Posted By: Douglas J
BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 06:29 AM
Out of control old timer pulls a gun on Scott Martin. 
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Gun "incident" around the 24 minute mark
Gun "incident" around the 24 minute mark
BASS @ St. Johns River
Posted By: WAWI
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 01:17 PM
Grumpy old men don't make good choices when they have a gun.
Posted By: Strugglebus
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 03:14 PM
Where on that long video is the gun thing?
Posted By: beartrap
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 06:48 PM
like father-like son story...
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
Posted By: beartrap
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 06:50 PM
Originally Posted by Strugglebus
Where on that long video is the gun thing?
pistol is at 24 minute....
Posted By: Mark Perry
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 08:27 PM
Anyone that pulls a gun on the water over a fishing spot or something like this is an idiot.
Posted By: ssmith
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 08:37 PM
or you could not run wide open in canals its a amazing that no more folks are hurt than they are .
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 09:16 PM
Originally Posted by ssmith
or you could not run wide open in canals its a amazing that no more folks are hurt than they are .
Tell us that you didn’t watch the video, without tell us….he wasn’t WOT, maybe 30mph.
Posted By: nfhbass
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 09:52 PM
I definitely wouldn’t fish in a canal like that…I hope that pistol goes off in his pants, maybe he’ll learn not to do that.
Posted By: Jaredk
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 10:46 PM
Originally Posted by ssmith
or you could not run wide open in canals its a amazing that no more folks are hurt than they are .
You’ve obviously never boated in Florida
Posted By: TxBazzn
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 11:00 PM
Originally Posted by beartrap
like father-like son story...
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
Not even close to being relative to this story but glad you got your second hand story in..
Posted By: grandbassslayer
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 11:32 PM
Originally Posted by Mark Perry
Anyone that pulls a gun on the water over a fishing spot or something like this is an idiot.
This
Posted By: Douglas J
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 11:33 PM
Originally Posted by TxBazzn
Originally Posted by beartrap
like father-like son story...
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
Not even close to being relative to this story but glad you got your second hand story in..
the "way back when" add on
Posted By: grandbassslayer
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/25/24 11:37 PM
Originally Posted by beartrap
like father-like son story...
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
Roland admitted later in life he was wrong- Roland was actually picking up an anchor to swing it at the guy and that’s when he said he came face to face with a 1911…😆
Posted By: beartrap
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/26/24 02:01 AM
Originally Posted by TxBazzn
Originally Posted by beartrap
like father-like son story...
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
have heard several different people tell this story over the years and one of them said he heard it from Roland himself so pretty sure there is some truth in it...
back in early days of BASS tournys,there was a tourny on Eufaula (Al.) and Roland martin (Scott Martin's father) was leading after first two days with a spot he had found a spot loaded with fish on river ledge.....last morning Roland comes flying up to his spot and there was an old man anchored there catching fish on almost every cast....Roland tried to talk the old man into leaving and old man told Roland "'this was his spot and go find himself someplace else to fish"....Roland tried to crowd the old man off the spot and the old man pulled out a pistol and told Roland "he was gooing to count to ten and if roland didn't leave,he was going to put 5 bullet holes in his boat and save one for Roland"....Old man started counting and when he got to 8,Roland cranked up and left....
Not even close to being relative to this story but glad you got your second hand story in..
are you aware that scott martin is roland martin’s son?
Posted By: RCarter
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 04/26/24 02:40 AM
Lord Have Mercy..... 
Posted By: 78Staff
Re: BASS @ St. Johns River - 05/08/24 03:06 PM
FWIW This occured at the Harris Chain event, not the SJR event...