Here is a post I made about Boater/Co-angler ethics several years ago.

I think it still holds true on both sides of the equation...

Co-Angler Ethics

Exactly.

I guess the question should read like this:

"If you were the boater in a draw format would you rather have $50 from your co angler or 1/2 of what your co-angler wins if he/she earns a check, given the opportunity to choose before launch?"

And my answer to that question would be that I'd rather gamble and take 50% of winnings, BUT I would not ever expect that or ask for it.

I don't think I care as long as they don't dribble pee on the side of my boat or leave cigarette burns in the carpet on the back deck!

Every year these Co Angler posts pop up. The problem is there seems to be a big number of people that don't know the difference in a Co Angler and a Partner. A Co Angler is somebody a boater draws in a draw tournament like ABA or BFL/FLW or BASS Opens. A partner is the other guy or gal in your boat that is fishing for the same outcome you are in a team tournament. If you are in a team format and calling your partner a co angler you are probably screwed from the get go. Cause your probably trying to out fish him.

I would never ask a coangler to split his winnings... If he feels like chipping in for some fuel that's fine.

a shot at his old lady if she is hot or "semi" hot

if she is ugly or "East Fork" sized then respect for my boat and $50 for gas will work

Haha, hey Doug want to go fishing?

yes in my boat though, lol

When they have to take a dump off the back of the boat that they actually hit the water and not the back deck. That is what I prefer.

yeah watt I think thats very reasonable, no poop on the boat, do you hide the coangler toity roll under the extra lifejackets like I do? The bad part of this thread is that some of these people are not just children!

I provide wipies for my backseaters, nothing but the best. I want them to feel comfortable and fresh.

SHORE CALL!!!!

I have fished both ways, and I always try to pay 40 or 50 for gas when in the back seat. As a boater, I always feel guilty accepting money. I figure I was going to fish whether they were there or not. The guys that I regularly fish team tournaments with also have their own boats, so we have an agreement that it all evens out in the long run.

As a non-boater fishing tournaments i try to have 50-60 with me to give to the boater, but ive been lucky and boaters have said 10-20 is fine when i was willing to give more. Like stated earlier, they are gonna fish whether i am there or not, but i still like to help out any way i can. Especially when the boater does what he can to help you get fish, i see it as a learning experience and try to pick up on what the boater does. Pretty much getting a fishing lesson while the opportunity to be competitive, hard to beat that