What should happen when an bass fishing angler steals another anglers spot during a professional bass fishing tournament? Should the angler confront the other angler and tell him to leave? What is the proper etiquette when an anglers slides into your honey hole? Should they be allowed to fish or should they turn around and leave?
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As a saltwater flats guide I would enter a local tournament in my home waters, with other guides, but also amateurs. I would often be followed, and encroached, quite closely at times, by amateur boats during the course of the tournament. It was a sensitive situation because many of them had fished with me. I still didn’t like it but never once said anything to them. Maybe I should have. But in doing so, I might have lost future trips with that client. I usually just moved on and eventually stopped fishing the tournament.
At what point is it no longer your spot?
One cast distance?
Ten cast distances?
The whole weedbed?
The whole bay?
Do I no even bother going fishing if someone else is fishing that day?
You don’t own the water….however many years ago I fished some bog trails in the northeast and there was more often than not a gentlemanly courtesy where guys wouldn’t encroon someone else’s spots unless it was discussed ahead of time or even at the moment.
I was in the top 10 in a 200 boat team tournament on the Hudson River out of Catskill NY. It was a two day event .
There was a boat fishing across the river from us almost all day on day one…they were not in the top 100…,, well the next day they had a higher boat number and went right up our door from the day before. Now back then you didn’t do that crap.
So I pulled in…didn’t say a word (this was a very small tide dependent spot) and started fishing .
Neither neither my partner I ever said a word we just continually fished towards the other boat, and they started backing off enough to when I got in the spot. I threw my anchor over which forced them to have to back off from us, according to tournament rules, and as they were driving away, one of the guys in the boat said something, I won’t mention it here, but you can bet that I took care of that when we got back to the way in at the end of the Day , I never did see that team ever again at any tournaments because they had a reputation for doing that kind of nonsense and like I said back then that stuff didn’t stand. It seems like these days there’s no sportsmanship anymore in any sport.
DROP THE ANCHOR!
I like the big Dawgs barking about spots, but I would share a spot no problem. I just want to make a few casts, and keep moving…go Steve 🎣💪🍻
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Keep your distance
There should absolutely be rules to keep this from happening. A little common courtesy goes a long way
No to " playing Defense" riding in circles without fishing like JL did. If you're going to guard water I think you should have to be actively fishing it. Distance-wise 75-100 yds or two cast length distance apart . However, those who I have watched (live on on video) fish suck at judging distances. They think they cast 100 yds.
Lee was pushing his wt around on a rookie while saying I'm not crying about. I lost a lot of respect for him after that HH episode. He was constantly whining. He didn't whine about the other just as close… Coulter I think.
What I would do is say that I was here first you can find a different spot to try yourself
i thinking ask for permission whose already fishing their maybe come to an agreement where to fish. thats what think and thats what i actually do.
Heavy Hitters not withstanding there is more pressure this year on MLF guys since not everybody will be with them next year. Jordan should have tried to find other water – he was already in the cut
You don’t own the water….. first come first serve…. . End of story.
Some bent rod pattern clown did that to me at a 2 day regional, i splashed him with waer from jig crashing by the sideof his boat dude tried to get me d.q thabkfully other anglers seen the dude was a clown, losers find your own fish