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Actually, that is one of the reasons that I actually prefer to fish warm water now in the Atlanta area. While there is some fairly decent trout fishing in the Hooch, it is almost always combat fishing with rude people crowding you sometimes actually casting over your line while you're fishing. I don't go fishing to get into arguments with rude people, so rather than hassle with them, I stick mainly with warm water. That said, I did have one occasion while I was fly fishing for crappie that sticks out in my mind. I was fishing a 110 acre man-made lake in a wildlife management area. This lake has peninsulas out into the lake to give everyone plenty of room to fish. There's probably 1500 to 2000 easy access shoreline to fish and I was the only person at the lake. Another fisherman showed up and I watched in amazement as unloaded all of his gear (5 gallon bucket, two Zebco outfits etc) and lugged them all the way over to where I was fishing (about 500 feet) and set up his chair five feet to the right of me. I stopped fishing (mainly to avoid hooking this fool) and just stared at him. He just spread out his gear, cast out his line with a one ounce weight and sat down in his chair without saying a word. I was fairly well known at that lake for filling peoples buckets, especially with crappie, and I suspected that he wanted me to do this for him. I was catching plenty of fish, so I just moved about 50 feet to his right and started fishing again. Every time I caught another crappie, I would hold it up for a minute as I unhooked it and I could see out of the corner of my eye looking over at me expectantly. I would then say something like they're biting pretty good today and toss the fish back in. Eventually, he got the hint so I move on to enjoy the rest of my morning. I was taught fishing etiquette by my father when I was a small boy but it still amazes me how some people choose to behave when they are on the water.
Jim Smith
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