First person there does have the spot but you can still try to work things out with someone, I've had people chunking the drop in a breachway and explained that they shut the whole spot down for everyone and explained they were going to tangkle on both sides and got them to move over a bit. I've also had a flyrodder be convinced to switch to his spinning gear so the rotation could commence.

Just this weekend we had 3 guys come up on us with lights blaring on the water. I asked (not as nicely as I could) for them to kill the lights or at least switch to red. They were a little PO'd (probably because we were where they were loking to be) but I walked over to them and EXPLAINED why 6 halogens on the water was probably not good for fishing and they listened.

But actively fishing four rods in a spot is not good practice, certainly if the fish show up.

I think that you make a good point JR, but not everyone is open to suggestions. I put more than my share of time in (both surf and boat) and probably will fish over well 100 times this year, but people tend to have issues with others correcting them, maybe it's ego, maybe it's because they dont like taking advice from someone half their age, I dunno, if I see someone being a real D!!K, I tend to make a comment or suggestion; offten it's met with silence or MYOB... The problem I have is more about ettiqute in general, people have no concept how to share a spot or at least be courteous to others. This happens all the time in the bay, I'll have a nice drift set up in very shallow water quietly slinging snakes and some A-hole will troll through the area, (with umbrella rigs on wire in 10-15ft of water!!!) across the flats with lights on etc... So I do what I have to to preserve my spot, (usually it means blocking his troll by steering my drift) I think Bloo's suggestion is good, act like an A-hole newbie and people will give you space...

Of course Paul's right as well, go where the chunkers arent... where we have been fishing latly, the chunkers set up away from the rocks on clean bottom while we clean up in the rocks; :D :D problem sloved (except for the fish kicker... but thats another story that hasn't been resolved.... yet......):af: :af:

Always have a backup spot to fish in case the one you were originally contemplating is crowded or inaccessible.

Same Law in MA

"why 6 halogens on the water was probably not good for fishing "
This always cracks me up when I see this. There are some that think the more powerful light they have the better. This fall I took newbie who was proud of his million candle power light.....Ususally they shine it in your eyes and you are blinded by it for the rest of the night.

Those lcd/led lights are great...used one all season, same batteries. and it has a "flash" mode to hail your buddies (but I never use it:hihi: )


(when I was *much* younger) I use to carry a killer spot light in the truck that plugged into the cig lighter...2mil cp I think. Any goof ball got the "beam of death" for a few minutes
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QUOTE]Funny...I never run into these tough guys.....or maybe I'm just not an offender...[/QUOTE]

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At cutty this year some dude got between Toby and I while the bite was pickin up, we just looked at each other:rolleyes: O-boy.. I wasn't moving a #%&* inch. A short time goes by Toby hooks into a nice fish (mind you there where a few guys lined up),,,when I see him land the fish a grabed my cambra, walked to where he was and snapped a shot....I turn around and this dude is standing right where I was a second ago :af: I don't remeber my exact words to him because the blood goes to fast to my head. I was like "I been up all *^%#in night and you think your gonna fish there, I don't *^%# think so"!!

I'm surprised you didn't throw rocks at him....:laughs: :laughs:

Your always beating up the girls at D&Ds...:D

To many rods
 

Mr. Sandman,
Watched a guy at Quansoo several years ago try to tend to five baited rods. It was hillarious. Every little twitch and he was off and running. The rods at the far end of the stretch had to be two hundred feet apart. After he checked the rod that twitched he would settle back in in the middle sitting up against the dune. He wouldn't be there for two minutes before he was off and running again. I'll fish two if I don't feel like plugging or fly fishing, but any more than that takes the relaxation out of why your there to begin with.
I also remember a charter boat captain that used to park his jeep wagoneer as close as he could to the jetty at Tashmoo. He then would throw out four boat baited rods that had heavily weighted fish finders at the terminal tackle. He then would hold onto the lines while he sat in his old wagoneer and probably doze off. He clearly took up 150' of ujetty in his endeavour. I asked around about him at the time and a couple of people said he was a nice guy but a bit of a flake. I'll mention no names.
You should have used their bait as chum like beetle suggested or just fished in the middle of their gear. after all Metcalfs is bigger than six rods.
By the way leave some fish around for next years derby......


Flies made in blurple work really well!