Fishing Nazis: I'm sure most fisherman have encountered or seen someone who is territorial about their fishing spots. You know, that guy who will set up his rods spaced out a mile long...

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I'm sure most fisherman have encountered or seen someone who is territorial about their fishing spots. You know, that guy who will set up his rods spaced out a mile long and not let you cast out near one. Or the guy that will cast close enough to you to hook you.

My question is, how close is too close? I'm a patient man but some people really push it. Rant over.

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by PJ_Savage

FS Digest

Gotta get a boat, only way to assert dominance

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by BalldnOnABudget

FS Digest

Yup, I got kayaks for solo fishing wherever. Father in laws boat for the lake, and dads boat for salt. Land fishing i do from a bridge out in the country where there are only a few people around. Live in South Carolina, so maybe that's why I've never met a fish nazi 🤣🤣

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by Blade420play

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I bought a canoe and just take off to parts of the lake that are basically impossible to get to unless to hike through crazy, pathless mountain forests. I was fishing a in city lake this morning and 2 grumpy old guys sat and watched me for 20min. I go to put a new soft bait on and I hear "bout time, you done now?". "You'll know I'm done when I'm walking away" is all I could say. They mumbled something and walked 5 min down the lake and set up. Unless you pay the mortgage on the land, you don't have dibs.

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by ameldrum902

FS Digest

Exactly!

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by PJ_Savage

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

FS Digest wrote:

I'm sure most fisherman have encountered or seen someone who is territorial about their fishing spots. You know, that guy who will set up his rods spaced out a mile long and not let you cast out near one. Or the guy that will cast close enough to you to hook you.

My question is, how close is too close? I'm a patient man but some people really push it. Rant over.

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by PJ_Savage

Well, I’ve been miles out on the ocean and still had boat(s) crowd me. 🤬

Ivey Loc: South Central Tennessee, Tim's Ford Lake

No one owns the water, If someone has their stuff set out that far apart, jump right in the middle of them and go to fishing, I normally try to give the other guy at least a cast length away. Carry a 2 oz lead weight in your tackle box and if the casting at someone starts, you may have the upper hand.

Owning a boat doesn't always cure bad manners, I've had people go between me and the spot I was fishing, one of the main reasons I started fishing after dark as much as I can, not as many morons on the lake.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

FS Digest wrote:

Yup, I got kayaks for solo fishing wherever. Father in laws boat for the lake, and dads boat for salt. Land fishing i do from a bridge out in the country where there are only a few people around. Live in South Carolina, so maybe that's why I've never met a fish nazi 🤣🤣

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by Blade420play

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

FS Digest wrote:

Gotta get a boat, only way to assert dominance

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by BalldnOnABudget

In my game lots of guys get mad because so and so is in “their” spot. Boat or bank. I just say “get up earlier”.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Catfish hunter wrote:

In my game lots of guys get mad because so and so is in “their” spot. Boat or bank. I just say “get up earlier”.

Problem solved!

Lee626 Loc: Brick NJ [ near the Jersey shore ]

Thats why i try not to fish on weekends

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

I won't fish on a week end. Life is to short.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

flyguy wrote:

I won't fish on a week end. Life is to short.

Very true. I figure it’s not fair to me OR the weekend warriors to expect them to not have the opportunity to fish, water ski, or whatever they want to do on the weekends. The sheer number of people fighting over the boat docks on the weekends helps me to stay home and get other things done.

Ben Bragg Loc: Dayton Ohio

Sometimes even a boat don’t help
Had wife out a few weeks ago
Had marked a nice ledge in open water that a big school of crappie were relating to
Put out marker bouys Spanning about 40 yards as reference and was able to stay on the school And catch a bunch.
These guys saw what I was doing and parked on our spot close enough I could see what brand of reel he was using.
Rude to say the least.
Didn’t say anything because wife was with me.
Another time me and brother on another spot on same lake. Had marked school and were catching one after another. Some guy with his family pulls up within 20 ft of us , drops anchor , and the whole family goes in for a swim
2500 acre lake. Why is that spot the place to swim ?

I don’t consider myself a fish Nazi. Hell I will provide coordinates, tell you what they are biting on , how deep, give you a lure if you don’t have one . I’ve even taken dock fishermen out in the boat and turned them on to a good day of fishing!
But to crowd a guy who has obviously put in the work to find and pattern fish. That is Weapons grade BS

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Ben Bragg wrote:

Sometimes even a boat don’t help br Had wife out a... (show quote)

I agree. We have a guy in our program that just watches people and then shows up a little early and takes the spot they were catching fish in. We call him Pelican. Some times we, intentionally, act like we’re catching fish when we’re not and sure enough. Next mornin? There he is. Anchored up and not catching anything. 😂