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flounder daddy · Guest

Went out this morning for the 1st time solo on my boat. Was on a drift around 11:30 about 100yrs from a spoil island (drifting towards the spoil island), and this total jackass comes under 100yrds between me and the spol island. I was catching good fish b/c all the other idiot googans had left (gee, whatdya know, the boats quit running over fish, and the bite comes back like it was BEFORE the idiots started playing Ricky Bobby), and had just landed a 19-1/2" trout 5 minutes for this guy comes blasting between me and the island. There was close to 1,000 yrds of 4-5' water behind me that he could have EASILY gone around. I threw my hands up and he threw his hands at me. At this point im pissed and coming to the end of the drift. I fire up, and go tell him what a stupid googan he was and to learn a bit of respect! Some folks just amaze me and have no business running these $30,000+ boats. Next time im writing down the TX number, and the wardens getting a call. Sick of the idiots. Its not hard to look at the water and wind, and see which way a boat is drifting. I ALWAYS go around a boat on the upwind side.

I ended up with a nice catch for my 1st time solo. I got to the spot at 6:20am, and the bite was good till the flock of idiots showed up around 8am. I ended up sitting there taking a break, and then resumed once the flock left. Released a bunch of small drum, tons of small trout and ended up taking home 2 nice reds and 6 trout. Doing some halfshell this evening on the grill. Largest trout just shy of 20"

Bigrock · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject:

Ya had a good day, you had a good time learning the solo thing...enjoy the good in life that you had today...and that I didn't. Smile

Thanks for the report. Smile

flounder daddy · Guest

True man. Its awfully quiet out there when you go solo. I can imagine what He who shall not be mentioned experiences out there at the rigs on a solo trip.

rabbit · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject:

Nice catch. Very Happy

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flounder daddy · Guest

And I might put a little plug for the fish cleaning guy at Billings. Really nice guy, and is fast as lightening. He only asked for $6 to clean those 8 fish. I tossed him $10 and thanked him. Took him around 10 minutes to clean them, and zero bones. I didnt feel like cleaning fish today.

ceejkay · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:19 pm Post subject:

nice catches

SharkBait · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject:

flounder daddy · Guest

To catch fish, you must think like a fish. Fish have the same senses we do. Sight, smell, hearing, taste, feel. The brown tide essentially takes away sight or atleast blurs it. So you have to rely on hearing and your nose. If you were in a lights out room, what would you do?? Now apply that to your rods and reels. Fishing is easy, don't over complicate it by any means. Atleast 5 times today I looked away, and I was getting pulled on. same thing apply to boat traffic. I don't think anyone here wants to be run over by large moving objects. It would freak you out, and you probably would leave the situation ASAP! And no, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night. Wink

TroutSlayer · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 432

One of these days I am going to chase that guy down because he is everywhere and all I want to know is whether he is just stupid and without a mean spirit or if he is a mean spirited jackass. It might even be a genetic defect.

I have a nice spot between a spoil and grass line where it get's shallow. I put the boat right on the grass edge because the trout are deeper. There is at least 1000 yards between the grass and where the spoil gets too shallow but these knuckleheads just insist on burning the grass edge and then cut right in front of me while I am fishing.

Anyway good catch and don't let the jackasses get to you.
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flounder daddy · Guest

Your googan dosent by chance captain a white 18-20' either mako or Carolina with a bass boat front swivel seat and trolling motor? It didn't get me down, just lit more fire under me to go catch more fish, and that's exactly what I did. best part of day was catching that larger red while swarmed by idiots.

BishopRyan · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:32 am Post subject:

You're going to call the game warden because a guy parked somewhere you didn't want him parking? Confused

. What exactly would the offense be?

I completely agree with your frustration but maybe this guy is just ignorant and doesn't know basic fishing/boating etiquette. Before getting all riled up and tossing your hands up in anger did you think about just running up on the guy and letting him know he's encroached on your drift. Maybe even help put him on the fish as a showing of good faith.

I only say this because about a year ago I was totally new to boating/fishing. I didn't have anyone to teach me anything and a few times I unintentionally screwed up and cut in the way of a few guys who went totally apecrap and one guy even threw a paddle at me. I felt horrible but thought from that point forward I wouldn't pay that kind of attitude forward unless it was provoked.

I wasn't there with you so maybe the guy was a total jerk but some of us could use a pointer or two from time to time. We aren't all there trying to piss the pro's off.

flounder daddy · Guest

MakoJJ · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject:

Oil Field Trash II · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 1560

did you call the game warden about someone cutting off your drift yet?

flounder daddy · Guest