Idiots At The Marina

[blue79]

First off,i would like to say hi to everyone.Long time reader first time poster.Whenever the lake is busy or its just to windy,i fish off of my slip at the marina.Had one catfish pole in the water and was crappie fishing in the slip behind me when some guy comes in to our slip area with his radio blaring comes within a foot of my boat and swings to turn around and bumps the dock and yanks my pole right out of its holder and was gone.I yelled but he didnt here me.Then i realized my pole was gone so i hopped in the boat and went looking for him.When i got out to the end of the docks i can see he was across the cove cruising around where there was a couple of other boats fishing(guess he had to bother them to)i go back to the marina and just idle off to the side and out of everyones way and wait.He comes cruising back in(with the radio blaring) and when he gets close enough he kinda waves.I yelled Do you have my ####### pole? and he then proceeds to turn his radio down and i yell it again and he just shrugs his shoulders and goes to pull in down to his slip.I beat it back over to my slip and tie the boat up and start walking over to confront him and i get about 3 isles away and i can hear his radio blaring from that far away and i can see through all the isles and different boats and slips that there was quite few other people so i lowered my temper and went back to my slip and tried to fish.Ended up with 5 crappie 1 white and a 3#LM on minnows.Went and cleaned the fish bout 11:30 and i could hear them hoopin and hollerin from 2 slips away.If im not workin im in my boat fishin.Our paths will cross another day and i hope its away from the marina.I wont do anything to lose my boat slip.I like everyone that works there and everyone else ive met there.ScottBRay you probably ran across the same guy i did(or a distant relative).Good luck fishing everyone.End of Rant

[SmallyWally]

Hey man, I hear what your saying. Some people think they own the lake and their just letting you use it. Probably best you kept your cool, and your right, there will be another day to remember and see this jerk and hopefully give him a little taste of his own medicine.

[straw hat]

Lord know that summer is the season of idiots on the lake. Getting angry and exploding is the natural instinct but staying cool like you did...well you will live a lot longer. You also never know when an idiot like that may be drunk and have a gun. Take care and may your next trip go a lot better.

[ScottBRay]

Some people just have no respect for others and there property. Karma will get them eventually

[ric lee]

I think you handled it a lot better than I would have. Which marina did this occur... State Park?

[blue79]

Orleans Trail.When i realized there was a number of people over there i just went back to my slip.It takes me about 6 minutes to leave my house and be in my boat.If i would have started something i would probably lose my slip or be laying here still hurting.Wasnt worth it for a junk catfish pole.Gonna just wait and keep my eyes open,summer has just started and ill probably see him again and ill try to catch him by himself in a parking lot somewhere.

[usmcgrunt]

I've dealt with people like that before. I was bank fishing over at Mutton Creek with my wife's family, and I had a couple jet ski riders come within casting distance of us. I managed to wave one down and explain that he was dangerously close to us and I'd appreciate it if he took his ride a little further out from us. He was cool about it and went to the far side of the cove, but the other ignored every attempt at flagging him down and thought it was funny to see how close he could get to my in-laws and my pregnant wife. I called water patrol, and an hour later they hadn't shown up like they promised, and the guy kept getting real close and splashing us with his wake, so I lost my cool and launched a 2 ounce sinker at him. I hit him, and it felt great. Water patrol finally showed up right about the time he made it to shore (thank god), and told him to go back to the marina and they had better hear about him or see him doing anything like that ever again. They were fishermen too and they just told me to be careful with my casts, since you never know who's driving too close to shore.

[blue79]

Thats funny.I wish i would have had my spud gun.It would have made me felt better to sink his boat with a high speed potato,but that would make me worse than him.I was mad last weekend but im over it now.Im down to 2 catfish poles now so i might find a little cove and flood it with 33 juglines at 3 or 4 in the morning and do some spotlighting and jug chasing while all the idiots are sleeping.Good luck this weekend.

[kwall]

Am I wrong ??

I think the lake is a place of tranquillity for most and most areas should be kept that way --- think the IDIOTS ( sea skeeters and loud drunkin boaters ) need to have a designated area to do their thing

[gramps50]

Am I wrong ??

I think the lake is a place of tranquillity for most and most areas should be kept that way --- think the IDIOTS ( sea skeeters and loud drunkin boaters ) need to have a designated area to do their thing

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