Turf War
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:51 am
A recent example, of many, of the "turf war" between fishermen and boaters:
A small fishing boat was right in the middle of a very narrow entrance to a bay. I slowed way down, and went around him as wide as I could, without risking grounding.
Then he gave me the dagger look (which in other cases is far worse), as if to say: Can't you see I'm here?
Does he not know where he is? And what does he expect boaters to do? Conclude that the large, cove-filled bay is off limits -- until he chooses to move?
I know the rules-of-the-road for boaters and fishermen. But what I object to is the attitude (some have) that they have a "divine right" to be wherever. And boaters be damned.
A small fishing boat was right in the middle of a very narrow entrance to a bay. I slowed way down, and went around him as wide as I could, without risking grounding.
Then he gave me the dagger look (which in other cases is far worse), as if to say: Can't you see I'm here?
Does he not know where he is? And what does he expect boaters to do? Conclude that the large, cove-filled bay is off limits -- until he chooses to move?
I know the rules-of-the-road for boaters and fishermen. But what I object to is the attitude (some have) that they have a "divine right" to be wherever. And boaters be damned.