Poor Sportsmanship

[Rod]

On Wednesday, May 13, we were fishing out of the Graner Bottoms campground. About noon we came in with a limit of 10 walleyes and went to the cleaning station. Right after a group pulled in behind us (20 some foot tiller, blue with 1st Community Credit Union lettering on the side). I assumed it was a guide service as one person handled the fish and took pictures of the three older gentlemen with the fish. We & another guy were using the west half of the cleaning table and the guide cleaned their fish on the east half of the table. When the guide was done, he did grind his fish but took the cleaned fish to his rig and left the table a mess. Blood, gut pieces, pieces of fat, slime where he was cleaning the fish. Just left it and drove off. i cleaned that side of the table off. using my hand as there was no brush on that side. I asked who the hell was that and one of the other guys said Mike Paluso. What a poor example of sportsmanship, especially for someone who makes a living off the resource.

 

[Davy Crockett]

You should have caught him before he got away. when you had the chance.

 

[Rut2much]

I agree, my days of letting things slide and no confrontrations have officially expired. I'm old crabby dad status now!

 

[Kurtr]

Why wasn’t there are brush on that side of the table

 

[scrotcaster]

https://mikepelusooutdoors.com/

Give him a call
My interaction with the guy have always been pleasant

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

He should have cleaned up. Good on you for doing it. You can only really ever control what you do. There should also be a statute of limitations on internet complaints. Seventeen days later and you yourself did not know who it was is too long.

 

[NDSportsman]

Yeah really wierd to post this a couple weeks later and then name the guy. Seems like a personal grudge type deal here.......

 

[xFishSlayerx]

Seagulls woulda cleaned that shit right up. Maybe he forgot. Maybe he had to shit. Maybe he knew you'd clean it up and then make a post 3 weeks later bitchin about it. We'll never know.

 

[Rut2much]

Maybe rod is Mike peluso and just a very smart business man

 

[Sum1]

Maybe rod is Mike peluso and just a very smart business man

Yup! They say any publicity is good publicity

 

[Davy Crockett]

I'm easy going, no matter who , if there was not enough brushes, squeegees or what ever to go around , I'm good with cleaning up after someone. He did better to walk away with a small mess than spraying you with water.

 

[SurvivalAmazon88]

On Wednesday, May 13, we were fishing out of the Graner Bottoms campground. About noon we came in with a limit of 10 walleyes and went to the cleaning station. Right after a group pulled in behind us (20 some foot tiller, blue with 1st Community Credit Union lettering on the side). I assumed it was a guide service as one person handled the fish and took pictures of the three older gentlemen with the fish. We & another guy were using the west half of the cleaning table and the guide cleaned their fish on the east half of the table. When the guide was done, he did grind his fish but took the cleaned fish to his rig and left the table a mess. Blood, gut pieces, pieces of fat, slime where he was cleaning the fish. Just left it and drove off. i cleaned that side of the table off. using my hand as there was no brush on that side. I asked who the hell was that and one of the other guys said Mike Paluso. What a poor example of sportsmanship, especially for someone who makes a living off the resource.

that's just plain rude

 

[Davy Crockett]

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt , you had a chance to pull his fishing jersey over his head and take your knees and fists to him. lol I'm just bored and calling the shots, play by play. Kinda wish he had spayed you with water while cleaning up on his side since the tools were on the other side of the table. I don't know him.

 

[Pheasant 54]

I don’t know Mike personally , however I have been at the fish cleaning station a couple times when he was. Always cleaned everything up. Just stating from personal experience

 

[Pheasant 54]

I could probably write a small book about fish cleaning stations. But my favorite is when some schlubba parked in front of the fish cleaning station, blocking traffic - signs posted saying no parking. My wife goes up to get the rig and tells schlubba’s wife she needs to move their rig. So we are now cleaning fish. He finishes looks around and says where did our rig go. His wife points at my wife and says she had me move it. He never said a word to us but she got her ass chewed all the way to their rig

 

[Davy Crockett]

Life's to short to let the small things get to ya.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Some of the visits and communicate at the cleaning station have been the highlight of the trip for me. Tell them that's a dandy if the stringer is bigger than yours and never ask where they caught them, just how deep.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Seagulls woulda cleaned that shit right up. Maybe he forgot. Maybe he had to shit. Maybe he knew you'd clean it up and then make a post 3 weeks later bitchin about it. We'll never know.

We've all been there.

 

[KDM]

If you knew who it was that, in your opinion, left the mess, why post it up on the internet and not let them know man to man? This could have been handled in a private way very easily and gotten the point across, but instead you post this up. Kind of a "keyboard ranger" way to handle it IMO. I would much prefer a simple phone call or quiet "Hey Dude, your actions were BS and we all need to clean up after ourselves." instead of an internet hit piece. Especially if part of my income depends on public opinion. Now if you tried that and got a FU for your trouble or a mind your own business comment, then by all means light him up and I will be right behind you with my own torch. Just a thought. Carry On!

 

[SLE]

New member, first post, and here to bring a complaint against a guide? Just sayin.

Mike & Jason had a camp site next to me for several years. They were more than nice and respectful to the people in the campground and neighborhood. If it was him, and he left a mess, I’d be willing to bet it was nothing more than a quick oversight in his cleaning, putting stuff away and taking care of his clients. Thats not his normal. Not sure why you didn’t say something to the person when the left the mess to start with. Or shoot him a message from his website instead of blasting him on a public forum, especially when you apparently figured out the name?