People just blow my mind...
Yesterday I was fishing a ledge. I was about 20ft from a green buoy, marking the edge of the channel. I was just inside it - on the shallow side. I was in about 15ft of water casting in to about 5ft.
This group comes by in this massive wakeboard boat. He ran on the shallow side of me, no more than 20-30 yards from me - right where I was casting. I just tossed up my hands and mumbled something to myself. Mistake.
He saw me, and he pulled a u-turn and comes back and starts immediately mouthing off.
Drunk, overweight bozo (DOB): "You got something to say mother-f'er?"
Me: "You got the entire lake over here on this side but you purposely run right there? That close to me? Come on.. be safe..."
DOB: "Look, I fish too, but I don't do it in the middle of the f'ing channel"
Me: "I'm not in the middle of the channel. I'm 15ft deep casting in to 5ft. You just went out of your way to run right there where it's 5ft deep instead of staying in the channel that's 100s of yards wide."
DOB starts going bananas. F this. F that. F me. Keeps telling me to pull it to the bank and he's going to beat my @$$.
He has 2 dudes, a woman, and a kid in there with him. I'm trying not to escalate things for the sake of the kid. (and I'm pretty sure this guy was big enough to kick my butt.. but I KNOW 3 guys could kick my butt!)
DOB: "You're a b****! Your girls a b****, your mama's a b****, and your daddy is a b****!"
Me: "yeah yeah.. move on"
DOB just keeps screaming obscenities and I'm genuinely concerned he's going to ram my boat or something (wasn't even in my boat - I borrowed it!)
DOB: "I'll be waiting for you at the boat ramp, no matter how long it takes. I'm going to beat your @$$!"
Me: "If you're waiting for me at the boat ramp you're going to get a .45 put in your skull."
He kept mouthing off and drove away. Never saw him again. Glad he wasn't waiting on me at the boat ramp because I didn't actually have that .45 with me.
To their credit, nobody else on the boat even stood up or looked at me. I think they were all pretty embarrassed.
Probably had 50 other boats pass me with no problem whatsoever. People never cease to amaze me.
TWRA had just driven past me 10 minutes earlier and went in to a creek less than a mile away. I wish they'd came out and saw him. Also wish I had a phone # handy to quickly get a hold of someone to dispatch those officers to my area if needed. If I had known who to call I'd have gave them a quick ring and watch them take his drunk @$$ off the boat - especially with a little kid on it. Ticks me off.
Yesterday I was fishing a ledge. I was about 20ft from a green buoy, marking the edge of the channel. I was just inside it - on the shallow side. I was in about 15ft of water casting in to about 5ft.
This group comes by in this massive wakeboard boat. He ran on the shallow side of me, no more than 20-30 yards from me - right where I was casting. I just tossed up my hands and mumbled something to myself. Mistake.
He saw me, and he pulled a u-turn and comes back and starts immediately mouthing off.
Drunk, overweight bozo (DOB): "You got something to say mother-f'er?"
Me: "You got the entire lake over here on this side but you purposely run right there? That close to me? Come on.. be safe..."
DOB: "Look, I fish too, but I don't do it in the middle of the f'ing channel"
Me: "I'm not in the middle of the channel. I'm 15ft deep casting in to 5ft. You just went out of your way to run right there where it's 5ft deep instead of staying in the channel that's 100s of yards wide."
DOB starts going bananas. F this. F that. F me. Keeps telling me to pull it to the bank and he's going to beat my @$$.
He has 2 dudes, a woman, and a kid in there with him. I'm trying not to escalate things for the sake of the kid. (and I'm pretty sure this guy was big enough to kick my butt.. but I KNOW 3 guys could kick my butt!)
DOB: "You're a b****! Your girls a b****, your mama's a b****, and your daddy is a b****!"
Me: "yeah yeah.. move on"
DOB just keeps screaming obscenities and I'm genuinely concerned he's going to ram my boat or something (wasn't even in my boat - I borrowed it!)
DOB: "I'll be waiting for you at the boat ramp, no matter how long it takes. I'm going to beat your @$$!"
Me: "If you're waiting for me at the boat ramp you're going to get a .45 put in your skull."
He kept mouthing off and drove away. Never saw him again. Glad he wasn't waiting on me at the boat ramp because I didn't actually have that .45 with me.
To their credit, nobody else on the boat even stood up or looked at me. I think they were all pretty embarrassed.
Probably had 50 other boats pass me with no problem whatsoever. People never cease to amaze me.
TWRA had just driven past me 10 minutes earlier and went in to a creek less than a mile away. I wish they'd came out and saw him. Also wish I had a phone # handy to quickly get a hold of someone to dispatch those officers to my area if needed. If I had known who to call I'd have gave them a quick ring and watch them take his drunk @$$ off the boat - especially with a little kid on it. Ticks me off.
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