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Started off without my yak up to OC with the wife on Thursday. Friday morning, she went shopping and I sat at the inlet watching others fish from the bulkhead. One of the guys there said that one of the boats drifting by had caught a big fish but that he did not know what was caught. When they drifted by again, I raised my hands in air so they would hold up the fish, which they did. Big Blue. Ask if I wanted it, so I scrambled over the rail down on the rocks and they pulled up and handed me this Blue still kicking. I thanked them and climbed back up to the street level. On ice 15 min later. Note, it was caught while they were live-lining a spot. I estimated the fish 10-12lbs, wife says 15 lb. Although some don't like to eat Blues especially large ones, kept on ice, eaten quick, good stuff in my opinion. We baked it and fed the family. Back to town on Sat.
Sunday fished Mayo with my son & nephew. Started 7:30 am, caught bunches of perch 9-12" range. My son caught 1 puppy drum on a silver spoon at the riprap while scewing around on the beach there at the launch. For the first time, we had a homeowner waiving at us from her bay window in her million dollar house. I waived back. I guess you can see where I am going with this, but I didn't at first. So, she cracks her door open and hollers at us to move away. She closed the door and we kept fishing around the dock which was a typical dock, sticking out into the bay in front of her house with a boat on lift, 2 jet skis on a lift, sail boat on a lift and 2 hobies sitting up in the front yard. At this point we havent touched, climbed onto or hit anything with lead because it was all up in the air. We have no radios to bother anyone and kinda moving around in silence while fishing. So then, her husband comes out and asked (told) us to get moving along. I did not want to give kayak fishing a bad name but thought that I should stand up just a little. I asked what the issue was as that we wern't screamming around on jet skis or causing any noise or other problems that I could see. He just told us to keep moving waiving his hands at us with a nasty disposition and anger in his tone and that there were many other docks for us to go fish around. I said that we were sorry for obstructing his wife's view of the bay and we would be moving along. Just then don't you know it, my nephew, who could not hear the exchange cast a woody's spinner on top of the deck and it got stuck. This guy never saw that, as I kept him busy while the lurer was retieved. I said have a nice day and we went down to the next dock. Through out the day we had many pleasant conversations with home owners, most want to know if the fishing was good, what are you catching kind of exchanges. One guy came down his steps asked what lures we were using. I pulled onto the beach to show him. Most people are very nice folks around the bay and I have no problem moving along if I bother somebody, but I will not tolerate being told to get moving. Ironic thing was that back a while ago, I caught my first perch citation right under that guys dock. Be nice and curtious, most will do the same in return is what I have experienced.
Sorry for the long ramble, better to let it hang out here on the forum than a picture in the paper of a kayak fisheman sticking a pole up a guy's ars.
So what experience's have you all encountered out there?
Sunday fished Mayo with my son & nephew. Started 7:30 am, caught bunches of perch 9-12" range. My son caught 1 puppy drum on a silver spoon at the riprap while scewing around on the beach there at the launch. For the first time, we had a homeowner waiving at us from her bay window in her million dollar house. I waived back. I guess you can see where I am going with this, but I didn't at first. So, she cracks her door open and hollers at us to move away. She closed the door and we kept fishing around the dock which was a typical dock, sticking out into the bay in front of her house with a boat on lift, 2 jet skis on a lift, sail boat on a lift and 2 hobies sitting up in the front yard. At this point we havent touched, climbed onto or hit anything with lead because it was all up in the air. We have no radios to bother anyone and kinda moving around in silence while fishing. So then, her husband comes out and asked (told) us to get moving along. I did not want to give kayak fishing a bad name but thought that I should stand up just a little. I asked what the issue was as that we wern't screamming around on jet skis or causing any noise or other problems that I could see. He just told us to keep moving waiving his hands at us with a nasty disposition and anger in his tone and that there were many other docks for us to go fish around. I said that we were sorry for obstructing his wife's view of the bay and we would be moving along. Just then don't you know it, my nephew, who could not hear the exchange cast a woody's spinner on top of the deck and it got stuck. This guy never saw that, as I kept him busy while the lurer was retieved. I said have a nice day and we went down to the next dock. Through out the day we had many pleasant conversations with home owners, most want to know if the fishing was good, what are you catching kind of exchanges. One guy came down his steps asked what lures we were using. I pulled onto the beach to show him. Most people are very nice folks around the bay and I have no problem moving along if I bother somebody, but I will not tolerate being told to get moving. Ironic thing was that back a while ago, I caught my first perch citation right under that guys dock. Be nice and curtious, most will do the same in return is what I have experienced.
Sorry for the long ramble, better to let it hang out here on the forum than a picture in the paper of a kayak fisheman sticking a pole up a guy's ars.
So what experience's have you all encountered out there?
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