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As the ongoing police investigation continues with the abusive fisherman incident at Irstead Staithe on the Norfolk Broads, one of the fishermen starts making bizarre comments and claims on the many national newspapers that have reported this story for several weeks.
Firstly, bizarre claims are made that the boat attempting to moor...
The Boater in question deliberately and without warning veered across the river
Anybody familiar with this stretch of water knows that this is a physical impossibility as the waterway is very narrow and the boat can clearly be seen coming in as slow as possible and nowhere near his multiple rods.
and over the lines of the angler doing all the shouting and swearing cutting one of his lines off in the process leaving a bait on a set of trebles in the water for either a pike or otter to digest and possibly die.
Interesting that he is so concerned about the wildlife's welfare that he has a total of four rods set up solely for yanking fish out of the water with hooks in their mouth.
the bloke gave zero warning and did go over my lines as it can be seen on the video
On studying the video it could not be more evident that the fisherman's rod is under no resistance at all as the fisherman is holding it with one hand so he can have another hand free to unleash his truculent tirade against a chap trying to moor.
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I think most anglers would have reacted likewise
Let's hope not...hopefully most anglers would have adhered to the Norfolk Broads byelaws and not been foul-mouthed, abusive, physically threatening and kicked away a boat not once but on two separate occasions, the last time whilst the boat owner was not even on his vessel.
Luckily there were also other witnesses as to what went on
That part at least is accurate as a boat full of people were witnessing while filming too.
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It is evident from this video and after reading these comments online that at least one of these individuals refuses to take responsibility and accountability for their actions. This is concerning as it does mean they are a threat to boaters' safety and need to be held accountable for their actions.
The video of the incident has currently had over 25,000 views with multiple newspapers publishing the incident several times.
Furthermore, the incident has taken a bizarre turn of events with at least one of the abusive fishermen as quoted above is publicly claiming online that he is the victim of this incident.