Weekend Reports… and “an incident” to report…

  • rgeister
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 972
    June 28, 2004 at 12:35 pm #1214757

    I will begin, and hopefully we will see others post there experiences this weekend, too. With the water coming down, the nice weather, the summer patterns kicking in, I just love to hear those fish stories!

    I went out Saturday morning just before 5 AM (while JC was still asleep), and pulled off around 9:30ish… rather, my wife and son joined me for a nice cruise… man was it a beautiful day!

    Anyway, I ran my way into the backwaters of Pool 7… amazing… the channel is still milky/dirty, but if you get off the current (which is still moving pretty good), you can find “lines” in the water and clarity significantly improves. It was in these areas that I found success… but *not* tounament success. What I mean is, I caught a dozen or so shorts, 2 legals… a mix of smallies and largies… co-habitation, it seemed.

    BUT, WHOA, can someone say “Northerns were HOT!” on Saturday beginning about 7 AM… I caught 3 over 30″ and probably another dozen or so smaller ones… slamming the lures! I los a few jigs… blasted toothy monkeybutts.

    Also, caught a few Sauger and Walleyes swimming jigs just outside the current in very defined weed edges, with Walleye anglers trolling right by me… boy, they looked frustrated!

    Had a nice time out there Saturday!

    This, however, was tempered with my first “incident” of the year… pardon me if I identify the individual… Silver Ranger (2002 or newer) with a 200 Yamaha HPDI (believe it was a 518)… 2 guys… Pool 7, between Gibbs and Blues Pond… Clearly locals, as the area they ran NO ONE would, unless they’d been there before. Guy runs past me going *AT LEAST* 50 MPH directly *between* ME and the weed edge I was fishing… MAYBE 6 feet between my boat and his… I was SO PISSED!

    The thing that bothers me isn’t the fact that he was going fast, etc, as I believe they were fishing the BWS tournament and the need to get to your spots efficiently and quickly certainly gets elevated. BUT, I am CLEARLY a bass fisherman out with my dog, working a SMALL area of concentrated bass in the grass… The channel area I was in was maybe 25 feet across… It is this type of behavior that gives bass fisherman (especially tournament anglers) a bad name. Anyone care to comment?

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    June 28, 2004 at 12:44 pm #310252

    There’s no excuse for something like that. JC and I always make the effort to slow down and pass with caution. It’s really sad when the hopes and dreams of 1st place with the possibility of cashing a check, clouds the vision of a couple clowns in a Bass boat.

    Then they wonder why Bass fisherman get a bad rap.

    jeremy-crawford
    Cedar Rapids Area
    Posts: 1530
    June 28, 2004 at 1:52 pm #310266

    Hey, I wasn’t asleep at 5:00am. I had actually been on the road for 2 hours by then. Who else in there right mind would drive 6+ hours to fish for a day. I typically get up around 3:00 am unless I have a tourney.
    jc

    rgeister
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 972
    June 28, 2004 at 2:02 pm #310270

    Quote:

    Hey, I wasn’t asleep at 5:00am. I had actually been on the road for 2 hours by then. Who else in there right mind would drive 6+ hours to fish for a day. I typically get up around 3:00 am unless I have a tourney.
    jc

    I forgot about your long drive from Iowa… Perhaps you might consider moving on up here!

    curt
    Winnebago, MN
    Posts: 90
    June 30, 2004 at 6:10 am #310634

    There really are no excuses for that kind of eeeediocy… Eeediots like those two obviously don’t care about the sport or any one else on the water.

    bear
    Trempealeau
    Posts: 80
    June 30, 2004 at 4:46 pm #310689

    I know the boat you speak of it is on the river quite a bit. Was out last night and think they might have gotten the hint somehow. I was trolling a slough for eyes when I see this bass boat coming. Amazingly it slowed way down and idled through the slough that I was trolling. Of course it could have been a differant boat but theren’t many Rangers on the water with a HPDI.

    champman
    la crosse
    Posts: 280
    June 30, 2004 at 5:19 pm #310702

    i know this individual and wouldn’t expect this to happen from him. He is a well known all around good guy and must have felt that if he shut down he’d be stuck. But, there’s no excuses for this behavior! period.

    danwi
    westby wi
    Posts: 864
    June 30, 2004 at 11:29 pm #310770

    I ran into pretty much the same thing in goose island that day.Im sure this guy was fishing the BWS,I had my wife with me an another boat was alittle ahead of us working his way toward us.That boat had alitttle boy in it fishing with his dad.We was maybe 20 yards apart an this CLOWN! comes blasting between us.I wont name the person but he will read this an i hope maybe thinks next time.The man with his son just looked at me an said*you bass guys have no respect at all* For the first time in my life i was ashamed to be in a bass boat.I know if he had shut the boat down we would have took more of a wake but that just seems the right thing to do.May have delayed the guy 3 minutes

    kenwarren
    Olin, Iowa
    Posts: 423
    July 1, 2004 at 2:29 pm #310851

    OK I agree 6 feet is too close but I often am aggravated by those who do slow down. First of all the place this happens most is small but the crawfish seemt o come out of the rocks when a boat goes by. The main reason is a bass boat throws a much bigger wake if it slows down too much. 50MPH is too fast but if you see me on a pool slow but stay on plane and come on by.

    Just an alternative view point, but in general I agree with the anger.

    blackduck
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 325
    July 1, 2004 at 5:24 pm #310886

    I think I heard that the Army Corps is making all backwater areas year round no wake zones by 2006.

    danwi
    westby wi
    Posts: 864
    July 1, 2004 at 5:38 pm #310895

    Ken
    I agree.Most imes i would rather you stay up an running.A boat all trimmed out makes for small wake,but when you can reach out an touch someone thats to close

    rgeister
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 972
    July 1, 2004 at 6:04 pm #310905

    I have enjoyed the discussions – and, I am glad to see my disappointment in this angler was not misplaced. With that said, please don’t mis-understand my position… I am a Bass angler, and fish tournements… I understand the adrenaline and the need to stay on plane… especially in back water (setting your boat down can cause damage, not to mention getting stuck. And, DanWi makes a good point, staying on plane will impact others less with smaller waves… BUT, *NOT* if you come off plane and go “no wake” by a boat fishing… especially in tight quarters fishing a tight spot.

    Thanks for the feedback.

    flatoutally
    MN
    Posts: 111
    July 1, 2004 at 6:59 pm #310924

    Quote:

    I think I heard that the Army Corps is making all backwater areas year round no wake zones by 2006.

    Whoa!! Wouldn’t that change the tournament tactics a bit?

    jeremy-crawford
    Cedar Rapids Area
    Posts: 1530
    July 1, 2004 at 8:14 pm #310936

    Yep, I wouldn’t have to worry about those stinking jet skiis in the sloughs.
    jc

    rgeister
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 972
    July 2, 2004 at 1:00 pm #311024

    I assume this is a joke? The Corp really isn’t considering this?

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