Thread: Has anyone here dealt with Activists like this guy?

Originally Posted by chillinfish

EXACTLY. Best thing to do is put the fish in a cooler, on a stringer or at least somewhere out of sight to avoid a confrontation. Next call law enforcement if he persists. Defend yourself if attacked otherwise touch him and you are going to jail for assault.

I agree, but I recommend calling law enforcement immediately. Usually the first caller to the police is automatically viewed as the victim and the other person as the perpetrator. Best to get the advantage on the other person (in case they call the police alleging assault). THEN put the cell phone in record mode (video or audio).

Originally Posted by Nimakdm

Devils advocating here... Could keeping the fish like he did be treated as animal cruelty?

Only in a state with a high "special snowflake" index..........

Seems that everyone loves having something to hate, then there are those that hate everything. Seems that the mission in life of those people is to impose their beliefs on the world and ignore what everyone else has to say.

My fish go in the cooler. If the idiot messed with it me and my walkin stick would instruct him on respect for others property.

I was flyfishing up in No Al on private land in a small creek wading. Some Idoit stopped on a bridge just watching and then came down to the creek just thought he wanted to talk. He started screaming about how I was hurting bream and other fish. I told him that I was armed and if he did not leave I would call the game warden who happened to be the owner of the property. And would hold him until he arrived to leave me alone and leave. He left I got his tag and give it to my friend the Game Warden He was still fined.

Trying to communicate with people like that is like talking to a fence post---the post can't hear you, it doesn't care what you have to say and after it's all over, it's still a fence post.