This Guy Forced me off my spot! I had no choice!! ** Kayak Fishing in a big tournament **

[@markwallace1251]

Your attitude is worth a million bucks...

[@southernsalt]

Man I try lol sometimes I fall short

[@markwallace1251]

🙌🏼

[@GodisTruth2024]

Nothing like a plan coming together

[@southernsalt]

Yessir!!

[@johnkinard6251]

respect your restraint there, man. I'm already a fan, but even moreso after that.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother!

[@randyperfecto7468]

Love ur passion knowledge and down to earth attitude. Unfortunately no courtesy anymore, as in driving on the rd. Too bad u can’t provide him a good dock slap, hahaha good stuff

[@southernsalt]

Lol yeah this stuff is starting to be a regular occurrence lol

[@marshpirate2924]

Great video! People, they are the worst! What measuring board is that? Thanks!

[@southernsalt]

Yeah sometimes they are lol. It’s a ketch board.

[@rocknut88]

Man I like that cooler you got in your yak! Where did you get it??

[@southernsalt]

I got it from Everything Kayak in Gulfport MS. It’s an AO cooler but it didn’t stand the test of time.

[@rocknut88]

@@southernsalt aww that's a shame, sadly its gotta hardy on this platform.

[@mikeknottscreek8183]

I was really pulling for you to stick a flounder after you moved off that grass island. Guess you did the right thing.

[@mad_max2065]

It’s the ways he’s goes man all that water and they wanna go right next you

[@southernsalt]

Yes it is lol but what can you do but just move on lol

[@MikeSmith-qj2ys]

It happens to me quite often. So when I want to be not bothered by some "A-hole", I just use my kayak to my advantage and get to spots they can't get to. But, you did the right thing, cooler heads always prevail.

[@kellymchenry1944]

Your better than me. I would have used my paddle and beat the water till they had no choose but to leave.

[@southernsalt]

Lol yeah I figured if I did that it would just ruin the rest of my day lol.

[@cfv704]

I'm 50/50 on that as well. Some times it ain't worth it, but man some of these people...they feel they're invincible

[@bluesdad54]

Good advice about not yelling at each other. You are right, it just ruins the day for both. Take the higher road and don't get your bp up. Also, those were some good fish you picked up. Nice video, Nathan.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks! Yeah definitely only would have made it worse.

[@FISHANE84]

Nice kayak fishing vid subbed!

[@southernsalt]

Thanks bud!

[@FISHANE84]

@@southernsalt yessir!

[@Wolfemonsters]

Love the videos man, here in Charleston Reds are min 15 and max 23. What is it where y'all are at?

[@southernsalt]

16-26” here.

[@lonnierussell1926]

I just take my co2 emergency horn and stick the trumpet in the water and blast away, then leave!

[@southernsalt]

😂 I might have to think of that next time.

[@eduardosegundo7334]

Keep up the good job brother! 💪🏽 Awesome content! 👌🏽

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother!!

[@rdo6566]

No one owns any spot on the water and in this world there is seldom consideration given to common courtesy. In northern Michigan this is the common thing no matter what you are fishing in. We just keep fishing the spot.

[@southernsalt]

It has nothing to do with owning the water and everything to do with having a little common courtesy and respect for your fellow anglers. Whether it’s common or not doesn’t make it right and it’s definitely not something I would do.

[@thefowlobsession2027]

what kind of box do you use to keep the fish alive?

[@qoutdoorz4347]

It’s not that serious dude! You need to pump yo brakes!

[@southernsalt]

Oh but it is

[@qoutdoorz4347]

@@southernsalt: you need to regulate your (fishing) area then! I always do. Fishing/kayak fishing is my way of life/living! I just kicked off my channel last March! Best of luck to ya and make sure you don’t ever get debo’d again. We yakkers gotta stand our water!!

[@dashermike3207]

you are so right this has been happening to me with boaters so much that I can no longer fish my favorite areas. Just too dangerous

[@southernsalt]

Yeah, I’m not sure what happened to fisherman giving other anglers their space but this is happening way to often.

[@blackmouthcur6097]

@@southernsalt it’s bc EVERYBODY got a PARTICIPATION TROPHY, so everybody is ENTITLED, no one loses, except the person with the MORALS! It used to be one in a blue moon, any IDIOT can operate a boat, but you have to have driver’s courses for ALL NEW drivers of vehicles, where the only safety feature missing is bubble wrap! How does that MAKE sense? More boats sold last year than EVER BEFORE,back orders for MONTHS, NOW the waters are swarming with IDIOTS that know NOTHING of boat/fishing etiquette! I truly feel, there NEEDS to be MANDATORY CLASSES for ALL new BOAT owners and a revision course every 5 yrs for EVERYONE, NO MATTER how long you’ve been boating or CRAFT SIZE! If you’re on the water in a CRAFT, take the CLASS or get the f@#k off the water, that way EVERYBODY is on the SAME page!

[@jamespate6215]

If you have to down, go down swing

[@southernsalt]

Lol I guess, I just wanted to salvage my time on the water. Having words would have hurt that.

[@mailmusic]

one of your bad days would be one of my good days! LOL Jamming the music Sunday at the ADSFR site. I hope I get to meet you and snap a photo.

[@southernsalt]

I hope to be down there Sunday. I know I’m fishing Friday and Saturday.

[@mailmusic]

@@southernsalt That's awsome. Good luck bro. Hopefully, they will call your name for that cotender! LOL

[@greenbean2019]

Im not a kayak guy I've been fishing on a boat my whole life but I would've went on down and anchored and if they still got a problem with it I just ignore em and if they get crazy we throw the biggest wave we can when we leave. but we rarely do that because we don't want no bad to come back on us and i wouldn't won't nobody to do that to me

[@hamptonconsultants4815]

Fishing our favorite pier for flounder, we often have to deal with recreational crab trappers. Most of the time it isn’t an issue , but sometimes you will have one that is very disrespectful. They will drop almost on top of you as we fish the pilings. That is when I break out the Captain B’s crab repellent ( black pepper that is re labeled. And then we start talking about the crab repellent working so well that we haven’t had any steal our bait. We talk about it real loud. Works every time. They pull their traps and move on.😂 Great video brother. Sometimes you just have to deal with them. Tight lines!

[@southernsalt]

😂 now that’s a good lol

[@saminthewoods]

Stand your ground! People fish close

[@southernsalt]

Yeah sometimes I have too but I think me leaving was for my own sanity lol

[@Jacemang_Outdoors]

Man Nate. Thats super frustrating. I know the feeling. Had a guy follow me to multiple different spots couple weeks ago within casting distance. Im thinkin man you have a motorized vessel and you want to follow a kayaker, get real dude, lol. Nice video btw. Was curious where do you find info on all these kayak tournaments?

[@southernsalt]

Man no kidding lol I’m just thinking man if this is all he gots he’s in bad shape lol. I really just follow all the local fishing groups and see the events posted but you can do a Facebook search for fishing tournaments and sort by events and you should get a good idea of what’s coming up.

[@mlh1048]

Good stuff man, way to take the high road.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks bud!

[@wtkuehne]

Thought you were going to cry but you took the high road. Props. I fish on the pier elbow to elbow.

[@southernsalt]

Oh yeah I know how the pier can get, especially certain times of the year.

[@FaithNFishing]

Always enjoy your content and learn a ton from watching your channel. I mostly did bridge/piling/structure fishing for Sheepshead and Drum until this year. Trying to find Flounder here in SW Florida but it is tough!

[@southernsalt]

Man I appreciate it. Good luck on the flounder hunt. I’ve heard their hard to find down there.

[@kiddavislivin2fish321]

Way to put in the work! You know some anglers that just fish occasionally, I really don’t think they know any better. Had father and son pull up to me in a spot I spent some time easing into with my troll motor I was gonna wade. He blew right up in on me and really think he had no idea what he just did. But the guy that ran in on you ( he knew & didn’t care). You handled it very professionally. Lots respect ✊.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother, its hard for me to believe that anyone would think that it is ok but you never know what other people are thinking.

[@CaptCollier]

sucks you couldnt find the flounder man, conditions were tough. And i agree with you on just moving spots, Its wrong no doubt what they did, but getting upset and yelling wont do anything but make the situation worse

[@southernsalt]

Man you got that right, I mean at that point the spot is blown anyway.

[@RGVOFFTHEHOOKFISHING]

Nice catching Sr… I’m a kayaker from south Texas… around port Mansfield and SPI and I myself have had close calls with boaters… idk if they can’t really see us or they don’t care.. but you did the right thing let them have the spot and move on… You always put good content and give good pointers thanks man …👍🎣🎣

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother I appreciate it!!!

[@christopherhurdle7429]

Curious what soft cooler you are using?

[@southernsalt]

It’s an AO cooler

[@christopherhurdle7429]

@@southernsalt awesome, thanks man!

[@zbutler111]

It's like the boats can't even see you. I've been there. I had one just start casting across my lines. I made plenty of noise banging the paddle against my boat on the way out.

[@southernsalt]

Yeah, I mean I’ve rolled up on boats and kayaks that I couldn’t see from a distance but once I saw them I turned around and left. If that boat would have been there first I would have gave it to him.

[@curttimmbch]

I'm a boat guy, but when I see someone fishing a point, dock, creek mouth, whatever, I just move on. Some people are just self centered A holes.

[@southernsalt]

@@curttimmbch man I definitely know it’s only a select few people out there that do this kind of stuff brother.

[@blackmouthcur6097]

NO ETIQUETTE!!!!

[@southernsalt]

None at all!!

[@robinsareolas]

That happened to me the other day, a boater rolled up on me while I was working down a shoreline and then they had the nerve to yell at me! Some boaters have no respect for us yak fishermen…

[@southernsalt]

Man I’m seeing it more and more lately. Not sure if it’s just because there’s more boaters on the water or what.

[@mk-xh6jt]

Yeah..all kind of disrespect. Fishing from Shore is just as bad. Problem is.. No where else to go

[@southernsalt]

Yeah you’re right about that. It is what it is I guess.

[@AV8R_1]

When someone is fishing in open water, how big is “their” spot, exactly?

[@southernsalt]

It all depends. In this instance I was specifically fishing this island. The island is only about 20 yards long (very small) this boat came in to also fish this island. The boat was less than a casts length away when he dropped his power poles.

[@AV8R_1]

@@southernsalt I would have done just as you said, just start banging on the side of the kayak. Play that thing like a drum solo. F those guys.

[@southernsalt]

You should always ask yourself, by me stopping here am I going to interfere with the anglers that were already here. If the answer is yes you should move on to your next spot. If the answer is maybe or I don’t know, you should ask the angler if it’s alright to fish there. Hell Before I pass a boat that’s fishing I always stop and ask them what side they want me to pass on so I don’t run over where their fishing.

[@madlifts1]

yea ive tried catching a drum like you were trying, but no luck. so 2 yrs ago you couldnt be messed with, hahaha hell yea. thats why i go to the gym to relieve myself

[@southernsalt]

Lol yeah a few years ago I would of approached the boat but I’ve learned that doing that only makes things much worse lol.

[@42701texasman]

What box/cooler is that you were putting the fish in?

[@southernsalt]

AO cooler.

[@Jwt-kb3yx]

Enjoyed the video! I notice the boats do it to me too especially if they see ya catch something.

[@southernsalt]

It’s happening more and more these days 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mackjenkins7721]

Man I can't believe that boat would do something like that. But like you said boat & jet skis do not give us kayakers no respect on the water. Like you said back in the day I would have opened my mouth about that. But you did the right thing brother! You was the better man just move on. You don't know if they've been drinking on the water and they can get really mad and open up that throttle on that boat and run directly over top of you. I have seen that happen to a kayaking. We was able to save the man from drowning. It cracked his kayak in half. That boat try to kill this dude. Someone did call the cops and they did catch the boat at the boat ramp and arrest him. I'm glad you was a better man cuz your life is more important. Good video brother on teach people to be a better man. Take it easy out there brother and be safe.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother! People are crazy these days lol you never know what they’re capable of.

[@joshuarobertdaniels]

I have never understood the whole boat pushing a yak out thing... They can move a lot easier than I can lol

[@southernsalt]

Man me either. I just keep telling myself that if he has to do that he needs that spot more than me 😂.

[@joshuarobertdaniels]

@@southernsalt yea, I don't really confront ppl on it. I'm out there to relax, not get stressed. I just wish I could see inside their head sometimes. Like, what is their line of reasoning?

[@southernsalt]

Man definitely I mean they have to know that it’s wrong and probably don’t care but I’m with you, not worth getting stressed over.

[@DanielMiller82]

Where is this? I’ve lived in this area my entire life and I cannot figure out what bridge that is. Is this Dauphin Island Bay maybe?

[@southernsalt]

It’ll all be on Patreon. Where I launched and the route that I fished.

[@darrellsenn1808]

I caught a lot,if fish right there where you caught that red,

[@southernsalt]

It’s a good spot for sure.

[@josehernandez8930]

as fisherman's we don't own the water sometimes it comes down to who can get faster to the spot I know it sucks but the ocean is pretty big to find another spot good work 👏.

[@darrellsenn1808]

Yeah what sucks is when you're catching fish and a giant fishing boat with a huge net comes and cuts you off to cAtch every one of the fish out of the spot you were fishing on...they act like,they own the ocean. And don't care about folks fishing. They see dollar signs and push you off your spot and catch ALL the fish..pisses me off...

[@southernsalt]

Dang! Never had that happen.

[@harrisonjordan4484]

Your own worst enemy is labeling exact areas- will have to get used to it -will get even worse I'm afraid

[@lvsaltwater]

Geez ,, its bad enough they pull up to the spot your fishing ,, ok ,, that happens ,, I guess ,, not something I think most anglers would do ,,, specially on such a small area ,, but they make it worse by getting out and wade fishing that small area ,, wow

[@southernsalt]

Man tell me about it! Oh well lol

[@neverquit2640]

Ask them if they're shark fishing too.

[@srouss24]

Well said Nate, we have all been there and I will admit have been on both sides of the confrontation and have since walked away with the same mindset. It’s just not that important we share a small unique inshore fishing area in mobile bay and with not having that many places to go you just have to learn how to co exist with all kinds of anglers.

[@stephenporter322]

I just start talking their head off. 😂

[@southernsalt]

Lol I use to and then I realized it would just cause me to get more worked up and making it worse lol

[@richieg8432]

No dentists where you live?

[@southernsalt]

I’m not sure what you mean by that lol

[@borritobumper3631]

I dont understand this crap. Nobody owns the water respect each other

[@southernsalt]

What don’t you understand?

[@charlieridgway1085]

But i will kindly tell them all this ocean and u have to do this your not being respectful

[@chrismeister884]

I watched ur video. The guy did not force you off your spot unless you own all 100 yards around you. They stayed opposite you and waded in on the other side of the island. Don’t be so dramatic

[@southernsalt]

Clearly you didn’t watch the video because when they rolled up on me they power poled 20 yards from me. I then chose to go to the other side in which they got out waded to the side I was on and then casted directly at me. At that point I had 2 choices, escalate the situation or leave. I chose to move on.

[@mlh1048]

Are you kidding me man, the guy came right up beside him, You must be blind.

[@MikeSmith-qj2ys]

It happens to me quite often. So when I want to be not bothered by some "A-hole", I just use my kayak to my advantage and get to spots they can't get to. But, you did the right thing, cooler heads always prevail.