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Add to that a flare gun not only to signal for emergencies but also to shoot at idiots doing foolish things like coming around points in a speedboat at 70+ mph, having no clue who is around the bend, and doing donuts, the boat version, in a cove while I'm in the same cove IN A KAYAK and trying to fish in peace. I kid you not, if I had a flare gun on me I think I would have shot one in their direction.

I've seen a lot of stupid things but that was the most idiotic I've seen so far. The stunts they were doing in that boat should be in the middle of the lake, if they're going to do it. If they had lost control they could easily have crashed into me. I actually pulled up to the shore and was about to get out and walk into the woods to wait until these morons left. I tried to get it on video, hopefully getting their tag number, and email the footage to TWRA but they left when they saw me get my phone out.

I've also had some run-ins when very rude fishermen in bass boats. They really do think they "own" the lake more so than us kayakers. Recently I was paddling along a shore at 7 points, tossing plastic worms along the way. There was a bassboat behind me using their trolling motor to keep up to speed with me and kept tossing A-rigs directly in front of my kayak, where I was trying to cast. I was there first, catching bass, then they come along. It was definitely intentional. I decided to paddle around the back of their boat and just head in the other direction along the bank, they both stared me down the whole time while I was paddling. Two guys in the boat, I doubt one person alone would have acted the same way towards me.

There are just a lot of stupid, and/or inconsiderate people that fish on JPP and your best bet this time of year is to fish before daylight and be gone before 10am. That's typically what I do so if you see a bright green yak on the water at about 4am, say hi.