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Fishing around kids has to be the worst fucking thing about fishing. Here's a particularly bad story:
>2 years ago
>I'm 17
>fishing at local park
>using minnows on a bobber, since it's a heavily fished lake and the fish rarely hit lures
>group of kids (about 4-8) and their parents come up to lake
> 8 year old has a fishing rod
>using some sort of leech lure, has it on the hook wrong
>sees me fishing farther down the shore and begins coming towards me, younger siblings following
>8 year old begins asking me the regular "Catch anything?" and whatnot
>tell him I caught a perch, 2 pickerel, and a bass
>kid begins casting right on top of me
>eventually crosses my line
>see parents watching and doing nothing
>untangle the lines, kid asks for advice on what lure he should use and pulls a bunch of discarded lures from his pocket
>asks me the "probability" of catching something on each of these lures is
>just want him to go away, so I tell him to just stick with what he's got and fix his lure for him
>soon after I catch a nice pickerel and the kids are ecstatic
>of course, now the kid wants to use my minnows
>only have 4 or 5 left
>tell him that I paid for them (things are only 4 bucks per dozen but he wouldn't know)
>"You can share though!"
>patience has run out by now
>"I'm sorry, I paid for them. And I'm almost out of them."
>kid calls for his dad
>fuck me
>dad walks over
>”This kid is messing with me.”
>tell dad what happened, made sure to give him the “I just want this to be over” look
>dad tells me to let his son have "a couple"
>tell the dad the same thing I told the kid
>dad tells me that since I’m older I need to be the “bigger man”
>tell him no
>he starts yelling at me
>fuck this
>get up and release the minnows and pack up my shit
>kid crying from frustration, dad pissed
>trying to avoid a fight with this guy, I just say “You’re as immature as your kid.”
Completely ruined the rest of my day. Did I do something wrong?
