Worst day fishing in my life and it wasn't because I was skunked

[Almaink]

So I get to the D&R Canal and there is only one parking spot and no body fishing. I park and move to the hole on the low side of the bridge and catch a nice 14" on my 5th cast. As I'm reeling it in a small station wagon pulls in and lets out a women and a kid. I figure they are going for a walk and Dad will pick them up later, wrong! Dad parks illegally blocking the two cars that are legally parked and here comes another vehicle that also parks illegally and out gets an older woman. They guy pulls a few poles and a tackle box out of the car while I'm unhooking my fish and sets up 5 feet from me and casts right in to the hole with a bait set I'm fishing with spinners. When I say to him, "You have got to be kidding me, are you really setting up that close and casting into my spot?". He says why you gotta problem with that? And I say Yes there is 62 miles of canal and you don't need to set up right on top of me. His mother or his wife's mother starts in with the free country crap and I pull my stuff and move after telling her to go look up fishing ethics when she gets home. Ruined my whole afternoon. How can people be so rude? They had a kid with them too and that what really bothered me, teaching bad manners to youngsters. I'd never set up on someone like that, and my kid wouldn't either.

[kcritch]

Sucks...the aholes are all over. Don't let it get to you. Good people good things...bad people bad things happen. Sad about the kid part.

[Wilson]

Happened to me a few times too.
You did the right thing.
There are inconsiderate, me first, get the Eff out of my way people in all walks of life. Otherwise known as *******s.

[thmyorke1]

Where you were casting, was this the first open spot by the parking spot?

If so they were simply just too lazy to go else where. They clearly didnt know about fishing ethics but assumed it was ok to just fish the nearest fishing spot to the parking, and didnt care to think about whether or not it's a bad thing to fish right next to a stranger.

If they actually skipped by spots and fished right by you just because you had a fish, then that's additional a-holery. They just wanted the fish and not care about you.

You said it best and there were other spots to fish, so you made the smart move and took it somewhere else.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Thats a huge bummer! Sorry dude! Hopefully they didn't catch anything and move to South Dakota, LOL!!!

[NJSquatch]

people suck

this is why i try to get off the beaten path.....fished a small pond all afternoon and had it all to myself....

[GDubya07]

People suck big time and you did the right thing. Happens to all of us at some point if you spend enough time on the rivers. It easier to be rude and nasty then to be respectful and cordial.

Try not to let it ruin your day , you cant fix stupid and rude


GDubs-

[JDTuna]

Sorry to hear that. Some people have zero respect for others.

[Eskimo]

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Ugh...things like that make my blood boil. People either are too self-absorbed to be aware that they are ruining other people's fishing opportunities - or they know it but they just don't care.

A few years ago I was fishing in the Delaware Water Gap when these picknickers from the city saw that I stumbled upon some walleye in the hole I was fishing. I didn't pay them much attention until I turned around and saw they moved and were now fishing literally elbow-to-elbow with me! I guess they thought if they just cast exactly where I was casting they would catch a fish, too.

I had this overwhelming urge to take off my pants and make them really uncomfortable fishing on top of me. Nobody is going to fish close to some guy wearing tighty-whities - or has his shlong hanging out.

I started undoing my belt when I thought better of my plan. I already had a good day fishing. There was no need to do something extreme. I just packed up my stuff and walked away.

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[icebadger]

ditto, you did the right thing by moving, don't worry there is this thing called karma that will bite them right in their ass when they least expect it .