Boaters

[Van]

I've spooled a couple of surf guys in my day. Not intentionally, but it happens. HEY why are you fishing in a channel where boats frequent. It's not my fault.....but boy he must have been PO'd. I took both his lines.....Opps.....He had time to reel them in and I had no other place to pass in that area.....Oh well.....

[Brian L]

Originally Posted by Van

I've spooled a couple of surf guys in my day. Not intentionally, but it happens. HEY why are you fishing in a channel where boats frequent. It's not my fault.....but boy he must have been PO'd. I took both his lines.....Opps.....He had time to reel them in and I had no other place to pass in that area.....Oh well.....

Yes..

Since I fish shore and surf, I've experienced both sides of the coin. For every boater that drives in on a surf guy, there's a surf guy that just has to cast in front of the boat guy entering or exiting a channel, harbor, etc... Courtesy is sooo easy to have, yet some have none. I still believe most people are on the courteous side, though.

When I exit C-Town breachway, I'll carry a fog whistle to signal guys on the end if they arent' looking or can't hear my motor over the surf. If someone is hooked up, I wait in the channel(unless the tide is roaring out) until the fish is on the rocks. If I'm coming in, I'll circle a couple hundred feet out in front to make sure nobody's drifting or fighting a fish in the outwash. I'll then give a hand wave to the guys on the rocks letting them know I'm coming in. If it's nighttime, I'll flash my headlamp white/red/white/red.. as I'm driving in. I feel as if that's the right thing to do. Any other suggestions from anyone? It IS nice to see most of the guys on the rocks giving a wave when I get through.

Despite all that, I've still had people cast right in front of my boat as I enter the breach. Had one guy lightly cut my daughter's neck with line when his plug caught the rocks across the breach and went up over my bow two summers ago. Thank god he was fishing mono, that cut would've been a lot deeper with braid.

[Bocephus]

you had the right idea about throwing rocks around in the water. I feel your pain buddy, it happens to me quite a bit, so much that I stop fishing when the boats come out in the morning, fish usually get put down anyways. I read somewhere else about a guy that went by in a boat and surfcaster caught him in the eye with a hopkins, the guy sued and won, but is still without an eye. that made me really think about the big picture.

[stcroixman]

Same crap 2 nights ago at my favorite LMB pond. it is everywhere.

[ThrowingTimber]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Vic I can see you swimming out to his mooring with a cordless Sawzall clinched in your teeth!!!

I'd use his own tender. Then slice that in half right down the middle as well

Remember that old whaler ad where they sliced the whaler in half?

[Rockfish9]

This is an age old battle.. that doesnt need to be... I"ve seen some ugly battles in my 40+ years of fishing..I fish from a boat.. I also fish from the surf.... I rarely fish during the day.. and nevr on weekends... when I fish, I ride the last curl of the wave.. that is where the fish are, I'm not trolling with the main motor, I'm under electric power.... if I come across a surfcaster, it is an easy enough matter to point my bow seaward, speed up the motor and slide by out in deep water.. when I've passed I'll turn shoreward... it's easy... I've had surfcasters show up AFTER I've aleady made several passes.. I dont mind sharing... hold your cast until I pass bye.. it wont take long.. if you have a fish on or a line in the water.. let me know.. I'll accomodate... there is plenty of room for everyone... If I arrive and there are sufcasters present.. I keep going.... ...Most nights.. I never see another sole when I fish the beach front..I'm glad i dont fish the cape.

There is a whole new breed of fisheman out there.. some have absolutly no respect for others....and I agree, it gets worse every year... back when the fishing was tough, the only ones fishing were the die hards.. and every one ( well almost everyone) got along.. since the resurgance of the Striped bass, people have come out of the wood work, when the fishing is easy, everyones an expert...maybe a down turn in the striper population would be a good thing...

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Rockfish9

maybe a down turn in the striper population would be a good thing...

If the striper population is flourishing and it means I have to deal with complete morons, so be it.

I'd rather the stocks be healthy.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

approx. 200 square miles of bay and this j.o parks in front of me.

It was probably Clammer....he can't see sh!t...and he luvs u TT....

[piemma]

Originally Posted by fishaholic18

It was probably Clammer....he can't see sh!t...and he luvs u TT....

Hey, Dave's back!!

Come hoooooome. Come Hoooooome.
We missssssss you.

[SAUERKRAUT]

[QUOTE=2na;704095]Hard not to weigh in on this one. I am subject to boats coming too close almost every morning once an hour after 1st light. The regulars who pull wire across the Race know where the wall is and where the shore guys can...

2na and Flap: Yet another reason a couldn't bring myself to buy a P'town sticker this year. I can fish anywhere from 20-40 round trip miles closer along the sandbar beaches that keep the motors and the boaters away from my shallow inshore terrirory.

Now, if I could only figure out how to get around the mung problem and the seal problem...

[RIJIMMY]

This weekend, bright afternoon, main channel in a harbor, I pull into the gas dock, boats passing all around some knuklehead from shore casts all the way across the channel and over my boat with a 1oz kastmaster. I had 2 kids in the boat! I WAS AT THE FRIEKEN GAS DOCK!!!!! WTF! I then free his line and he snags a zodiac as it passes! Idiots are everywhere boat or shore!

[MAKAI]

a year ago I am soaking bait at the traps. this 40 foot disco boat drops anchor 50 yards in front of me. The guy drops below deck. So I paddle out in my kayak and bang on the side of his boat. " hey wtf are you doing", He pops up with a martini shaker and a bimbo. I explain what the lead will do to his pretty boat and he says" what do you want me to do ? " I tell him FN MOVE ! Where is the logic ?

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by MAKAI

a year ago I am soaking bait at the traps. this 40 foot disco boat drops anchor 50 yards in front of me. The guy drops below deck. So I paddle out in my kayak and bang on the side of his boat. " hey wtf are you doing", He pops up with a martini shaker and a bimbo. I explain what the lead will do to his pretty boat and he says" what do you want me to do ? " I tell him FN MOVE ! Where is the logic ?

I can't believe you actually paddled out there in your kayak to warn him. I would figure you'd just like the lead fly if he didn't hear you swearing at him from shore.

[westhavendave]

Just remember if they are in a navigable channel and just going from point A to point B through the channel, surfcasters fish at thier own peril including gear. I don't own a boat but have also seen discourteous shore fishermen give crap to boats just making headway through a narrow channel. Courtesy goes both ways, and violence either simulated or real should not even be in a shore fishermans gameplan. I really get pissed when I read about guys saying they will launch a hopkins or some lead at a #^&#^&#^&#^& in a boat, what you are doing is tantamount to intentional assault, just because some fish were scared away. What do you think would happen if you hit the guy or one of his passengers? I find that intentional action even more reprehensible than a googan boater fishing in front of some surfcasters. Yell all you want just don't resort to violence. Sorry for the rant, lack of common sense and basic manners is the norm it seems these days.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by westhavendave

Just remember if they are in a navigable channel and just going from point A to point B through the channel, surfcasters fish at thier own peril including gear. I don't own a boat but have also seen discourteous shore fishermen give crap to boats just making headway through a narrow channel. Courtesy goes both ways, and violence either simulated or real should not even be in a shore fishermans gameplan. I really get pissed when I read about guys saying they will launch a hopkins or some lead at a #^&#^&#^&#^& in a boat, what you are doing is tantamount to intentional assault, just because some fish were scared away. What do you think would happen if you hit the guy or one of his passengers? I find that intentional action even more reprehensible than a googan boater fishing in front of some surfcasters. Yell all you want just don't resort to violence. Sorry for the rant, lack of common sense and basic manners is the norm it seems these days.

Good post.

If I'm shore fishing and a boat pulls up I'll either just leave or let them have at it for a while. They'll eventually move on. The best night I had this year so far featured boats anchored up or drifting just beyond the end of our casts for three hours.

[StriperSniper]