View Full Version : Hammering Trout and Potlicking!
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 03:11 PM
Had our limit of specks at 9:30 this morning, then went spot-checking afterwards and boated at least another 30 more by 11:00, then went in. We checked 7 spots today and had a very good bite on 5 of them. All fish caught on She Dogs, Sand Eels, and Sparkle Beetles. The good Lord couldn't have given us a better day to be on the water. The lake was beautiful and it was about the perfect day of speck fishing for us.....well, almost. The day ended great but started out with me about to lose my religion. I pulled up to my first spot just after the sun started to poke its head up, and put 5 specks in the boat in 5 casts. It was on. Then Mr. Potlicker came. There is no way he is a member of the SC family, I know that everyone on here knows better than to do what he did. He wasn't just any old Pilgrim....I would say he qualifies for captain of the Mayflower (hope you don't mind me using your word "W", I think it's hilarious). He came running in and stopped about 200 yards from our boat. He fished a while, not catching anything, then upon seeing us put the smackdown on some trout, he came trolling in...practically on plane and asked us "Are you catching 'em?".....well duhh you just watched us sling 10 trout in the boat of course we are. Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind when people come fish next to me if the spot can handle it and we don't get in each other's way, but this was a very, very, very small reef. So captain pilgrim proceeded to troll until he was a HALF CAST AWAY FROM US, then trolled right on top of where we were casting and catching fish!! I was like is this guy serious?? I thought I was on candid camera or something. Well guess what, bite over. I didn't know what to think except to crank up, do donuts around this guy and call him every name I've ever learned. I've never been cut off like that, EVER, in my lifetime of fishing Big Lake. Anyway, amidst my rage and bewilderment, I remembered that today is the Lord's Day. So instead of verbally ravaging this guy and doing donuts around his boat, I figured I would just troll out calmly and leave him there wondering why he wasn't catching fish, and take a picture of him and post it on this site instead :D If there is a "Beware of Pilgrim/Potlicker" thread to notify the general fishing public of such types of "fishermen", someone let me know and his "beware of pilgrim" picture will be added to save fellow SC fisherman from smoking him with top dogs and getting into trouble in the future.
http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z353/BaseballFisherman/Fishing%202/IMAG0089.jpg
PaulMyers
09-11-2011, 03:18 PM
Nice job and great report!
Capt.B
09-11-2011, 03:21 PM
Nice report, and way to hold it together!! Have had this happen on occasion and I'll let'em have my spot and ask which way they're gonna go next so I don't go that way!!:rolleyes: Nice box of fish!!!
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 03:25 PM
I'll let'em have my spot and ask which way they're gonna go next so I don't go that way!!:rolleyes:
:funny:
jpeff31787
09-11-2011, 03:25 PM
nice!! Wheres the picture of the capt mayflower? lol
bjhooper82
09-11-2011, 04:32 PM
Yeah, Id like to see it also.. What kind of boat was it?
Capt.B
09-11-2011, 04:35 PM
Hey...was he by him self in an older kenner and throwing a spinning reel??
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 04:36 PM
Post it up man!!
Kind of dark, but you know who you are :pissed: If this is you or someone you know, let them know not to troll right up on reefs that they have no idea are even there and dont troll right on top of where people are currently casting and catching fish. Can't tell by the picture but I could literally cast past this smart one's boat. I forgive you but please learn from your ignorance.....
http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z353/BaseballFisherman/Fishing%202/IMAG0085-1.jpg
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 04:36 PM
Hey...was he by him self in an older kenner and throwing a spinning reel??
nope, pic is above
Capt.B
09-11-2011, 04:46 PM
I got on a set of birds friday afternoon that took me 10 min to catch up with:eek: (they were cookin) and there he was in my hip pocket:rolleyes:....can't be ugly too someone who don't know better...besides guides already have a bad rap, n I don't want to cause any more animosity with us than there already is!!
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 04:57 PM
I guess some people really just don't know better....but I'm sorry if you see someone catching fish, doesn't common sense tell you to NOT troll exactly on top of where someone else is catching fish? I may be way off on that one though...
shellman
09-11-2011, 04:59 PM
Real nice catch for bull sh** you have to deal with while trying to enjoy your day....
Capt.B
09-11-2011, 05:03 PM
I guess some people really just don't know better....but I'm sorry if you see someone catching fish, doesn't common sense tell you to NOT troll exactly on top of where someone else is catching fish? I may be way off on that one though...Naw you hit it right on the head....and some how they need to know what they did was FUBAR. But most of the time when that happens to me im so :pissed: I gotta keep my mouth shut. They really won't like me, and most of the time my customers say enough!!:rotfl::rotfl:
Kenner18
09-11-2011, 05:16 PM
Nice Catch .
Nolimit
09-11-2011, 05:22 PM
Man They have a whole bay and gulf of Mexico to fish n. No need to crowd someone. If you have to fish that spot anchor way away and wait your turn
You think one boat is bad. Catch a fish, any fish, in Grand Isle. 10 boats will pull up on you.
The rest will just pass you on plane like you are not fishing.
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 05:39 PM
Man They have a whole bay and gulf of Mexico to fish n. No need to crowd someone. If you have to fish that spot anchor way away and wait your turn
If someone wants to fish near me and no one is running on top of the other or the fish, we can both catch fish without messing each other up and I have no problem with that. There aren't many secrets left on Big Lake anyway so I'm not trying to keep anything to myself. Heck, I even hollered at a guy today that had his young son with him and told him to troll in to where I was fishing after I finished my limit. I trolled out and as soon as they moved in, they were all hooked up. It's just the bonehead and ignorant things people do that get me going.
dmouton272
09-11-2011, 05:41 PM
I agree with everything about closing in on you and no that's not me, but some people are clueless as to where all the reefs are. Like me I only know Turners Bay is full of reefs and I know where commissary point is roughly and that's about it. So some of us may not know that we are trolling up on reefs.....BUT HE DIDN'T NEED TO GET THAT CLOSE!!! I had someone do that to me at the jetties saturday. Me a buddy was fishing close to the opening on the west jetti and a nice 21' or better boat w/Merc. 225 on it occupied 3x's just crused right over my line and said sorry. I was like really, you can't drive that big boat a little farther to go around the point. It's not like the water was rough or he couldn't afford the gas. Really pissed me off:pissed: but I kept me cool.
Man you are a nice guy.........I promise.....I would of rip him a new one....You should of least tell him what he just did....So he dont do it to the next guy!!! Looks like a kid who his dad let use the boat....
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 06:00 PM
Man you are a nice guy.........I promise.....I would of rip him a new one....You should of least tell him what he just did....So he dont do it to the next guy!!! Looks like a kid who his dad let use the boat....
I thought about telling him but this dude had no clue. And like I said, it's a Sunday so I took it easy on him. It wasn't even worth the time. He literally trolled on top of me so that's nuff said right there. I figured I'd just troll out and leave him there to try to catch the fish he just spooked so he wouldn't go ruin any other spots.
SaltyShaw
09-11-2011, 06:06 PM
WOW i woulda lost my shat . . . .
RigRatNoMeaux
09-11-2011, 06:51 PM
WOW i woulda lost my shat . . . .
x 1,000,000!!!!
Pat Babaz
09-11-2011, 07:25 PM
If they are within casting distance, you don't even have to speak a word to them. Cross thier lines, if they still don't get it, hang one up in thier trolling motor and they will back off without you having to cuss or holler at all. I only had to do that one time in my life in Turners and it worked good. Some people just don't care, but most of them just don't know. This way here you can let them know without getting ugly. It was aweful nice of you to troll off and let them have the spot but they didn't learn anything and will most probably do it again.
fishinpox
09-11-2011, 07:36 PM
You think one boat is bad. Catch a fish, any fish, in Grand Isle. 10 boats will pull up on you.
The rest will just pass you on plane like you are not fishing.
Yep! Lately I been fishin on the backside of a submerged island so people will see us catching and try to run wide open toward us then BOOM sandbar!! Lmao I love it! I've even had them ask me to come pull em off ! Yeah let me stop catching fish to come pull your arse off a sandbar u hit trying to potlick me ! SUCK IT !!! If you haven't got unstuck by the time I limit out then I'll help !
They have a Pilgrim on this site.....He has no clue what the hell he is doing.....he ran up on me on a reef in mock 5.....But let me explain..
Im drifting south to north..he ran from the north to south right over the reef...makes a hook and pulls up next to me......about 200 yards..... then he hooks on a live shrimp ..Throws the trolling motor down and start pop em up...LMAO..What a yonk...
I called him out on this site and another one!!! Idiot...
Then the same day he made a post..that he caught 12 trout (3in boat) and bite was fast and furious....
and that he must of pissed a guide boat off because when he pulled up to a reef and started waxed em...the guide got mad an left....
It was me..not a guide boat.. I had 3 guys plus me...We had 60 trout that morning before 9am all on plastic
He is a prime example of {I dont know what im doing but I will find a boat and try it out}
Salty
09-11-2011, 07:42 PM
They have a Pilgrim on this site.....He has no clue what the hell he is doing.....he ran up on me on a reef in mock 5.....But let me explain..
Im drifting south to north..he ran from the north to south right over the reef...makes a hook and pulls up next to me......about 200 yards..... then he hooks on a live shrimp ..Throws the trolling motor down and start pop em up...LMAO..What a yonk...
I called him out on this site and another one!!! Idiot...
Then the same day he made a post..that he caught 12 trout (3in boat) and bite was fast and furious....
and that he must of pissed a guide boat off because when he pulled up to a reef and started waxed em...the guide got mad an left....
It was me..not a guide boat.. I had 3 guys plus me...We had 60 trout that morning before 9am all on plastic
He is a prime example of {I dont know what im doing but I will find a boat and try it out}
I guess all them stickers are doin' their job.
I guess all them stickers are doin' their job.
:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused::confused:
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 08:18 PM
I guess a good ol donut would have taught em a lesson but I, correction WE, were too close to the bank to pull that caliber of maneuver. I got some satisfaction out of watching him scratch his head wondering where the hell the fish went after he trolled over them. Plus a picture on here is like the eternal wall of shame
Duck Butter
09-11-2011, 08:23 PM
You think one boat is bad. Catch a fish, any fish, in Grand Isle. 10 boats will pull up on you.
The rest will just pass you on plane like you are not fishing.
:rotfl: Got to spend 2 days down there on the main island a few weeks back. Had a kid with me and we got potlicked while kayak fishing:eek:. What is funny is the guys down there will trout fish out of a 30+ ft catamaran with twin 300s:D The last thing I would be doing in that boat is chasing a 12" trout
Chicken....give us a wall of shame section
BayBolt23
09-11-2011, 08:44 PM
Chicken....give us a wall of shame section
That would be awesome
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 08:45 PM
Chicken....give us a wall of shame section
Agreed
trophytroutman
09-11-2011, 09:07 PM
Sweet.Great catch and report.
SaltyShaw
09-11-2011, 09:19 PM
Chicken....give us a wall of shame section
Yes! I got some pics i could contribute to that section!
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 09:28 PM
I think I still have a good boat launch pic from way back when that would make the wall too
RAGINJROB
09-11-2011, 09:49 PM
Be careful what y'all ask for with a wall of shame!! By the way, what reef were you on so next time I'm on the lake I can look out for potlickers
BaseballFisherman
09-11-2011, 10:40 PM
Be careful what y'all ask for with a wall of shame!! By the way, what reef were you on so next time I'm on the lake I can look out for potlickers
Hahaha....just go out and look for the boat in the pic and I'm sure you'll find it. I'm sure he'll be back sometime soon after he saw us catching there. The reef is so small i almost guarantee he could go back while its holding fish and not even be able to get on em there. He'll drift/troll over it without even knowing and spook em off again.
longcast
09-11-2011, 11:27 PM
There is a boat I have been watching called my pal 2. He must have sunk the first one.If this is your boat please do your prep work before pulling up to the launch. Second stop running on plane between 2 boats to just **** down and and kill soneones bite. You need to learn some consideration. 3 do not roll up to someone fishing birds on plane to just turn and blow past them. I watched you several times sat and you will get your *** chewed out when u screw me over again. I have pics and just may post them. This is a warning. You need to learn some manners.
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