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Justfishin' · 10-12-2003, 05:22 PM

1. The guys who bring "shills" with them so they can keep more than their limit.Three times in the past two years guys have brought their girlfriends/wives with them and had them stand there or cast and hand them the rod so they could get another rod in the rotation-then take it back when a fish was on. They're not fishing- just an excuse to keep four fish and two spots. This goes double for the a-hole I saw last year with 3 fish in his trunk at the end of the night- and I did report his license plate to the D.E.P.. I hope they caught him with the 5 fish.

2. Fish sadists-Do you really have to stomp on that blue or short bass with your korkers and rip their jaws off? Ever hear of flattening your barbs or taking the center treble off? Why kill it because you don't want to or can't keep it?

3. Tackle/gear snobs- If that (local) guy wants to fish with a glass rod, mono, and a 704, so what? He's having fun,didn't have to spend $900 and can probably cast farther than you.

4.Keeping shorts out of the water too long to measure them(or to see if anyone's watching). Heres a trick- wrap a piece of masking tape around your rod, mark it with a sharpie and cover it with scotch tape. It cleans up easy with paint thinner at the end of the season. And put the mark at 29"- fish shrink as they dry out.

5.Yeah, the nasty locals. I'm an American taxpayer, I don't litter, don't crowd a spot and try to be as polite as possible when fishing.I belong to several conservation groups and spend as much as I can in the local economy and shops (not the chain stores).But I'm just a working stiff ,not a tourist, so lay off with the abuse! Patience wears thin........

When I first was able to start traveling around to fish I met lots of local guys who were real gentlemen that took the time to teach the right way to fish on their turf .My buddies and I repected that and tried to tread softly. But this new I I, Me Me, Mine Mine, group lately has even chased them off. I miss them, But no, I'm not going to stop fishing the salt, hope springs eternal .

10-12-2003, 05:22 PM	#28
Justfishin' Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Not close enough to the water! Posts: 403	I hate... 1. The guys who bring "shills" with them so they can keep more than their limit.Three times in the past two years guys have brought their girlfriends/wives with them and had them stand there or cast and hand them the rod so they could get another rod in the rotation-then take it back when a fish was on. They're not fishing- just an excuse to keep four fish and two spots. This goes double for the a-hole I saw last year with 3 fish in his trunk at the end of the night- and I did report his license plate to the D.E.P.. I hope they caught him with the 5 fish. 2. Fish sadists-Do you really have to stomp on that blue or short bass with your korkers and rip their jaws off? Ever hear of flattening your barbs or taking the center treble off? Why kill it because you don't want to or can't keep it? 3. Tackle/gear snobs- If that (local) guy wants to fish with a glass rod, mono, and a 704, so what? He's having fun,didn't have to spend $900 and can probably cast farther than you. 4.Keeping shorts out of the water too long to measure them(or to see if anyone's watching). Heres a trick- wrap a piece of masking tape around your rod, mark it with a sharpie and cover it with scotch tape. It cleans up easy with paint thinner at the end of the season. And put the mark at 29"- fish shrink as they dry out. 5.Yeah, the nasty locals. I'm an American taxpayer, I don't litter, don't crowd a spot and try to be as polite as possible when fishing.I belong to several conservation groups and spend as much as I can in the local economy and shops (not the chain stores).But I'm just a working stiff ,not a tourist, so lay off with the abuse! Patience wears thin........ When I first was able to start traveling around to fish I met lots of local guys who were real gentlemen that took the time to teach the right way to fish on their turf .My buddies and I repected that and tried to tread softly. But this new I I, Me Me, Mine Mine, group lately has even chased them off. I miss them, But no, I'm not going to stop fishing the salt, hope springs eternal .