trout on the feedbag before the rain

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

That's considered "mugging" now?

I personally feel the content of your video was more "Jersey" than a guy fishing the opposite shoreline of a state stocked Trout river. Nice fish though.

you do not see this as equivalent to the recreational kayakers cutting between you and the shoreline you are working (which we both have complained about many times)? same idea, some guy comes through and you have to wait for them to leave before you can continue fishing the way you want to fish.

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

Black /Lamington does have a resident wild brown population. There aren't many because of summer thermal issues but they are there. What helps is the fast, rocky water which means good oxygen levels even in water that occasionally pushes 80F in summer.

good to know. there certainly are plenty of plunge pools aerating the water.

[Mikey topaz]

I started at the top of the hole just like your suppossed to properly enter a hole with another angler: then took one cast working the rapids and right away you jump down my throat! I could see your argument if i had casted across your line or somthing but i didnt! Just a tip for ya right where you were standing in the water they sit right there !

[Jenger]

Wow.. we don't live in Wyoming people, NJ is very densely populated. If you want to fish without seeing a soul, head north. That man was doing nothing wrong IMO Ive fished in way worse situations, but making a video and crying over it makes you look bad.

[baetis]

If I went to a river that was empty but for one other fisherman I'd probably not fish the same hole the other guy was fishing even if the hole can accommodate 10 guys on opening day. I understand why he did - there was certainly room for both of you guys to fish. Not a mugging, but a very slight inconvenience. For NJ certainly nothing to ruin your day over.

[ithaca10]

I guess you won't be posting any more videos with guys fishing in NJ streams. What crawled up your butt that day.

[jimmythegreek]

Originally Posted by acabtp

you do not see this as equivalent to the recreational kayakers cutting between you and the shoreline you are working (which we both have complained about many times)? same idea, some guy comes through and you have to wait for them to leave before you can continue fishing the way you want to fish.

u gotta remember that when ur working a river theres a pattern to where ur casting and where ur lure ends up, theres a current situation, its different than being on a lake where u can cast anywhere from shore or a boat. honestly I dont care if its mikey in that video or joe shmo, he was upstream working fast water on the other side and ur basically in the pool downstream, u guys are nowhere near "tangling" IMO. I get theres nobody out there and u feel its "your" spot for the time being, but making a video and calling it mugging is a little much regardless of who it is on the other end of the gopro.

Think of it this way......if he walked up to that spot and was like "hey bro ur "so and so" from NJF I recognize u" and u guys started BSing u woulda both kept fishing and had a nice little chat and went on ur ways saying nice to have met you and so on.

[JimmyLivebait]

I have fished with mikeytopaz for over 15 years and he is one of the most courteous,friendly,and helpful and knowledgable fishermen out there and anyone here who fishes with him will agree. And not for nothing I don't believe you can post a video of someone without their permission especially negative unless it's involving the public interest and safety. This to me is deformation of character towards a good natured guy. If this was me you were shooting a video of trying to make me look bad I wouldn't take this nearly as nice as Mikey is. It really makes me sick to think that a fellow "fishermen" would really take their time out from fishing to make a video just to bash them on this site....great way to make friends. Next time maybe try having a nice friendly fishing convo or hey nice day ain't it type of conversation...it's a lot easier to make friends that way

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by Jenger

Wow.. we don't live in Wyoming people, NJ is very densely populated. If you want to fish without seeing a soul, head north. That man was doing nothing wrong IMO Ive fished in way worse situations, but making a video and crying over it makes you look bad.

how does it matter what state it is in? this wasn't some crowded 2 acre hook&cook park pond, or collier mills on opening day, this was a section of river a mile long with only two people fishing it all day. so because it was in NJ, and NJ is densely populated, this is ok and to be expected? but in Wyoming it would not be ok? just trying to understand your point.

Originally Posted by Mikey topaz

I started at the top of the hole just like your suppossed to properly enter a hole with another angler: then took one cast working the rapids and right away you jump down my throat! I could see your argument if i had casted across your line or somthing but i didnt! Just a tip for ya right where you were standing in the water they sit right there !

haha ok i see what happened here... there actually is no way, reason or need to "properly enter a hole with another angler"; that's probably what got this whole mixup started, honest mistake

there were no fish sitting in the 4" of water i was standing in, you can actually see that in the video where i released the rainbow

glad to see that both of us had a good day despite bumping into each other. they really should make up some NJF hats or something, let people know they might be talking to someone they recognize from the board. might have gone different, who knows? anyway, i've got no reason to hold a grudge, so no hard feeling; see you out there next time mikey, i'll make sure to say 'hi' nice and friendly

[Jenger]

Wyoming is the least densely populated state.. With plenty of room to be about and do what you'd like, alone.

I agree with jimmythegreek 100%.

And no it is definitely not illegal to film people in public. I think it would be illegal to make money off that footage though (without consent)

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by JimmyLivebait

I have fished with mikeytopaz for over 15 years and he is one of the most courteous,friendly,and helpful and knowledgable fishermen out there and anyone here who fishes with him will agree. And not for nothing I don't believe you can post a video of someone without their permission especially negative unless it's involving the public interest and safety.

maybe someday i'll have the pleasure of fishing with him again and find that out for myself

in NJ you can make video or audio recordings of whatever you want in public places, like state parks