Mitch f Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Never ever, ever, ever, ever tell anyone on the internet where you are catching fish! Yes, I'm a jerk "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Flysmallie Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Sure you should. Just don't expect them to be there next time.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted January 12, 2014 Root Admin Posted January 12, 2014 #1 rule - I share 95% of my spots. The other 5% are the ones my friends tell me NOT to share. Not trying to be a "nice guy". I figure most of my spots on Taney are already fished. If they're spots on other waters, I don't fish enough off my home waters to make a difference. If I find, say, a good crappie spots on Table Rock, I share it cause I'm not going back to it- probably. But that's just me...
Mitch f Posted January 12, 2014 Author Posted January 12, 2014 Sure you should. Just don't expect them to be there next time. They won't, but his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl and his friend Merle who's got a boat and loves smallmouth fillets for breakfast, will be pounding it. "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Feathers and Fins Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 As many times as I have gave spots it amazes me still how people will be there try them and then leave because they didn't catch something fast enough or are so set in "their" spot they wont give a new one a chance long enough for it to pay off or they are unwilling to fish it how I told them to. No sweat off my back but funny to hear them say we didn't catch anything there and I was fishing it the same time saw them and had another great trip. You can lead a fisherman to water but you cant make them get out of their own habits! I sometimes think fishermen are their own worse enemy. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
bfishn Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 If I find, say, a good crappie spots on Table Rock, I share it cause I'm not going back to it- probably. I think that's a fairly common practice, but there's more to it than casual consideration reveals. Even if you found the spot on your own with no assistance from others, there's a strong chance that a handful of others already knew about it, and relied on it after expending a lot of effort to find it, maybe for years. For those that can fish nearly anytime they want, it might not be such a big deal, but for the majority that are limited to weekends it's a real buzzkill to psych up all week and arrive on your hard earned spot only to find a half dozen other boats pounding the snot out of it because somebody else bragged about it. It's happened to me several times, and has sucked the life out of a lot of my fishing. My satisfaction from fishing comes from figuring something out on my own. It doesn't bother me to spend a lot of fishless days in pursuit of a valuable clue. If someone advertises their hot spot, that will be the last place you'll see me. If that spot happened to be one I had previously developed the hard way on my own... :-( I can't dance like I used to.
Mitch f Posted January 12, 2014 Author Posted January 12, 2014 #1 rule - I share 95% of my spots. The other 5% are the ones my friends tell me NOT to share. Not trying to be a "nice guy". I figure most of my spots on Taney are already fished. If they're spots on other waters, I don't fish enough off my home waters to make a difference. If I find, say, a good crappie spots on Table Rock, I share it cause I'm not going back to it- probably. But that's just me... Phil, as a resort owner I completely understand wanting to give your clients a favorable experience, I would do the same thing. But posting it on the internet is completely different than telling someone about a good spot. At that point it's out of your control and the people receiving that information might not have the same ethics as you and I. "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
fishinwrench Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 The more politically correct you are online the more lurkers seek to learn your fishing areas. If you'd try to come across as more of a peckerhead then they will be more likely to avoid or discount anything you might mention. Everyone knows where I fish, yet still I enjoy solitude
Flysmallie Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 They won't, but his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl and his friend Merle who's got a boat and loves smallmouth fillets for breakfast, will be pounding it. Exactly. But what I meant is don't expect any fish to be there next time.
Flysmallie Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 The more politically correct you are online the more lurkers seek to learn your fishing areas. If you'd try to come across as more of a peckerhead then they will be more likely to avoid or discount anything you might mention. Everyone knows where I fish, yet still I enjoy solitude You've done a fine job.
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