crappie condo invaders

[NIMROD]

Some a--holes motored into the cove I was fishing making cicles with their outboard motor. They were throwing out markers as they motored over brushpiles. Why can't they atleast use their trolling motor ? I guess they thought I was crazy. I pulled over to one they marked , a brushpile I had put in. Tied it to my boat ,fired up my motor and left !:D Man those guys can have the spot I was fishing , but I took my brushpile with me !:D

[smedley]

now that's funny. Portable Structure by NIMROD

[jfraley]

Yeah, it's hard to put things out without getting noticed. I have had folks follow me across the lake. It happens, but I don't let it get to me. If they happen to be in the area where I want to drop a condo then it is their lucky day. But I will not get run off my own structure if I am catching fish. Usually, I will be catching a fish here and there and when other fishermen pull up I will catch several back to back and that gets them fishing around me. Just when you want to go a few minutes without a bite, Bam, several rods go down a once and you get company. I go fishing to enjoy the day and to reduce stress, if I can't do that then I am better off at home.

I would like to have heard the comments from their boat when they saw you take off with the structure.

[adamr]

the thing to ask yourself in this situation is that if someone else was sinking a brushpile and you saw them, would you fish it? h*ll yes, i would. but i agree that they were a little premature in doing so.

[fishdoc]

i've always figured if you put it in public water its public property. when i show the people i take fishin a brush pile i tell them they can fish it any time i'm not!

[heycods]

i've always figured if you put it in public water its public property. when i show the people i take fishin a brush pile i tell them they can fish it any time i'm not!

that my friend is a true sportsmans attitude. good on you. I`d rather it be someone I knew catching the fish I worked for , than some guy with an attitude.:D

[fishdoc]

well a lot of the brush i fish i found so i figure its only fair. course i re-brush a lot of them so everybody benefits. and long as "somebody with an attitude" don't try to cast over my line i don't have a problem! throwed many a bouy marker on a good pile and left it for 'visitors" on my home lake. pass it on!!!

[driller]

I try to put mine out in the worst possible weather. Usually no one out there but me and a few duck hunters.

Will I fish condos that I "find"? You bettcha, I will. Kinda figure that if it is in a public lake, it is public property.

[crappiequeennc]

Please don't misunderstand me.Not at all laughing at Lake Rage.Laughing at thought of him pulling brush pile up river.

[slabbandit]

I have headed down the lake with thoughts of trying a particular bed of mine only to find that someone, usually just a weekender, had stumbled upon my structure. I always idle slowly up, just to within speaking distance, kill the motor, and without fishing ask if they are doing any good.

They usually reply something like this is there first trip here or something like that and that they were not having any luck until they stumbled onto this brushpile.

They usually will ask if it is a brushpile that I had put in. I always reply that I did put it in and that they were welcome to fish it. At this point I usually give them a description of the top,brush, bamboo, pvc, ect.

If I have done well on this particular top recently I am glad to pass this info on also such as depth and jig color used. They are very grateful and I hope they leave with a few more fish than they probably would have caught and a great experience to share with friends at home.

I've had my share of bad experiences with "slob" hunters in the deer woods but lets all do our part to keep this kind of thing off the water.