Hard part is catching them. The area I was speaking about on the Gunpowder in Maryland, is fairly steep terrain. The river is down at the bottom of the valley, and the walls of the hills go up at a pretty steep angle. The cowards will hide up on the hillside, either behind the trees or dense brush, then start chucking rocks down into the river. By the time I'd get out of the stream, climb up to where I thought the rocks might be coming from, they'd be long gone. Tried that once. Whoever it was high tailed it out of there as soon as I climbed out of the stream. I could hear 'em crashing through the underbrush as they ran away. I've reported it to the local DNR game warden, but they are so short handed out there, they can't patrol every foot of the stream all the time. Kinda tough to climb up a 30 degree incline through dense brush, dressed in waders, fishing vest, anc carrying a 7' bamboo stick...
Mark
At 05:39 AM 3/6/2003 -0700, you wrote:
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 >
