Posted by Louis White Just my 2 cents worth.
on August 13, 2007, 8:25 am, in reply to "Sportsmanship"
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Unfortunately we do not have a rule covering this issue. Myself I try to give someone at least 50 yards.Most trails that do have a rule for this requires that you are anchored and the trolling motor out of the water. Then the only problem you have then is can everyone judge 50 yards correctly...nope your 50 or mine could be off 20 yards.It unfortunately is poor sportsmanship and the way the rules are set they committed nothing wrong by the rules but I would say they were wrong in doing what they did !
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: So far this tournament season, my partner and
: I have had mostly good experiences in
: regards to sportsmanship. However in the
: July tournament and yesterdays tournament we
: had a fellow competitor come into a very
: small creek behind us. Once planing to
: within 20 yards of us, setting down and
: continuing to fish right up to and then
: passed us. This same person did the same
: thing in yesterdays tournament. Now this
: time he didnt plane in on top of us, but
: none the less, fished right up to us and
: right around us and continued on in front of
: us. Dont get me wrong. He was very nice and
: talkative to us as he did this, but it still
: seemed to me to be a bit of poor
: sportsmanship. I personally do not do this.
: I will not come in and fish within a
: reasonable distance around another
: tournament competitor. I would like to hear
: from others on this matter. Those guilty of
: this know who you are and sure arent making
: any friends.
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