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#207388 - 08/17/03 11:47 PM What's Politically Correct on the river?
haverodwillfish Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 01/24/01
Posts: 163
Loc: Fort Lewis, WA
Every night I fight the traffic on my way home, with the only relief at this time of year is a cold beer in the fridge, and seeing some fisherman in the Puyallup. This tells me that there must be some fish around finally. So I get up this last Saturday and head down there off of River Road, you know that "really" secret" spot to hit it for a couple hours while the wife and kid are still asleep. It is the first time I have fished this river in 4 and a half years living here. I walk out on the bar, behind a man and his son, and kindly wait for them to choose their water, and move a good 100 yards down from them. I step out in the water just below knee deep and start fishing my way down river. I see a few fish roll and soon I see a man (kid, I think) and his father fishing from the other side. I figure I don't want to bother them and start to walk into more shallow water and down away from where they were casting. Sure enough, this guy starts YELLING at me, saying I am walking on HIS fish! I am just shocked, but act as childish as him and get in a yelling match across the river. I walk down from him and say to myself, "Self, ('cause that's what I call myself) what is this guy's problem? There is about 9 miles of water from the sound up to the HWY 161 bridge, and this guy wants to complain about this 50 yard stretch of water, FROM THE OTHER SIDE! Now I am the kind of guy that feels like if I don't catch a damn fish, but don't see another person the whole morning, it is STILL a good day of fishing. I don't like the combat of Blue Creek, did it once, and only once, and will keep at least 100 meters of distance from any other person on the shore, but this guy had such an attitude!

So, I ask the board, what is PC on the river? Do you just crowd in and figure you have every right as that guy? Do you just pass up the hole? Do you think that if someone is fishing across the river from you that he is invading your space?
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#207389 - 08/18/03 04:52 AM Re: What's Politically Correct on the river?
roboto Offline
Parr

Registered: 08/12/02
Posts: 49
Loc: MA10
As far as politically correct, I would avoid bringing up Bill Maher's show to most everyone you meet down there. laugh Heh.

My advice as a mere fry would be, as they used to say in the 80's, "check yo self before you wreck yo self." As you say you haven't been in the game for a while and, yes, the laws here are convoluted and always changing. Also, every river fishery is different, and it seems to me that there can be "more than one tradition" going on some of the larger systems. It is hard to duck all those insults, and sometimes rocks, but sometimes even the biggest turkeyneck corksucker can give you some good advice like "Get off the redds you bigfoot M^&%#(*F%$#ER!!" Sometimes it pays to ask someone who inexplicably turns into a jerk, "hey, how did I piss you off anyway?" Most all experienced fishermen want to teach you something, some just may lack a bit of diplomacy. Or tact. Or qualities one attributes to a fellow human. banana

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#207390 - 08/18/03 08:39 PM Re: What's Politically Correct on the river?
papaslap Offline
Spawner

Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 622
Loc: Olympia
I always thought that fish went UPSTREAM to spawn? confused
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#207391 - 08/19/03 12:38 AM Re: What's Politically Correct on the river?
Mooch Offline
Three Time Spawner

Registered: 12/24/01
Posts: 1877
Loc: Kingston, WA
My .25c:
Shake the dust off your waders and move on to better fishing and, better yet, better company. Fishing has the potential to bring out the worst and the best in all of us. Why not throw back the bad and hang on to the good. Who said you have to keep everything that comes your way. Some days are gonna rain some are gonna shine, but in the meantime try not to get pulled in and lose your way.
Fish on.
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