Confrontations... People casting over your line or lines.. Fishing at night and all that stuff. I fish at night from time to time for white perch. Most of the folks around the area fish the same area as well. We fish off a small bridge for white perch at night when they travel up threw to the lakes farther up stream. At times it's shoulder to shoulder. Sometimes there must be 50 people or more fishing from the bridge and lines sometimes gets accidently crossed. No reason to fight an argue about. We tend to joke about it and try to make a little fun of it. In other words we try and make the best out of the situation we are in. The passage the perch use that we fish from has street lights on both sides of the bridge and that also helps draw the fish in to my spot.. If someone else is fishing there pick another spot right beside some else.. Life goes on..
Once a guy was hollering all the time and I thought he was someone else so I started hollering back at him. We hollered back and forth most of the time I was fishing that night. We did it in fun though and when I was leaving he came up to me and shook my hand for having a little fun and stated no one ever did that to him before. Yes, he happened to like the loud mouth having fun of things. Every situation is going to be different. You can come across someone who has had problems with the wife or a family member that is sick and they are having a hard time. No way to vent it out and if you decide to mouth off to someone like that you had better be prepared for what's coming. Pick your confrontations wisely if you are going to pick them. As others have stated sometimes you just have to learn when to walk away. The attitude on both you and the other fellow/lady makes a big difference on how things are handled.. Take Care and good luck fishing..