Well, today I decided to try a small urban pond near my house to see if I could put any lmb on the end of my line and was pretty rudely interupted. I hadn't made more than 3 or 4 casts with my drop shot rig and some middle aged man and his wife come up and start talking to me about how it was illegal to fish the pond. Now while it is posted no fishing which I'll admit to, the lake is not on private land, it is in the middle of a city park, so what business did this guy and his lady friend have talking down to a fifteen year old kid about fishing it. The discussion between us basically went like this:

Guy: Can you read?
Me: Yes.
Guy: Read that sign over there.
Me: I'm perfectly aware.
Guy: Oh really. Well how long do you plan on doing this for.
Me: Until I'm ready to leave. (not smart alecy in any way)
Guy: Oh really.
Me: Yes.
Lady Friend: Do you have your cell phone honey? We should call the police.
Me: (as couple walks away) You know, I could be out selling or doing drugs, conducting gang activity, or other stuff like that, but you want to call the cops on me for fishing? It really shows you what kind of state our society is in today.
Guy: You wanna go swimming in that lake too?!?!?
Me: Why? So I can call the cops on you for beating up a minor. Real smart.
Guy: Whatever it takes buddy... (walks away)

To tell the truth I feel like I handled myself pretty well. I've never said any thing to any one who said they were going to get the law on me for the hanus crime of fishing, but today it just set something off inside of me. In fact, alot of people I've talked to about fishing this pond are super nice cool people that have a right on sort of attitude about it. Show em that the youth is smarter than they think, that's all it takes.

Sorry for rambling on guys, just wanted to blow off some steam. Any opinion welcome.

Jake