Most of the waters I fish are on private property, so if someone who isn't welcome shows up I'm expected to fire a few warning shots.

I spend a lot of time fishing a local 160 acre lake during the spring and summer. This place is only open to the public two days a week and only from 7AM till 4:30PM. So there is always a demand to fish it. In the spring there is always 25 boats (max number allowed to fish per day) lined up to access the water. So at 7AM the DNR guys open the gates and lets us in. This is where the competition begins. Its about a 20 mile drive inside this wildlife refuge to the lake. So once the gates open and we head out these fellows put the pedal the the metal and kick up the dust. Next is the launch ramp. Theres only one. So all the guys that busted buts trying to get to the lake now have to wait forever to launch.

This is an electric motor lake. And it cracks me up seeing how many trolling motors these guys actually can get on their boats. I can understand having a spare but some of these guys run 3 to 4 motors just to have that extra edge over the others. Its crazy.

So on to the fishing. Want to run a crank or drag that long point? Forget it. Working that laydown or beaver dam adjacent to the creek channel? Forget it. How about throwing a frog or punching that matted grass? Not happening. The sad part about this whole mess is the guys Im referring to here are retired. Almost all of them. And nothing comes between them and fishing that school of crappie or those bedding gills. These guys will cut in front of you and cast over you if they have to.   I love this lake because it has several big bass. But unfortunately, it has several big bass_holes on it too. Its just a matter of time before fishing here becomes a contact sport.

Man.  I'd find a different lake!  

i HATE when someone does this....but if its a friends its just annoying but when someone else does this it really bugs me that people can't just go out and find there own spot..