6/05 AM - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

wavster · 06-06-2007, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimm H

5) It is stupid to work too close to ANY boat, especially a cattle boat. If you are fishing for bait or fish close enough to be "ironed", you are too close (*see (5) above)...

Just to set the record straight, I was not actually within distance of being "ironed". The closest iron
was 50 ft away.

I was making bait south of the anchor line at the edge of the kelp. I just happen to run over
a bait ball and dropped the sabiki for a moment. I wasn't in the chum line and
under no circumstances is it ever acceptable to start tossing irons at another angler. Period!

Everyone has the right to drop a line where the want. Common courtesy is important (especially on
crowded days). What I did wasn't stupid and I wasn't encroaching. No one was fishing that
side of the boat. It was a deliberate attempt to intimidate me.

Jimm H · 06-06-2007, 04:31 PM

Sorry, i was responding to your comment of ..."No sooner did I drop my sabiki in the water when irons started landing right next to me."

I guess the "right next to me..." part threw me off. I thought you meant , you know, right next to you.

My fault.

I've seen Dolphin crew actually do that, and customers , too. Sounds like you were actually in the "legal to fish the chum line" zone outside of their iron range.

06-06-2007, 04:31 PM	#2
Jimm H Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rancho Bernardo-San Diego Posts: 117	Guess I misunderstood Sorry, i was responding to your comment of ..."No sooner did I drop my sabiki in the water when irons started landing right next to me." I guess the "right next to me..." part threw me off. I thought you meant , you know, right next to you. My fault. I've seen Dolphin crew actually do that, and customers , too. Sounds like you were actually in the "legal to fish the chum line" zone outside of their iron range.