Anchored or not anchored

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PstMacteeer

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As a fisherman with a spot lock on his front trolling motor I have wondered does using my spot lock constitute anchored or just position fishing?

I have been reading that drift fisherman while boat drifting, sometimes let their path get too close to spotlocked fisherman who become upset. They state that I am anchored here.

Thinking about this situation, I believe without anchor rope out to an anchor then attached to a boat you are technically not anchored. You are a position fisherman.

So who has the courtesy right of way for the spot two fisherman in different boats want to fish?

Even if one of the boats is drifting, shouldn't they still have some sort of boat control so they can avoid collision problems.

I know (all) boats are to do what is necessary to avoid a collision but what is the courtesy rule?
 
Peyton00 said:
They should go around ya and say hello while passing.
Continue on with the day.


(Unless you are blocking safe passage)
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While I mostly agree there are situations where doing such stationery fishing would be rude.
Like it or not some types of fishing are the norm in some areas and that has to be taken into account while choosing your own methods.
For example, if you ride your bike up the Deschutes to wagon blast and proceed to nymph fish without stepping down each cast you are being rude.
Likewise if one goes to blue creek where everyone is side drifting and you "anchor up" in the middle of the drift you're being rude.

If you're in a fishery where you're the odd man out and are causing problems for all the other anglers, you're being rude.
 
If they’re a guide proceeding to fail at downstream etiquette, lessons learned with clients onboard tend to stick.

I use the circumstance as a teaching exercise and test of a captain’s humility. Worst case a casting target with audible feedback.
 
Doesn't it just depend on who was there first? Sure, like Rob says there are unwritten rules in some fisheries, and then there are some places where it's just common sense. But typically, it's who was there first that gets the ROW isn't it?
 
People fish way too close in our now over crowded fisheries. The traditional manners and customs are lost on the new generation of angler who hail from over crowded areas where a parking space is real estate you fight over. The guy there first has the spot. Don't expect down river progress out here in salmon season or steelhead season. Camping on prime water is now the norm.
 
Dustin Chromers said:
People fish way too close in our now over crowded fisheries. The traditional manners and customs are lost on the new generation of angler who hail from over crowded areas where a parking space is real estate you fight over. The guy there first has the spot. Don't expect down river progress out here in salmon season or steelhead season. Camping on prime water is now the norm.
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Every inconsiderate angler I’ve ran into in SW WA is too old to fit into a new generation of fishers. Actually the experience is just the opposite.
 
For me, if I'm running into these scenarios, I'm not fishing in the right spots. If I wanted to worry about proper etiquette, I'd head to Portland and ask They/Them for a soy latte in a tiny cup and hold my pinky out just right.
 
Chadk said:
For me, if I'm running into these scenarios, I'm not fishing in the right spots. If I wanted to worry about proper etiquette, I'd head to Portland and ask They/Them for a soy latte in a tiny cup and hold my pinky out just right.
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We're talking about fishing. No reason to be shitty about people who are different than you.
 
Dustin Chromers said:
People fish way too close in our now over crowded fisheries. The traditional manners and customs are lost on the new generation of angler who hail from over crowded areas where a parking space is real estate you fight over. The guy there first has the spot. Don't expect down river progress out here in salmon season or steelhead season. Camping on prime water is now the norm.
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The Hanford Reach fall Chinook (Upriver Brights) season is winding down. My friend fishes the Reach, he trolls upstream and downstream with downriggers. Alan was slowly working his way down a run, like almost everyone else, when a guide boat trolling at Mach-2 started yelling at Alan to "Get the F out of my way you A--hole". I guess speed trolling takes priority over all other anglers.

I don't think manners, rudeness, whatever, is a trait of any generation.
 
all about the traffic, as in if there is some, take your shot than get in line for another...no one likes hole hoggers
 
If the only thing governing our behavior is the law then we are a$$holes. Etiquette is not about the law, it is about respect and sharing. I don’t know the fishery you speak of, but if the norm is to drift, and it is a crowded fishery, then that is probably what you should do.

There is a popular hatchery salmon hole I fish and everybody fishes it from the road side. Every once in a while some out of town douche shows up and thinks they are a genius by crossing the rapid and fishing from the other side rather then be in the crowd of 50 people. Everyone knows this is possible, but it messes up the fishing. The run is 30 feet wide so the douche flinging their spinner or jig or eggs over is literally dropping it at the feet of a couple dozen guys. I’ve seen people get hit and rod get dinged. I’ve even seen a guy cross and act as if the folks on the other side should fish their half of the river not his half even though his half is where the fish hold (part of the reason people don’t fish that side is then you are right on top of the fish, spooking them). It usually gets pretty heated and I don’t think it should take a modern day Sherlock to figure out why the guy who crossed the river is an a$$hole and should just do as everyone else does rather then subject them to nearly getting hit by gear and putting the fish down.
 
Dustin Chromers said:
People fish way too close in our now over crowded fisheries. The traditional manners and customs are lost on the new generation of angler who hail from over crowded areas where a parking space is real estate you fight over. The guy there first has the spot. Don't expect down river progress out here in salmon season or steelhead season. Camping on prime water is now the norm.
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I'd say in some respects salmon is different than steelhead. Camping is the norm with salmon because the fish are constantly moving..

As for steelhead, I don't fish in crowds much but if I did, I WOULD MAKE DOWNSTREAM PROGRESS, campers should expect me to go around them and it will be close on both sides. Downstream snake roll cast on one side and upstream
Single specs on the other...

I don't fish around crowds... I'd be dead if I did. :)
 
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