Do you allow personal friends access to your fishing spots?

[striprman]

If a personal friend of yours says "take me fishing", would you?
Would you show him/her your "best" spot or "techniques" ?













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[BigFish]

When I find a spot that "produces" on a regular basis, whether they be "nice" fish...."small" fish or even "large" fish for that matter, I generally run a weeklong advertisement in both the Herald and the Globe to let folks know just how good the fishing is in a particular spot! But, Hey....thats just me!

[The Dad Fisherman]

It depends on what you mean by "Personal Friend"

"Cuz Homey don't play dat"

[BigFish]

Homey responded to an ad I placed last season and we fished on a Friday and we caught some "nice" fish!

[RI Popper]

I alwayse tell/show people my most productive spots. I'm not anal and secretive like most. It's only fishing. and I know I can catch fish so why be a sneak? The more success people have the better I can influence them to do good things like conservation, clean ups, etc.....
If God wanted me to be a loner, He wouldn't have made me so handsome

[Mike P]

Yeah--I also give them my bank card and PIN, and my credit card account numbers, just in case they want to get in on some Nigerian money laundering scheme.

[chris L]

I dont have any friends to share with !

[GBOUTDOORS]

One thing about Chris L he does not lie. I know for a fact that he has NO friends

[missing link]

yes

[Raven]

then i throw the man hole cover over board that has the chain attached to their ankles.

[RI Popper]

Come on Raven and Mike P... I know you guys must be a lot nicer than that. It's fishing. Get poeple on fish and yoiu get to brag about it. other than that. they think it's all just fishing stories

[Slipknot]

Let them think it's just fishing stories then who cares.

and let this thread go back to the second page please! thanks for cooperating

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second in charge behind Bigfish - thread police

[BigFish]

Good thing you got to em' before I did Slip....good to have back-up!

[macojoe]

RI Popper showed me his cod spot!! Then I stole his fish!!

[Goose]

So far all the freinds that I have shared my spots with I had to kill.

[Clammer]

But oNE =============

Oh yea I @#$%^& show them ==============right to the @#$%^& BLOOOOOOOOOFish

[beachwalker]

striprman,

my personally favorite spot is about 80 miles south of here.

we should go check it out sometime. I have these cool concrete boots which are great for when you hook up a 700 lb. bluefin..........

stop making yourself such an obvious target.

[JohnR]

Armand - I might take a handfull of people to some great spots but they are people that I enjoy fishing with, typically know what they are doing or show great effort for and they are people that show me similar in their area - but I don't feel the need to talk about it...

What I've found as I continue to learn fishing (a lifetime education in my opinion) is that when I am fishing with like-minded individuals, we'll share knowledge and insight and become the better of it. Some of it will be historical, some of it might be technical, some theoretical. Similar to what I think this site often accomplishes (but in some threads comes up short ). This knowledge is spot independent and can be applied at many different locales. I think it's also essential to becoming a competent angler. It's not necessarily "where" one fishes that builds competency but how one applies lessons learned across a multitude of spots.

As this knowledge is gained and you prove and disprove some of your theorys and W.A.G.s you learn to select spots based on all kinds of factors like I think this wind against that current as it wraps this structure would be huge. Sure, other spot specific stuff goes in, something you see on the net, an article in one of the trade rags, a conversation with someone all filter down to what new spots you want to try and learn and be productive....

Ooops - gotta run...

[RI Popper]

OOOps gotta run....


Man I was getting into that philosophy of fishing explaination. Please continue when you get a chance. I wasn't saying that I bring everyone to my favorite spots. just those who deserve it. One hand washes the other. and more often then not I'm the first one to wash the hand. Sometimes they don't get washed back and that don't really bother me because that's me. But other times it does come back and I reaffirm my faith in mankind.

[Rappin Mikey]

If someone asked me, they'd definitely see a 'hole'.

[RI Popper]

john, what does W.A.G.s mean??

[fishweewee]

"Wild-A$$ed-Guess" I think.

[Nebe]

Were all Googans

[beachwalker]

it means "WANK AND GOB#^&#^&#^&#^&E"

ask the thread starter

[NilsC]

Originally posted by Rappin Mikey
If someone asked me, they'd definitely see a 'hole'.

Asking you what
who would ask
Give me the answer to the question you need asked and I'll be the man to "ask"

OK, here is is a question... "Did you get that"

[Raven]

you forgot theatrical ......

[Billybob]

Well
If ya don't then you're a -------------.
O.K. class here's a clue -
" Bruce Berry was a working man, he used to load that Econoline....van."

Which is O.K.

Of course everyone knows that boaters are social bunch, now I ain't sayin we're friendlier or anything. We just, well we, you know - - need the gas money.

So, of course I take people to my best spots - I wanna catch large too.

Plus, does it really matter?

We all know........

BOAT FISH DON"T COUNT!

I no, I think I'm gettin it.

[Fishpart]

I've had people show me some of their spots. I've shared some of them with friends, some of them will NEVER be mentioned in public. If I fish with a friend, I go to catch fish........

[Crafty Angler]

Define "personal friend".........

[MAC]

Well ya see there is this place......and it has easy parking.......and they'll give you herring.........Somebody told me that they call it the ditch. Can anybody tell me where it is and if I can catch fish there?