As a general rule I haven't had many problems with the boats while fishing from the bank. The one exception was last year. I fished just above Douglas Bar for coho(along with 15 others) and these three nit wits in a 12' boat anchored 40' across from us and proceeded to cast at our feet. I asked the guy if he needed to anchor on top of the fish and cast at us. He calmly replied "I'll fish wherever I f*****g want". Everyone of us tied on 4" BuzzBombs and started bombarding his boat. He made a hasty retreat and anchored on top of a drift boat just downstream. Shortly after there was mention of lead and the three amigos left. I'm stuck on the bank and all I ask is a little respect. Don't anchor up and fish my water. Don't pull plugs tight to us bankies. Going up the middle of the channel is fine. I can just make shorter casts as you troll through. Also please don't come in tight to the bank at full speed. Stay outside of us(if possible). I hate having to climb the bank to get away from the wake. I think most boaters are straight up folks. It is a few people that don't have a clue. But their are bankies that don't have a clue either.

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