Wow -- that last post of mine was very revealing.

[lurch]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got til its gone......

The "elitism" that I see as a trend on the spot burning threads is:

1) people who make money off fishing seem to be in favor of spot burning.

2) people who have no spots of their own to share are in favor of spot burning.

3) people who have put in their time over the years to learn spot and don't fit into category 1 are against spot burning.

I also see a lot of complaining by people in elitist group 1 about people in elitist group 3.

I totally understand people in group 2. They want to fish in places with fish and buying a magazine is easier than humping the shore line for a few years to find their own. However , since they have not put in their time , they don't understand the value of a spot and the implications to access lose of publishing spots in mass media.

I was going to make a point about why I disagree with category 3 but it just isnt worth it anymore.

I have found many spots using topozone.com, google earth and then fianlly mapping software for the closest street areas so I have put my time in but I just dont have time to fish them as much as I want to. Logging onto this site brings me closer to the fishing but with all of the bickering about spots makes me want to stay away...sorry fellas...can we all just get along.