FLORIDA FISHERMEN MARK THEIR TERRITORY

Sebastian Inlet pier near Vero Beach, Florida, reportedly has very good fishing, which has led to increasing disputes among anglers. There have been reports of anglers throwing fishing weights and gear at each other and boaters, and the boaters sometimes retaliating in kind. Two people have been hospitalized over disputes at the pier. And then there is this: There are reports of people defecating and spreading it on the rail to mark their territory so nobody will fish next to them.
* What are they fishing for? Crappies?
* Hook, line and stinker.
* Well, one thing you’d like to have when fishing is plenty of flies.
* The people who were hospitalized – was it for dysentery?
* Ahh, there’s nothing like a peaceful day out fishing, is there?
* Ever get the feeling the planet’s too crowded?
* Is there anything Florida does normally? Anything?
* This is where we need a symbolic parent to say, “Okay, if you can’t play nice then nobody gets to fish there anymore.”
* You know it’s bad when the catch of the day is a fishing weight to the head.