"I've called the cops before when a surfer harassed me and a client."
The long-simmering blood feud between surfers and fisherpeople has taken a dangerous turn after footage was leaked online showing a violent confrontation featuring two younger anglers and one older logger.
The tableau unfolded in sunny-ish Southern California where the aforementioned younger anglers were on the beach tossing line into water when, as they recount in video, “surfers showed up and things got heated fast.”
A surfer “surfs into the line” then charges to shore where either he or fisher accuses the other of “not living here” and “being here first.” The surfer continues to berate them for not having a fishing license then taunts the camera, declaring, “Whoever is watching this, you guys are (expletive deleted) kooks.” It is unclear if the smear is directed at me, the viewer, or the fishermen.
In any case, the surfer paddles back out, allegedly surfs into the line again and the anglers decide to leave so as not to escalate the situation.
Opinion online was decidedly pro-fisher. A sampling:
Getting mad over knee high waves at the learners break what a barney.
I’ve surfed for 22 years. That guy has 0 clue what he’s doing in the water. Find his instagram and tag him.
I’ve called the cops before when a surfer harassed me and a client. We were actually already packing up to leave before he came up to us. He didn’t realized I had a GoPro on (dead battery). He went on and on until then and said are you recording me? Cops were there in 10 minutes. The surfer was warned about his behavior and the cop told him he will be arrested the next time an incident would happen. The surfer kept saying I wasn’t from here. I lived down the street from the beach. Don’t hesitate to get the law involved the next time. It is illegal to harass a fisherman. I’m all for sharing the water and will fish and cast around surfers. No reason to be agro about sharing the same water.
Harassment of a fisherman when actively engaged in legal fishing is illegal in California this guy is lost!!
Call dfg, harassing a fisherman is illegal.
My takeaway is that I had zero idea that harassing a fisherman is illegal. Is it more illegal than harassing a sunbather or dog walker?
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It pisses me off when someone is throwing a n rig into a lineup with decent surf(at a ledgit surfspot). It’s also infuriates when some Sups or other kooks come frolicking right where you’re fishing. Back the f off like 30 yards. Have some respect, if it was good enough I’d be out there.
fishman coulda just started frantically hopping round and waving arms while also pointing: “SHARK!”
Nat Geo Shark weeks factoid: Killer whales need to eat 1,000 bat ray livers to equal eating one great whitey.
Jaws flick is 50 years old~
Also, should Paramount and Warner Bros merge for $110 billion? Cali is suing to kill the deal~
has old mate got a ciggy on there? hahaha.
Ha! Ever seen the Indo’s siphon petrol from jugs while puffing on a cig? Frightening but just another day to them.
And fuck blast fishing, shit kills everything for years. Saw it first hand in the north, pretty sad.
Seppos gunna Seppo
Lol so true. I’m doomed.. and Hippy gunna hippy!
Cunts gunna cunt!
Hahahahaha exactly mate
I wonder if we’ll get a BG article about the female, aussie version of selema masekela making a request for people to care about all the women getting murdered by aussie men this week.
Wondering if they put extra amphetamines in the methamphetamine supply last week? Or are the men drinking higher content beer?
Same time state of Queensland slashing funds to prevent domestic violence? Looking forwd to BG’s perspective if the madness ever extends to a surfer. All quite sad, from what I can see. Not what I expect from the lucky country.
Queenslanders are just weird cunts all round mate. Takes some of em about an hour to get out a single sentence
This is therapy
There’s a reason you’ve never heard about this.
It’s because the hugely disproportionate representation of some groups in disgraceful DV incidents is never, ever mentioned in the media.
From the news report I’ve seen it’s not just “some groups” who have been involved in these recent incidents. It seems to span the ‘all groups’ demographics. Although, as you’re alluding to there was a disproportionate number of people of colour involved; including a traditional hindu couple. They should stop cutting the funds that help these ladies get out of these terrible situations. One of the girls was 13, and killed by a 16 year old.
YEEEWWWW!!!!
Hahaha I love this new mellow Jack. See how much easier life is when ya just roll with the punches brother yeeeeeeeeeeeew
If by mellow you mean condescending then sure.
NOT… tHAT… WORD!!!!!!!!
What’s an offensive term for Australians?
Dog Cunt
We should make some up!
Cunt is way to likeable to be included in such term.
Gubba?
Never had a problem. Mainland drama sounds like .
Fuck brah, you’re from Santa Cruz for christ’s sake. Last time I checked, that’s the mainland and nothing worse than a haole tranny acting all local.
I’m pretty sure if you get a Kamaaina discount you are officially Hawaiian. At least that’s what all the haoles tell me.
Hahaha
Been out here since the 80s . As if that matters. Don’t be angry.
While I’ve never run into fishing folks, I spent a few hours yesterday visiting with the earthy hippie chick attempting to lay on her back while balancing on her board as we waited for the next set. It was surreal and entertaining.
They almost always are. Good job.
She was hilarious!
I’ve seen this so many times at the pier, I always have a problem picking sides. Who should I support? Surfers are dickheads and fisherpeople are usually pretty cool.
Until surfers are armed with treble hooks, the fishermen should be safe.
Casting lead weights into the line up with no bottom rig attached is no bueno..