Week day fisher here, too much stupid at the public ramps on the weekends. That's just the start... as you observed, once you get past the ramp circus you get to deal with boats, jet skis, pontoon boats hauling [censored] in all directions oblivious of surroundings, rude morons fishing up on you or cutting you off... if I wasn't self employed and not able to fish weekdays I wouldn't fish. I do it for the peace and quite and relaxation.

Yeah, I normally only fish the weekdays, but with the weather like it is I have to take every little window of opportunity. I guess I have learned my lesson, do not "whine" on the Forum about the idiocy that pervades the fabric of our society and accept the fact that weekend fishing means adapting to the "storm" of inconsiderate behavior displayed by the general public as well as my bass fishing brethren. On the plus side I did catch 26 fish up to 6 lbs so I least I have that going for me.

Yeah, I normally only fish the weekdays, but with the weather like it is I have to take every little window of opportunity. I guess I have learned my lesson, do not "whine" on the Forum about the idiocy that pervades the fabric of our society and accept the fact that weekend fishing means adapting to the "storm" of inconsiderate behavior displayed by the general public as well as my bass fishing brethren. On the plus side I did catch 26 fish up to 6 lbs so at least I have that going for me.

If you are that good don�t complain about them, join them and take their money. Jacking 3-5lb fish all day with a kicker 6 pounder will get you paid almost every day.

Jason

Im still trying to figure out how someone is an idiot for taking up the space at the dock

So I go to my favorite lake yesterday (Saturday) an hour before sunrise and find a line to launch. After waiting 30 minutes I finally launch only to find that there are no available spaces at any of the numerous docks slips to tie off on while parking. Then I realize that there are Bass Club tournament fisherman blocking all of the slips while they gather in the parking lot picking their a**es and waiting for sunrise (which is still 30 minutes away). So I guess if you are not part of their "precious" little tournament you have to tie off at the launch and go park, which off course blocks the ramp and slows down everyone else from launching. And bonus points for the jerks that were running full speed in zero visibility fog and not even using running lights. You know who you are. At least I hope they enjoyed watching me hammer 3 to 5 pounders right in front of them all day, because of course once I caught a fish I was immediately surrounded. At one point I had 10 boats around me.

In general, bass fishermen are much easier to deal with at the ramp than your average boater. I'm sure they were aware they had the area blocked and would have made room for you had you asked. But, I don't see a problem with you venting your frustration. The tournament anglers have a right to the area, but so do you. If the tournament is impeding other boaters from launching and parking their vehicles, then they could do something like offer to park your truck and trailer for you.