Fishing Etiquette

[Davey two fish]

I guess I really tweaked a few nerves!! All I was saying that while fishing a huge body of water like Lac Seul, I don't appreciate guys moving in ontop of me and pushing us around. I understand that maybe they caught fish there in the past. But even if it was yesterday just give it up and let us enjoy our Canadian wilderness experience alone. You pay all that money travel hundreds of miles to avoid this and it happens. Guess we need to accept or try somewhere else. I will never do this to someone else. Even when fishing with another boat and my buddy calls me in because they are on fish, I don't like getting too close. Respect others space in all outdoor endeavors and be safe.

[dog2]

one more reason to drop a few more dollars to get an outpost camp where your group is the only one on the lake.

[Further North]

Originally Posted by HeHooksHimself

This kind of thing really pizzes me off. Sometimes I even throw my jig at them.

I throw bigger stuff than jigs...I've got a 3/4 oz Daredevele (with no hooks) just for this...

[Further North]

Originally Posted by dogrodder

Another reason to never use marker floats. I call them boat magnets.

Put one where there are no fish. Swing by and pick it up at the end of the day....

[Ten Horse Johnson]

Originally Posted by Davey two fish

Even when fishing with another boat and my buddy calls me in because they are on fish, I don't like getting too close.

If it's a friend inviting us over and it's slow everywhere else, I will suck up my dignity and go catch some fish with them. Some spots can accommodate multiple boats and still provide a good bounty for all. I trust that if they are calling us over it's because there's a large school of fish and not some "micro-spot within a spot" where fish are tightly stacked in one small area. I actually enjoy the social aspect of multiple boats (in your trip party) working a spot and having success. I like time apart though, too.

[Pikeslayer8]

Originally Posted by Ten Horse Johnson

If it's a friend inviting us over and it's slow everywhere else, I will suck up my dignity and go catch some fish with them. Some spots can accommodate multiple boats and still provide a good bounty for all. I trust that if they are calling us over it's because there's a large school of fish and not some "micro-spot within a spot" where fish are tightly stacked in one small area. I actually enjoy the social aspect of multiple boats (in your trip party) working a spot and having success. I like time apart though, too.

We have a spot that we fish that is tight, secluded from wind and has no current. Often as we are a tad bit less angry at the fish, we join all 4 boats by throwing legs over in the next boat going into what we call armada formation. In armada formation, motors are off except mine on the occasion I need to reposition. We just verticle jig and maybe pass around a cigar or share some beverage. Kinda amazes me how well we do when we fish this way. This year my brother caught a pike that was netted 4 boats over. Good stuff!

Few years ago, we had this old timer friend of my departed dad with us and we went into armada formation and ole Bill had to fish out of the little V between the bows of the boats. It was pretty obvious that he was not very happy but we would tell him that he's gonna catch a biggin any minute. Sure enough, he catches his pb 25"er which made for a great story.
My group is even pictured this way on my outfitters brochure.

[eyemike]

My dad and I were pulling spinners on a river system that had very little boat traffic. We are catching eyes on every pass between a set of islands. My dad was running the motor. The boat was a beat up 14 ft. flatbottom that is ideal for pulling up streams and beaver dams. This really nice lund pulls up right between the 2 islands and drops anchor. As we get close to the boat my dad says to the 2 guys in the boat that they are in our trolling pattern. One of them said to ---- off. My dad took that old flat and ran right into the side of their boat ricochets off the side and scrapes all the way down the boat. As I am saying holy s--t my dad picks up an oar and say you are in our trolling pattern move your ------- boat. They did a whole lot of cussing while they pulled anchor and left. Seen the boat several times during the week and they didn't venture near us at all. The old flat had a big chunk of red paint right on the corner. I was always trying to tell my dad about anger management but he always did it his way.

[troutaholic]

We were on a hot fish bite all week several years ago on the Mississippi River. We would locate the hot spot on the upriver side of the wing dam, then, throw a marker above the spot so we would troll between the wingdam and the marker.

A large Lund with three(3) fishermen figured out our format and would race to find us on the river. It was almost impossible to have several boats on some of the smaller dams, so we would grab the marker and head off to somewhere else.

The last day of our vacation, my dad decided to head down river to several hot wing dams. We went to a very high wing dam where the polish depth finder(skeg) would find the top of the dam. Dad put that marker down river from the wing dam.....I couldn't figure this out. It wasn't the time of year to fish behind the wind dam.

No later than 15 minutes, I see that Lund heading right towards the marker!!!! I said to dad, "They are going smack the dam the way they are going. ' Dad says, "I guess it is time to go pick up the marker."

As we were pulling away from the wing dam, I heard the solid thunk of a polish depth finder finding the bottom. I looked back and saw the three(3) anglers getting up off the floor!!! Sure wished I knew the end of the story on their end........on our side, we caught some very nice 'eyes and several decent catfish that day. The Lund was gone when we headed back upriver!!

[Ten Horse Johnson]

Originally Posted by Pikeslayer8

We have a spot that we fish that is tight, secluded from wind and has no current. Often as we are a tad bit less angry at the fish, we join all 4 boats by throwing legs over in the next boat going into what we call armada formation. In armada formation, motors are off except mine on the occasion I need to reposition. We just verticle jig and maybe pass around a cigar or share some beverage. Kinda amazes me how well we do when we fish this way. This year my brother caught a pike that was netted 4 boats over. Good stuff!

Few years ago, we had this old timer friend of my departed dad with us and we went into armada formation and ole Bill had to fish out of the little V between the bows of the boats. It was pretty obvious that he was not very happy but we would tell him that he's gonna catch a biggin any minute. Sure enough, he catches his pb 25"er which made for a great story.
My group is even pictured this way on my outfitters brochure.

I can feel the great memories coming out of that photo! Makes me super excited to head north...Canada trip next week!