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Originally Posted by numbskull

The deleted thread was interesting. Two guys who know each other. One gets to a spot first. The other is put out and gets nasty. Things escalate. Friendship's get ruined. We all sympathize with the victim, but I suspect most of us have been on the other side to some degree or the other. Let's have a poll and come clean.

There's nothing clean about casting over someone's head while they're out on a perch and retrieving your tackle in a way to hopefully snag them...nothing clean about throwing rocks at someone who swam out to a rock before you did. This incident deserved exposure. We should all be aware of things like this to better prepare ourselves when in similar situations. It's a shame it got closed. Perhaps better policing would have been to delete the posts or replies that the moderator found offensive or pot-stirrish. Closing it won't hide the fact that it happened, but it does hide further details on these types of issues for people new to this sport who may not expect such animosity to arise...but Ti, err John...it's your site.

At my age, I can't see me throwing rocks at someone because I'm mad at them. There are other ways of dealing with people that bother me : OR This "problem" between these 2 particular people should have obviously been handled differently.

I've had the pleasure of knowing Rick for a few years now. He has yet to do me wrong. I think he's a class act. A VERY giving person. If what's catching was forgotten at home, he is quick to have it for you. Wrong rod for that particular application, he's got one for you to use. Forgot to pick up eels, reach right into his cooler and help yourself. Need a place to crash, find a corner in his home or truck and sleep. No worries, never asking for anything in return. Also not a pompass ass who thinkgs "his way" is the only way to catch fish, he listens as well as gives opinion. With the amount of people that I've seen at his "Fishing" parties, I am surprised that others have not vouched for his character, not that he needs it, I'm just surprised is all.

I too have fished that area for many years, decades before meeting Rick, not always targeting our Stri-ped friends but fishing in general. I do not recall ever seeing anyone carrying boulders out into the ocean to erect and then have "rights" to their very own personal rock pile, but then again...I wasn't there every living minute to witness it. I still can't believe this went down the way it did. Kudos to Rick for keeping his head about it, (I think).

Back to your Poll Question Numbskull, yes...I've been on the other end. My action was to go somewhere else, it's a no-brainer. There isn't always someone to "blame". Sometimes by chance, someone is on or very near where you want to be..."googan" or not. I won't always jeapordize the spot I'd like to be on if someone is around or near it. Shame on me. I too, have lowered my rod or changed my retrieve with fish on, until the passser-byer has passed on by so as not to draw attention to me having a fish. Selfish act? Yes, but I have to be honest, been there, done it, but things like that are FAR from being the worst in me...