With all the tournaments this weekend, I figured I'd just stay off the water, but boredom set in and I took the boat out again yesterday evening. I didn't get on the water till around 4 PM and I hoped that a lot of fishermen would be out of the water by then. A lot had, but the ones that remained had to be the most inconsiderate and downright rude I have ever seen.
There was NOT ONE BOATER that tried to go around me a little while I drifted along. Most blasted past me within 30 yards (max), full bore in their hurry to get to the next a**hole meeting. One was blasting along and saw me landing a fish, turned his boat directly towards me, motored up next to me, threw it in reverse about 5 yards away and cheerfully said "catching anything"? Not any more you half-wit! Keep in mind that I'm outside the floodgate at Moses Lake but nowhere near the entrance to the gate and not in a direct line to Eagle Point, but still boaters zoomed past me almost, it seemed just to pizz me off (which they succeeded in). I had one guy fully circle me idling along and watching me fish (from about 25 yards away). I asked him if he wanted to just hop in the boat with me (and a few other things)....he just flipped me the bird and firewalled his motor and sped off, ruining another spot for me.
After moving away from that area before I lost it on the next idiot, I moved out towards Dollar Point and got the same result. Fishing from about 500 yards out from the shoreline, with the WHOLE FREAKING BAY to navigate in, I encountered the same results.....fishermen that should know better blasted right by me, close enough to throw a rock in their boat, just like the last spot. This is why I hate weekend fishing.......
Sorry about the beeching, just had to get that off my chest.....
ANYHOOO......At around 6, I found a spot out near the ship channel where there were no boats everywhere and found some good trout. I figure I landed around 10, hooked twice that many, and kept these 5 for my friend Eddie and his family.
There was NOT ONE BOATER that tried to go around me a little while I drifted along. Most blasted past me within 30 yards (max), full bore in their hurry to get to the next a**hole meeting. One was blasting along and saw me landing a fish, turned his boat directly towards me, motored up next to me, threw it in reverse about 5 yards away and cheerfully said "catching anything"? Not any more you half-wit! Keep in mind that I'm outside the floodgate at Moses Lake but nowhere near the entrance to the gate and not in a direct line to Eagle Point, but still boaters zoomed past me almost, it seemed just to pizz me off (which they succeeded in). I had one guy fully circle me idling along and watching me fish (from about 25 yards away). I asked him if he wanted to just hop in the boat with me (and a few other things)....he just flipped me the bird and firewalled his motor and sped off, ruining another spot for me.
After moving away from that area before I lost it on the next idiot, I moved out towards Dollar Point and got the same result. Fishing from about 500 yards out from the shoreline, with the WHOLE FREAKING BAY to navigate in, I encountered the same results.....fishermen that should know better blasted right by me, close enough to throw a rock in their boat, just like the last spot. This is why I hate weekend fishing.......
Sorry about the beeching, just had to get that off my chest.....
ANYHOOO......At around 6, I found a spot out near the ship channel where there were no boats everywhere and found some good trout. I figure I landed around 10, hooked twice that many, and kept these 5 for my friend Eddie and his family.
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