Had an episode yesterday at a tournament. Would like opinions whether good or bad. Had our morning blast off and I made it to my main starting spot in pine bluff harbor. Went into boat canals that are about 60 feet wide at most and 1/4 mile long. Made it in, grabbed rod made first flip, turned to make 2nd flip and another boat pulls into canal beside me and sets upto fish. I asked which tourney they were in, and I acknowledged to them I was in same tourney. They started fishing right beside me, rubbing boat to boat. They fished both sides of canal, some of there pitches in front of my flips across my boat. I stated that they fish their side and I fish mine. At this point I am boiling mad at these guys. All I can do to not climb in boat with them. So I speed up on trolling motor and they do the same. I slow down and they do the same. We do this almost all the way down the canal and I am boiling mad and not fishing the way I need to. I decide that they have no reguards of having any morals of sportsmanship. Here is where I got childish and stubborn. We get almost to the end where the fish have been, I throw trolling motor on high and get within 50-60 yards of the end, turn the boat sideways and powerpole down and stowing my trolling motor and explaining anchoring rules. They get mad telling me how sorry I am about not owning the water and not much of a human being in a lot of other words. I told them that If I had pulled into the canal 2nd like they did and it was my primary spot, I would have turned and left because it is the way I am. I know that I could have left to begin with, but it didnt enter my mind at the time. All comments are welcome, good or bad. You are not going to hurt my feelings if you blast me for what I did, like I said in the little story was that I was furious and it was the best thing I could come up with other than not climbing in the boat with them.
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