[JZelle]

Yet another reason to move south!

[AU72]

JFK called Washington DC a city with Nothern charm and Southern efficiency.

[PAR35]

Lots of yankees in that area. You can’t expect them to act like southerners.

[jaydubya2]

"Is it OK to be on plane 3 feet from another boat and start fishing 10 feet ahead of him on the same bank"

Start casting large lures with treble hooks in their direction.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Is it OK to be on plane 3 feet from another boat and start fishing 10 feet ahead of him on the same bank . . .

This guy needs to get further away from the DC Airport and Federal Reserve.

[TexanToTheCore]

I’ve had a number of run ins (off-water) with bass bros and found them so arrogant that I gave up bss fishing for fly fishing. Thoroughly disagreeable people with an apparent feeling that they own the water.

[Ditter]

This guy will find a lot of rudeness on the ground there too.

[angkor]

This story is really about bass guides, tournament wannabes, and bass pros. Just like the writer, normal people don’t behave this way.

I’m not a regular fisherman, but I did keep my boat on the Occoquan for a while, which is where all of this stuff happens. Many - but not all - of the bass people seemed oblivious to boating etiquette and safety, even with us big boat people. They would pass to starboard, goose it to cut in front of you, ignore the no wake zones, etc.

So, yeah, the bass guys did have a reputation as loosey-goosey, all too aggressive boaters among the Occoquan recreational boaters. But I had no idea they were this rude to fellow bass enthusiasts. I guess it doesn’t come as any surprise.

[MinimizeGovernment]

Born and grew up in PA, went to school in VA, currently live outside of Atlanta--there is no comparison. Southern schools still teach manners and etiquite. Southern gentlemen hold doors for ladies and the ladies answer "Thank you, sir." Children still are taught "Yes ma'm" and "Yes sir," and it's not that unusual to see a man tip his hat.

As far as marine courtesy, I can only reflect on a very recent experience. I boat nearly every weekend on Georgia lakes, and most years cruise the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Common courtesy on our lakes is that if you're going to pass within 100' of another boat, you slow to at least minimum wake speed, if not to no wake, especially passing sailboats on the ICW. However, I just returned from cruising the Gulf side between Tampa and Naples. The rule there seems to be that if you're going to pass near another boat, you accelerate, pass as close to them as possible and laugh as your wake rocks their world. The marinas were superb and friendly, but the other boaters were among the rudest I've ever seen. I can only attribute it to the fact that most of the people I met there speak with a Yankee accent.

[Clemenza]

I grew up in the Northeast, where people wear rudeness like a badge of honor. That is why so many of us are pissed off by the "polite" transplants who have poured into NYC over the past 10-15 years. Its kinda fun to watch them cry, and eventually adjust when they encounter the natives outside of their "urban theme park."

Regional diversity must be preserved at all costs, even the rudeness in certain parts of the country. Better someone who is an a-shole to you up front than someone who smiles at you as they stab you in the back...