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06-03-2018, 04:52 PM #10
Here is another good one....
Drifting along last evening. Wind had settled and was relatively calm and peaceful. We were only boat in sight for at least 3 miles. After a while from way, out in comes a big Sportcraft trolling with its inboard. Glub...glub...glub. Passed beside us about 40-50 yards. A little close given we were the only 2 boats as far as I could see, and he was pretty noisy, but okay not a big deal. As he passed we netted two or three fish. He went by and maybe 100 yards or so he did a hairpin turn and came up our other side about the same distance. He was closer than I would have come given he had the whole frickin lake and was pretty noisy. Still not a big deal but a wee bit aggravating. We netted another couple of fish as he glubbed...glubbed..glubbed by.
I thought okay, maybe he was running a line, but doubted it as he came from almost out of sight the first pass. That thought evaporated as he made another quick turn and came right back down our other side again, even closer this time. We scooped another fish as he went by and didn't the sucker make a third turn, and once again come up our other side...this second pass my buddies estimated it at 30 yards. After two complete doughnuts around us, and never having put his net in the water, he finally went on.
I mean the guy had the whole frickin lake. Our bite died and don't know if it was his noise or they just quit. But come-on, you got the whole lake. Only justice is that we boated 5, maybe 6 fish as he did his two doughnuts and we never saw his net in the water....
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