Andy, when my fishing buddy who lived in Easton was still alive, we fished in several places including Oxford & the watermen we talked to were all friendly & usually provided us with very good information. We were getting ready to launch at Gooties in the upper Honga one time, and was looking for a place to possibly chase some Stripers with fly rods. We talked with a waterman & Charter Capt who was waiting for his customer that day & he gave us some very good info, said that he fly fished sometimes, and told us to go to a specific creek. He said he only fly fished for fun, didn't take any clients, and didn't tie his own flies, so I gave him several that I had. It was a good exchange!
I found most to be very good guys & very friendly. We didn't fish from their docks, but I had another older friend, a fellow who was a friend of my fathers who had a cousin that owned a crab house on Fishing Bay and he let us fish from his docks whenever we were down there visiting.
I've run across a few "watermen" who weren't friendly but very few.
Nice catch BTW, White Perch are one of my favorite fish to eat! I even prefer them to Stripers.
