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09-04-2012, 12:04 AM | #16 |
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Re: Education for paddy hoppers
That crap is lame. Find your own paddies or wait your turn (invited in). Gives us all a bad name. I'd be pissed if I was H&L and some tool dropped in on a paddy I found and started spearing. It's a BIG ocean, find your own. Slow fishing is not an excuse to be rude.
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09-04-2012, 12:13 AM | #17 |
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Re: Education for paddy hoppers
I saw a boat on a big paddy the other day. As I motored up another boat had also seen it and got there right before we did. The boat that had the paddy first had a dive flag up and I asked them if they had divers in the water, and they said no. I then asked if they were alright with me jumping in and they said to go for it, then they said to let them know if I saw a shark. I laughed like haha right a shark ok, but the captain was like "no seriously let us know, that is what the chum slick is for. He then pointed out the buoy with two huge chum bags hanging off of it. They were some kind of shark research vessel trying to record them. Before I could blink 4 more boats showed up and started fishing. Everyone including my brother boated some dorado. Once the research boat had drifted off a half mile and the guy that got there right before me left, I figured I had dibs on the paddy seeing as how I had been there before anyone else who showed up. The bite had turned off anyway and I jumped in . A couple guys asked me if I saw anything and I said no. All the do do's left and there were two rat yellows under the paddy which were spooked shitless and I couldn't get a shot. I should have jumped in as soon as my brother boated the dorado and I could see them all over the water
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09-04-2012, 07:54 AM | #18 | |
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Re: Education for paddy hoppers
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09-04-2012, 04:55 PM | #19 |
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Re: Education for paddy hoppers
I think the issue was you forget to mention in your original post that you asked the nearby boats first before hopping in. It's when people don't ask and just barge in it gets ugly.
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09-04-2012, 11:02 PM | #20 |
Joe
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Re: Education for paddy hoppers
People are very sensitive to divers getting in on a paddy for good reason. In my experience it kills the bite and the h&l guys fishing the paddy are shut out. Ive been on both sides and so I see both sides perspective
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