[Brian L]

Personally, I never pull my boat into an area where surf guys are catching fish. If I can't find more places to go in the areas I fish, something's wrong. Rarely when the fish are blitzing are they contained in one little area. I've been on the beach side of it enough to know that it sucks to have someone drive in on you when you're fishing.

There is one thing that always gets me riled as a boater. There always has to be the couple of guys, that no matter what tide, what time, what day I drive out, HAVE to cast in front of the boat when I exit Charlestown Breachway. They look over with a frown(as if I'm in their way) and slowly reel in their line, as I slam the boat in reverse. I couldn't care about cutting lines, but it's the possibility of the line getting into my prop and fouling the seal. Gets real interesting when the breachway gets nasty with the waves. Brother Backbeach is right, If I could have jumped out of my boat and on to the rocks the day the guy cast his braid across the bow of my boat, I'd be in prison. Sonova-B put a nice red line across my daughter's neck. A quick move with my fillet knife kept it from getting worse, thank god. I barked at the guy in every concievable foul tongue and drove into the harbor with my kid screaming. Think twice next time you think of casting at or in front of a boat, folks. Someone who doesn't deserve it could end up paying the price for someone else's ignorance.

Another thing I always do when coming back in through the breach is signal to the guys on the rocks that I'm heading in. If it's at night, I'll flash my bow light or a spot light, if it's day, I'll give a wave and circle(if the water's not too rough). I always wait if someone's hooked up. Simple courtesy is the best policy, I'd say. It'd be nice if the guys on the jetty were always as courteous.