the white bass run. The limit is( 25 per person) he catches a 100 each day keeps 5-10 to eat!! He My father is the white bass king on our lake!!( his trophys are on the wall in the country store at drasco ark) The white bass run to the upper parts of the river to spawn in the rapids and gravel of the river!! The upper river is only wide enough for maybe 2 boats!! He was fishing last year and wearing them out!! A guy was trolling could not get around him (dad 80) so he trolled between him and the bank!! My Father has no paitence!! (Army)
He told the guy if he trolled between the bank and his boat again he would cut his line!! We were fishing just below him about 100 yds catching one fish after another!! The Guy came by us trolling and said did you hear what that guy said!! I sad no did not hear real good!! He said (my Father 80) if you troll between the bank and my boat again he would cut my HEAD off !! What do you think about that!! I said and he will do it too!!! LOL!!! not really he did not troll through their again!! The point is!!! (my father) was catching fish and the other guy wasn't so he thought he would fish through their any way wether my father liked it or not!! My father would have given (the other guy) all the fish he needed or showed him how to catch them but no he (the other guy) was gong to take them right out from under neath his boat(NOT going to happen)!!!

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Originally Posted by crappie 11

It's a good thing none of you have Striper fished the ocean season. You would probably never fish again.

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Oh, It gets real interesting out there when some idiot start cutting too close behind other boats and starts cutting lines off. I saw someone doing that one day and the only reason that lowlife is still alive today is because He had a young boy on his boat. You should have heard the radio chatter. That guy got killed 500 times over the radio. there were charter boat captains ready to board his boat! There is also a guy that fishes out of Oregon inlet that gets real ugly with anyone who gets within a certain distance of him while He is fishing "His" spot. thats fine but his spot is a very very large area of water that happens to be where ever he happens to be. The locals affectionately call him "Mr. Atlantic". That right there tells You how big his spots are.CF

couple years ago couple bumped my boat with my little one on board and said your fishing in our spot. when I stood up and told them to pull ashore to resovle it they decided to leave when we were pulling in to dock they were they waiting and husband walked upto applogize