Comments on: Etiquette… where did it go?

By: Brian Keesler

Brian Keesler — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:10:54 +0000

This article is spot on Ca, however what gets me is that everyone almost to an individual when this discussion comes up agrees yet it seems to me no one is practicing but a handfull of anglers. I can give you story after story of rude anglers burning a flat just feet from where myself and kids are fishing to get ahead of our drift or even worse just going from point A to point B. Do they not know thats what the channel is for? I remeber as a child freshwater fishing with my dad in MI, he would always slow down when passing close to people fishing then speed up after we had past them. I have never seen that around here.The most recent experience was just easter weekend myself, my 13yr old daughter and, 3yr old son where fishing sarasoata bay we finnaly got into some trout I hooked up, my daughter hooked up, and my son as well almost one right after the other and withn five min ther were six boats in our area(NO exaduration either) all within 3o feet or less of us. As much as I and everyone thats posted agrees we seem to be a dying breed whrere manners and politeness are being run over by ignorence, impatience, and the you the man crowed. As for me and mine we will continue to walk the talk.

Thanks as always
BK(J3:16)

By: Mat Brewington (gheenoeit)

Mat Brewington (gheenoeit) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:10:12 +0000

Preach Preacher!… I am sure all respectable anglers agree with yu on this report.
Keep em comin!

Gheenoeit

By: C.A. Richardson

C.A. Richardson — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:38:14 +0000

Thanks for the support, Mike! I can only hope by bringing awareness to this poor conduct problem through forums & social networking sites like Facebook… can we start making a difference.

By: mike conner

mike conner — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:33:22 +0000

C.A., good rules of the road. Like others here, I have been in this game for a long time, over 40 years, and I would say that common courtesy on the water has simply diminished as it has on land–on the roads, at the movies, heck, everywhere! Editorialized many times against flats running and similar practices in past columns for Shallow Water Angler mag. Not surprisingly, I always recieved positive comments on such commentary from those anglers who pole and fish flats the right way. Never had “hate” mail to the contrary, which tells me that the bad actors out there don’t read!

By: mike conner

mike conner — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:31:02 +0000

C.A., good rules of the road….Like others here, have been in this game for over 49 years, and I would say that common courtesy has diminished as it has on land–on the roads, at the movies, heck, everywhere! Editorialized many times against flats running and similar practices in past columns for Shallow Water Angler. Not surprisingly, I always recieved positive comments on such commentary from those anglers who pole and fish flats the right way. Never had “hate” mail to the contrary, which tells me that the bad actors out there don’t read!

By: Tosh Brown

Tosh Brown — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:48:18 +0000

Great job, CA. I just linked your article on our website. I wish more Texas guides would adapt this stance.

By: Jim Palumbo, Pres LMFFA

Jim Palumbo, Pres LMFFA — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:10:44 +0000

I agree with your analogy and rules of conduct. We fish the waters of the Lower Laguna Madre where the proliferation of shallow water boats has sent boats into every formerly unreachable corner of the bay. Boats on plane now cut in front of your drift as close as 100 yards ruining that drift and clearing the flat for the day or at least a couple of hours. It is time for some sanity.

By: Frank Lanzisera

Frank Lanzisera — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:29:50 +0000

Great advice. Good advice for some inshore professional guides to adhere to also. I was poling a bank with an angler friend one morning and a well know live bait guide pulls in about 100 yards in the direction I am poling. We had some words when I poled up even to him. I’d never had done that to him and expect the same from the pros.

By: will myers

will myers — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:11:07 +0000

I enjoyed your article.
Myself and some other concerned anglers here in Texas have recently developed a web site and an organization attempting to promote courtesy and etiquette in the coastal angling community.
I feel you might enjoy reading our web site:

http://wadepaddlepole.net/index.html

You might also like reading a recent(11/7/09) newspaper article written by David Sikes, outdoor writer for the Corpus Christi Caller Times, in response to our groups efforts:

http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/04/boating-etiquette-a-complex-subject/

Thanks for tackling this issue.
Will Myers

By: Andrew Pastusic

Andrew Pastusic — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:37:07 +0000

you know this is something that we all should know. but the rude ppl do it every day. in these cases i like to use the ol cheetos trick