common courtesy at boat ramps.

[Big Kahunaz]

...maybe some of you w/ high blood pressure need to rethink the whole reason 99% of us fish. It's definitely not for a living (this should lessen boater's rage) but the enjoyment of getting away from everyday tasks to spend a day on the water catching fish. Knowing its a Saturday, its expected that people of lesser experience are out and about. I had boats running near me and paul all morning. a fellow shut his motor down right next to our boat w/in casting distance and ole paul was w/in 5 ft of his boat w/ his topwater...but why let the ignorance of one man ruin my day? I knew what i was in for going on saturday....and if its the only day during the week i can fish...you bet your azz i'm gonna put up w/ it and have an awesome day! I actually contributed to congestion at the ramp for a solid 3 minutes while i got my chest out of my boat to clean fish. OOOPS!

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Big Kahunaz

...maybe some of you w/ high blood pressure need to rethink the whole reason 99% of us fish. It's definitely not for a living (this should lessen boater's rage) but the enjoyment of getting away from everyday tasks to spend a day on the water catching fish. Knowing its a Saturday, its expected that people of lesser experience are out and about. I had boats running near me and paul all morning. a fellow shut his motor down right next to our boat w/in casting distance and ole paul was w/in 5 ft of his boat w/ his topwater...but why let the ignorance of one man ruin my day? I knew what i was in for going on saturday....and if its the only day during the week i can fish...you bet your azz i'm gonna put up w/ it and have an awesome day! I actually contributed to congestion at the ramp for a solid 3 minutes while i got my chest out of my boat to clean fish. OOOPS!

Amen, brother!!! Anybody that lauches their boat expecting any different is setting themselves up for misery.....especially on Big Lake.

[specktator]

Originally Posted by Big Kahunaz

...maybe some of you w/ high blood pressure need to rethink the whole reason 99% of us fish. It's definitely not for a living (this should lessen boater's rage) but the enjoyment of getting away from everyday tasks to spend a day on the water catching fish. Knowing its a Saturday, its expected that people of lesser experience are out and about. I had boats running near me and paul all morning. a fellow shut his motor down right next to our boat w/in casting distance and ole paul was w/in 5 ft of his boat w/ his topwater...but why let the ignorance of one man ruin my day? I knew what i was in for going on saturday....and if its the only day during the week i can fish...you bet your azz i'm gonna put up w/ it and have an awesome day! I actually contributed to congestion at the ramp for a solid 3 minutes while i got my chest out of my boat to clean fish. OOOPS!

X2 that's y I make sure to get there about 5am to beat all the knuckleheads. Not everyone is fortunate enough to fish during the week. Thursday morning some guy had his boat backed in and kept screaming "it's stuck, it's stuck." he couldn't get it off trailer. I put my boat in and was just laughing. Come to find out, he forgot to take his straps off the back. Then I ended up having motor problems and had to head in around 8am. Guess I shouldn't have made fun of him.

For shootout, I stayed at Heberts all weekend. Was first boat to launch sat morning. Get back around 2pm slap worn out only to see that some dummy parked directly behind me and I couldn't get out. Someone had already put a note on his windshield simply reading "dumb$&@" the guy that sales the live shrimp at Heberts came up and helped my cousin and I slide my trailer over and hooked it up to his truck and he pulled it over the curb for me and I was able to weasel my truck out.

I have wanted to blow up on people plenty of times at the boat launch and on the water but do my best to keep my cool cause I know they are just trying to have a good time.