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[BuckeyeCrappie]

I try to avoid confrontation on the water and here is why. In today’s world you never know if someone might pull a gun and pop a cap at me and my wife, if they are on drugs, and the list for reasons goes on. I usually just raise my hands with no gestures. I enjoy my boat, love my wife and my time on God’s kingdom on earth too much to even let what others do make me lose my mind and do something I might regret. I just follow the laws, err on the side of caution, and enjoy chasing slabs.

[ET Fish]

I try to avoid confrontation on the water and here is why. In today’s world you never know if someone might pull a gun and pop a cap at me and my wife, if they are on drugs, and the list for reasons goes on. I usually just raise my hands with no gestures. I enjoy my boat, love my wife and my time on God’s kingdom on earth too much to even let what others do make me lose my mind and do something I might regret. I just follow the laws, err on the side of caution, and enjoy chasing slabs.

Very true. We live in a much different world today. I’ve bit my lip many times to make myself keep quiet. Sometimes I beat myself up afterwards because I feel like a wimp. I carry protection 100% of the time, and that comes with the responsibility to avoid confrontation. Regardless of the blow to my manhood.

[thill]

Always be polite, regardless of the offense, and never let them ruin YOUR day.

One thing... always keep your rods low when catching, to prevent the "bent rod sonar" guys from zooming in on your fishing. When they come by, let your hands fall slack, and look dejected. Even better, ask if THEY know of any good spots, ha ha. If you are a good actor, it's amazing how many will run the other way from the pathetic guy. Then go right back to your catching.

[chaunc]

Always be polite, regardless of the offense, and never let them ruin YOUR day.

One thing... always keep your rods low when catching, to prevent the "bent rod sonar" guys from zooming in on your fishing. When they come by, let your hands fall slack, and look dejected. Even better, ask if THEY know of any good spots, ha ha. If you are a good actor, it's amazing how many will run the other way from the pathetic guy. Then go right back to your catching.

I avoid conflict on the water even when some jerk gets close enough to mark the spot I’m currently fishing. It’s happened a couple times this season. I’ll just fish until they stop biting there and go to another spot I have marked. It’s a public lake. Fish it that way.

[Ketchn]

I have a bud that is a fish slayer . he was guiding a trip Saturday and a boat rolled up to him and his client on a dock and started pitching under the dock they were already on .
now to be sure he had a few words for them and they moved on ,but in the end it isn't his dock or his water .
I am of the opinion he was somewhat right on his go find your own dock .
But I am also as sure if the law got involved he would have been the bad guy .
its a fine line out there to be sure

[Ketchn]

I avoid conflict on the water even when some jerk gets close enough to mark the spot I’m currently fishing. It’s happened a couple times this season. I’ll just fish until they stop biting there and go to another spot I have marked. It’s a public lake. Fish it that way.

with todays technology they can mark your spot easily at quite a distance . this much I know as I have seen it done personally .
they don't have to get terribly close to do it for sure . the good news is there are lots of fish and lots of water and like you I will fish it till the bite quits and then its yours

[BJH]

EZ, you have your boat on the worst lake around. Me and 2 other guys i know, are the only law abiding, likable folks out there!!!!!

[thill]

If that is close your welcome to come fish the lakes I fish in the spring. That boat would be way off around here. I've had many of a line caught by someone's prop. The easiest way to make friends is to throw out a marker, in 10 minutes you will have all kind of new friends fishing your marker.

Another trick is to only use clear water bottles as markers, instead of the orange ones. Your FF will tell you the depth, so make is a couple of feet longer than needed. My arm-span is about 6', so in 15' of water, I'll pull off three arm-lengths, tie it around the bottle and let it fly. No one seems to notice the clear bottles, unless they are watching you very carefully.

Can you tell we have very crowded waters around here?

[RobAnderson]

ET, that is my exact opinion. I also carry 24/7 because of the times we now live in. But I avoid the confrontation at all costs . My faith in God lets me know that he will handle the wrong doers.

Very true. We live in a much different world today. I’ve bit my lip many times to make myself keep quiet. Sometimes I beat myself up afterwards because I feel like a wimp. I carry protection 100% of the time, and that comes with the responsibility to avoid confrontation. Regardless of the blow to my manhood.

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[thill]

If that is close your welcome to come fish the lakes I fish in the spring. That boat would be way off around here. I've had many of a line caught by someone's prop. The easiest way to make friends is to throw out a marker, in 10 minutes you will have all kind of new friends fishing your marker.

Another trick is to only use clear water bottles as markers, instead of the orange ones. Your FF will tell you the depth, so make is a couple of feet longer than needed. My arm-span is about 6', so in 15' of water, I'll pull off three arm-lengths, tie it around the bottle and let it fly. No one seems to notice the clear bottles, unless they are watching you very carefully.

So keep rod tips in the water when catching, keep discouraged look on face when others come near, keep clear bottles on board to use as markers, and hold your reel upside down and reel backwards to complete the effect. This should keep away all but the most determined

Can you tell we have very crowded waters around here?