Boating etiquette?

Ok so maybe the title should be about anchoring.

I think there is a rule defining a minimum distance you can set up next to another fish house but is/should there a rule for anchoring next to another boat?

I literally had guys anchoring a spit a away from me and casting at me to the point of hitting my boat and snagging my anchor line after being warned about it.

I’m not talking about one of those 400 boat pool 4 weekend days – there were maybe 10 boats out and to have folks climb on top of others is ridiculous. Twice I just up and moved.

Sorry for the rant

Totally justified!~

Common sense and courtesy is out the window these days. The slobs (and that’s what they are) will move in on you with the excuse that it’s “public water” and they have as much right to it as you do. For me that would end if a bait from their boat hit my boat.

Go to a pawn shop and get one of those $4.00 white rods. Hang a $10 reel on it and hook on a used Muskie bait. One with multiple trebles seem to work best. Leave the bait dangling over the side so they can see it. Let them know if one of their baits hits your boat you will be firing back. That or a good old fashion rumble should get the point across.

Waiting to see a sticker on the side of a boat that says……..This river is 3710 miles long, do you really need to crowd me?

Remember, it’s easier/faster to fish other guys spots and fish than find your own

Sorry that you had to go through that….

Instead of fighting it this weekend, grab a cooler, pick a well known walleye lake and sit at the landing. Does not get more entertaining than that…..

What kind of boat was it?

well, there really is no law pertaining to this, but if you have the cajones…..there are a few things you can do.

like pulling your anchor, get upstream of them about 40 ft, trim your motor up, and give them the 5000 rpm salute…

or, just pull in or let out anchor rope, to get positioned where it is impossible for them to fish that spot.

the way i see it, if someone is going to be a prick to me like that on the river, i will do everything i can to wreck their day.

people call it vindictive, or “stooping to their level”, i just simply say they are getting their own medicine.

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Instead of fighting it this weekend, grab a cooler, pick a well known walleye lake and sit at the landing. Does not get more entertaining than that…..

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It’s always a classic! I do feel bad for the dad that brings his wife and kids in the POS and has trouble. I usually try to help those guys as much as I can.

Boating etiquette?

There is no Boating etiquette? on any water … Just ask them jerks. and by the way the sheriffs tells me I can NO LONGER use my paintball gun to deter other boaters from Bad Boating etiquette?

After an incident last year. Bouncing a jig off your boat is “boater harassment”. Write down the license number and call the local officer and if they see fit can issue a ticket over the phone to them. I had to do this last year to a person on our lake and now he is the nicest guy in the world!

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well, there really is no law pertaining to this, but if you have the cajones…..there are a few things you can do.

like pulling your anchor, get upstream of them about 40 ft, trim your motor up, and give them the 5000 rpm salute…

or, just pull in or let out anchor rope, to get positioned where it is impossible for them to fish that spot.

the way i see it, if someone is going to be a prick to me like that on the river, i will do everything i can to wreck their day.

people call it vindictive, or “stooping to their level”, i just simply say they are getting their own medicine.

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WOW really???? That is no different then road rage, that is how people get killed. By admitting that on a public forum you are showing your true colors.

My personal favorite is the punks in their ski boat with the eight speaker overhead sound system blasting rap music. Nothing like enjoying a nice summer day with the kids, wife and master p screaming the F word from across the lake.

I saw something even more stupid this weekend on a WI lake. It was the walleye opener. The landing had one launch with one dock. The landing was extrremely busy. These idiots tied there boat to one side of dock, set up a table and started cleaning fish right on the dock. Everyone trying to launch or load had to work around these idiots. Like they say, you can’t teach dumb.

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well, there really is no law pertaining to this, but if you have the cajones…..there are a few things you can do.

like pulling your anchor, get upstream of them about 40 ft, trim your motor up, and give them the 5000 rpm salute…

or, just pull in or let out anchor rope, to get positioned where it is impossible for them to fish that spot.

the way i see it, if someone is going to be a prick to me like that on the river, i will do everything i can to wreck their day.

people call it vindictive, or “stooping to their level”, i just simply say they are getting their own medicine.

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WOW really???? That is no different then road rage, that is how people get killed. By admitting that on a public forum you are showing your true colors.

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well, i will not tolerate someone bouncing lures off of, or in my boat, or snagging my anchor rope constantly. Just me, but i do not put up with that BS on the river, never have, never will.

If they don’t have the common courtesy to give me at least 50 ft, then I have no respect for them, and will show none towards them.

just like on mille lacs, people get a little close sometimes when anchored up bobber fishing. and it does get irritating sometimes, but as long as lines aren’t getting tangled, and my equipment is not being interfered with, then i won’t say anything, even if i am a little irked by them right on my door step.

but i am losing my anchor footing, because some tard is constantly hooking into my line and pulling it free, or their tackle is coming in contact with my boat….look out…

If they park close enough to you to to have a conversation they must be looking for a conservation.

This spring is really getting to us. Bad neighbors, poor boating etiquette and monster walleye’s with no picts, thank God the weather is breaking this week.

If someone anchors too close, it will probably irck me as well but as long as they don’t interefere with whatever I’m doing I’d keep my cool. One hook in the anchor or a kid bouncing a lure off my boat, we’d probably have a little discussion. Two hooks in the anchor or an adult casting into my boat and that would be the end of it. I’ve witnessed a large muskie bait casted across 3 bobber lines, snagged them all, tied them all together, and sent them back to the owner. It kept the lines out of the water for awhile atleast.

This happens to me all the time as well. Crank up the tunes and put on some lil jon or snoop doggy dogg and they dont last long. I used to be the one that moved, not any more those days are over. Plus Im pretty easy to deal with if they just ask whats biting and if I dont mind that they hang out for a while. I feel your pain but I dont see fishing etiquite ever getting better.

Quite honestly it really depends on who they are, how they handle themselves, are there enough fish in the area to support the added pressure.
This is just a few boats in this area, there were others on our other side but they were not picture worthy
One cast from any boat could have landed in any of the boats that were lined up but the conversation was second to none

Once baits start hitting your boat it’s no longer just a simple manner of inconsideration, it becomes a physical hazzard, I will not be hooked by someone’s stupidity.

As far as I’m concerned, whoever is in the boat with me along with myself are being assualted and will react in whatever manner it takes to become safe.

Hopefully verbally will do it.

Al

I don’t like the guys that go wide open 20′ past me when I’m trolling or drifting. I can handle the crowding but when they put me in danger is when it’s gets past the irritated point.

what gets me is the bozo who doesn’t think it’s necessary to have his lights on in the middle of the night. Not kidd’n, almost ran someone over on the edge of Sherman’s forth of July weekend, so traffic was pretty heavy. Had we not seen his bobber lights, we would have gone right over him. We exchanged some pleasant words, and he pulled up anchor and left. This jerk put us in danger, and himself also.

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what gets me is the bozo who doesn’t think it’s necessary to have his lights on in the middle of the night. Not kidd’n, almost ran someone over on the edge of Sherman’s forth of July weekend, so traffic was pretty heavy. Had we not seen his bobber lights, we would have gone right over him. We exchanged some pleasant words, and he pulled up anchor and left. This jerk put us in danger, and himself also.

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In your conversation Chomps what was his reason for not having lights on? I can’t imagine the guy had much to say really.

I should have been more clear in my firt reply, the following quote is no way to handle someone crowding you out or a lure hitting your boat.

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like pulling your anchor, get upstream of them about 40 ft, trim your motor up, and give them the 5000 rpm salute…

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Yes, a lot depends on the situation but I had adults, not kids, snagging the anchor and the cast that hit the boat. I was out with my kid and the adults that come by and say they don’t care if they crowd you is just wrong. I don’t own the river and the spots were not “Mine” but I feel like there should be some consideration. These guys were not looking for conversation, it was all about them and it was 4 different boats between Sat & Sun.

I can deal with a guy who come by and talks a little and asks – I’m more than happy to give some info and tips and let them set up if they are nice about it. I am also more than willing to let a boat with kids come on in and share the spot again as long as they are willing to share and not just teach the kids how to just move in a take over someone lane.

It’s just sad

Sometimes, you just need to put the entire situation into perspective….slow fishing & Great scenery or great fishing and not so good scenery

You know? I’m done putting up with this kind of crap. I used to take the high road and blow it off, it really never got me anywhere and I usually found myself doing the “what if’s” for hours after. These types of people need to be dealt with spot on with no latitude. Like I said, I’m done being Mr. Fricken nice guy getting [censored] on. In this situation I would have started with words and escalated accordingly.

No fair! I even spelled it funny! And everyone says prick all the time! I call foul!

I am pretty tolerant, but my 2 brothers, not so much. Their favorite line, and it is so true, “It’s a big lake”.

The people that drive me nuts are the people who are not even fishing your area, but are en route somewhere else and feel the need to buzz right by you.

That and the guys working a shoreline. If you anchor in front of them, some how you are the jerk. As if I should wait half an hour and let them work “THEIR” shoreline until they are past where I want to anchor.

More than anything, I kind of hate the silent tension that always seems to arise when a boat anchors by you or when you anchor by another boat. I fish to get away from that.

Randy’s post reminds me I need to publicly offer my apologies to the guy and gal fishing in the bass boat on P4 last year, she didn’t have much more on than Randy’s picture and while we didn’t get to close to them, it was the first time I used Spot Lock while trolling…

Al

Yikes, and I thought the trollers on Pool 4 had no etiquette on Saturday, thankfully the Anchor club was meeting upstream, only 1 boat anchored I ran into…