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nightfighter · 03-09-2005, 09:26 PM

Goose,

I have twenty four properties that I have had permission to fish on or pass through to MLW. Used to have five others but those were sold and I couldn't convert new owners, yet...

I call on them every year, as if it were the first time, to gain their permission for the coming season. For the most part, they appreciate that someone asked. Granted, half of those properties are or have been owned by someone known to the family somehow, but I have converted a few owners by telling them about the migration, especially the fall run. They like getting fish for dinner too. Often have to leave it in a cooler, with my biz card, just so I can get the cooler back.

Some I don't use, but still get the permission, in case an abutter gives me the business.

I also ask if they have a dog, as I do not ever want to be the one accused of getting the dog barking and waking them at 0400. It just helps me choose where not to go in the wee hours. If you pose such questions, they will get the point that you are serious about your fishing, about their privacy (ie. sleep) and that you are not the one who is going to have ten loud beer drinking buddies trashing their waterfront and keepin them up.

Last thought. Watch the real estate transactions. I have gotten permission from new owners, basically because I lied and said the previous owner had let me fish the property for years and I hoped that the arrangement might continue!

03-09-2005, 09:26 PM	#4
nightfighter Seldom Seen iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 10,543	Goose, I have twenty four properties that I have had permission to fish on or pass through to MLW. Used to have five others but those were sold and I couldn't convert new owners, yet... I call on them every year, as if it were the first time, to gain their permission for the coming season. For the most part, they appreciate that someone asked. Granted, half of those properties are or have been owned by someone known to the family somehow, but I have converted a few owners by telling them about the migration, especially the fall run. They like getting fish for dinner too. Often have to leave it in a cooler, with my biz card, just so I can get the cooler back. Some I don't use, but still get the permission, in case an abutter gives me the business. I also ask if they have a dog, as I do not ever want to be the one accused of getting the dog barking and waking them at 0400. It just helps me choose where not to go in the wee hours. If you pose such questions, they will get the point that you are serious about your fishing, about their privacy (ie. sleep) and that you are not the one who is going to have ten loud beer drinking buddies trashing their waterfront and keepin them up. Last thought. Watch the real estate transactions. I have gotten permission from new owners, basically because I lied and said the previous owner had let me fish the property for years and I hoped that the arrangement might continue!
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