Moving boat while fighting fish?

[Samnjoe]

I don't fish solo but I could easily as I have a TR1. Holds my heading while fighting the fish.
Boat drives itself.
All the boats in my posse have one.
Amaizing.

 

[RELIC]

OH I try and do that.... every place has its issues but when there is 10 boats beside ya cant really turn out, so ill slow down and get on top of fish and let guys pass. IF I see someone in front of my usually ill do a turn aound and come back up on tact you be amazed at how many fish ya get when you turn away from guy in front IMO the school is racing past and you get one or 2... its a lot wasier to navagate around a guy in neutral and on top of fish then a guy moving same pace .
I dont want to be that guy that cuts a guys fish off with a huge amount of line out while he trolls away from a screeming fish...

I am on the same page as Wolf. For me In a crowd there is nothing worse than trying to avoid a boat playing a fish with a lot of line out travelling away from his fish. I will typically slow right down try to angle my boat to stay close to my fish so I don't block off the whole tack and can avoid being cut off by someone who doesn't see that I have a fish on.

 

[Samnjoe]

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I rarely fish south of Hardy so far fewer googans up there.
Haven't had a fish cut off for many years.
Also no need to loosen the drag and let your fish take 300 yards of line.
Pretty sure the commercial guys don't.
I will await the "Backlash"

 

[Tips Up]

and therein lies the issue... Those who don't understand the variables and expect everyone to keep full speed ahead on tack with fish on are the problem. Respect the anglers around you and let them enjoy fighting and landing their fish. Get over yourself and give some room. Maybe a smile and a thumbs up. I never have an issue on the water with other respectful anglers. Some anglers are so uptight I wonder why they fish.

 

[Samnjoe]

I wouldn't say they are uptight. Guys without a lot of experience are passionate and get excited. I always give room to everyone way in advance. Love the chaos and seeing guys get the fish in the net regardless.
It is truly about having fun.

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

I wouldn't say they are uptight. Guys without a lot of experience are passionate and get excited. I always give room to everyone way in advance. Love the chaos and seeing guys get the fish in the net regardless.
It is truly about having fun.

There's a lot of "passion" on this thread

 

[RiverBoy]

exactly, and turn out of the crowd when you hook up not into the crowd..

so this i have mixed feelings on. if you have a screamer and you turn out, that fish is going to be screaming or tightlining into other people’s lines, cables etc.

chinook are incredibly efficient fighters and generally pull directly away from the resistance, in this case the rod. if you keep your boat straight, the chinook will stay faithfully behind the boat playing tug of war with the rod holder.

Ppl who throw boat in neutral, esp in current and crowds need to have their heads examined.

 

[RiverBoy]

this is also another reason why i jig. i can hover over bait and the entirety of the fight is within fourty or fifty feet from boat tops. in fact most of the fight is directly under the boat

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

so this i have mixed feelings on. if you have a screamer and you turn out, that fish is going to be screaming or tightlining into other people’s lines, cables etc.

chinook are incredibly efficient fighters and generally pull directly away from the resistance, in this case the rod. if you keep your boat straight, the chinook will stay faithfully behind the boat playing tug of war with the rod holder.

Ppl who throw boat in neutral, esp in current and crowds need to have their heads examined.

That fish you describe right there usually runs right at you if you blink and ya can't pick up fast enough

 

[wolf]

Well you can sure tell who the ones with little or no experience in this thread are thats for sure....

 

[InterMechanico]

Well, I haven’t caught a fish yet, but when I do, I’m definitely backing up LOL

 

[pescador]

You know, one thing I know about fishermen is we don’t like rules, we don’t like regulations, we enjoy the freedom of what the ocean provides and we really don’t like control freaks who want us to comply with their demands to keep moving along while we’re in their private “Tac”. I don’t fish with the pack. It’s a big ocean. Lots of space out there for people to change course and cruise…..even in a pack.

 

[Duffy]

Well you can sure tell who the ones with little or no experience in this thread are thats for sure....

It is so easy to move right or left or turn the boat right around if that is what is needed to avoid tangling with the guy that has the fish on. Wolf mentioned it earlier those actions might cause you to get a strike. If you can not make these manoeuvres , you do not have very good control of your boat, and who wants to tangle and have less time fishing.

 

[RiverBoy]

That fish you describe right there usually runs right at you if you blink and ya can't pick up fast enough

another reason to keep the motor in gear and accelerate rapidly