Violence in the outdoors

I just read over on the fishing reports page about a fight that broke out on Castle Rock Lake over a shore fisherman throwing rocks at fishermen in boats. I guess the guy on shore challenged the guy in the boat to bring his fat butt up on shore and he did and the guy on shore got a beating and the guy from the boat got a $200 fine. Now from what I take, this was done in front of his boy and he thought what his dad did was fine because the guy was throwing rocks at their $30,000 bass boat. I find this very disturbing and is one of the reasons I fish away from other people. I would have been more upset about some crazy throwing rocks at my son than my boat. I just do not know what the world is coming too. If you see a crowd, why even put yourself in that situation? What example are you setting for your child if you pummel someone and end up getting a disorderly charge? I think it could have been handled better(pull up anchor or never have approached the shore, its a big lake) and this sets a bad example and makes all sportsmen look foolish. Thoughts?

Not going to take sides, but I am wondering: did the guy in the boat come over and park on a spot that the shore fisherman was already fishing and maybe catching fish? I have had this happen to me, just very recently also, so I could see why the shore fisherman would get upset. Violence though, not for me.

Im sure the guy on shore deserved getting his @$$ kicked, but the fact that the boat guy had to go above and beyond to get at him, he's gonna get arrested 95+% of the time.

did the person instigating the fight from shore get a ticket for hunter/fisherman harrasment?

Yea I read that and few thoughts came to my mind. The one punch homicide, the potential law suit from the beating even though the guy probably deserved it, great story to tell for years about how 47 year old dad kicked D-heads a$$. The story from the kids point of view paints his dad as a sort of a hero. The smart person would have walked (drove) away. Yes too much to lose. The story may not be over.

When I was younger I used to get upset with things, but now that I am older I sure like being happy. Why can't everybody just be happy. (It works wonders for a marriage too)

This is indicative ONLY of the stupidity of the parties involved. There is no need to look into it further. You can find this sort of abhorrent behavior in all walks of life, in all sects of society and in all time periods throughout history. Stupid people act stupid. It's really that simple. No one in their right mind is going to use this as an example against "sportsmen/sportswomen". It only makes the people involved look foolish, no one else.