I hear ya High desert Wolf, I actually had boats anchor 20yds in front of me before. I ask nicely for them to move along and fish the whole river........ we shore fishers have limited access. One guy said to me with his kids on board "you cant cast this far", I laughed but reminded him his kids were on the boat and it wouldn't be safe to have 3-4oz of lead flying past them. He said thank you and moved down river. I thencast 30yds past his boats old position. One guy refused to even recognize that I was trying to speak to him and just sat there. I didn't want to hurt him so I started casting off his bow;.......... then as he sat in the back I smoked his bow. lead sounds terrible on alluminum. He hauled A$$ out then. What did he want me to do, stop fishing and just sit there and watch him fish from his boat....... I don't think so.