I felt the need to post this after reading some recent posts about the behavior of some lake fork people. I was fishing fork for my first time Saturday and was minding my own business fishing down a tree line. Two guys come idleing towards me from the main lake. I thought they were gonna just go on by but they kept getting closer and closer to me. So I start to think maybe they are just gonna ask me something or just make small talk, I was wrong. They pulled right in front of me and starting fishing. Now there has been a lot of talk on here lately about fishing etiquette and what is proper distance to pull in front of someone. I obviously agree that casting distance is too close. If someone pulled 30 yards in front of me I may not like it but I probably wouldn't say anything because I'm just not confrontational. However I HAD to say something to this guy. He was a little closer than 30 yards. I am not exadurating this in the least. I could have touched his outboard with my fishing rod. It was the craziest thing I had ever seen. I calmly and without cursing said " wow, that is the worst I have ever been cut off ". Mind you I didn't have to yell this because he was litterly 20 feet in front of me. He looked at me and said " oh did I cut you off, I didn't know what direction you were fishing ". I like to think that a boat is probably going in the direction it's pointed in. I'm no rocket scientist though. So I said to him " I'm obviously going that way since I'm pointed that way ". Then he says back to me " well you don't have to be a @&$? about it, this is my first tournament ". I said " I am not the one being a $&@? and tournament fishing has nothing to do with it. It's common sense and common courtesy ". There was a few more things said as I passed by but that's the jist of it.

Sorry for the long story but I just had to share this. Y'all tell me if I'm wrong. Is ROD length to close?!?!

yup!

haha dude thats BAD. ive had a guide pull up on me and start casting so close that the splashes from his c-rig were hitting me. but no you were not wrong in the slightest. just chalk it up to charity for those who cant find fish themselves.

Ya. It was so bad I thought it was a joke at first. Oh well. Still a fun day on fork.

Yep you get all kinds on the lake these days. One spring I had my two sons with me and we moved into a pocket to check out some bedding fish. I saw a boat in the back working a bed so we went to the other side. I curised around looking for bedding fish. We were the only two boats in there. He got frustrated not being able to get the fish to bite and decided to leave. I guess he did not want me to move in on that fish after he left so he started the big motor, kicked it up so he could run shalow and ran down the bank churning up the water destroying all the beds along the way. What a jerk.

They are more important than you and you are fishing in their water. Happens all the time...

I....just....don't get it!!! Fork ain't no different than other lakes, i hear. Not a fork resident, but....oh h%#+ NO!! Wanna dance?

It's getting close to the McDonalds BBS so it will only get worse from here on out, you can bet on that.

Take their picture next time.

It's just like anywhere. If you see people being idiots you have to mix it up with them and let them know it. Otherwise they will do it forever. Well they still probably will do it forever as you can't fix stupid but at least you know they now know what they are doing isn't right.

Flip into their stack of rods on the front deck and set the hook. Lol, that might break them of cutting that close though. Idiots

That is bad.

My wife and I went to a point of Ray to fish a pond on Wed. and there was no boat in sight, we fished for about 45 minutes when we see a boat coming from inside the cove and he gets about 800' from us and cranks up and drives to about 100' from us and starts bithcing about being cut off.

All I could think is if this is what he calls getting cut off then he must have never fished Fork before.

With the stumps sticking up so high now you can barely see some boats until you get on them.

+1. It's the right thing to do.

Guy cut me off once, so I went to the other side of the cove. Then the guy goes to the same side within 20 yards. Cast right on his deck and he says "What the heck!". There is no way you can reason with anybody that arrogant and stupid.

Wow, is the correct title! It's really hard to understand some folks.