Hit in head w/ lure

[FlatoutFishin]

I got a better idea in how to retaliate:

You could hire Mike Tyson to go eat his kids!

LOL....Not to get offf subject, but I saw him in"The Hangover" the other night and have to admit he was funny.

[mikerice]

What kind of lure was it and did you at least keep the lure?

[JT]

I got a better idea in how to retaliate:

You could hire Mike Tyson to go eat his kids!

[bountyhunter]

As we have all come to see in our days and nights on the water there are some real Aholes out there and none of them smell good. This was just plain wrong, and I feel for you as a fellow yaker. You did good letting it go for the kids sake, even if those kids have some real winners teaching them the ways of the world. Hopefully someone will knock that Ahole in the head, it will likely be sooner than later if he acts like that all the time......

[WestEndAngler]

yeah we should Idle through the canal, and go right through there lights. When they get all pissed spay'em down with the GTR.

little prop wash would cool the guy off

[WestEndAngler]

I think we have all experienced lack of courtesy on the water...most of it appears to be from folks out there with an all for me notion of the water – “its public so I have as much right as you do”. Its true that it is a shared resource, but this does not mean the users should lose respect each others us of it. Personally, I never fish someone else’s lights, even though they may be set up in a public right of way and therefore the owners are taking their chances with bystanders using it, I personally do not it as a courtesy. I think the owner of the lights had as much “right” to be upset of what they perceived as someone homing in on their action as when people do it to us, so this talk of retaliation seems way out of place.
When we have a rod bowed over, no one likes to be pushed up on by others and to me this is not any different. Fishing some ones lights (without first asking) or moving in on another boat or cutting off a drift or a wader or any of that shows a lack of courtesy. It’s hard to tell sometimes if people do it out of lack of courtesy or just plain stupidity, but if its do to a lack of courtesy, I think these kinds of forums are good way to get the word out and discuss as a group what is proper etiquette. Hopefully, if we all practice what we preach, others will see and follow.

First of all welcome to our site. Please post in our welcome forum introducing yourself.

With that said, please re-read the first post as it was clearly stated he saw them fishing and hugged the bulkhead on the opposite side and was still hit in the head, which in my mind is entirely inappropriate he's showing the kids that its okay to do it. He was in a kayak of all things... not like he's making that much noise.

As far as retaliation if you can't see were joking around then buddy your in for a world of hurt on this forum

Again welcome and post up on the welcome forum.

[Fisher_Of_Men]

I think we have all experienced lack of courtesy on the water...most of it appears to be from folks out there with an all for me notion of the water – “its public so I have as much right as you do”. Its true that it is a shared resource, but this does not mean the users should lose respect each others us of it. Personally, I never fish someone else’s lights, even though they may be set up in a public right of way and therefore the owners are taking their chances with bystanders using it, I personally do not it as a courtesy. I think the owner of the lights had as much “right” to be upset of what they perceived as someone homing in on their action as when people do it to us, so this talk of retaliation seems way out of place.
When we have a rod bowed over, no one likes to be pushed up on by others and to me this is not any different. Fishing some ones lights (without first asking) or moving in on another boat or cutting off a drift or a wader or any of that shows a lack of courtesy. It’s hard to tell sometimes if people do it out of lack of courtesy or just plain stupidity, but if its do to a lack of courtesy, I think these kinds of forums are good way to get the word out and discuss as a group what is proper etiquette. Hopefully, if we all practice what we preach, others will see and follow.

I agree. I know that the kayaker who crossed our path on Saturday at the North Jetty realized he was way to close and couldn't do anything about it. Me saying something would have just made it worse, but to be intentionately hit by a flying lure is crazy... Those canals are not that wide that if you are passing thru and there are fisherman fishing that particular dock.

[JT]

On second thought, I'd go burn the guys house down.

[Robalo]

That aint right. Sorry they did that. I'd be PO'd also.

[bmack]

hmmm.....

I think we have all experienced lack of courtesy on the water...most of it appears to be from folks out there with an all for me notion of the water – “its public so I have as much right as you do”. Its true that it is a shared resource, but this does not mean the users should lose respect each others us of it. Personally, I never fish someone else’s lights, even though they may be set up in a public right of way and therefore the owners are taking their chances with bystanders using it, I personally do not it as a courtesy. I think the owner of the lights had as much “right” to be upset of what they perceived as someone homing in on their action as when people do it to us, so this talk of retaliation seems way out of place.
When we have a rod bowed over, no one likes to be pushed up on by others and to me this is not any different. Fishing some ones lights (without first asking) or moving in on another boat or cutting off a drift or a wader or any of that shows a lack of courtesy. It’s hard to tell sometimes if people do it out of lack of courtesy or just plain stupidity, but if its do to a lack of courtesy, I think these kinds of forums are good way to get the word out and discuss as a group what is proper etiquette. Hopefully, if we all practice what we preach, others will see and follow.

[Explorer21]

I agree, keep your cool. With kids around and more then likely alcohol in their system it might have gotten out of control. Like Monte says, pay back are a mother and don't mess with someones mommy!

[TXSHOCKWAVE]

Where were you when this occurred? What subdivision and canal?

yeah we should Idle through the canal, and go right through there lights. When they get all pissed spay'em down with the GTR.

[WestEndAngler]

Where were you when this occurred? What subdivision and canal?

[TTU Wader]

Man that sucks, nice job though on keeping your cool. The only trouble I've had with canal lights is this old cranky man that comes out in his robe to turn of his lights when I'm fishing them.

[Fisher_Of_Men]

Thats weird.... You could have been an home owner trying to get back to your dock. If you were just passing thru and not fishing their lights. Plus, my understanding is that all they can really do is just turn their lights off. They don't own public water. Plus, whether and accident(Them appologizing doesn't make it a accident) or not, it is still considered assault, wich if I remember correctly is a felony.

I know we fisherman get angry when someone comes close to us why we are fishing. I had a kayaker on Saturday come so close to my anchored boat he could have checked the oil in my Suzuki Big Block 150. I held my tongue because he kept on going and didn't partake in our multiple hookups.

Sorry that happened to you. If you fish enough on Galveston Bay, it's bound to happen a few hundred times....