Fishing Etiquette

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by keakar

as mentioned, if its in a high traffic area, what can you do but deal with it, but ....

if its like has happened to me and you have a few spots you like and jerkwads always want to plow up mud and oysters to pass between you and the 100 yards of water between you and the bank when there is the whole frickin lake and a 1/4 mile wide canal they can pass to get where they are going "without" disrupting your spot, well I "cured" a few of these weekend warriors this way.

I went by a construction site and collected all the leftover cut off 2x4's they were throwing out averaging about 2ft long then I bought 50ft of cheap 1/4" rope, made two 10lbs cement anchors with small buckets then I tied the rope to make a simple wooden chain barrier and set it out along my spot and watched the fun as several messed their pants trying to avoid it and a few had it wrapped up in their props but I simply repaired any broken knots after they left. they don't seam to want to pass within 100 yards distance of land or me anymore because they learned there are "objects" there.

its amazing how they didn't seam to care about tearing up lower units plowing mud and oysters to see what I was catching but running into the "floating barrier" taught them to pass elsewhere and since its set with cement anchors, its not connected to me or my boat so no confrontation, just lots of fun and laughs as they get what they deserve. if I ever stop fishing that spot for good then I will simply move the barrier or pick it up but it usually last a year or so.

I never have trouble during the week, its just the weekend warriors that lack any morals or common sense and decency

You are either

A. Lying
B. Trolling
C. Under the age of 15
D. Nevermind it's not a nice thing to say

It's a fishing spot. No fish is worth causing harm to someone else or their equipment