Passaic river motorboaters: time to rant

[flyboy1]

Originally Posted by acabtp

haha, sounds like someone is jealous!

are we still supposed to slow down if we don't see you?

If you dont see me then how about I start throwing rocks at you guys until you do....

Originally Posted by flyboy1

If you dont see me then how about I start throwing rocks at you guys until you do....

WOW!!!....It's getting to be like war out there.....I have the same problems with disrespectable pleasure kayakers at one of the spots I fish....They go by you literally 40 feet away like you are invisible ,right in line where you are casting, and then when you say something they get all defensive....The freaking lake is 500 acres!!!!...Is there really a need to drive that close you morons!!!....... .....Time to get the Megaphone on the boat and start giving warning before I start chucking sh*t at them as well.....I can totally relate to what you went through....

[buzzbaiter]

I fish many lakes from shore(or wading) in NJ and Pa and the boat fellas r fairly cool keeping a distance but the kayakers? In the famous words of Donnie Brasco - fugetaboutit! Most r not fishing and just cruise by huffing & puffing within a few feet as if I'm not standing there. They wave, smile and say hello as if its a social event. I'm there to fish, not make friends or make small talk. Now I don't kayak but if I did, I'd have the courtesy to give anglers a wide berth or just reverse direction. How others don't think to do this really puzzles me.

At least I'm not the only one!!

[Mark B.]

Yeah,.........& while fishing on the Del. R.,....the Hot Dog Man with his megaphone mouth bombing around on his jet boat,....& all his tubers bouncing off of you & throwing their trash in the water,......& the jet skiers.

It is called: "Multi-use"

[NorthJerzyG]

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

They wave, smile and say hello as if its a social event. I'm there to fish, not make friends or make small talk.

I think this is part of the problem I ran into yesterday. Instead of talking and sharing some knowledge on a sport we all like, most fisherman become territorial douches.

And, yes, after seeing it from both sides, shore fisherman are jealous of boaters. However, having access to more water, boaters should be considerate a shore fishers limited space. But, that's just me..............

[tm1119]

Yup. No respect for the people fishing from land. I once had a guy in a kayak literally paddle over my line. My friend then proceed to cast his rapala about 2 feet from the guys head.

[lunkertaker]

I have a boat and always respect both boaters and land-locked anglers territory...just saying

IMO the jet skiers, not so much of a problem in the fresh water here in NJ, but a real pain in the ARSE in coastal places here, are my real pet peeve.

Disturbing the water and killing the fishing is unacceptable, but we all know we have to deal with it from time to time as those that typically do it are not fishermen and don't know any better.

BUT, those A-holes that we all encounter now and then...A RANT in certainly in order and always remember to given them the NJ State BIRD! Can't stop em but extending the NJ Salute may be your only consolation.

[ithaca10]

Where are the motorboaters launching from?