I can remember fishing in emmerentia dam along the dam wall when a kayaker rowed over line.I shouted and waved my arms about and he just ignored me.My line got stuck on his rudder and spooled a third of my reel before it cut off.

Some people are just natural born jerks and you just have to tolerate them.Dont let them spoil your day

Logan, do you think he wanted your spot and thought by saying what he did you would move?

Fish anyway you want and enjoy the outdoors.

There are no set rules in fishing.

Post some pics of what you catch, too.

LOLOLOL

Logan,

There will always be haters. I feel your pain. Try having a youtube channel with a little bit of traffic. There are people who will pick you to death because they expect everything and everyone to be perfect and professional and nothing will ever please them. Just ingnore them. They aren't worth your time. Focus on making yourself better at whatever you do and pay attention to those who really want to help you.

Trust me, the only reason I hold onto that story is because I don't want to be like that guy. If I had paid much attention I would have probably quit fishing. LOL! I stopped caring too much what people think when I was in highschool. I mean, I will respect someone as much as possible, but I could care less if they like my shirt, my beard, my long hair, or if they think I fish too long in one spot. Thankfully it's a community lake so the only way they're getting rid of me is to evict me. And I happen to know that the people who run the place likes me and has no issues with where I fish or for how long. Mainly cause they know that I catch and release rather than do like one guy did a few years back. He caught a bunch and left them on another guys porch without telling him. Needless to say that not only was he not allowed to fish but he was also kicked out (guessing there were other complaints besides that).

So far, besides a couple misunderstandings, everyone has been nice and helpful.

People go fishing to have fun and relax and enjoy the outdoors. To get away from hustle and bustle of life and people like that. Sounds like you have luck about like me. Go fishing to get away from people like that for a while and end up running into one anyway.