Upsetting encounter with the charter boat KAYMAN TOO - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

reelecstasy · 03-15-2006, 08:29 AM

Anyone who treats other people that way would never earn my respect. Did he affect his drift-no. Did he "steal" the charter guys fish-no, they aren't his fish..Give me a break, if you really condone that kind of behavior, intimidation and talking to another person and insulting them with racial slurs was the appropriate action, super.

GBOUTDOORS · 03-15-2006, 08:37 AM

I did not say it was wright for the customer to do I said HE did what HE thought was right to do. The world is made up of many types of people I for one do not like someone fishing a drift I set up on for hours but others find it ok to do thats them not me. Would I have done what was done? NO on both counts so lets see; if I did not jump in his drift I would not have been mooned or insulted by a fellow fisherman that feals HE was wronged. I my self would have known better that to jump their drift I gusse its all on what side or boat you was in at the time????

PS he said they did affect their drift as it was a short drift and they could not get back on it as the other boat was on top of them. I do not know this as fact as I was not there but again would not do it myself!

Slipknot · 03-15-2006, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by GBOUTDOORS

I did not say it was wright for the customer to do I said HE did what HE thought was right to do. The world is made up of many types of people I for one do not like someone fishing a drift I set up on for hours but others find it ok to do thats them not me. Would I have done what was done? NO on both counts so lets see; if I did not jump in his drift I would not have been mooned or insulted by a fellow fisherman that feals HE was wronged. I my self would have known better that to jump their drift I gusse its all on what side or boat you was in at the time????

PS he said they did affect their drift as it was a short drift and they could not get back on it as the other boat was on top of them. I do not know this as fact as I was not there but again would not do it myself!

Greg it still does not justify their actions.

The charter could have been more polite about it and tried to teach them some other way not to jump their drift, like by talking to them and asking them to leave, being rude and insulting does not seem like the right way to me. 2 wrongs don't make a right.

Canalman · 03-15-2006, 08:45 AM

I can't believe you guys are defending this guys juvenille behavoir! If someone interrupts your drift or gets "too close" I can think of about 500 things I'd do before mooning them, throwing fish or INSULTING SOMEONE'S RACE! C'mon you guys... you should be ashamed ASHAMED! That is POOR very POOR and that guys should be punished for acting like a childish @$$H0/_3.

-Dave

Canalman · 03-15-2006, 08:47 AM

I would never comsider a trip with the KAYMAN after hearing this

Nebe · 03-15-2006, 08:52 AM

i agree with canalman..

fishaholic18 · 03-15-2006, 08:58 AM

If this is in fact true, the mooning I can deal with, pretty funny, but defending the guy on the racial slurs, aiming something at them and throwing a fish at them??? Are you kidding me? Hello Coast Guard.
Sounds like a pretty unprofessional bunch, they were probably

too.

SBASS1 · 03-15-2006, 08:54 AM

I believe all of the verbal abuse was done by the customers.

Slipknot · 03-15-2006, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Canalman

I can't believe you guys are defending this guys juvenille behavoir!

-Dave

Dave, I read the thread and nobody replying here defended the guys juvenile behavior.

I put this in scuppers for now but it looks like this is going to begin flaming

flatts1 · 03-15-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Canalman

I can't believe you guys are defending this guys juvenille behavoir! If someone interrupts your drift or gets "too close" I can think of about 500 things I'd do before mooning them, throwing fish or INSULTING SOMEONE'S RACE! C'mon you guys... you should be ashamed ASHAMED! That is POOR very POOR and that guys should be punished for acting like a childish @$$H0/_3.

-Dave

Unreal. Always interesting to see the different cultures and values on the various fishing forums out there.

I agree with Canalman and ReelEcstasy on this one. What a shame.

By the way, I first caught SF's post on the SNESA/RISAA email list where MANY others offered him support and applauded him for keeping his cool.

There someone responded to him that he should post this same information on a few Massachusetts oriented fishing websites.

striped-bass.com was one of them listed. So I don't find it surprising that this was his first post. Honestly, I think he could have been welcomed a little better.

SF, personally I appreciate you posting your first-hand account of the story and for filing a report with the CG. What is the saying? No good deed shall go unpunished.

Thanks Again,
Mike Flaherty

P.S.
Remember folks, it wasn't the customer who drove the boat up 15 feet from Armond.