That guy

[DirtyMike]

jigs at arm floaties is crossing a line that cant be un crossed

It's the only real way to catch a walleye, in my honest opinion.

 

[shorthairsrus]

especially a 1/2 jig -- i thought that too. They must of been closer and the bridge was 170ft away ---correct?

 

[Velva_zv21]

I think the guy on shore was pretty much an ass hat, but casting jigs 170ft to where your boat was sitting? That guy has a pretty good set up if he can cast a jig that far. I don't think your telling the whole story

Pretty sure I am cause he was using fireline and he was casting with the wind..... it was windy enough on Sunday that ther was white caps.... so it's not hard to cast that far

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especially a 1/2 jig -- i thought that too. They must of been closer and the bridge was 170ft away ---correct?

No they were standing on the bridge with ther back to the wind casting at us 150 to 170 ft away as I said in the very first post.... the reason i say 150 to 170 is because i was using the jog feature on spot lock to scoot over to the side of these guys casting at us and get on the edge of the spot where it looked like they wanted to fish.... and no 100ft from the bridge ain't far 5 boat lengths to put it in picture for some people

 

[Kurtr]

It's the only real way to catch a walleye, in my honest opinion.

what would a custom painted arm floaty run.. I am asking for a freind

 

[DirtyMike]

what would a custom painted arm floaty run.. I am asking for a freind

More than anyone here can afford. Don't need people in great looking arm floaties pirating my spots.

 

[shorthairsrus]

makes sense velva --- can they fish off the top of the bridge? I am not used to seeing that allowed.

 

[FishinRN]

This is the kind of confrontation that is becoming all too common while out fishing and hunting. When did such a simple pass time become so competitive and stressful? I kinda doubt anyone was going home hungry without a couple walleye fillets that night whether they arrived to their "pass time" in a beat up old truck or pulling a new fully loaded glass boat. Whether it be hunting or fishing too many people have forgotten why they are out there in the first place. I also in no way condone casting jigs at someone or personal property regardless of circumstance period.

 

[Velva_zv21]

makes sense velva --- can they fish off the top of the bridge? I am not used to seeing that allowed.

Yes they can.....i didn't see any signs saying they couldn't

 

[Riggen&Jiggen]

Lets back track a bit here. This particular spot is a well known shore fishing spot and has been at least since the 70s. You rarely see boats fishing close to the bridge unless no one is fishing on the bridge. A boat will never be in that area first because when the bite is on there are people on the bridge before sun up. So the theory of a boat being there first is false 99% of the time. I am not saying it is right to throw jigs into a boat. Put yourself in the shore fishermans place. Example you are casting 110 feet from the bridge and catching fish. A boat comes by and sees you catching fish. So they position there boat near where your casting and this prevents you from getting your jig in the correct spot and you stop catching fish. Are you telling me that you would not say anything to that fisherman? Me personally I would be telling that person to get the hell out of there. (I wouldn't cast my jig into the boat). These type of things happen frequently up there and this is why I rarely partake in the shit show. Again if you don't have experience in an area or you just feel like you want to get nose to nose with someone over a fishing spot go ahead and park your boat by the bridge. By the way the fish are biting pretty good from the dam to Green so there is plenty of areas to fish but na lets park the boat by 40 shore fisherman.

 

[WormWiggler]

I wonder why the law favors shore fishermen?

 

[Captain Ahab]

Lets back track a bit here. This particular spot is a well known shore fishing spot and has been at least since the 70s. You rarely see boats fishing close to the bridge unless no one is fishing on the bridge. A boat will never be in that area first because when the bite is on there are people on the bridge before sun up. So the theory of a boat being there first is false 99% of the time. I am not saying it is right to throw jigs into a boat. Put yourself in the shore fishermans place. Example you are casting 110 feet from the bridge and catching fish. A boat comes by and sees you catching fish. So they position there boat near where your casting and this prevents you from getting your jig in the correct spot and you stop catching fish. Are you telling me that you would not say anything to that fisherman? Me personally I would be telling that person to get the hell out of there. (I wouldn't cast my jig into the boat). These type of things happen frequently up there and this is why I rarely partake in the shit show. Again if you don't have experience in an area or you just feel like you want to get nose to nose with someone over a fishing spot go ahead and park your boat by the bridge. By the way the fish are biting pretty good from the dam to Green so there is plenty of areas to fish but na lets park the boat by 40 shore fisherman.

I shore fish plenty, and if a boat is giving me 150 feet I'm ok with that. It's when they come blowing by 50 feet from shore, while running over my line do I get the evil eye out(which happens very little).

 

[WormWiggler]

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/912699643200507905

apparently making that gif appear is beyond my skill set, I better stick to chucking jigs at boats. jk

 

[Velva_zv21]

Lets back track a bit here. This particular spot is a well known shore fishing spot and has been at least since the 70s. You rarely see boats fishing close to the bridge unless no one is fishing on the bridge. A boat will never be in that area first because when the bite is on there are people on the bridge before sun up. So the theory of a boat being there first is false 99% of the time. I am not saying it is right to throw jigs into a boat. Put yourself in the shore fishermans place. Example you are casting 110 feet from the bridge and catching fish. A boat comes by and sees you catching fish. So they position there boat near where your casting and this prevents you from getting your jig in the correct spot and you stop catching fish. Are you telling me that you would not say anything to that fisherman? Me personally I would be telling that person to get the hell out of there. (I wouldn't cast my jig into the boat). These type of things happen frequently up there and this is why I rarely partake in the shit show. Again if you don't have experience in an area or you just feel like you want to get nose to nose with someone over a fishing spot go ahead and park your boat by the bridge. By the way the fish are biting pretty good from the dam to Green so there is plenty of areas to fish but na lets park the boat by 40 shore fisherman.

Just before we left to load up the boat.... another boat came by and we warned them about the guys on the bridge and that boat started fishing about 30-50ft away from the same spot we encountered our debacle..... so you can't tell me boats don't fish by the bridge..... and besides it was the other way around.... the guys from shore were catching the fish under the bridge toward the pillars... all the other shore guys were casting 30 ft tops toward the pillars and not casting out 100ft into the abyss and when we first showed up ther was 3 people in a car shore fishing the south west side so we fished the south east side of the channel after 10 minutes or so they left... we were only ones ther. Over the next couple hours allot more people showed up as we fished the south side both East and West side of the channel back and forth 150-170 ft from the bridge

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https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/912699643200507905

apparently making that gif appear is beyond my skill set, I better stick to chucking jigs at boats. jk

Wtf was that.... kinda funny

 

[KDM]

Lets back track a bit here. This particular spot is a well known shore fishing spot and has been at least since the 70s. You rarely see boats fishing close to the bridge unless no one is fishing on the bridge. A boat will never be in that area first because when the bite is on there are people on the bridge before sun up. So the theory of a boat being there first is false 99% of the time. I am not saying it is right to throw jigs into a boat. Put yourself in the shore fishermans place. Example you are casting 110 feet from the bridge and catching fish. A boat comes by and sees you catching fish. So they position there boat near where your casting and this prevents you from getting your jig in the correct spot and you stop catching fish. Are you telling me that you would not say anything to that fisherman? Me personally I would be telling that person to get the hell out of there. (I wouldn't cast my jig into the boat). These type of things happen frequently up there and this is why I rarely partake in the shit show. Again if you don't have experience in an area or you just feel like you want to get nose to nose with someone over a fishing spot go ahead and park your boat by the bridge. By the way the fish are biting pretty good from the dam to Green so there is plenty of areas to fish but na lets park the boat by 40 shore fisherman.

You changed the scenario rignjig. Given the situation you described the boat guys would be in the wrong as the shore fishermen were there FIRST!!! This has happened to me several times while shore fishing and I voiced my displeasure and have had, on occasion, had to involve law enforcement to resolve the issue. However, the OP mentioned no problems until these guys showed up. That tells me that the boat was there FIRST and the shore guys are in the wrong. Whomever gets to the spot first, wins. It's not a difficult concept. What you are trying to say is that because this spot is well known, has a good bite at certain times of year, and is accessible to shore fishermen, that shore fishermen are to be given special privileges over boat fishermen when it comes to fishing spots because they are shore fishermen. THAT is something I don't agree with. Neither time of year, accessibility, hotness of the bite, solar eclipses, planetary alignment, cosmic anomalies, nor the battle between good and evil have any bearing on first come first serve when it comes to a public resource. If someone chooses to move that's up to them, but there isn't any reason to even think someone should move just because someone else shows up and wants to fish. I shore fish more than I fish from a boat by a HUGE margin. In no way do I feel I have MORE RIGHT to the corner spot at the Ashtabula Crossing because I'm walking there instead of driving a boat. If there is a boat on ALL 4 CORNERS of the crossing when I get there, I'm just flat SOL and will have to find another spot. It happens to me ALL THE TIME. In the same way, I've wanted to fish some of the bridges on Devils Lake with my boat and all four corners of the bridge had shore fishermen on it. I went somewhere else. That's how it works. Nobody is more important than anybody else.

 

[shorthairsrus]

Riggen - your telling me this time of year that people are lining up at that bridge to fish in the dark? Wow must be a hot spot. I went last weekend on DL and didnt see a boat or a person and only birds on the lake.

Velva - no doubt you dealt with a bunch of aholes --- you handled it proper imo.

I would give anything to live in minot and have that much fishing within 50miles. My truck would always head south though.

 

[Velva_zv21]

Riggen - your telling me this time of year that people are lining up at that bridge to fish in the dark? Wow must be a hot spot. I went last weekend on DL and didnt see a boat or a person and only birds on the lake.

Velva - no doubt you dealt with a bunch of aholes --- you handled it proper imo.

I would give anything to live in minot and have that much fishing within 50miles. My truck would always head south though.

Most of the time I do head south of minot.... just this one time I'd thought I'd give the grano bridge a shot from the boat....prolly the last time I ever fish THAT bridge by boat too

 

[Iwhackwheat]

Casting jigs at boat is a bad move. Boat fishing within casting distance of the Grano bridge is also a bad move.

Shore fishing on Lake Darling is limited access. Shore fishing the channel on Lake Darling is very limited access. Parking your boat within casting distance may be perfectly legal but it limits access even more.

 

[Riggen&Jiggen]

If you were familiar with this area you would understand. The area is pretty confined. To me it doesn't matter who was there first. I could give a shit if you want to be a dumb ass and drive your boat close to an area that has been known as a shore fishing spot for decades. And yes in the fall or spring when the bite is on there are people at the bridges before it gets light out. For those of you that don't fish the bridge I wanted to let everyone know the back ground of the place to help avoid run ins like Velvas. If you don't agree go up there and cause a fight. I don't give a shit as 90% of the time I fish Sak. If I did go up there in my boat I sure as hell wouldn't sword fight with a bunch of shore fisherman when I have 20 miles of lake to fish. But if you want to keep arguing that it is your God given right to fish any spot as long as I your the first go right ahead. But don't come on here and cry when panties get in a bunch.

 

[Sub_Elect]

How old are you Riggin? I only ask because you sound very entitled. You don't sound like the type of person who really gives two shits about another outdoorsmen and them having as good a time in the outdoors as you are having.

 

[KDM]

If you were familiar with this area you would understand. The area is pretty confined. To me it doesn't matter who was there first. I could give a shit if you want to be a dumb ass and drive your boat close to an area that has been known as a shore fishing spot for decades. And yes in the fall or spring when the bite is on there are people at the bridges before it gets light out. For those of you that don't fish the bridge I wanted to let everyone know the back ground of the place to help avoid run ins like Velvas. If you don't agree go up there and cause a fight. I don't give a shit as 90% of the time I fish Sak. If I did go up there in my boat I sure as hell wouldn't sword fight with a bunch of shore fisherman when I have 20 miles of lake to fish. But if you want to keep arguing that it is your God given right to fish any spot as long as I your the first go right ahead. But don't come on here and cry when panties get in a bunch.

And THIS right here in red is the end of the conversation as far as I'm concerned. You are part of the problem rignjig and NOT part of the solution.