Harassed by other fishermen, anyone?

[skogie1]

Anyone have any stories of being harassed by other fishermen? Fishing the lake I live on and get harassed by someone who lives a couple miles down the road saying it's "his lake." He's been a problem for others in the past. Other big issue is trespassers trying to get on the lake through our property which is marked. No one seems to care.

Who else has these experiences?

BTW: this is in the Brainerd area.

[chilly-willy]

Public lake had guys in boats seeing us catching fish and swing over running over our lines..  have called the cops on quite a few of them  took 3 photos of  different dates of the same clowns doing the same thing.. when i showed the cops this and they kicked them off the lake cause of their attitude towards the police when they questioned them...angler apon angler her assent is illegal in michigan so keep it in mind all you got to do is call the rap line on the back of your licence..

[holehopper]

Never really been harassed but have had guys fish holes that we drilled.  We were about the only people on a 5,000 acre lake.  We drilled a bunch of holes in a 100 yard area around us.  Some guys pulled up (with no auger) and started fishing the holes we had drilled.  One and only time I've ever had that happen. 

[drscholl14]

Never been harassed. I feel as long as you use common sense you shouldn't run into it except for extreme cases. I try my best to get away from other people though so maybe it's different for others. And as long as you aren't sitting within a reasonable distance of me I won't harass you either.

[Whopper Stopper]

Never a problem so far.



           WS

[Hard Ice]

I fish around the brainerd lakes quite a bit  and never had a problem but then again I only fish on lakes with a public landing  and try to keep to my self.

[Zachery80]

Im not sure if getting your tip-ups run over by a sled flying on the ice counts as harassment or not but this has happened to me a few times. Or having the sled run a few laps around your hut a couple of times then drive away.

[skogie1]

Im not sure if getting your tip-ups run over by a sled flying on the ice counts as harassment or not but this has happened to me a few times. Or having the sled run a few laps around your hut a couple of times then drive away.

Laps around my shack yes. Not sure why that has to happen when there's the whole lake to enjoy, not just the 50 foot radius around a shack

[Tackle]

When I'm out away from the crowd clearly not by accident and someone comes and plunks down next to me, using my holes, I get a little irritated but have never said or done anything less than friendly.

[filetandrelease]

Here in Ny you can get a ticket for harassment , One of the lakes I fish is patrolled quite often and all the guys in green are always very professional

[Ramp 23]

Trespassing definitely a problem, very clearly posted & known as private water. Sometimes even after being confronted they just dont care, totally amazing , just dont give a chit. 

[corny13]

The worst I've seen was by a certain overweight PRO ice fisherman that is very well known in Minnesota on Leech lake about 5 years ago..  went out to a hump I've known for years being a good walleye spot at sunset.  This guy driving thru 3' of snow pulls up to the hump with a bunch of guys he is guiding..we were set up and fishing walleyes already biting .... starts yelling and swearing that I was on HIS spot and that I only found it by following him?  Wow... there were not even any tracks to the hump I had blazed a trail.  After done making a royal scene in front of his clients the funniest thing was he locked his suburban with keys inside and running..it was about -15F out side.  We went back to catching walleyes and when we left a hour later they were still trying to get into the suburban.  Needless to say I did not offer to give anyone a ride back to shore.   I have not bought a lure or anything from any company that uses him as a spokesman since.. go figure.  I probably should have called a warden and pressed charges on the jerk..

[Mncrappie]

The worst I've seen was by a certain overweight PRO ice fisherman that is very well known in Minnesota on Leech lake about 5 years ago..  went out to a hump I've known for years being a good walleye spot at sunset.  This guy driving thru 3' of snow pulls up to the hump with a bunch of guys he is guiding..we were set up and fishing walleyes already biting .... starts yelling and swearing that I was on HIS spot and that I only found it by following him?  Wow... there were not even any tracks to the hump I had blazed a trail.  After done making a royal scene in front of his clients the funniest thing was he locked his suburban with keys inside and running..it was about -15F out side.  We went back to catching walleyes and when we left a hour later they were still trying to get into the suburban.  Needless to say I did not offer to give anyone a ride back to shore.   I have not bought a lure or anything from any company that uses him as a spokesman since.. go figure.  I probably should have called a warden and pressed charges on the jerk..

Does his name happen to start with a D??

[corny13]

No a B

[Mncrappie]

No a B

I thought you were talking about Dave genz

[squ1rr31_]

Easy guys, let's not get into a mud slinging match and end up naming the person and risk liable lawsuits, haha.

[Claymation]

I've never experienced anything other than jerk snowmobilers flying around, and one time some teenagers in a souped up car spinning around. Most people around here seem to be good folks.

[FishFinder87]

The only harassment I've dealt with is someone flipping their trap over so close i could here a "zing" from the fabric rubbing on my shack. Although, someone could write me up on here for my dog marking his tip-up but that's about it.  I think most of us out there are all out there for the same reason. Get Dem Slabs..

[bronvike21]

I thought you were talking about Dave genz

I'm guessing Babe

[secretasianman]

No a B

B.B.?

same kind of scenerio happened to me on mille lacs by a "pro". his name started with a T

[MeatHunter]

The worst I've seen was by a certain overweight PRO ice fisherman that is very well known in Minnesota on Leech lake about 5 years ago..  went out to a hump I've known for years being a good walleye spot at sunset.  This guy driving thru 3' of snow pulls up to the hump with a bunch of guys he is guiding..we were set up and fishing walleyes already biting .... starts yelling and swearing that I was on HIS spot and that I only found it by following him?  Wow... there were not even any tracks to the hump I had blazed a trail.  After done making a royal scene in front of his clients the funniest thing was he locked his suburban with keys inside and running..it was about -15F out side.  We went back to catching walleyes and when we left a hour later they were still trying to get into the suburban.  Needless to say I did not offer to give anyone a ride back to shore.   I have not bought a lure or anything from any company that uses him as a spokesman since.. go figure.  I probably should have called a warden and pressed charges on the jerk..

I know exactly who your talking about. Seen him at a MDHA banquet dinner one year. A real slob. He also got caught using two way raidos one year deer hunting.

[squ1rr31_]

Again guys, no dirt throwing.

[skogie1]

I started this post to talk about anyone who occasionally runs into my problem with a select few in the area who don't use decent on-ice manners. I'm curious as to what others have experienced, if anything. Most people I meet on the lake are good people. There are just those few who like to make life difficult for fishermen. I have one who lives down the road who likes to harass people on the lake I live on, including me. (he once chased my neighbor off the lake with a rifle). There have been a couple others here and there and I've decided to get cute by intentionally putting my permanent in a bad fishing area so they think that's where the fish will bite (they go where they see houses). I've even gone as far as catching fish at another spot on the same lake where they do bite and put the fish outside my permanent so they think they're fishing in a good spot. One of these yahoo's and his friend were drilling holes galore by my permanent but weren't catching anything. I haven't seen these guys in a couple weeks now.

My clever way of dealing with the bad seeds of the lake. 

[prospector]

 Had some dude drive within a foot of my Shanty a few years back. Lucky for him I had my daughter with me and didn't want to start any thing with her there.

[HardWaterHunter1]

I started this post to talk about anyone who occasionally runs into my problem with a select few in the area who don't use decent on-ice manners. I'm curious as to what others have experienced, if anything. Most people I meet on the lake are good people. There are just those few who like to make life difficult for fishermen. I have one who lives down the road who likes to harass people on the lake I live on, including me. (he once chased my neighbor off the lake with a rifle). There have been a couple others here and there and I've decided to get cute by intentionally putting my permanent in a bad fishing area so they think that's where the fish will bite (they go where they see houses). I've even gone as far as catching fish at another spot on the same lake where they do bite and put the fish outside my permanent so they think they're fishing in a good spot. One of these yahoo's and his friend were drilling holes galore by my permanent but weren't catching anything. I haven't seen these guys in a couple weeks now.

My clever way of dealing with the bad seeds of the lake. 

Skogie1 you dirty dog. Its okay to like this right

[skogie1]

Skogie1 you dirty dog. Its okay to like this right

Haha. Yep.