Interesting point from New Mexico. We have a law here that states that you
are to be at least 100' from another fisherman, unless it is family or
friend, when shore fishing. Also, if you do anything to disturb or disrupt
or otherwise interfere with another persons fishing, I.E.. throwing anything
in the water to scare the fish, they are subject to arrest and fines.
Several years ago a group of PETA jerks congregated at Lake Carlsbad on
a weekend when there was a trout fishing derby. There were approximately 40
or 50 of them and as the derby started they did to. Throwing rocks in the
water, harassing fisherman, kids and officials. Amazingly enough, every one
was arrested and fined $2000 and 30 days in jail. About half were from out
of state and the judge was very intolerant of any rhetoric from them.
There is a similar law concerning hunting and dear hunting. The same
thing happened in the early 90's near Cloudcroft with the same results
during deer season
Needless to say they are "Very" quiet and low profile around here. It might
be worth checking your local laws and seeing if there are similar ones in
your area.
Just a thought.
Jimi
Steve,
That has happened to me a few times on the Gunpowder. I'll be
fishing along, and all of a sudden, from up above, rocks start splashing in
the water around me. Don't know if it's kids, or PETA pukes. They hide
behind trees, and in the thick brush. I've had it happen more often up
near the dam, where there is a lot more cover for the cowards to hide.
Mark
At 10:37 PM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
>--
>I was on the recieving end of rock and garbage thowing last fall. A
>pleasant looking middle aged couple road up by me, and stopped for a
picnic.
>
>They watched me catch and release a few fish, and then started throwing
>crap into the water. First apples, then the remains of lunch, and finally
>rocks. Complaints just brought verbal abuse. They lost interest after a
>while and left, but it shook me.
>
>Let people alone. None of us is beyond reproach in someone's eyes.
>
>Steve,
>In Maryland
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