I have to admit that I thought about this post a bit last night in the deep comfort of my rye and ginger...
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To many people were opposed to what happened and I had to re-think.
Upon further consideration, and a 3rd drink, i kinda felt 30 feet is pretty close and without more info it seems that it was a bit closer than I'd go for.
If you were honestly fishing the structure and not the shack and 30feet was as far as you could get from the shack while being on the structure... not ideal, but no big deal.
However, if you were fishing the shack because someone thought the spot was a good one and you wanted a piece of it, then that's kind of bad form.
Trying to explain your intentions to this hot-head was well done, packing up and leaving was also good... (not sure I could have bitten my tongue) Too bad the fellow couldn't see past his anger to remember how tough it is to learn about fishing... he could have tipped you off to other spots that he knew of where he didn't have a shack and accomplished the same thing, while helping out a new fisher at the same time.
Oh, and if you think this is a fun thread, just wait till the problems at the boat-launches or boats with big wakes/waves, or tournament boats zipping by people threads appear this spring/summer and then you can see how tame this thread is.
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