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PROTEST !!!
I protest my self for unsportsman like conduct. That's right. Me. In
today's Desert Bass tournament.I yelled at one of my fellow tournament anglers and said, "procreate you,
you piece of excrement," or words to that affect. I had just got lined up on my first spot of the morning. Basically I wanted
to throw topwater into the mouth of a back lake. I had made one cast to one
corner and then cast to the opposite conrer of the entrance when said fellow
angler was noticed racing to get intot he mouth of the lake ahead of me. I
yeeled at him three times that I was fishign the opening, but he powered
right over my spot throwing a huge wall of water from his boat. I pretty much gave up on fishing that opening then, so I followed him into
the lake to hit my second spot. As I went past him, I tried to take the
high road. I yelled, "well good luck to you anyway." He said something about not knowing what my problem was... I told him that
was poor sportsmanship, but that discourse went nowhere. He seemed to think
he was fully justified in forcing me to jerk my lines in so he could
deliberatley ruin my spot by ramming his boat through it at a whole lot more
than idle speed. That's when I let go with my unsportsman like remarks. Needless to say I was upset. I am still upset almost the whole day later.
I know it ruined my attitude for the rest of the day. Apparaently the
encounter didn't even phase the jack... er guy. He weighed in a decent
limit somewhere around 16 pounds. Sure kicked my rear. I suppose I could have protested his behavior, but in the end I just let it
slide. I don't even think he knows who he cheated this morning. He
happened to be at the ramp at the same time I was, and he offered to help me
tie down or something. I was speechless. All I could think was that he had
already been way to close to my boat once today, the last thing I wanted was
for him to actually touch my rig. I think if I was 20 miles upriver hard aground on a sandbar I'ld wave this
guy off rather than actually invite him to get close to my boat. I know who he is, and I won't forget. Quite obviously unsportsmanlike on my
part. I protest myself.
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Bob
Jul 9
2005
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| Bob you are a jerk......just like me.....I'd of been just as pi$$ed as you
and reasoned just like you. I be thinkin' revenge too, I'd think long and
hard all the day long and come to the conclusion I was the better person, a
looser too mind you, but a quality sportsman, an example to others and
myself. If we all fished like the other guy, we'd be the other guy and not
the us we know and love. Even though we didn't bring in the "bigger bag of
fish" we could feel sorry for the guy knowing his "Christian bag" was empty
with a big old hole in the bottom of it. It takes me a long time to get over
guys like that too! So there's an arm on your shoulder from me pal! Just
when you think you have enough horse power there's the other guy who has to
come second, maybe you took his spot and he didn't have the depth to his
self control like we do. I've never arrived second (not) to a spot from
blast off but I have regretted being there first ;-)
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Steve |
Steve
Jul 10
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| You know, I was sitting around the local tackle store after I parked my
boat, and telling a friend of my experience. Actually I asked him what he
does to cool off and try to focus on fishing when something like that
happens. He said he didn't have a good answer, but what he did do was quit
carrying his gun when he fishes. (He has a CCW permit) I thought about
that for a minute. We all talk about chasing people down, throwing casting
irons at jet skiiers, and say things like if they are in range of my flare
gun they are to darned close. I suppose catching a fish in front of an
unethical tournament angler as Randy did is the best response. Not always
practical, but when it works... Seriously. I am sure most of you guys have a level enough head on your
shoulders to not lose it and hurt somebody over a mere discourtesy. After
all you are still here and not posting from prison. But for anybody or any
kids that read this. There is not much worth hurting somebody or even
damaging property over. If some jerk were to decide to come at me when I
was fishing with my wife or kids because he didn't like what I had to say he
would find a 12 gage emergency flare burning in his gut, but I can't think
of much else that would incite me to violence. By the way, for anybody who
doesn't already know. Coast Guard and other law enforcement treat flares
and flares guns as the same as any other firearm even though they aren't
regulated the same. Seriously. There isn't anything you can do about the jerks on the water, so
what do you do to cool off and focus on fishing? What do you do to get back
your positive attitude and try to enjoy the day? I don't know about you,
but an experience like that bothers me all day long and when I am upset like
that I do not catch as many fish. It takes away from my day, and it takes
away from the day of anybody fishing with me.
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Bob
Jul 10
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| Obviously this won't work for everyone, but for me a
couple of puffs off a left-handed cigarette puts things
right back in perspective. ;-) Of course I'm not operating heavy machinery, just paddling
a canoe.
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Ken
Jul 10
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| .....if you know yourself and it sounds like you do Bob, then use the rules
to your advantage. DQ yourself (and him;-) if the money doesn't matter and
it doesn't interfere with other tournaments down the line. Go and report an
infraction complaint against YOURSELF for fishing too close to HIS boat
while it was under power and yours came too close while standing still. Very
unsporting of you. Your day is shot anyway. When they take the time to
explain to you, you are mistaken then they could lodge the infraction for
you.
Well there I was....standing still....just fishin' away....when all of a
sudden....I came too close to this guy up on plain.....near about caused him
panic. Shame about that big bag he had, if it wasn't for me he could have
won this here tournament, tisk, tisk.
Creativity, the mother of invention.
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Steve |
Steve
Jul 10
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| I considered protesting the guy, or even protesting myself with the
intention of making it painfully obvious that he has way out of line. If
this same guy does anything to me again I probably will protest him, but
that really wasn't what I was asking. And no the money really doesn't mater
for me. At the time I needed to get my head around it and dismiss it or find some
other way to get back to enjoying fishing rather than wasting a lot of
mental energy being upset over a situation that only lasted a couple
minutes. Ken, your answer just won't work for me, but thanks for the feedback just
the same. |
Bob
Jul 10
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| That's what I was eluding to Bob, lol, just thinking about the state of
things at the weigh-in, the confused judges, while unloading your mind it
would be a mental vitamin to get you laughing at the whole situation and get
you back on with your game. Funny just what could work for you?! You'd be
laughing all day after something like that and you just might be able to get
back down to business after that. At least you give yourself a good chuckle
(at yourself, maybe) for your money.
Sometimes you can put your point across in an obscure way if you go and
shake the guys hand while looking him square in the eye while shaking his
hand with congratulations. Pat him on the shoulder and say "I saw you
fishing a back lake out there" shake his hand and nicely bring up the
incident and mention you hope he caught some of those fish out from under
you. Very big and sportsman like of you, no malice. Admire his abilities to
win at any cost, unshakeable under pressure or incident.
You can bet he will have had the incident on his mind, he'll be confused as
hell by your action and ponder the incident all the way home. Hopefully
pointing out something like this appeals to his conscience. No matter what
don't get involved with any challenge(s) he makes, just be nice, they just
can't stand it.
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Steve |
Steve
Jul 10
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| Well, you could always try chanting a mantra and rubbing
some prayer beads. ;-)
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Ken
Jul 10
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| I was thinking some thing like that. LOL. A little TM or a mind control
exercise. It takes time though. I suppose it might be worth it. Take ten
minutes out and have a better chance to enjoy the rest of the day. |
Bob
Jul 10
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| >you piece of excrement," or words to that affect. |
Dwayne
Jul 10
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| PROTEST !!!
Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2005, 6:23pm (CDT-2)
From: usenet@diycomponents.com (Bob La Londe)
I protest my self for unsportsman like conduct. That's right. Me. In
today's Desert Bass tournament.
I yelled at one of my fellow tournament anglers and said, "procreate
you, you piece of excrement," or words to that affect.
I had just got lined up on my first spot of the morning. Basically I
wanted to throw topwater into the mouth of a back lake. I had made one
cast to one corner and then cast to the opposite conrer of the entrance
when said fellow angler was noticed racing to get intot he mouth of the
lake ahead of me. I yeeled at him three times that I was fishign the
opening, but he powered right over my spot throwing a huge wall of water
from his boat.
I pretty much gave up on fishing that opening then, so I followed him
into the lake to hit my second spot. As I went past him, I tried to take
the high road. I yelled, "well good luck to you anyway."
He said something about not knowing what my problem was... I told him
that was poor sportsmanship, but that discourse went nowhere. He seemed
to think he was fully justified in forcing me to jerk my lines in so he
could deliberatley ruin my spot by ramming his boat through it at a
whole lot more than idle speed. That's when I let go with my unsportsman
like remarks.
Needless to say I was upset. I am still upset almost the whole day
later. I know it ruined my attitude for the rest of the day. Apparaently
the encounter didn't even phase the jack... er guy. He weighed in a
decent limit somewhere around 16 pounds. Sure kicked my rear.
I suppose I could have protested his behavior, but in the end I just let
it slide. I don't even think he knows who he cheated this morning. He
happened to be at the ramp at the same time I was, and he offered to
help me tie down or something. I was speechless. All I could think was
that he had already been way to close to my boat once today, the last
thing I wanted was for him to actually touch my rig.
I think if I was 20 miles upriver hard aground on a sandbar I'ld wave
this guy off rather than actually invite him to get close to my boat.
I know who he is, and I won't forget. Quite obviously unsportsmanlike on
my part. I protest myself. |
jbkbub
Jul 10
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| P.S. If you are going to treat other anglers like that, don't paint your
name across your outboard. --
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com |
Bob
Jul 11
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