We decided to move over to Ft. Picken and lay out some trolling lines and work our way up to Quietwater and grab a bite to eat.  We had two rods running lures, pretty well bent so you would recognize that they had lures on them.  Within 5 minutes we had a boat cross our wake and clip a line, there goes a lure.  It can happen I understand that, we re-rigged and put out another line.

Once again out of no where another boat cut our wake, there went another lure.  The question is; should I be running some kind "Hey stupid, I'm trolling" flag?  Am I missing something? Or do people just not pay attention?

I notice yesterday while fishing the pass, there were several of us around each other other boats approached with no regard to the amount of wake they were creating.  Sorry to sound like I'm venting but I needed it.

Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain!!

We use hi vis line, but even then I've had to whistle to get boaters attention to wave them off our lines quite a few times already this season. I mean a few of them were right in behind us too!! I don't get it... I don't think they are paying attention, maybe they don't realize how far back our lines run..?

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Amanda ~ REEL FINATICAL Fishing Team, 26' CC with Twin Yamahas

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Yes, it was in the way some but easy to avoid when fighting fish and, oh yes, I was called an asshole several times but I lost no more lures and had no more tangles.

You might to add some surveyor's flagging tape to the tow line and maybe even a flag to the kneeboard.  You gotta remember, all boaters aren't fishermen, some boaters are totally Sh!+faced while operating the boats, others don't care and some don't have a clue.

Life is too short to catch little fish.

river, he does his best to stay on and i do my best to knock him off

these jerks in a bayliner went between him and the boat with him in the water just after

he fell off, got the rope on there lower unit somehow and started pulling us backwards,

well they stoped (had to) my tow rope was messed up , scared my son to death, and they

were as***les about it, short of jumping aboard there boat with a gaff, i went my way

and them theres, i was very mad to say the least, my son did not want to ride anymore

so we called it a day, went back to the boat ramp and loaded up, before we left my son

said that the truck and trailer we were parked next to belonged to the creeps in the

bayliner, well i know it was wrong and i should not have done it with my son there

or at all, some how the air got let out of the tires on the trailer and i left the tow rope

on it, later i told my son thats NOT how to handle being mad and that i was wrong for

doing that... What would you have done ????

Lg. Pier Cart / Pulled By 45 Y/O

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