steve_knight
Member
I wonder if anyone else has come across this. Being threatened while fishing.
Today around 530pm I was fishing the Windsor Stretch of the Thames, just under the relief road, when a car bearing Polish plates pulled up and a man got out and approached me. In the exchange of words, he told me that I was in his spot and that he and his friends were going to get some bait and if I was still there when they returned they would throw all my stuff in the river. They drove off leaving me a little shaken and concerned.
I did pack up most of my things, and left just a rod out (dam if I was going to bait a swim for others). There were a few youths jumping from the relief road bridge in the water, and the local plod appeared. One of the policemen asked me if I’d seen which kids had jumped, I told him what happened and he told me that I’d not been the first to be approached, He also reassured me that for the time being the police would have a heavy presence in the area, due to complaints about the kids. I carried on fishing on my one rod. (Caught two 4 - 5lb Perch on the float with caster wrapped in a cheese ball (size 12 hook).
Up till I caught, I was seriously contemplating packing in fishing, and have already resolved in future to fish “private club” waters or lakes.
Just a little note guys and girls
Today around 530pm I was fishing the Windsor Stretch of the Thames, just under the relief road, when a car bearing Polish plates pulled up and a man got out and approached me. In the exchange of words, he told me that I was in his spot and that he and his friends were going to get some bait and if I was still there when they returned they would throw all my stuff in the river. They drove off leaving me a little shaken and concerned.
I did pack up most of my things, and left just a rod out (dam if I was going to bait a swim for others). There were a few youths jumping from the relief road bridge in the water, and the local plod appeared. One of the policemen asked me if I’d seen which kids had jumped, I told him what happened and he told me that I’d not been the first to be approached, He also reassured me that for the time being the police would have a heavy presence in the area, due to complaints about the kids. I carried on fishing on my one rod. (Caught two 4 - 5lb Perch on the float with caster wrapped in a cheese ball (size 12 hook).
Up till I caught, I was seriously contemplating packing in fishing, and have already resolved in future to fish “private club” waters or lakes.
Just a little note guys and girls