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[Riggen&Jiggen]

Yup it kind of sucks for the boat fisherman but like I said there is a lot of areas a boat fisherman can access that a shore fisherman can't. If you purposefully decide to fish a spot that you know is a hot spot for shore fisherman you are asking for trouble. Not saying it is right but if you decide to put yourself in that situation don't act surprised when there is a shit show. I recommend you leave the boat at home and fish from shore. You probably will catch more fish anyways.

 

[KDM]

I have to disagree RignJig. It boils down to who's there first. If the shore fishermen are there before the boat guys, the boat guys are SOL and should honor the unwritten rules of the game and fish somewhere else same as the shore guys. If I'm in a boat and am fishing the bridge before any shore guys show up, I'll be buggered if I'm going to move because some shore guy wants to fish. That's BS!!! Just because I have a boat doesn't sentence me to fish ONLY where shore guys can't.

 

[westwolfone]

I fish from boat and from shore and the boat fisherman is in the wrong.

If you are within a cast length, then you are close enough to snag someone's line.

No different then some other boat snagging your line.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Fishing must get stressful for some people .

 

[Riggen&Jiggen]

So lets take a survey. How many fisherman believe that boat fisherman have as much right to fish a bridge and/or channel area that has real good fishing a few times a year. To clarify further these areas can easily be covered by casting from shore. I am talking about a well known shore fishing hotspot like the Grano Bridge, or some of the channels at DL.

 

[Velva_zv21]

Depends on the situation I guess..... if your cruisin a shoreline casting cranks up shallow and come across people fishing on shore I guess I would respect that guy and go around where they were standing at a distance of which I think ther ability to cast is and then go rite back to casting shallow. As far as fishing in a boat next to other boats it also depends on the lake or river and situation... for example the rainy river this spring ther was tons of boats we were the only ones catching fish because we were doing something completely different than everyone else like trolling 3 way cranks with 5oz bb, didn't have a mile of line behind the boat to get snagged with other people but literally had boat after boat drive from behind us and cut in front of us a half a boat length away and start jigging with minnows.... it got old real fast, so all in all I guess the moral of the story is respect one another and when people don't we just call them D bags

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So lets take a survey. How many fisherman believe that boat fisherman have as much right to fish a bridge and/or channel area that has real good fishing a few times a year. To clarify further these areas can easily be covered by casting from shore. I am talking about a well known shore fishing hotspot like the Grano Bridge, or some of the channels at DL.

I think everyone should have a right to fish that spot nobody owns it, boats are limited to NOT fish within 100ft of the bridge which gives the shore guys the advantage of fishing the bridge.. which I saw with my own eyes one after the other this guy was catching from shore thinking to myself man I wish I could get my boat closer to that spot if that stupid sign wasn't ther and nobody was fishing from shore...... as far as DL I guess I would fish far enough away from those people but still be close enough to not bother them

 

[lunkerslayer]

It is a real bummer for shore fisherman to deal with boats anchored or trolling too close to shore. Fishing the bridges in Devils lake is first come first serve situations it's the best fishing for those who want to get out for the day with not much effort in looking for fish to catch.
If those shore fisherman came after you then by all means fish away but boat fisherman need to give those on shore a wide berth it's a 100 feet from shore in all directions. I will ask you to move farther down from me which most will do. Those guys were not right in trying to cast into your boat but you should of had common sense to say I will fish somewhere else today even if your graph said 125 feet was it worth it to come online and post about a bad weekend fishing letting the whole world know that two shore fisherman were casting jigs out to your boat to get you pissed off enough to ruin your experience which obviously it did becuase you had to post here to show that those guys were being mean to you.
Like I said if you were there first fish away but if they were there first please give shore fisherman a wide berth. Period

 

[DirtyMike]

how can you contradict yourself in only a few, short run-on sentences? He was in his legal right to fish where he was. Only you would justify someone tossing jigs at a boat.

 

[guywhofishes]

a guy could EASILY lose an eye to a jig

tossing jigs is total BS - call the warden when this happens - take pics - put an end to this BS

 

[lunkerslayer]

how can you contradict yourself in only a few, short run-on sentences? He was in his legal right to fish where he was. Only you would justify someone tossing jigs at a boat.

I didn't say tossing jigs was right geez but were you there dirty mike no so we have here a one-sided story. He stated by his own post that other fisherman who were there purhaps before he started fishing no one said a word to him but was He 125 feet or 80 feet were you there dirtymike ,He already said he was only marking bullheads so I ask you what was the point of post he made.
Only dirtymike can justify a one sided story and twist my post into what he wants it to say.

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a guy could EASILY lose an eye to a jig

tossing jigs is total BS - call the warden when this happens - take pics - put an end to this BS

I agree guywhoiswise tossing a hard lead projectile that could poke an eye out is not anything to let slide.

 

[SupressYourself]

Funny how some are trying to justify the bridge peoples asshattery as a fishing etiquette debate.
Everyone's had a cast get away from them, but it sounds like they purposely hit the boat several times. Where's the etiquette in that?

 

[Kurtr]

So lets take a survey. How many fisherman believe that boat fisherman have as much right to fish a bridge and/or channel area that has real good fishing a few times a year. To clarify further these areas can easily be covered by casting from shore. I am talking about a well known shore fishing hotspot like the Grano Bridge, or some of the channels at DL.

first come first serve dont matter if you are a boat or shore guy. Same with public hunting if i am beat to a spot i tip my hat hand hope they have a good hunt and i move on to the next spot

 

[BrokenBackJack]

A simple fix to all of this is to fish with Dynamite.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Funny how some are trying to justify the bridge peoples asshattery as a fishing etiquette debate.
Everyone's had a cast get away from them, but it sounds like they purposely hit the boat several times. Where's the etiquette in that?

No body is trying to justify two shore fisherman from causing personal harm to another human being, like I said when you come online with a one-sided story there are those who are going to question the purpose of the original post.
Hence riverfisher major rant on half truth.
Velva I don't know you I just question your motive as to why you want this kind of attention on something that could be over reacted event. I wasn't there and neither where the people posting on this thread.

 

[DirtyMike]

Lunker, you just don't throw jigs at another boat/person/canoe/arm floaties. That's pretty simple. Color me surprised.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Nope I would call the game warden asap no need for violence

 

[Kurtr]

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

 

[ndskeeter]

The point of this forum is to talk outdoors and to inform others if you run into issues so maybe they won't experience the same thing. What Velva posted is good info as a lot of people myself included haven't put our boats away and will continue to fish until freeze up. I don't doubt what he says is the truth because a lot of guys that fish the bridge just cast as far as they can so if a boat is in that range they think it's too close and will whine about it. 100ft isn't very far away but that is all that's required by law. While fishing Devils Lake you get piles of boats in along the bridges and guess what there are usually a lot of shore guys there too. Occasionally there are issues that arise but most of the time you just fish and that's it. In my opinion Grano becomes a problem because the shore guys aren't used to having to deal with boats fishing in the same spot and when they do they don't want to change their program at all hence the casting into the boat. If I was in the same situation I can guarantee you they would only hit my boat 1 time before it was over. I would have been up on shore in a confrontation. There is no reason to think you own the water and that only shore fisherman can fish the bridge.

 

[Velva_zv21]

I guess before I posted this thread it never came to me on what to do in a situation where you have people casting at you.... other than leave the area, so that's why I posted this thread is to see what other people would recommend in the future.... and I got some real good advice....i didn't post this thread to make that guy pissed or look bad, but just to see what other people had to say.... or was I supposed to get permission first from you lunkerslayer... I've never had people cast jigs at me jeopardizing myself or my property and I'm not the kind of person to have the mentality to do it to someone else....

 

[Jiggernaut]

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