I'll go over the shoulder, or right next to -- only happened twice this year when somebody stepped in my tracks :af:

A shiv is a home-made knife?? (as in prison?)

ahh - pig sticker

krispy, IF YOUR GOING TO SHIV things up PEOPLES A$$e$, i'M NOT BENDING OVER TO PICK UP MY PLUG BAG.....

Like Mike said cast sideways then just tell him your just learning.

HA !!!!!

Can't happen in a BOAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

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This is why I bought a boat!! I can stand gfishing with all those people elbow to elbow.

So I guess my answer is that There going for a swim

I guess you guys have never fished with the "bonito fleet" over at MV during the Derby :lasso:

my wife keeps telling me to stop skoweling [ ugly face] all the time. I tell her i'm just getting ready for the upcoming fishing season. when u look as ugly as me you get all the room u need ta fish.......John r , not one word from u either.

Major fight at cape poge, some one hooked My bone and took my lure and fish.
I got my lure and fish back, lets just say I watch alot of TV:smash:
take cheeze its out and toss in water they come a charging:D
:laughs:

to Funney

Hiya sweetie. Gimme a kiss? :D

:bshake:

What? Me? I didn't say you were short :hihi: :bsod:

van & macojoe
 

you boaters got the same problem.you hook up and there's a fleet of yahoo's heading right for you and some a$%hole races right thru the school. see ya no more fishy's. now what? hang around or move on!

paint balls stain the h... out of gel coat:D

ShoreM:

You are right about that, weekends are the worst. I've been in huge schools of fish with almost 100 other boats.
I just move to the edge, keep my distance, and hope for the best.

If it gets real crazy i move on.

But you are right, they are everywhere. I have many-a-story..:af:

Sometime over a beer when i have about 3-6 hours I can go through some of them !!!!!

Although I know this,,, the ocean is a BIG place, I've been into non-stop fish for hours on end, with no-one around for miles.
Those are the sweet days.....


PAINT BALLS !!!! GREAT IDEA, sometimes a surface to surface stinger missle would be nice too!!!!!

on the subject of surfcaster etiquette for spot taking, it depends on a lot of things. one being how crowded the spot/area is, how the fishing is, my mood, and if the person saw me there already. usually, i just go right next to them and as close to my original spot as possible while purposely cast badly hooking their line. if we happend to tangle a few times i might have to cut their line to get the leader out. i then give them their leader back and say i had to cut his line. if they go to retie, i go right back to my spot. i will try and make my best effort to make a wide swing in my pendulum w/ a 6' leader trail to see how they likes the sound of that by their ear. if they ask first before taking the spot, i might give it to them and move down. if it's a young lad, i'll move down to another spot or go over to them and ask them how they are doing and even assist. i've caught my share and don't mind standing back to some of the older or younger anglers.

surfcasting etiquette seems to have definitely gone downhill nowadays in the surf. between people puking up info on fishing success and spots, crowds have increased in areas that should get little attention.

I think the best thing is to politely ask them to move on. If they don't get it, wade out in front of them, far enough that you would'nt hurt them if you are casting. If you make contact with someone while casting, and you are trying to get elbow room, it could be construed as assault and battery. You could then find yourself in som doo doo.

Surf etiquette
 

or, the lack thereof, moreso these days....

If I am fishing in front of my camper, it's pretty simple,
"Hey, get outa my yard" in a very stern voice. I am no threat,
but there is strength in #'s in that case.

It doesn't usually happen when I'm really fishing, that is, hunting the beach in my 150. I know the spots I want to hit, if they are crowded, I'll move on. If I do get the rude one who happens upon me, and jumps in my grave, I'll do like Slip said, try the nice talk, if that is to no avail, I get in the truck and leave... Oh, I forgot to mention, I make sure I turn the truck around SLOWLY, with the HIGH BEAMS on facing the water and the offender.
I think they get my message after that :p

Hey Karl, You Hogged My spot.
Damn trailer trash:D
aaahhhh some day I will git one, We outgrew the slide on
You think its skinny down there?
where is the monkey pile this Year:)

Dave
 

skinny yes! we shall see where the monkeys pile this year...

Had to go down with a snow shovel to dig out a bud foolish to try going for a look the other day, first big drift, tried to bulldog thru, unh-unh... nothing but taillights sticking out of the drift.

I'll check it out after a few more good thaw days, as I am sure you will. Pray for about 6 weeks SW winds to push the sand back, but please mother nature leave some structure!

yeah U know its going to shift, Um I think we know what the season is going to B like:D
can I move in:smash:

move in?
 

I got 2 teenagers killin me know, sure why not! :laughs:

Hey I can pay in plugs:D
when I ever git out of the Mess Im in.
what U drive on with is My next move:D

Hey, good for you 1
Good luck.

There are many areas that can only be fished two or three people max, and if one of those fishers is a newbee or just an a$$ Ooo, chit usualy getts ugly.

Story Time:)

so............one summer morning myself and buddie got up early to scup fish. we where there either at dark or sunrise, its a bit of a walk to this area, it has a small strech of rocks that stick out, on one side its rocky and the other(scup side)its not. After being there for a while i could see two guys headed in our direction. There are fishable waters at least 100 yrds before they reached us, they had walked right to our spot. Slowly they took off the rubba bands off there rods(i ain't got nuttin agains rubba bands) and they did everything slowly.

I was in my late 20's and they where mid 40's or 50... then they proceeded to cast directly over my head....let me tell you ''chit hit the fan''. I yelled... "I'm gonna cut your f'in line... break your f'in rods... who in the f do you think you are". I though I was going to blow a blood vessel.....I'm not chitin you. I continued fishing, witching the whole time, I told'em...... had you got your ass's outa bed earlyer you would have had this spot to yourselfs, he replied.... you think you own the ocean , your gonna tell me when to get outa bed..... to avoid doing something I would regret and have to live with for the rest of my live...... I pulled my rods out and left. I remember the bite had died. I've gotten into red tape with simular situations in the past and handled them a whole lot better....after that day I've changed my out look on dusty pole fisherman. I gotta admit I lost my cool and the old boys kept there's ...so who had best morning...the guy with the stress free fishin...it ain't always about catchin fish.

Surfcasting Manners
 

I guess if all else fails, you could always drop a GRENADE in his shorts!!

This poll has been an eyeopener for me. I was under the impression that as Boat guy, I had to put up with more crap. But after reading these posts, and with the little surf fishing experince I have, I can see that you surf guys have to put up with the same BS I do. I went surfishing 4 times last year and yes, one time I had to deal with a claim jumper. I just walked right up to him shoulder to shoulder and chucked my lure. He moved on. I was pissed for a second though. On the boat I fished 40 times or so and had 4 incidents 2 claim jumpers and 2 masters of the sea driiving over my bait. Precentage wise 10% bs factor on the boat and a 25% bs factor surfcasting.

Well as a boat guy the only thing I hate is thew a hole who is fishing a drift and you are also drifting then it is time for him to move as you are still drifting and he puts the dam thing full throttle and flys about 10 feet from you Knocking the sh#t out of everthing in your boat. I had one such #$#$ last year do this to me 3 times when I lost it. I got my boat going waited for himm to get comfy and then I went and did about 5 circles around him causing a reel uncomfertabl drift to him. Then i told him you rock me even a little one more time today I will sink that $%T$# Boat with you in it. well he was gone after that. That was the 1 weekend day I fished last year. And I then rembered why I don't fish weekends.
Macojoe :af:

Duke, macajoe and you other boaters:

There is a good article in the OTW special edition (picked it up at the boatshow) on TROLLING ETIQUETTE...

Couple of stories in there too, all rings the same to what has been discussed here.

Its agreed then,,, there are a-holes by land and by sea.....

V.