ANYONE IMPACTED BY A VIOLENT ACT WHILE FISHING? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

fishweewee · 04-26-2005, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DZ

Long time ago - Block Island surf - fistfight over crossed lines. Handgun exposed - local police called. A very competitive group of regulars to say the least. Not the place for the timid caster.

DZ

How come you didn't mention that in your slideshow?

bcaron · 04-26-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fishweewee

How come you didn't mention that in your slideshow?

If my memory serves me correctly, he did. Sometimes the tales from different people blend together for me, so I might be mistaken.

fishweewee · 04-26-2005, 01:16 PM

Oh. I must have ducked out to go wee-wee when DZ said that.

Anyhoo, you guys are killing me.

I go fishing to get AWAY from that kind of crap. The LAST thing I would ever want is to get into a confrontation with anyone in the deep of the night.

I'm more afraid of rabid critters (skunks, racoons) than I am with two-legged bloofish.

Ever walk along the Ditch late at night and hear the screeching of 'coons?

It's about that time when I start recalling all those awful made-for-TV Peter Benchley flicks ...

reelecstasy · 04-26-2005, 01:20 PM

Thats usually when I start walkin with my knife in my hand..

outfished · 04-26-2005, 02:01 PM

Nothing but having my vehicle broken into while fishing. Hunting is another story all together.

Mike P · 04-26-2005, 02:12 PM

I've had my truck broken into twice, once at the restaurant across from the Run, the second at Monument Beach. Oddly, it's never happened to me here on Long Island

Saltheart, Scott Branco and I had a memorable encounter with a couple of basically harmless drunks at the East End a few years back--the "designated driver" was the one who did all the talking and he was only half-way coherent

There are some places along the mainland side of the Canal where I'd be careful, but to be perfectly honest, driving home among the drunks on the road in the wee hours scares me more than anything else.

Ed B · 04-26-2005, 02:44 PM

I have never been involved in any acts of violence, but I have seen many threats of violence back in the day when everybody was fishing for money. Sometimes alcohol was involved, sometimes just the nature of the people.

The place I dislike the most now is the canal. The proximity to the highway makes it easy for a druggie who wants to do a drive by robbery to have easy access and fast exit. When I fish there I am usually alone and find myself looking over my shoulder a lot more than I like.

BigFish · 04-26-2005, 06:25 PM

DZ...sounds like a blatant attempt to "scare" folks from fishing "The Block"!

BigFish · 04-26-2005, 06:28 PM

Actually almost beat the snot out of some surfers on several occasions!

spence · 04-26-2005, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Actually almost beat the snot out of some surfers on several occasions!

I hope you were just extracting information about structure, poser

-spence

Nebe · 04-26-2005, 06:59 PM

one night I saw a knife pulled and blood was drawn big time. it was horrible.

unfortunately Spence was the only person involved in the self mortification

spence · 04-26-2005, 07:04 PM

That's only because every time I fish with Eben I get skunked

-spence

chipwood · 04-27-2005, 06:09 AM

Last year was bad at Block. One guy had his rod tip snapped off. A guy I know had rocks put in the cup of his reel. They actually took off his spool and put rocks inside. Another guy had stuff stolen out of his vehicle. One night there I fished with a friend and we got back early in the morning and I had a flat tire. For many years I've been going there with mo problems. You could leave your rods out and your doors unlocked. Not anymore for me.

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Duke41 · 04-27-2005, 07:00 AM

A few years ago I was fishing Southwest Ledge. We had just passed over a spot and got a 35 pounder on eels. When a charter Captain set on top of my drift. I thought no big deal he will drift over the hole then I drive around and drift over it too. As I drove around him he and his crew tried to wave me off. I ignored them and set right where I needed to be. It was a dark and snotty around dusk on a Sunday night. He powered up and came roaring at me aiming foramidships, and then just missed my stern. I was in a 24-foot center console, he was in a 40-foot sports fishing boat. He charters were horrified. He stopped about 30 yards above me. I flipped out and starting screaming at him. My buddy grabbed the gaff and I got the flare gun and then I drove my boat right up to his side and called him every name in the book. I then told him I had friends in the area and we would all kick his ass. If he wanted trouble. He took off for points unknown. I asked around and found out he was from the Cape and had a rep as a tough guy. More like a douche bag to me. I will gladly share his name if you want to know PM me. Those that know me would agree that I am not a voilent person or some sort of hard ass. I think that fear motivated me to act that way. I am not proud of my actions, It would have been better to just report the incident to the Coast Guard and drive away.

Slingah · 04-26-2005, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Actually almost beat the snot out of some surfers on several occasions!

that was the closest Ive seen....on a couple occations

FormerUser · 04-26-2005, 08:04 PM

I ran into this guy around this time last year while fishing in my back yard who was ranting and raving how he was jumped while fishing.

He was a little battered and bloody but I think it was because he took a spill.He was absolutely hammered and kinda just babbling incoherently.That and a couple of the guides on his rod were smashed up.