ANYONE IMPACTED BY A VIOLENT ACT WHILE FISHING?

[fishweewee]

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]

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

[outfished]

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

[Mike P]

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]

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.

[tattoobob]

I have watched a few but never had one myself
I would probably just walk away, unless I was
sucker punched then I would crawl

[Jenn]

Nothin ever violent, but I am astonished at how many times I have been offered to go out for a "drink" or "dinner" They must have been really desperate!!!!!