Why Are Some Members Deathly Afraid To Say Where They Fish?

[FishinCricket]

LOL! You have a real knack for imagery Cricket. No wonder you like poetry.

Just like the original "Geek in the Pink", I'm all about them words...

[Crooked Creek Angler]

Google Earth just took care of one and two, and common sense generally gives me number three. You just tipped me off to a creek I've never heard of. Thanks! Next time I'm down that way I'll definitely spend some time there and hopefully bring home a nice cooler full of smallie fillets. Dramatization

It is that easy, though, and given the relatively small size of that creek, it wouldn't take much to clean it out. Beware, my friend...seriously, beware.

Ha ha. Too funny to be serious. You don't really think I'd post the name of a secret creek that I actually fish do you. Although I have been on the Myatt once and there are some good fish there. I'd wish anyone good luck there because the nice ones are hard earned, and trust me it would take a lifetime to "clean it out" short of a toxic spill of some sort. It will however stay much the same as it has for years for the reasons that I've previously posted (and as you no doubt have probably seen on Google Earth). If a poacher needs fish bad enough to wade down about five miles to get them then he's really hungry and I don't begrudge him a fillet or two. I would think he'd have a much easier time going to Norfork or Bull Shoals lakes and keeping a few short fish for dinner. Poachers may do things illegal and all, but they aint all necessarily dumb...

[Crooked Creek Angler]

Ha ha, very funny. But if you guys don't think broadcasting the names of smalls streams and creeks can potentially create a problem...well, I'll just quote Demosthenes:

"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true, he generally believes to be true."

I think that I may have run into that Demosthenes feller over on the King's River one day. Seemed pretty bright, but he's no Abe Lincoln or anything.

Truth is that word of good fishing places spreads like bermuda grass in a vegtable garden. Places that are easy to access get fished out first. Places that are hard to access often don't get fished out. Although with the seemingly inevitable and exponential growth of human population, it stands to reason that even out of the way places are going to start seeing more and more pressure. Hopefully the only problem created will be a few less bites for me. I can deal with that. Especially if someone else is enjoying it.

Fishing really wasn't that great on the King's by the way. Think I picked the wrong stretch of river to float.

[Flysmallie]

I was 16. A buddy and I spent our last scraps of money on a tank of gas and a dime bag, and we headed to a creek. We were so hungry by the end of the day that we decided we'd either have to dine and dash or eat the 14 incher I was holding. We caught a largemouth to go with it and cooked them on a fire. They did not taste like sewage, but it was the last time I ate a smallmouth.

What's a dime bag??

[Buzz]

What's a dime bag??

Too funny.

[eric1978]

What's a dime bag??

After school special. They became popular after old farts like you retired from the sport.

[Al Agnew]

I'm really not too worried about poachers, or even catch and keep anglers, on streams like the one I floated, to tell you the truth. I'm a lot more just wanting to keep a stream that is relatively little floated and unspoiled to stay that way. Like Crooked Creek Angler's stream, difficulty of floating and access would serve to keep the hordes away, but if even a modest number of serious anglers were convinced by my report to brave the hardships to check out that fishing, the word would get out, more serious anglers would try it, and pretty soon it would be--not fished out, but pretty much the same as other well-known streams, with somebody fishing it every day and not as good fishing.

[Guest]

I've learned to keep a tight lip, even with my best friends.

They can be your worst enemy, when it comes to hoarding a spot and fishing it out.

Its happened to me more often than I can count.

On the flipside, I have told people specifically where to fish, how to fish a certain bait, and when they're biting at a specific spot.

They never seem to catch any fish without being shown how to fish that spot.

I agree with Al's statement.

Only a handful of very skilled anglers can apply tremendous pressure to small populations of bass in streams and small lakes.

I hate to see people tossing a 3lb smallie in a bucket, Escpecially when I arrive to my beloved sweet spot.

Fishing pressure or the lack thereof is the number one factor involved in actually landing trophy bass, consistently.

[Ham]

Shimano spinning reels don't bind, Frog Toggs don't fall apart, and Fishing Reports don't hurt small fisheries.

Or so some believe.

[flytyer57]

Shimano spinning reels don't bind, Frog Toggs don't fall apart, and Fishing Reports don't hurt small fisheries.

Or so some believe.

Never had a problem with Shimano reels unless I got them wet and then a good cleaning was all they needed.

Don't use Frog Toggs.

I'm not too sure if reports hurt fisheries.