Ignorant Boat Users

[bigfen]

Had a quiet little session down at the glass centre today just to get away from the usual mackie bashers on Roker pier.Started off at about 10.00 this morning which was about an hour remaining or the ebbing tide and a big tide at that.My son was with me and we fished two rods each.The first hour went past with only a couple of nibbles which I didnt even bother trying to hook,then at exactly low tide a boat came down the river heading straight for the lines I waved and shouted,reeled one of the lines in the guy at the tiller of the boat saw me and to my annoyance continued to head straight for the lines and managed to catch my rod which was dragged off the tripod and i just managed to catch it.Well I lost the shock leader and terminal gear and put it down to experience.As I was rigging up again I still had my scratching rod out and my son had both of his lines out then another boat came down the rver and guess what same again only this time 3 rods were caught up,by this time there was steam coming out of me ears and the air was blue,this time was more disappointing as it was a coble with about 8 anglers on board who ignored my shouts.Three sets of shock leaders and rigs gone this time,and the boat was steaming really close to the side of the river which I would have thought was a little dangerous for him anyway as the tide was at its lowest point.I know there will be boat owners who will say he has to keep to the port side when he travels down the river but both of these boats were really close to the bank,and I have had enough experience on boats,when my father owned a boat at the fish quay,to know that if you see anglers on shore you look out for their line.It seems to me as they think they own the river ..a very ignorant attitude indeed!

[DaveH]

diks on boats

Bad crack that like. Im sure them blokes on the boats have all fished from the shore and like us all had close encounters with passing boats, so should really know better. Im just starting to get into boat fishing and if im on a boat and it seems to be getting a bit too close to blokes lines onshore i would be letting the skipper know incase he aint seen it.

[bigfen]

Thing is on the boat with the anglers on I could here some of the lads shout to the so called skipper to avoid the lines,ut he obviously ignored them and its not as if he wouldnt have heard me shout.im just lucky to still have all the rods as 3 of them were almost dragged over,and that would have been nye on £600 worth of gear.I bet if I had cast a 6oz gripper lead anywhere near him he wouldnt have been pleased.

[codseeker]

sorry to hear this ,but when boats are running whatever engine is in or on them ya carnt hear much maybe he or anyone onboard didnt hear the shouting ,myself i always go out and come in on the dock side to avoid any lines

[topbanana]

I was fishing the other week down the river and this idiot deliberatly turned in at the last minute leaving me no chance to get my gear in. Once he had my line and nearly dragged me rod in he turned out again. Complete and utter bell end I turned the air blue, felt like going to the marina doing some damage to his boat to see what he made of that, pr@ck.

[harry barker]

Had a quiet little session down at the glass centre today just to get away from the usual mackie bashers on Roker pier.Started off at about 10.00 this morning which was about an hour remaining or the ebbing tide and a big tide at that.My son was with me and we fished two rods each.The first hour went past with only a couple of nibbles which I didnt even bother trying to hook,then at exactly low tide a boat came down the river heading straight for the lines I waved and shouted,reeled one of the lines in the guy at the tiller of the boat saw me and to my annoyance continued to head straight for the lines and managed to catch my rod which was dragged off the tripod and i just managed to catch it.Well I lost the shock leader and terminal gear and put it down to experience.As I was rigging up again I still had my scratching rod out and my son had both of his lines out then another boat came down the rver and guess what same again only this time 3 rods were caught up,by this time there was steam coming out of me ears and the air was blue,this time was more disappointing as it was a coble with about 8 anglers on board who ignored my shouts.Three sets of shock leaders and rigs gone this time,and the boat was steaming really close to the side of the river which I would have thought was a little dangerous for him anyway as the tide was at its lowest point.I know there will be boat owners who will say he has to keep to the port side when he travels down the river but both of these boats were really close to the bank,and I have had enough experience on boats,when my father owned a boat at the fish quay,to know that if you see anglers on shore you look out for their line.It seems to me as they think they own the river ..a very ignorant attitude indeed!

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with the boats travelling up and down the river,this topic has been talked about hundred of times and the only advice I can give is reel in as soon as you see a boat moving towards you.
I am a shore angler and a boat owner so I do understand the problem,and to be honest I don't think most boat owners would deliberate run over a anglers lines,there maybe a rouge skipper but I have never met one yet.

Some times there's good reason for a boat to move over as he could have had instruction from port authorities to do this when there movement of large shipping in the river,this instruction would be made by VHF radio so the shore angler wouldn't know about this and the movement of the large vessel could be within 10 minutes so you would not see the need for small boat to move over.
Also at low water springs depending on the vessels draft he may have to move to deeper water and that might be close to the river banks to navigate his way to sea.
By the way a vessel travelling down the river should be well over to starboard side (right hand of the river) not port side.
but on entering the river he would then be over to port side.

[PETER]

total w*****s that do that if you ask me all that space and they hog the sides or pier head take a caterpult next time and a dozen stallies!!!! alot of money gone if your rod goes in the drink as i dout youl get it back

[The Jester]

Being a boat owner and shore angler i always keep well clear of lines as i've had my rod taken by a jet ski'er so know the frustration involved...But on the other hand i've also had sinkers and spinners thrown over the boat while keeping well clear of anglers off the end of Roke Pier. Maybe this bloke has had a bad experience with shore anglers...who knows. I'm not defending the bloke, but i think anglers whether shore or boat should look out for each other.....

[easyfish1]

it may have been on purpose, if thats the case then he's well out of order, but speaking from a boat owners perspective, the lines are quite difficult to see when your in the wheelhouse, i've had experiance of this coming out of hartlepool when the lads are fishing from middleton pier

i've snagged one or two, but stopped to give the lads a chance to reel in

believe me they are sometimes nearly invisible..

[bigfen]

I do agree that most boat owners/users are decent people who do look out fir anglers lines,but on these two occasions on Sunday Im afraid they knew the lines were there and did nothing to avoid them,in fact the commercial boat moved back into the centre of the river once he saw gesturing towards him. But the disappointing thing was the boat with the anglers,I clearly heard on of the lads shout to the skipper to avoid the lines and yet no manoeuvre ti about them took place. So I think I am justified in the use of the word ignorant in these two cases!