Received An Education

[whitebassfisher]

Well, I learned something new today. After thinking about it, I GUESS it makes some sort of sense, but to say the least I am dissappointed.

My wife and I were on the lake. I went to a common area, and picked out a place that was more than a full cast distance from any other boats. There were probably a dozen boats spread around a few acres. Several boats were closer together than I was to anybody. All of the boats I noticed were slabbing. A few minutes later a troller came by right through the middle of everybody. As it turns out, he was trolling with 100 yards of line behind his boat. Our lines tangled. He decided to teach me a lesson, picked up speed considerably, and came at me and swerved at the last second, missing me by no more than 3 feet. I felt pretty helpless anchored there. I wrote his TX numbers down, took a picture of his boat for proof (of what?), and called the law. He took off for the ramp.

The TP&W went to visit his home. He turned the story around, claimed I did all the things that he did, and even added a few more lies for good measure. The warden then called me on the phone and had me meet him at the dock. The warden told me if he arrested anyone, it would be both of us. One persons word versus another.

The warden also cut some line with my needle nose pliers for microsopic examination, as the troller said I had cut his line!

What did I learn: It's the old west out on the water! If someone uses their boat as a weapon to threaten you, just pick up anchor and leave to prevent going to jail.

PS-From the close view I got of them, it appeared to be 3 generations, with the gentleman standing being the father of the long haired gentleman, and the grandfather of the one in the white tee shirt. There's nothing like a good role model.