I DECIDED TO SKIP OPENING DAY AND HEAD OUT ON SUNDAY. I ARRIVED @ THE LAKE AROUND 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND DECIDED TO SKIP THE FLOAT TUBE AND FISH FROM SHORE. (FRIDAY EVENING @ KITSAP REVEALED A HOLE IN MY WADERS) I THREW IN MY LINE BESIDE THE REST AND WAITED. DUE TO MY LATE ARRIVAL, I GOT STUCK NOEXT TO THE BOAT LAUNCH BUT MADE SURE I WAS WELL OUT OF THEIR WAY FOR LOADING AND LAUNCHING THEIR BOATS. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A BIT OF A TRAFFIC JAM (ABOUT THREE BOATS WAITING TO GET OUT OF THE WATER). THEN THESE GUYS THAT WERE IN A BEAUTIFUL CAMO BOAT WHICH WAS TROLLING ANOTHER FIBERGLASS BOAT AROUND THE LAKE DECIDED THEY HAD TO COME IN IMMEDIATELY. WELL I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL BOATED FISHERMEN TREAT NON-BOATED FISHERMEN THIS WAY, BUT THERE WAS A PARTICULAR GUY IN THE CAMO BOAT DECKED OUT IN ALL HIS NAME BRAND WADERS AND VESTS WHO JUMPED OUT OF THE BOAT AND DECIDED TO PULL IN THE BOATS RIGHT OVER MY LINE. AND THANK YOU TO THE SHORE FISHERMAN WHO SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HIM DRAGGING THE BOAT OVER MY LINE...ALTHOUGHT THE JERKS COMMENT WAS "WELL SHE NEEDS TO BRING IN HER LINE--THIS IS A BOAT LAUNCH". WELL, JUST FOR THE JERKS INFORMATION, IT'S A PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH TOO AND IF YOU CAN'T HAVE A LITTLE SPORTSMANSHIP WHILE OUT ON THE WATER MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE OUT THERE! OTHERWISE, I LEFT THE LAKE AT 6:00 AND NEVER RECEIVED A BITE. BUT IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT FISHING COMPARED TO WORK...EVEN IF YOU RUN INTO A JERK ONCE IN A WHILE.

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