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Today I was at riverbend ponds in Fort Collins. I was fishing the 'big pond' and wading to all my spots. There is one area where you can wade out to a good area of standing timber and it doesn't get much pressure because there aren't many boats out there and I'm not sure how many people know you can wade to it.
So anyway...there's this canoe out in the middle of the pond (it's probably a 100-150 acre pond) and they had been near the standing timber but not fishing it. So I wade out to it and they see me and immediately come barreling into this timber. One guy is "fly fishing" I use quotes because he looked like he was whipping a horse instead of casting a fly. The popper he was using hit the water on every backcast and wend about 5 feet on the forecast. He was snagging timber on every cast which then caused the guy in back (who was spinfishing) go go crashing (literally) into the timber to free the fly-guy and he was also sure to drop the oar on the bottom of the canoe several times in the process.
These guys were nearly casting distance to me, my 3/8 oz spinnerbait, and my baitcasting setup which, believe me, I can cover some distance with. I sent a couple their way and they just stared at me. I was so close to saying something but I turned around and headed to the other end of the timber. They continued a ways down and got tangled up in another tree for a minute.
I was about to head back to the shore and was fishing a little sunken brushpile and here they come again! I was waiting for them to pass between me and the shore and when they did, I was going to go off! But instead, they must have seen the steam coming out of my ears so they proceeded to head down the shore within 20 feet of someone who was fishing the shore and ruin their spot instead.
At this point these two idiots portaged over to a different pond. I circled around and hit the timber from the other side on my way back to the car (about an hour later) and caught 2 LMB out of it.
If you're new to fishing...please err on the side of giving some one way too much room instead of crowding them. If someone is fishing the spot you want to be in, go fish another spot, and come back later. I do this all the time.
If you're not new to fishing and are just a jackass...Look out because someday you'll do this to someone who isn't as big of a wuss as I am. And at some point I'm going to get fed up and let you have it anyway.
I will post a report later with pics. The fishing was good other than the idiots.
Rant Over.
So anyway...there's this canoe out in the middle of the pond (it's probably a 100-150 acre pond) and they had been near the standing timber but not fishing it. So I wade out to it and they see me and immediately come barreling into this timber. One guy is "fly fishing" I use quotes because he looked like he was whipping a horse instead of casting a fly. The popper he was using hit the water on every backcast and wend about 5 feet on the forecast. He was snagging timber on every cast which then caused the guy in back (who was spinfishing) go go crashing (literally) into the timber to free the fly-guy and he was also sure to drop the oar on the bottom of the canoe several times in the process.
These guys were nearly casting distance to me, my 3/8 oz spinnerbait, and my baitcasting setup which, believe me, I can cover some distance with. I sent a couple their way and they just stared at me. I was so close to saying something but I turned around and headed to the other end of the timber. They continued a ways down and got tangled up in another tree for a minute.
I was about to head back to the shore and was fishing a little sunken brushpile and here they come again! I was waiting for them to pass between me and the shore and when they did, I was going to go off! But instead, they must have seen the steam coming out of my ears so they proceeded to head down the shore within 20 feet of someone who was fishing the shore and ruin their spot instead.
At this point these two idiots portaged over to a different pond. I circled around and hit the timber from the other side on my way back to the car (about an hour later) and caught 2 LMB out of it.
If you're new to fishing...please err on the side of giving some one way too much room instead of crowding them. If someone is fishing the spot you want to be in, go fish another spot, and come back later. I do this all the time.
If you're not new to fishing and are just a jackass...Look out because someday you'll do this to someone who isn't as big of a wuss as I am. And at some point I'm going to get fed up and let you have it anyway.
I will post a report later with pics. The fishing was good other than the idiots.
Rant Over.