ive been doing a bit of fishing down the tank farm lately for the usual run of snapper in the harbour at this time of the year and it amazes me the number of boats that cut in close and collect everyones lines.  idiots in sailboats seem to be the worst culprits but there is also a fair few trailor boats doing the same thing.  it doesnt take a genius to see all the surf rods lined up along there and most peoples lines are around 100m out.  the boats have the whole habour to use, us landbased guys are stuck in our 1 postion, i dont understand the mentality of the people that do this.  i have been keeping 1 14 foot rod with nothing but a 5 oz BOS sinker on it.  these boats are getting that sinker cast directly at their boat if im there and a boat is a big easy target that will get hit everytime. maybe when these idiots have to pay for an expensive fix on there gel coat they may think twice about being so inconsiderate in the future

herby wrote: Great idea... until you kill someone

taurangatroutmaster wrote: i can hit a bucket at 100m so hitting the front end of a boat isnt going to be hard.  all the people who cant cast that well are likely to hit someone not even trying so even more reasons for those clowns to stop cutting in so close because most the people that dont know what they are doing wind in and re cast every minute or so.

the latest fishing news Mark kitteridge has a moan about this exact problem

Also now it's in print so could be called premeditated if the crap hits the fan so to speak. be very careful.

No excuse for those boats to come close and clean up the surfcasters lines. What are they thinking.They have the whole width of the harbour to sail and motor on.
Lack of courtesy and disregard for others .

puff wrote: If you cast a sinker at a passing boat, even if it's in the wrong, massive pot kettle black... you're actually worse than the driver of the boat... Why would you,when you could risk hitting another human, maybe even someone's kid...

Exactly as I was thinking.
These guys simply dont know better and may well be "idiots" but trying to hit and injure them or their craft on purpose is to me worst.

taurangatroutmaster wrote: now i admit id proberly struggle to hit a moving bucket at 20 knots but a moving boat, no worrys.  most of them actually go past quite slow and all get a warning to go further out before any casts go out.  these idiots are literally taking out 15- 20 lines in one go.  each one of them has about $5-10 worth of terminal tackle plus if you loose a full spool of line thats another $20.

I'd say that was small change compared to the damage fishing line round a prop can do.  Minimum would be new rear seals because of potential damage, and if they don't notice the damage could easily end up costing them a new gearbox.

 Kevin is really on to it there..
Take satisfaction guys.. that line wraps around the prop, and goes down behind.. 99% of the time the wil never notice.. IF there is any visble left around the prop when they get home , they are likely to just chop it off, not remove the prop to find the rest around the shaft
IF it has not already done the seal, it will do it later... If it has done the seal they will not notice....water has or will get in....on a good sized V4/ V6 engine that maybe $1800 for a 2nd hand.. IF can find a good one or Couple or more for new...

 The down side it is doubtful f they will relate their close shore stupidity with the now light weight back pocket....

Dont ever throw a sinker at someone, its lethal.