Hit in head w/ lure

[Robalo]

If I saw Lurefisher, Dbarham and or Corndog paddling down my canal to fish the lights, I would throw a cold beer at them (and hope they would return the favor!). No need to ever be mean, unless someone asks for it by encroaching on ya while fishing. As that fine, upstanding citizen Rodney King so astutely stated: "Why can't we just all get along?" Each situation calls for thought prior to response. Just 3 weeks ago, that Pathfinder trolled right in on us and even cast around one of our guys while he waded, my buddy politely (and sarcastically) asked them "Excuse me, but am I in your way?" and they sheepishly responded "No, you're alright where you're at." Some folks will never get it that they are STUPID and RUDE, and since ya can't fix stupid (without going to jail yourself), so best is to avoid it. Too bad it is that way. There'd be a lot less morons in the world and especially the gummint.

[bmack]

I agree with everyone here that the guy at the lights in this situation did over react....as satisfying as it might be to launch a lure at someone, its just not smart. What I am trying to get at here is an understanding of why he may have over reacted. Is he just some jerk marking his “territory”, which seems to be the overwhelming consensus on this forum, or was he, like many here, tired of the potlickers and took it too far? I agree 100% that the homeowners do not own the canals any more than they own the street in front of their house and anything they choose to do in the canal they have to do with that understanding. However, I don’t agree with this concept of that since its public, we can access it as we please without regard to others who may be using it at the same time.
Someone posted a good point, what if you are fishing and then the guy wants to come out and turn on his lights? I would say that since you are all ready there, then you have “dibs” and the guy with the lights can either wait till you finish, fish anyway (which from my point of view will be moving in on YOUR spot) or be cool about it and turn on the lights and toss you a beer – not likely to happen though. Think of it this way – what if you are at the beach and got yourself all set up....the big cabana is up, the chairs are out, cooler and table are set, etc and then 3 or 4 dudes just walk up out of no where, don’t say a word and set up their stuff under your cabana, and they do this because they want some shade too. It’s a public beach after all and they have as much right to that spot as you do, you don’t own the beach or that spot just the cabana, but those guys can freely use the shade it provides because its on public property. They are not using the actual cabana, because it’s your private property, they are just using the shade it provides. They may have the right to do that, but is it cool with you that they do? Too me, this situation with fishing private lights and just fishing in general is not much different – someone has a set up that they clearly intend for personal use, even though its on public property, so its hard for me to understand why anyone feels they can move in on it. Sure, they have the right to be in that spot too, but is it cool to do it?

[lurefisher]

There you go corndog ,lets take the rape chicken over there this weekend .

[corndog]

Ok this is a good one!!! Ok Lets go through the options.
1. Remind him we can fish or fight and I am alot better fighter than a fisherman. That one usually gets their attention.
2 Stop and fished their light and have a lure chunking contest which I am certain I would have won.
3. Move on and do nothing and teach the kid to turn a cheek
4. Go and whip their arse and teach their kids if you do stupid stuff you get a beat down.

I pick 4

On another note let we ask this question. If I was fishing that canal and was on fish and nightfall came. Who has rights to that spot? Can the guy just turn his lights on and I have to leave. Can he not fish just because I am there?

Unfortunately for the home owner he dont own squat but that house and land. He does however for the most part get to fish without crowds. Which they typically enjoy so they can haul undersized and multiple limits back to the house. He has made an investment to be there but he doesn't own the water. If I want to fish there I can tuff teet for him.

Now having said all that there is nothing worse than a Rat or a Potlicker!!!

Oh please dont try to post some silly angle to suggest there is a grey area.
Stupid is as stupid does.

[lurefisher]

Im a happy drunk,but them dudes would of delt with me .Hey someone would of gotten an arse whippen me or them one of us for sure,thats not cool what they did to him intentionally .

[Stephanie Lee]

dont make lure fisher mad, especially after he's been drinking.

[WestEndAngler]

You don't lower a shotgun down on someone unless your going to use it... Don't throw a lure at someone's and think your not going to hit them... Just plain stupid. It could have been a lot worse that a-hole could have set the hook and then hell would have been unleashed I guarantee you!

[mikerice]

It was a DOA shrimp look alike that bounced off my hat and lodged onto my shirt....

Did you keep the knock off lure? It would have been funny if you tied the lure to your kayak and started to paddle off....make him cut his own line or strip it clean....ha ha!

[slyell]

I understand if he felt like we were "moving" in but the fact that one of my buddies paddled and then drifted by them aganist the wall on the other side as well... with me following him 5 minutes later should signify we are not trying to move in on their "space".

i'm also pretty sure that if ur able to target my head from 30-40ft away (is that how wide a canal is?), you pretty much know how to cast and should pull back when u see where its going to hit.. kinda like if your fishing a couple yards away from the bank and ur cast was a little to far. u yank it just enough so it wouldnt hit land and have it fall in the water.

Maybe karma's paying me back for smacking a FAT bullfrog with a lure at one of my dad's ponds back when i was a kid..

[lurefisher]

What ever!

[bmack]

Hi,
The point I was trying to make in a previous post was that it could be this guy with the lights was acting out against the same frustration we all experience on the water. I don’t know the whole situation, but it could be he thought the guy on the yak was moving in so he acted on it and in a way that any one of us have probably thought about doing and many probably have. Maybe the guy in the yak was only passing by and was making a genuine best effort to do so and the guy at the lights over reacted, or maybe the guy at the lights had someone else move in earlier and thought these guys were part of the same ones, who knows. But we all have experienced frustration from people moving in and this guy reacted to it. I am curious, what if it were the guy at the light who had posted saying how he launched a lure at some guy getting way to close? What would be the thoughts on that? Personally there have been plenty of time I would have loved to launch a surf sinker, but I figure its not worth a potential fight back at the dock or on the water – which I have seen happen over this very thing. I have seen yaks and scooters get peppered with shot during duck season! And don’t even get me started on the guys with the jetski’s or water skiers.
So, it again is a case of the water being public and we all have to share it and respect each others “space” and use of it. No one owns any one part of it and the guys in the canals with the lights don’t own the canals either, just the lights - which we wouldn’t even be fishing if they were not there and on.......

[Zork]

That's some BS right there. I think i would of paddled on by and got to my vehicle and then payed them a little visit by land. People like that need an arse whoppin' so next time they would think twice about throwing a lure at someone. WoW!

[aqua pimp]

Some of these guys that live on these canals make me laugh LOL. They think they own everything down there! Sorry guys but you don't own the water or these canals, if you don't want anyone fishing the light, TURN THEM OFF! You hit me with a lure on purpose I'm comming out of the water to put a Foreverlast wading boot in your arse!!!!!! I love the guys that sit on thier porch waiting for boats to come by so they can monitor the boats wake LOL. When I had my lights on my pier I didn't care if someone fished them aslong as I wasn't fishing them. I left mine on all night most of the time so other could fish them.

AQUA PIMP

[2112]

What a fricken arsehole.
I don't know what I'd done but it most likely
would had involved running my mouth.

[slyell]

It was a DOA shrimp look alike that bounced off my hat and lodged onto my shirt.... oh yeah.. btw.. if anyone finds a TTF rod w/ a curado and a white croaker lure attached in the canal of Island De Sol in the horseshoe/square bend on the opposite side of the boat ramp somewhere.. that would be mine! it went for a swim while i was paddling... it was a great way to start off the bday. ha.

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

That movie's hallarious.. "Tigers love pepper but they hate cinnamon"