We only eat the spanish for sure. The king I caught this year I steamed out for the locals on pier and handed it out.
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Originally posted by FishingDuoFunny guy. Go to beach on weekend and watch the bs that’s dealt with at pier, folly, and even IOP. Surfers, paddleboarders, sea doos, and sometimes boats. Sometimes throwing a jig in their direction is our only deterrent. Also I forgot cf.com motto, if you post the trolls will come ha
No troll here, seriously how do you think your line “broke” just because it got bumped by a board or a paddle? No sharp edges on either, even if it tangled on a guys arm…it broke? BS #1
$30ish worth of a bottom rig? Wow…not, BS #2
Hooked a guy in the leg with a Gotcha plug who paddled away with it still in his leg? (guess your line “broke” then too huh) BS #3
Carry on and tell more lies.
Seriously? Fishing off pier with trolley rig it’s easy lose that much in a break off. I’m not gonna waste my time with a troll like yourself. People like you are the reason these forums fail to be productive most days. Thank you for ruining this post sir.
Don’t be so sensitive.
Grandma’s saying: “if you always tell the truth, you don’t have to remember what you said”
Grandpa’s saying: “early to bed, early to rise… fish all day, make up lies”
I know a few paddleboarders that would have come up on the pier and beat your ass for hooking them with a gotcha plug, so in the future be careful who you throw them at. Women and children only is a safe bet.
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I wish they would come up and try…instead of the running through equipment and cursing us for “being in their way”. To each his own but gotta teach them a lesson somehow
They cursed at you? [:0]
Main reason I’m on the boat nowadays, and used to only do surf fishing after a few bad experiences on the pier with all the paddleboarders. Oh by the way, been surfing since I was 11, all it takes is common sense to stay away from the pier.
Also, what is the point of paddleboarding? Surfing without waves, must be really exhilarating.
Enjoy your hobby, and we will enjoy ours.
By the way, it’d be pretty funny if a paddleboarder came up the pier to fight someone…he’d probably be helped right back into the water faster than a stingray.
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It all comes down to the fact that population growth now means that more and more idiots and a-holes are competing for the limited natural resource areas that courteous users have often had to ourselves in the past. Unfortunately, it seems that being oblivious to ones surroundings, complete ignorance, or purposeful intrusion now seems to be the norm. I wish there was hope that these conflicts would get better before getting worse but that’s not going to happen. Gone are the days where folks that enjoy the outdoors respect each others right to do so. Maybe an occasional hook in the leg will get the message out that there are consequences when you ignore the law, ignore the huge signs on the end of the pier, ignore the people screaming at you, ignore the dozens of fishing rods, or just don’t care that you are intruding into an area that someone else was clearly using.
This thread started with paddleboarders ignoring both someone surf fishing and then separately ignoring those fishing on the pier. As a pier fisherman I have personally lost plenty of tackle and several kings and tarpon over the years to jet skis, boats, and even a sailboat. So, I’m particularly sensitive to the issue. This problem is not new, nor is is just paddleboards of course. There are so many other examples of intrusions that should be obvious to anyone with half a brain:
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How would a group of paddleboarders feel if they were in a secluded creek enjoying the quite, smooth water, just to have a group of Jet Skis take the area over and chop it all to hell.
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How would a flats fisherman feel if they were quietly working a flat when a class of noisy beginning kayakers decide to cut right through it and blow out all the spottails.
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How would you feel if anchored up alone offshore with thousands of miles of open ocean available and another boat anchors within yards of you.
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How would you like to set up for hours in a tree stand, dressed in bright orange camo, yet have ATVs ignore you and decide that the power right-of-way i
HEY!!! I love jet skis!! And the boarders were ignorant. I was looking out for them by reeling in and waiting for the to drift by. Even waving at times. You would think their instructor, who was with the big group, would have instructed them on ALL the hazards in the ocean, including fisherman’s lines/hooks. Clearly they did not. I thought it was quite fun to watch them fall…and fall…and fall…and hang on the board because the dudes were to pansy to pull their butts back on. I was not mad at all it was really intertaining. I wish I could have hooked up with a nice Sand bar, or Black tip or 50lb Ray and drag it back and forth through them. That would have been funny!
Well said fishingaddict, really it just comes down to common sense and courtesy. I have friends that love to kayak and paddleboard. I think I like everything you listed there…except jet skis. We all get defensive in regard to our own passions and hobbies. Just follow the rules to the best of your ability and be courteous…this is the south dammit.
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Hit the pier this morning early. Paddle boarder ran into my line not 5 minutes after I threw it. Scared the crap out of him. Should have seen him dancing all over the board. Funny stuff. Small rain storm blew through and fishing briefly picked up. Hooked a shark about 3 1/2 feet long. Lost him trying to hoist him up. Then hooked a massive ray. Started at the left side at the end and wound up on the right side about half way down before the pylons got my line. Hooked 2 more presumed sharks. Can’t wait for that first bull red.
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Originally posted by FishingDuoWe only eat the spanish for sure. The king I caught this year I steamed out for the locals on pier and handed it out.
On the Folly Pier
Surf fisherman when paddleboarders plow throw his lines: I wish those (**()ed paddleboarders would paddle somewhere else!
Paddleboarder playing in the ocean getting caught in fishing lines: I wish those (**()ed fishermen would fish somewhere else!
“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
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OK since I am new to Charleston I have to add in here. How about the new guy at the pier who is used to fresh water bait casters and is using an open face for the first time and keeps casting into PEOPLE and not into the water… or the new guy who twice cast and hit my rod up in a rod holder. Wait a minute, that was me being that new guy…lol…sorry if you were the guy I kept casting into…
on a more serious note, Saturday night, my son and I at the north in of Folly, about 3 houses down, surf fishing for the first time. Two people in some flying contraption. a big parachute and a big round noisy fan. they could fly around anywhere but insisted on flying around us. I was tempted to cast into their parachute. (though based on my pier fishing experience I probably couldnt hit it…)
In all seriousness, we as surf fisherman are WAY out numbered. Check out this link from N. Myrtle beach. It’s a couple years old, but still a little concerning. If things don’t change, they will start talking about this crap down here too.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/08/20/3010777/north-myrtle-beach-discusses-surf.html
Don’t scare me like that !!!
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Originally posted by CaptFritzI know a few paddleboarders that would have come up on the pier and beat your ass for hooking them with a gotcha plug, so in the future be careful who you throw them at. Women and children only is a safe bet.
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maybe but Ive seen lots of paddle board classes and i have yet to see someone taking one that i think could whoop up on me.
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maybe but Ive seen lots of paddle board classes and i have yet to see someone taking one that i think could whoop up on me.
And I am sure their wet skin is not fillet proof…