Posted By mo65 on 17 Feb 2012 06:54 AM 
Cat fishermen calling bass fishermen "arrogant".{1}*****ing about a bass boat going by to fast while they sit there in a pile of beer cans on the bank. The pot calling the kettle black? 
                                                                                                             

Sorry mo65, I'm a die hard catfisherman who has bank fished for over 40 years. I also fish for walleye, bass, panfish and even roughfish.To say I sit in a pile of beer cans on the bank is an insult to me and others who fish from the banks. I dont drink and I dont smoke. I take out more trash from the fishing sites I visit than anything I may take in. Around here, shore/bank fishermen get little respect by boat (bass and walleye and muskie) fishermen. I guess if you dont have the money to buy and fish from a boat you must be low-life and dont deserve respect. I believe that is the point of this whole rant and reason for the initial thread.

Wifisher...I'm a diehard catman too...and guess what? I fish from the bank too. And I drink and smoke, but I don't leave trash on the bank either. If you pick up as much as you say, then you should be able to understand what I'm talking about. Every time I go to the lake it's the same thing...beer cans and bottles, empty liver containers everywhere. Like it or not, I think we both know it didn't come from that guy blowin' by in his bass boat. Catfishermen get a bad rap because of this, so don't take what I said as a personal insult, I was pointing out that they need to address some issues too!
                                                                                    

Posted By mo65 on 17 Feb 2012 09:56 PM
Wifisher...I'm a diehard catman too...and guess what? I fish from the bank too. And I drink and smoke, but I don't leave trash on the bank either. If you pick up as much as you say, then you should be able to understand what I'm talking about. Every time I go to the lake it's the same thing...beer cans and bottles, empty liver containers everywhere. Like it or not, I think we both know it didn't come from that guy blowin' by in his bass boat. Catfishermen get a bad rap because of this, so don't take what I said as a personal insult, I was pointing out that they need to address some issues too!
                                                                                    

Point taken and understood mo65. I seem to have interpreted your post the wrong way in a few points.Thanks for the correction. 

Alot of the trash I pick up is from the waterline with the rest being from the ground. A good number of beer drinking boat driving walleye slayers around here. Some of the shore areas I fish are also fished by several foriegn nationalities who not speek a da anglish goot. They keep everything they catch regardless of what it is or even legal. They have shore fires which are not allowed, to cook their catch and then leave their spoils behind. Not enough manpower to enforce so many areas around here.  Also, some are pretty isolated. Whether it be boaters or shore fishers, its a problem. I've had my share of 'boat people' crossing my soaking lines with their lines and b***ng that "I" tangled them up.

a two once plastic training weight can get thier attention. in tx we have a lot of trouble with personal water craft. they are supposed to stay a certain distance from shore but once they see someone fishing they "accidentally" cut in too close once awhile. so if they scare the fish off we just practice our casting. it works pretty good once you call the ranger or the game warden and tell them they are coming in too close and they get there in time to see the pwc acting like an idiot