Everything is frozen and I am bored

[snagged in outlet 3]

12 hours ago, Smalliebigs said:

They looked good though didn't they???hahahaha

They did!

[Smalliebigs]

8 hours ago, Trout Addict said:

Lol, must of been serious about finding a location via a picture and ruining the "spot", because he removed the link to the photos. Now that is funny I don't care who you are. 

They wanted me to show them how must of been "The satire part"?  Or maybe they thought I was BS'ing them.

Fyi - I will inform you when I speak satire and I don't mind being corrected when wrong, but by God don't ask if you don't want to know! Rant over.

dude get over yourself.....a few of the older pics of Mitch still had the info services on at the time the image was taken. I haven't had that on my phones for years, out of respect for my friends I deleted the link.

Thanks for the heads up on the images but, I didn't ask you for anything.....go ahead and bash me  for being paranoid about where we catch nice fish on rivers....it must be an Eastside posse thing???? hahahahaha

[Trout Addict]

1 hour ago, Smalliebigs said:

dude get over yourself.....a few of the older pics of Mitch still had the info services on at the time the image was taken. I haven't had that on my phones for years, out of respect for my friends I deleted the link.

Thanks for the heads up on the images but, I didn't ask you for anything.....go ahead and bash me  for being paranoid about where we catch nice fish on rivers....it must be an Eastside posse thing???? hahahahaha

 

Now I know why so many knowledgeable anglers becomes inactive on this forum. Don't think I'm going to make it 2 much longer myself. But hey if you and your little click enjoy your own little language, continues up voting each other, being disrespectful and selfish to catch State owned "small mouth bass" in State owned Water so be it. I think I've ran into that type several times on Taneycomo and choose to walk away and let them have their favorite spot and soon to be forum.

But hey to each his own. I for one believe in helping others when I can. It's all about KARMA, imo.

 

 

[Trout Addict]

5 minutes ago, Trout Addict said:

 

 

 

 

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, Trout Addict said:

 

Now I know why so many knowledgeable anglers becomes inactive on this forum. Don't think I'm going to make it 2 much longer myself. But hey if you and your little click enjoy your own little language, continues up voting each other, being disrespectful and selfish to catch State owned "small mouth bass" in State owned Water so be it. I think I've ran into that type several times on Taneycomo and choose to walk away and let them have their favorite spot and soon to be forum.

But hey to each his own. I for one believe in helping others when I can. It's all about KARMA, imo.

 

 

This isn't stopping you from posting any information that you want to share. It hasn't deterred me and it shouldn't deter anyone else form sharing whatever they want to share. Not sure why paranoid people hang out on the internet. But that doesn't matter to me either. 

 

[Al Agnew]

Already explained why we are a little careful about specific spots.  But consider this.  If your friend showed you his three best winter holes for smallmouth, would you go back there with somebody else a couple days later, and in the meantime tell (face to face) 12 more people exactly where those spots were?  Don't you think that MIGHT tick your friend off just a bit?  Especially if he told you to keep it quiet, or just thought you KNEW to keep it quiet.

What makes this different?  (Other than the fact that you're posting it for EVERYBODY to see, including a whole lot of people you don't know at all.)

Hog Wally and Mitch have shown me a bunch of excellent spots on the Meramec and Gasconade that I didn't know about, right down to the exact living room size piece of the pool where the fish were most likely to be concentrated.  I've probably showed them a few as well.  And we all know each other well enough to trust that none of us will spill the beans.  It's expected that we might take somebody else to those places and show them those fish, but it's also expected that the somebody will also not broadcast the exact places.

I also have to say that I'm just about completely open about the general areas where we fish, and I'm darned sure open, as is Hog Wally and Smalliebigs and Mitch and whoever else is in our "clique", about what we caught fish on and how we fish it.  I've even spent quite a few words on here talking about what to look for in a wintering hole. For crying out loud, where is the rule that everybody on the internet has the right to be led by the hand to an exact spot and shown the perfect cast to make to catch a fish at that spot?  You can't be so lazy or clueless that you can't spend some time finding your own honey holes.  

Sure, there's an element of selfishness involved.  I don't want to pull up to one of my best wintering pools and find three other boats already fishing it.  That might sometimes happen anyway, but it won't be because I or one of my friends pointed it out on the internet.  And keep in mind that good wintering holes aren't everywhere on the river.  On a ten mile stretch that I fish a lot, I've caught big fish in exactly five pools in the winter.  Two of those pools have produced the vast majority of the big fish I've caught in that ten-mile stretch.  So on a given winter day, I'm pretty much limited to those five pools, and more than half the day will be spent on the two best ones.  And I've spent a lot of time trying other pools and catching the occasional mediocre fish over the years, so it isn't like I'm skipping a lot of water that is likely to hold big ones.  So...if five other anglers are fishing the same stretch that day and they've all seen on the internet where I catch my fish, I'm gonna be waiting in line to fish those five spots.  Not to mention that the fish in those spots are going to be seeing a lot of pressure.  Funny thing is, in that ten-mile stretch, there have only been a couple of times when another angler was on the water and fishing my spots.  Guess what?  I like it that way.

[Guest]

On the commute home from work, I rolled down the windows just to celebrate above freezing temps..

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Al Agnew said:

Already explained why we are a little careful about specific spots.  But consider this.  If your friend showed you his three best winter holes for smallmouth, would you go back there with somebody else a couple days later, and in the meantime tell (face to face) 12 more people exactly where those spots were?  Don't you think that MIGHT tick your friend off just a bit?  Especially if he told you to keep it quiet, or just thought you KNEW to keep it quiet.

What makes this different?  (Other than the fact that you're posting it for EVERYBODY to see, including a whole lot of people you don't know at all.)

Hog Wally and Mitch have shown me a bunch of excellent spots on the Meramec and Gasconade that I didn't know about, right down to the exact living room size piece of the pool where the fish were most likely to be concentrated.  I've probably showed them a few as well.  And we all know each other well enough to trust that none of us will spill the beans.  It's expected that we might take somebody else to those places and show them those fish, but it's also expected that the somebody will also not broadcast the exact places.

I also have to say that I'm just about completely open about the general areas where we fish, and I'm darned sure open, as is Hog Wally and Smalliebigs and Mitch and whoever else is in our "clique", about what we caught fish on and how we fish it.  I've even spent quite a few words on here talking about what to look for in a wintering hole. For crying out loud, where is the rule that everybody on the internet has the right to be led by the hand to an exact spot and shown the perfect cast to make to catch a fish at that spot?  You can't be so lazy or clueless that you can't spend some time finding your own honey holes.  

Sure, there's an element of selfishness involved.  I don't want to pull up to one of my best wintering pools and find three other boats already fishing it.  That might sometimes happen anyway, but it won't be because I or one of my friends pointed it out on the internet.  And keep in mind that good wintering holes aren't everywhere on the river.  On a ten mile stretch that I fish a lot, I've caught big fish in exactly five pools in the winter.  Two of those pools have produced the vast majority of the big fish I've caught in that ten-mile stretch.  So on a given winter day, I'm pretty much limited to those five pools, and more than half the day will be spent on the two best ones.  And I've spent a lot of time trying other pools and catching the occasional mediocre fish over the years, so it isn't like I'm skipping a lot of water that is likely to hold big ones.  So...if five other anglers are fishing the same stretch that day and they've all seen on the internet where I catch my fish, I'm gonna be waiting in line to fish those five spots.  Not to mention that the fish in those spots are going to be seeing a lot of pressure.  Funny thing is, in that ten-mile stretch, there have only been a couple of times when another angler was on the water and fishing my spots.  Guess what?  I like it that way.

AA has a point, yall shouldn't be so sloppy with your photos & location services. I'm saying this to protect what's in your best interest (fishing holes). Anytime, I take somebody new to my spots, we have a long conversation about this very subject & how it can play out online. This is a prime example of what not to do. There are people out there looking & lurking that none of us know. Please be mindful, of this. I say this with full respect of you guys. 

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I think we all learned something.  I knew before about the location services, but never considered it.   Going to have to see if my phone still has it activated.   

[Quillback]

19 hours ago, Trout Addict said:

 

Now I know why so many knowledgeable anglers becomes inactive on this forum. Don't think I'm going to make it 2 much longer myself. But hey if you and your little click enjoy your own little language, continues up voting each other, being disrespectful and selfish to catch State owned "small mouth bass" in State owned Water so be it. I think I've ran into that type several times on Taneycomo and choose to walk away and let them have their favorite spot and soon to be forum.

But hey to each his own. I for one believe in helping others when I can. It's all about KARMA, imo.

 

 

Don't let a secret spot thread run you off.  These come up about every two months, nothing to get upset about.