Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: zacrum on September 08, 2015, 09:26:54 PM
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I witnessed a bit of a scuffle down at the surrey docks today and would like some input a guy was casting and another man had his rod lying in every ones way and it happened to get hooked and tossed in and could not be recovered ( this man had had his rod lying there most of the day not paying attention or moving it when asked ) and he proceeds to yell and cus saying it's the other guys fault even after the other guy offered to help come to a solution now do you guys think this was a 50 50 type if thing where they both could have done things to avoid it or is one person more at fault than the other on a side not there is apparently 1000$ set up around the surrey docks it any one catches it
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my smelly socks happens. Don't leave your gear laying around where bunches of other people are fishing. Especially during a Pink year 8)
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My smelly socks = poop 8)
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See thats what I think to I mean either have your gear in your hand or out of harms way
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That's great comedy. I wish I was there to see this.
Sucks for the guy who lost his gear but too bad chump - move it or lose it.
$1000 set up lost - lucky nobody got stabbed over this. That of course would not be funny at all. :-\
Geez - $1000 would have bought him a lot of Pink Salmon. ::)
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Exactly I mean who uses a 600 reel and 400 rod for pinks ..... it was really fun to watch at first until he started to look like he would get violent
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Okay so you use your 1000 dollar set up for pinks, whatever.... I could see some people doing that.
HOWEVER, who the heck leaves their 1000 dollar set up lying around carelessly?
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That to especially on an over crowded tiny dock in the middle of surrey
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I'll admit I hooked my buddies spinning rod about 4 weeks ago while fishing out of a boat and it fell into the water. Before I could get a net on it, it sank. The rod was standing up vertically, so it was kind of in the way, but I felt that I should always be in control of where my hook is. I paid replacement value.
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I'd bet he has a couple icbc claims in the works too.
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Seems a little fishy that he would leave such an expensive setup just lying around. The dollar value was probably overinflated but the guy who hooked it has some responsibility, too. It would have been a nice gesture to make some kind of monetary offer to the guy who lost his rod but if he was claiming $1000 then I can't see them agreeing on a price. Glad it didn't come to violence!
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Was that guy fishing ?
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Surprised someone didn't break out their hidden betties and start flossing for it . Joking of course
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At the time nope he was sitting in a chair taking up space a good 4 feet from where he had his rod lying down wich was about 2 feet from the water but no line in or any thing kinda like he wanted it to happen
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Not gunna lie tons of people did Bettys and trebels trying to get the rod but no such luck I was gunna pull out the tanks and wet suit but it's the fraser don't wanna see body's tho
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Hmm I'd take a couple days off work to floss a $1000 setup. Also, if being technical, it's illegal to leave a rod unattended.
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If the rod was line in water yes of it a rod not in use and line out of water is it really illegal ?
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If he was asked to move it, and choose not to move an expensive piece of kit out of harms way, then he understood the risks and he is responsible for the loss. In the UK we have a term for people like this...Wanker.
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this man had had his rod lying there most of the day not paying attention or moving it when asked
hehe who the heck does this? leave a $1000 rig lying around unattended "most of the day"? I agree with the other posters, Move it, use it, or lose it.
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It's like they say in boxing, "protect yourself at all times". Ultimately, you're responsible for yourself and your stuff ... he was asked to move his rod. Given the scenario you presented the caster has no responsibility for the lost rod.
An apology would have been the civilized thing to do.
Regardless, even if the behavior of the parties were reversed, you're still responsible for your own rod. The only way I could see siding with the lost rod would have been if the caster was purposely trying to send it into the water.
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Thank you glad to see I'm not alone on this need less to say the guy didn't feel that way and started calling friends
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Pretty much agree with everyone. He should of moved his rod. He chose to leave it in harms way and it was lost. His fault. Accidents happen. But how I wish that someone would of flossed it out and it was a walmart special.
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He claims it was worth 1 g but from what I recall the reel was a penn 330 gt and the rod was a magnum total bill maybe 350 that's being generous
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It was gold plated
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Sounds like a scam in the making, a Penn 330GT and some cheap rod claiming $1000 dollars? :o Gold plated with 24carat wrapped guides?
Oh well, simple rule is that if you are unsure of something, best to just ask him/her to move their stuff anyways cause that can save a lot of headache.
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That must also have been one heck of a cast to launch that set up.
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Usually there are two sides to a story; sometimes three.
This sounds fishy. If he was told to get out of the way and didn't, I can see someone purposely snagging his rod to make a point.
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On many occasions, while walking along a river shoreline, I have stepped on, nearly stepped on, or narrowly avoided stepping on a fishing rod that an angler has left lying on the ground while he attends to something else.
Unfortunately, a drab, thin, piece of graphite blends remarkable well into a rocky or sandy shore. Normally, when passing behind a group of anglers, I pay attention to what may be lying on the ground, but even when doing that I have almost crunched a rod or two.
I always try to lean my rod against something, jam the butt into the rocks, or even prop it up with my vest so it has a slightly more obvious profile. If I have to leave it on the ground I never turn my back to it.
I feel little compunction, and no sense of obligation to pay him for damages if it happens. His carelessness, not mine.
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I'm deffinatly not hating on surrey as I grew up in surrey and as far as the cast being on purpose I doubt it as all day that caster was doing great at saving his casts from the other rod owners grandchild who was running around the dock causing havoc a slip up in casting is highly probable I have a feeling like there needs to be signs up on densely populated fishinh areas explaining to keep gear out of casting areas
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I had my rod stepped on one day... Not for a second did I think it was anyone else fault but my own...
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I had my rod stepped on one day... Not for seconded did I think it was anyone else fault but my own...
Same thing happened to my buddy. He was unhooking his fish that he just landed..... an old timers eyes us and walks over.... "heyyyy..nice fis.." crunch!
I don't think either of us thought about compensation. My buddy actually thought it was kinda funny. I think his exact words were... "classic".