03-12-2012, 07:32 PM
I usually leave my gear at my spot if im not fishing for a few min. However I move the pole an lean it so as to allow others to fish. However if someone new shows up and tries to hog a hole theres usually a conversation. Unfortunetly thats why it pays to fish with a group for steelhead and salmon. If people are pleasant and play by the rules no problem. Be a dick and there will be. I could never figure the attitudes of some people over a fish. I run into people every year that seem to think because "they fish this hole all the time" they have ownership.
Ive seen it get ugly a couple times, which is stupid on both sides. I saw a fisherman throw another into the river at shears falls on the deshutes river in OR. Not acceptable (even though I thought he earned it)
I wasnt there but to me it seems you were in the right and they wernt. River etiquette generally follows the first come first served rule. If you guys were standing there as close as you say with your gear there then they knew you were fishing there. They were being SOBs plain and simple. Kind of have to learn to deal with it or fish the far less productive water.
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Ive seen it get ugly a couple times, which is stupid on both sides. I saw a fisherman throw another into the river at shears falls on the deshutes river in OR. Not acceptable (even though I thought he earned it)
I wasnt there but to me it seems you were in the right and they wernt. River etiquette generally follows the first come first served rule. If you guys were standing there as close as you say with your gear there then they knew you were fishing there. They were being SOBs plain and simple. Kind of have to learn to deal with it or fish the far less productive water.
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