How close is too close ?

[duky]

the nerve of people these days! very very rude! I always holler out and ask if I can go by them if I feel they are stationary in a spot. (mostly bass tournaments) If someone is on a pile I want to fish, I go find another, its that easy. If I know them well and they wave me over and invite, I might join them, but 9 out of 10 times I go find another spot. very sad the entitlement of others these days they think they have.

[DockShootinJack]

the nerve of people these days! very very rude! I always holler out and ask if I can go by them if I feel they are stationary in a spot. (mostly bass tournaments) If someone is on a pile I want to fish, I go find another, its that easy. If I know them well and they wave me over and invite, I might join them, but 9 out of 10 times I go find another spot. very sad the entitlement of others these days they think they have.

If I know them that well I may fish on top of them just to aggravate them

[Ketchn]

keep in mind as the earth becomes more crowded and people get raised with the wrong ideas more frequently than the way it once was and the lakes fill up with crappie anglers as they have been doing for a few years now .....too close is going to get more and more new definitions on daily basis .
have had a fella I didn't know for diddly walk up at 3 am in the middle of the night and ACTUALLY put his rod tip under mine as I stood on a public dock ! Was he looking for trouble you might ask ,likely so , he was trying to run me off best I could tell ....
he was quite friendly and talkative though and it occurred to me to be polite as well ,so I apologized profusely when I whacked the you know what out of his rod with mine on a "missed" hook set ......
the what could be described as the desperation to ketch a fish often causes some folks to do some pretty off the wall things....

[DockShootinJack]

The possibility of a flying jig should have been enough to get him to move over a little bit

[Ketchn]

The possibility of a flying jig should have been enough to get him to move over a little bit

fish were deep that night , my old fiberglass 6 footer is stiff and did a good job explaining he was a bit to close to me , just saying

[DockShootinJack]

fish were deep that night , my old fiberglass 6 footer is stiff and did a good job explaining he was a bit to close to me , just saying

Some people take a little extra convincing

[chaunc]

Some people take a little extra convincing

I’m too old to sweat it now. I might cuss a bit but I move on to another spot. I have plenty on numerous lakes in my area.

[DockShootinJack]

Very true. Most of the time anyone comes close to they boat when I am out is because they are curious as to what I am doing or catching. To most it looks like I am bass fishing

[chaunc]

What do you think about strangers riding up to you and marking the brush you’re sitting on? That’s a whole different ball game.

[BobC]

keep in mind as the earth becomes more crowded and people get raised with the wrong ideas more frequently than the way it once was and the lakes fill up with crappie anglers as they have been doing for a few years now .....too close is going to get more and more new definitions on daily basis .
have had a fella I didn't know for diddly walk up at 3 am in the middle of the night and ACTUALLY put his rod tip under mine as I stood on a public dock ! Was he looking for trouble you might ask ,likely so , he was trying to run me off best I could tell ....
he was quite friendly and talkative though and it occurred to me to be polite as well ,so I apologized profusely when I whacked the you know what out of his rod with mine on a "missed" hook set ......
the what could be described as the desperation to ketch a fish often causes some folks to do some pretty off the wall things....

That’s an amazing story of just plain ignorance and rudeness. Good you had a slinger that could dish out some justice.
Bob