First off, let me say this is kinda long and may sound unbelievable to some. So i get news that everyone at my work was going to have today off as part of the holiday weekend. There is a guy there that has been asking to fish with me for about 6 months now. So he calls me Sun and asks if i want to go out on the lake Mon. Since i didn't get to go Sat i said yes. We agreed to split gas and on a time and place Sun night(my truck and boat). Well this morning he calls at about 5am and tells me he needed his gas to drive to work this week and wants me to pick him up at his house. I delayed the trip 45min to go and get him. We stop to get gas and he asks me for $ for a cigarette lighter! We get on the lake and he has nothing but his rods/reels with him! Than he asks, "what ya got for breakfast"? He had no food, drinks, snacks, spare hooks/weights nothing! I gave him 1/2 my breakfast my wife always packs me and my drinks as well. Throughout the day he used three bags of Zoom worms i have in a color that is no longer sold in stores. A whole pack of my Gamakatsu hooks and tungsten weights! And picked up one of my Falcon rods and started using it without even saying a word! He never even asked if he could get my stuff! I was so shocked that i was expecting to wake up at any moment! I figured i would make the best of it and we start fishing. He catches the first 2 fish about 5min into it and can't stop bragging. He looks at me and says, "must suck to have all that expensive gear and get out fished by someone with Wal-Mart stuff"(all he uses). I ignore it and proceed to catch 15 fish within the next 5 hours while he got only 2 more! He than starts talking about how non competitive he is and doesn't care about who catches more!?! Needless to say i could not wait to drop him off! Anyone who knows me will say i am not a stingy person. All i ask is you be upfront and tell me how it is going down. I don't mind sharing food, tackle or whatever as long as you atleast ask first!

As i was typing this he calls me up and asks, "so we going fishing again next weekend"

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Sorry about the rant guys but it was either vent or punch him out tomorrow at work!!!!!!!!

Sounds like you should have showered down on the throttle while he was standing in the back.  ;D

What a tool!  Hard not to crack him over the head with one of his Ugly Stiks

sorry to hear that:T just never take him fishing again:D lesson learned

"Posted by: cyph3r Posted on: Today at 8:02pm

sorry to hear that:T just never take him fishing again:D lesson learned"  

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Wow that is garbage... whenever I go out as a rider (which is almost always unless I snag my fathers boat) I always pay for gas used on the lake *completely* as well as beer and food for the day...

the fact that he had no bait is insane... that guy sounds like a dead beat around here by me who will invite me to go to dinner with him then ask me to pay once the check comes because he has no money with him... same guy is a 28 y/o no job, no car parents pay his appartment rent and he has no electricity because he didn't pay his bill all winter and they finally shut it off in spring (since they legally can't in winter)

go ahead and punch him tomorrow at work too. what a wiener that guy is.

Freeloaders suk!!!!

Yeah dude, a serious beatdown needs to be administered.  >

I love taking people with no boat out fishing with me and showing them a good time but this is ridiculous! Every person i have taken out on the lake will offer food and gas. I rarely take either unless they insist but it's the thought that counts. I will usually have my wife pack an extra plate for my partner anyways. I didn't today because we hardly know each other and i didn't know if he would take it(NO PROBLEM THERE)! I wouldn't have minded any of this if he would have just went about it the right way! I have had buddies tell me right away they are broke but will get it next time and that is fine with me! This guy never even offered and still had the nerve to ask if we were going again next weekend!

So are you taking him ?

Wow, thats so rude and ungrateful. Unbelievable.

If someone with a boat took me out fishing I sure as hell wouldn't use their stuff or ask for money. I would want to at least buy that person lunch and cover the gas for the trip.

Hmm...

Just move on, there is nothing to be gained by having ANY

discussion with the slug.

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So are you taking him ?

HECK NO i am not taking him anywhere! I forgot the best part though. When the day was over, i had to walk FAR to get the truck and trailer(parking lot is far away). After i back it up and load the boat he jumps in the truck, cranks up the a/c and just lays back. I usually spend about 15min cleaning up the trash, emptying live wells strapping the boat down etc. Needless to say, i did that on my own as well!

But, you are right RW, i am just going to forget this day ever happened and move on!

What do you expect?  You seem to be quite the soft touch.  I think the day would have went quite differently had you said something to the guy rather than kept your mouth shut.  

How can you work with this guy and not notice his lack of manners? I would have provided for too since we were already at the lake but he wouldn't be using my tungstens or good hooks. He would have been using my back up lead weights and off color worms. Then I would have been poking smart asss remarks at him all day, like "dude, i cant believe you forgot your own tackle" or "do you need help tying your hook on?" Actually, knowing me, I probably would have turned around and went back home after he borrowed money for a lighter.

He definitely would never sit in my boat again.

How can you work with this guy and not notice his lack of manners? I would have provided for too since we were already at the lake but he wouldn't be using my tungstens or good hooks. He would have been using my back up lead weights and off color worms. Then I would have been poking smart asss remarks at him all day, like "dude, i cant believe you forgot your own tackle" or "do you need help tying your hook on?" Actually, knowing me, I probably would have turned around and went back home after he borrowed money for a lighter.

He definitely would never sit in my boat again.

It is a HUGE company and we are in different departments of it. We only see each other twice a week at scheduled meetings the company holds. Trust me, i had no idea man! And no Burley, i am no soft touch! I just hate confrontations on the water! I only fish once a week so i try my hardest to make it enjoyable each time!

oh, man.......

seriously, that straight up sucks man. and i feel your pain about not wanting to start something on the water......... you gotta make the best of it, and you dont want some idiot to ruin it (any more than it already was at least!!).

so, im wishing the best of luck to you on your next outing......

as i know it will be great, because the straight up ignorant mooch wont be along for the ride.

I'm with ya about not wanting to cause a problem on the water...but,I woulda said something about it once i saw him using my good rod. actually no,I wouldn't have said anything, other than I hope you can swim...

I learned my lesson with tree catchers, so I only take people out that I know can fish, all others are shore bound.   The guy is clueless! Leave it be not worth your time.

That s**cks.  I wish I had your patience.  That guy would have found a home in the water pretty quick pulling stunts like that.  I always help my buddies launch, load, and clean up.  I pay for gas when its not my boat and they always reciprocate.  Its a team effort when Im on the water with friends and thats what always makes it a good experience.  Live and learn I suppose.  Hell, I created what may quite posibly be the largest rats nest know to man last night during a hot streak and laughed it off because of the company.  Makes you appreciate the good people out there that much more.  

Makes you appreciate the good people out there that much more.

This pretty much sums it up for me. Sounds like the fishing was good, the company sucked, and you learned something that will keep you from making the same mistake twice. Not all bad.

HE told everyone at work how much fun it was fishing with me!?! I had many people call me and ask, you actually took that gy fishing!?! Yeah, now they warn me! LOL, live and learn i guess..................

HE told everyone at work how much fun it was fishing with me!?! I had many people call me and ask, you actually took that gy fishing!?! Yeah, now they warn me! LOL, live and learn i guess..................

Hmph!!!  A little too late!  But as you said, live and learn.

Reminds me of the time a coworker set me up on a blind date with someone she knew.  Admitedly, the woman was bonafide gorgeous but about halfway into the evening, I would've chewed my foot off to get away.  She wouldn't stop talking (one of those one-sided conversations) and it all had a negative bias.  Later I wanted to ask my coworker what she had against me.

But back to you.  Hope you don't have many repeated experiences like that one.