4/28 lower end and a crazy story

[Lvn2Fish]

So I finally caught some fish on the glide bait . First Fish ever for me on it . Was fun throwing the big bait around . Ended with 10 keepers mostly on finesse stuff shallow . Ok now for the crazy stuff . At about 3:10 pm I’m idling back into a small pocket in the dam area . I’m heading all the way to the very very back to see if there’s a spawner on a log I know about . As I shut the motor down and start to coast in I hear the crack of a 22 rifle very very close . I hear the hiss of a bullet and hear it skatter through the woods . So I jump down in my boat and start blaring the horn , for what felt like a solid 30 seconds just trying to let them know I was down there . Then the second shot is fired this one sounds like it hit my trolling motor . I mean the hiss and impact was so close I can’t believe I haven’t found a bullet hole in my boat . So I’m still in the drivers seat , trolling motor is down I’m in 3 ft of water . I fire the engine and hammer down turn 180 degrees and run about 500 yards . And put some land and trees in between me and this shooter . I call 911 and it takes about 30 min and the highway patrol is going door to door up there . They find the idiot he says he was shooting at squirrels from his deck down toward the lake …. Haven’t had that much adrenalin in a long time . Also I’ve never had bullets flying that close to me , the sound is unmistakable and terrifying . 

[magicwormman]

WOW! Glad you didn't get hurt! you just can't fix stupid! Just no respect for others in our broken world. Who would expect to have to dodge bullets while fishing!

[Lvn2Fish]

Just now, magicwormman said:

WOW! Glad you didn't get hurt! you just can't fix stupid! Just no respect for others in our broken world. Who would expect to have to dodge bullets while fishing!

Especially right in Branson! Wild stuff man 

[Champ188]

They walk among us. 

[Alex Heitman]

Here is some fish pics and sorry to white out a few but this is literally a small spot we found that holds big SM year in and year out and not many people fish it. 

[Alex Heitman]

[vernon]

I've actually had this happen three different times over the years and even had the front right fender of my Tahoe shot while traveling north on 7 Highway through Bonner Springs, Ks.

Another was on a private lake in west Leavenworth County when somebody was shooting a .22 up in the woods and accidentally or not hit the side of my boat.  

The third was while in the back of a creek at Table Rock about seven or eight years ago.  This one had to have been a guy target shooting in back of his house and again in the woods.  We heard about six shots all together before we were able to hightail it out of there and could hear a couple of rounds hit the trees and another went over our heads.

You're right it's pretty dang scary.

Glad you're alright and hope the moron learned his lesson although I'm a little surprised he fessed up.

[Lvn2Fish]

30 minutes ago, vernon said:

I've actually had this happen three different times over the years and even had the front right fender of my Tahoe shot while traveling north on 7 Highway through Bonner Springs, Ks.

Another was on a private lake in west Leavenworth County when somebody was shooting a .22 up in the woods and accidentally or not hit the side of my boat.  

The third was while in the back of a creek at Table Rock about seven or eight years ago.  This one had to have been a guy target shooting in back of his house and again in the woods.  We heard about six shots all together before we were able to hightail it out of there and could hear a couple of rounds hit the trees and another went over our heads.

You're right it's pretty dang scary.

Glad you're alright and hope the moron learned his lesson although I'm a little surprised he fessed up.

The trooper I met with said last week he dug 4 pellets of buck shot out of a guys engine cowling , as his motor was shot with a 12 gauge . Also cited ignorance 

[Quillback]

It is not uncommon to be fishing on that lake and hear a shot or two close by.  Have not yet had anything come zipping, or cracking by me.  

[vernon]

7 minutes ago, Lvn2Fish said:

The trooper I met with said last week he dug 4 pellets of buck shot out of a guys engine cowling , as his motor was shot with a 12 gauge . Also cited ignorance 

Wow.  Seems like I remember a time when that wasn't an acceptable defense.

Must have been a long range shotgun I guess.

Leavenworth County Sheriffs department told me that unless I saw someone and could describe and identify them there wasn't anything they could do.

Bonner Springs PD just said, "Yeah, probably somebody down by the river.  Happens every once in a while."

Didn't bother contacting any law enforcement in the Table Rock incident but was talking to a Water Patrol guy well after the fact and brought it up and he said, "Oh yeah, that happens all the time down here."

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